BROWSING: Policy

LAS VEGAS – Details are needed on how the Federal Communications Commission plans to conduct a voluntary incentive spectrum auction to assure broadcasters they will be treated fairly, said FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker.Baker, speaking during a panel at the National Association of Broadcasters'...

Hindustan Times | April 12, 2011 | Manoj Gairola It’s really back to the future. The roots of the New Telecom Policy that communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal announced on Monday lie as far back as 2003, when the NDA was in power. The...

LAS VEGAS – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski used his time before broadcasters to appeal to them about the benefits of voluntary spectrum auctions, the reality of today's spectrum landscape and to quietly chastise his host, the National Association of Broadcasters, for “distracting”...

April 7 2011 - 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...

The Hindu | April 7, 2011 | Sandeep Joshi The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued licence termination notices to three telecom operators — Aircel, Etisalat DB and Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) — for delays in roll out of services in circles allotted to them. “We...

Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its portfolio and become a major player in the country’s telecom space.The investment will...

Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa S.A. (TV) said it was currently in talks with mobile operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. regarding a potential partnership that could see Televisa add a mobile component to its service offerings. Televisa has previously dabbled in the mobile...

The Korea Herald | April 5, 2011 | Cho Ji-hyun Regulator to sell rights to 2.1 GHz spectrum this year; major firms keen on acquiring Korean telecom carriers are engaged in a high-stake competition to win a new wireless broadband spectrum which the state media regulator Korea...

Daily News Pulse | April 1, 2011 | Adriana Barnes The company needs huge cash in order to support their massive expansion plans as well as to roll out its 3G wireless network. Moreover, the company has projected that capital expenditure for 2011 will be...

Canadian wireless operator Public Mobile today unveiled new rate plans that provide for unlimited province-wide calling, lower nationwide roaming costs and flat-rate e-mail options.The recently launched carrier said it now offers unlimited province-wide calling for $15.50 per month at a time when most consumers...

The Daily Star | March 30, 2011 | Abdullah Mamun BTRC makes the move as deadline looms for licence renewal The telecom regulator will open audits into mobile phone operators next week and has already appointed two firms for the task, said officials yesterday. Initially, top two operators...

Economic Times | March 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: The United States government will seek changes in India's policies on telecom security and encryption in its next meeting with the telecoms department officials here, an executive aware of the development told ET. Also on...

Economic Times | March 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: The United States government will seek changes in India's policies on telecom security and encryption in its next meeting with the telecoms department officials here, an executive aware of the development told ET. Also on...

Nasdaq | March 24, 2011 | R. Jai Krishna NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- India's telecommunications regulator will send its proposals to formulate a single country policy on setting up tower infrastructure to the government next week, Chairman J.S. Sarma said Thursday. Sarma, however, didn't elaborate on...

Tracy Ford with Jeff Schmidt, Director of Engineering, Spectrum Bridge

Wireless spectrum is a very valuable and limited natural resource. This fact, and the surge in data traffic on wireless networks, is driving the misconception that there is a wireless spectrum scarcity issue in the U.S. The truth is, there is approximately...

A year after the Federal Communications Commission presented its National Broadband Plan to Congress, broadcast incentive auctions seem to be the major contentious point of the plan to date. CTIA and the Consumers Electronics Association wrote their first-ever co-signed letter to Congress today, urging...

BLiNQ Networks Inc. today announced intelligent spectrum optimization (ISO) for BLiNQ’s recently announced mobile backhaul solution. BLiNQ’s plug and play, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) backhaul solution uses low cost, sub-6 GHz TDD spectrum to significantly improve spectrum utilization to maximize capacity and reduce spectrum asset requirements....

Economic Times | March 9, 2011 NEW DELHI: An attempt by telecom minister Kapil Sibal to help the country's warring mobile service providers find some common ground failed with companies sticking to their positions in a slew of issues concerning the allocation of airwaves. Top executives...

Economic Times | March 9, 2011 NEW DELHI: An attempt by telecom minister Kapil Sibal to help the country's warring mobile service providers find some common ground failed with companies sticking to their positions in a slew of issues concerning the allocation of airwaves. Top executives...

Economic Times | March 7, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: All leading GSM operators will have to give up 'excess' airwaves they have when their mobile permits come up for renewal beginning 2014. This implies companies such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea...

Telstra | March 4, 2011 | Media Release Hong Kong, 4 March 2011 - Following the Auction of Radio Spectrum held by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Telstra International Group’s CSL Limited (CSL) has maintained its significant market leadership in mobile network technology and...

ABS - CBN | March 1, 2011 | Lenie Lectura MANILA, Philippines - Telecom companies want the government should provide adequate broadband spectrum and enforce the right policy to protect consumers and their investments so they can deliver uninterrupted, fast and efficient broadband service to consumers. Phone...

SmarTone | March 3, 2011 | Press Release SmarTone-Vodafone today announced that it has bid successfully at the auction in Hong Kong for 2 x 5 MHz at the 850 MHz frequency band for HK$875 million.  This spectrum will be put quickly to use in increasing network...