Monday, December 20, 2010| By Juan Pedro Tomás | Business News Americas Peru’s private investment promotion agency,ProInversion, expects to award 25 MHz of spectrum in the 1,900 MHz band on December …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Four operators interested in mobile spectrum to be awarded Dec 23 – Peru >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Colombia reduces Pay-TV tax contribution rates >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
NexTVLatam | Monday, December 20 2010 The Colombian National Television Commission decided to reduce from 10% to 7% the percentage on gross income tax paid by Pay-TV operators. Such measure …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Comba Telecom Wireless Equipment Deployed in Latin America Trials >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
LTE Base Station Antennas selected by major LatAm Mobile Operator for Testing in Metropolitan Area (16 December 2010, Hong Kong) – Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited (“Comba” or “the Group”, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Colombian Stock Movers: Fabricato Drops, ETB Rises on Sale Plan >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Bloomberg | By Camila Russo | Dec 16, 2010 1:54 PM CT The following companies had unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ZTE named Broadband Network Vendor of the Year in Telecom Asia Readers' Choice Awards 2010 >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
17 December 2010 | Shenzhen | ZTE Press Release ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Brightstar expands into Vietnam, Thailand >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Brightstar Corp. said it expanded into Thailand and Vietnam to further support its strategy to have a local presence in key Asia-Pacific markets. The wireless distributor and supply-chain management company …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CEOs of Cisco, Ericsson and Telefonica to Keynote at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011 >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
PR Newswire | GSMA Press Release GSMA Announces Five New ADCs as Part of App Planet at Mobile World Congress LONDON, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — The GSMA today announced that the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">New Regulations in Brazil May Help Open South American Mobile Communications Markets to Elephant Talk >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Marketwire | Elephant Talk Press Release | Dec 20, 2010 10:15 ET SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS–(Marketwire – December 20, 2010) – Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ETAK) (http://www.elephanttalk.com/) anticipates that new regulations …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Feature Report: The Quest for Security in Mobile >
Security is a moving target. Society at large has accepted the tenuous nature of security on personal computers as a virtually unavoidable consequence or side effect of the modern age. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mexico's Leading Wireless Provider Telcel Chooses Aicent's MMS Hubbing Service for Global MMS Launch >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
SAN JOSE, CA — (Marketwire) — 12/20/10 — Aicent Inc. (www.aicent.com) announced today that Telcel, Mexico’s leading wireless services provider, has selected the Aicent MMS Gateway Service to provision their …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">China's gray-market cellular shipments to decline in 2012, iSuppli predicts >
China’s gray market cell-phone shipments will total about 255 million devices next year, up 11.8% from 2010, but nothing compared to the huge 43.6% surge between 2009 and 2010, proof …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reliance secures $1.93B loan for network in India >
by Matt Kapko The second-largest operator in India, Reliance Communications Ltd., has landed a $1.93 billion loan from China Development Bank Corp. and other financial institutions in China. The company …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Will Nokia dare to release a Windows-powered device? >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
Here’s a rumor that keeps cropping up: Nokia Corp. (NOK) plans to introduce a device running on Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) Windows Phone 7 operating system.While the move would be a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">T-Mobile says its network is fastest (if you don't count VZW LTE) >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
In the race for the fastest wireless network, T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) said it won a recent national drive test by a leading third-party research team conducted during the last …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T buys FLO TV spectrum for $1.92B >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
It turns out Qualcomm Inc.’s (QCOM) spectrum for FLO TV is actually worth more on its own — at least to AT&T Mobility (T).The carrier has agreed to buy licenses …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Brightstar expands into Vietnam, Thailand >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Brightstar Corp. said it expanded into Thailand and Vietnam to further support its strategy to have a local presence in key Asia-Pacific markets.The wireless distributor and supply-chain management company recently …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Evolving the customer experience from ‘great' to ‘personally relevant' >
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: But what about LTE-Advanced? >
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Movers and Shakers: Schmitt, Coleman lead xG; ExteNet names Timm CFO; and more >
George Schmitt has been named CEO of MB Technology Holdings L.L.C., which holds a 39.72% interest in xG Technology. Schmitt will be tasked with helping xG develop and market its …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Abacus introduces new age solutions for travel B2B segment >by ghwangby ghwang
The seventh Abacus International Conference 2010 held in Vietnam saw the unveiling of Abacus’ Next Generation Point-Of-Sale (POS) system and mobile initiatives – Abacus Mobile, Abacus WebStart Mobile, Abacus VirtuallyThere …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">LG Launching Dual Core Smartphone >by ghwangby ghwang
LG Electronics says it will release the first dual-core smartphone next month in Korea, followed soon after by releases in Europe and other Asian countries. The company did not indicate …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Samsung Intercept and HTC Aria (in Asia) getting Froyo updates >by ghwangby ghwang
The Android 2.2 boat is trudging along to two phones previously stuck on Android 2.1. Both the Samsung Intercept on Sprint and HTC Aria in Southeast Asia are in the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telkom Targeting Takeover of Cambodian Cellular Company >by ghwangby ghwang
Jakarta. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the country’s largest telecommunications company, wants to take control of a cellular operator in Cambodia in plans to boost its presence in Southeast Asia. “We’re looking at …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Asus A50 launching in Taiwan before year-end >by ghwangby ghwang
Asus will be launching its first Android smartphone A50, after the break-up with Garmin, in Taiwan market this month. Asus A50 comes with an obsolete Android 2.1, Qualcomm 600MHz processor, 3.5-inchtouchscreen …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">HTC Desire Deals: With the leading service providers at cheap rates >by ghwangby ghwang
Touchscreens might be the first thing that rushes to our mind when we think of HTC. This Taiwan – based smartphone manufacturer, which is one of the leading names in …