U.S.

Report: US private line services revenue to reach $43B in 2016

03 February 2012 by Tejas Patel

The $39 billion US private line services market is expected to show modest 2.3% annual growth over the next five years, as demand for higher bandwidth private lines offsets the shift of lower bandwidth private lines to packet-based services, according to a market analysis study from Insight Research ...

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U.S.

Worst of the Week: Apple pie

03 February 2012 by Dan Meyer

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. We hope you enjoy it! And without further ado: To the chagrin of ...

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U.S.

Shenandoah secures LTE agreement with Sprint Nextel

03 February 2012 by Dan Meyer

Regional wireless operator and Sprint Nextel network partner Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN) said it has signed an addendum to its affiliate agreement that will see the operator install LTE technology across ...

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India

TRAI begins process of spectrum auction post-2G verdict

03 February 2012 by Tejas Patel

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a pre-consultation paper on “Allocation of Spectrum in 2G band in 22 Service Areas by auction” following the Supreme Court of India’s order ...

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Americas

HSPA, LTE to drive Latin America’s mobile connections growth to 750M by 2015

03 February 2012 by Roberta Prescott

HSPA and LTE connections will be key drivers of mobile connection growth in Latin America, with total connections expected to hit 750 million connections by 2015 and an average penetration rate of 122%, according to a new report from the GSMA. Follow R ...

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Americas

Telefónica selects Comptel to manage OSS in Argentina

03 February 2012 by Roberta Prescott

Argentina’s unit of Spain-based Telefónica Group has selected Comptel to provide its operations support system (OSS) services. Telefónica de Argentina said it expects the service to allow it to more easily and efficiently collect and process more than 90 million network transactions daily into b ...

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Americas

Alcatel-Lucent snares América Móvil LTE deal

03 February 2012 by Roberta Prescott

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said it was selected by América Móvil to provide infrastructure for its LTE and 4G network rollout in Latin America. The deployment is expected to begin in Puerto Rico with mobile operator ...

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U.S.

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Car makers becoming CE tech companies

03 February 2012 by Liz Kerton, Managing Director, The Kerton Group

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there was a new category of product ...

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India

India's 2G verdict may impact telecom tariffs, spur consolidation

02 February 2012 by Tejas Patel

Amidst all the talk of an impending rise in telecom tariffs in the last week, Thursday’s verdict by the Supreme Court of India in the 2G case has further strengthened that possibility. Just last week, Airtel’s ...

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U.S.

Weak economy hits mobile phone market

02 February 2012 by Martha DeGrasse

Mobile phones are considered basic necessities by billions of people, but a weak global economy is forcing many to stick with their current model instead of upgrading. The latest data on the worldwide mobile phone market shows that shipments increased just 6.1% in the fourth quarter of last, down fr ...

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