The decision by Congress is expected to pave the way for private LTE networks to be deployed by public safety [...]
The company said it will cut 45% of its 330-employee workforce, according to a news report.
22 February 2012 by Dan Meyer
Green Bay-based regional operator Cellcom said it was on track to begin offering LTE services during the second quarter following recent testing on three sites located in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The carrier said the testing verified that its “radios and trial devices were operating correctly,” and that it expects to leave the three sites in [...]
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22 February 2012 by Sarvesh Sharma, VP Global Engineering, Powerwave
In the last couple of years, encountering the cliché term “data tsunami” in reference to mobile broadband data networks has been unavoidable. Nevertheless, it is perhaps the most appropriate phrase to describe what is occurring in the industry. The good news is that swift adoption of smartphones, tablets and other data hungry devices has boosted [...]
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22 February 2012 by rtwiss
Replicating field issues in the lab has always been difficult. The field is, by its very nature, dynamic. Duplicating a reported issue by driving the route again and waiting for the failure to happen is simply a roll of the dice. However carriers, device vendors and infrastructure providers all drive test. Wouldn’t it be nice [...]
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22 February 2012 by Martha DeGrasse
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: SIMO) has been a Wall Street favorite for more than a year, more than doubling in price between September and February. But today things took a very different turn and the Taiwanese chipmaker saw its shares tumble more than 7% after an analyst at Detwiler Fenton told clients that Qualcomm’s [...]
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22 February 2012 by Dan Meyer
Opposition to Verizon Wireless’ attempt to acquire spectrum assets from a group of cable companies appears to be growing as a number of wireless operators and trade groups have filed petitions to block the transactions. The most interesting opposition came from T-Mobile USA, which reportedly filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking that [...]
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22 February 2012 by Martha DeGrasse
Samsung used this week’s ISSCC Conference in San Francisco to preview its quad-core Exynos chip. It runs on two or four ARM Cortex A9 cores with speeds up to 1.5 GHz. Samsung has not integrated the processor with the baseband, leaving the Korean powerhouse a step behind Qualcomm (QCOM) in this area. But Samsung says [...]
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22 February 2012 by Tejas Patel
The increasing use of IP-based social messaging services by consumers on their smartphones cost telecom operators $8.7 billion lost SMS revenues in 2010 and $13.9 billion in 2011, according to a new report by Ovum.
Posted in Carriers0 Comments
22 February 2012 by Tejas Patel and Dan Meyer
The company said it will cut 45% of its 330-employee workforce, according to a news report.
Posted in Carriers, FCC Wireless Regulations0 Comments
22 February 2012 by Iain Gillott, President & Founder, iGR
As 4G smartphones and tablets become more prevalent, iGR has noted a change in consumer behavior – more people are likely to stay stationary while using the new devices. Contrast this behavior with the typical cellular users who, for the last 25 years or so, have moved-and-talked, usually while driving.
Posted in Analyst Angle, Opinion0 Comments
22 February 2012 by Pankaj Agrawal, Associate Director, Analysys Mason
The prevalence of multiple-SIM use remains one of the most critical issues for mobile operators in emerging markets. It is driven broadly by consumer choice and potential manipulation by retail partners, and brings with it the double difficulties of stagnating voice revenue and eroding subscriber valuation.
Posted in Analyst Angle, Opinion0 Comments
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