Monthly Archives: May, 2012
WWLF offers free trade show trip to fellowship, scholarship recipients
The Women's Wireless Leadership Forum is now giving its fellowship and scholarship recipients and their mentors an all expenses paid trip to the annual...
Report finds no interference in lower 700 MHz channels in response to FCC NPRM
A handful of lower 700 MHz spectrum holders released a report showing that concerns regarding interference across the spectrum bands A-Block are unfounded and...
Leap to offer no-contract iPhone; commits $900M over 3 years
Leap Wireless joined the growing number of regional operators offering Apple’s iconic iPhone device, though as has been the case for much of its...
Apple iTV talk precedes Worldwide Developers’ Conference
For 4 straight years, Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference was the launchpad for the company's newest iPhone, and this year the company may again try...
Here come the Intel smartphones
Intel (INTC) and China's Lenovo have launched an Android 2.3 smartphone powered by Intel's Atom Z2460 processor, and next week a similar Intel-powered smartphone...
MVNO Industry Summit Latam: Brazilian Tesa Telecom requests MVNO license to launch M2M services
The Brazilian business-to-business communication service provider TESA Telecom has requested a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) license from the regulatory agency Anatel, as it...
Colombian ETB eyes 1 million mobile subscribers over next 5 years
Last month, the Colombian operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) added mobile voice to its data MVNO offer; now ETB is aiming to reach 1...
MVNO Industry Summit Latam: MTV, Cemig look to enter Brazilian MVNO business
Although no mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) have launched in Brazil yet—due to the  bureaucracy in getting approvals, according to some sources—the country is...
MVNO Industry Summit Latam: Porto Seguro to launch MVNO during second half of 2012
The first Brazilian company to unveil plans to enter the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market, the insurance firm Porto Seguro is set to...
Webinar: RCR Post-TM Forum Webinar – Available for download
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TMForum Management World is the preeminent gathering dedicated to Service Assurance and all things OSS/BSS. With a full slate of keynote perspectives, and service...
Kaplan to step down as FCC wireless bureau chief, Milkman to retake position
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is set to change leadership as current chief Rick Kaplan will be replaced by former chief Ruth...
SK Telecom set for LTE spectrum aggregation
South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom said it has launched a multi carrier pilot service allowing the carrier to use its 800 MHz and...
RIM warns on Q1 loss
Following days of reports predicting job cuts, Research In Motion said it expects to report an operating loss for its first fiscal quarter ending...
Analyst Angle: TIM Brasil surpasses Vivo in São Paulo, but needs to ensure sustainable growth
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...
MVNO Industry Summit Latam: MVNOs’ impact on MNOs: Are they afraid?
Among the key challenges for launching mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) across Latin America are the negotiations between MVNOs and mobile network operators (MNOs)...
Virgin Mobile to launch MVNOs in Colombia, Brazil over next 18 months
Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) expects to launch mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) in Colombia and Brazil over the next 18 months, according to Jeffery...
Mexico’s telecom sector grows 11.9%; mobile lines reach 95.6M
Mexico’s telecommunications sector grew 11.9% during the first quarter of 2012 over the same period of 2011, according to data from the Telecommunications Sector...
Sprint Nextel to begin iDEN turn down mid-2013; scores $1B credit facility
Sprint Nextel’s Network Vision program added some important numbers today as the carrier announced the date it would terminate service across its iDEN network...
Gluecon 2012: Developers hash over multitude of issues
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – It's a good thing a 15-hour buffer separated Day 1 and Day 2 of Gluecon, as many attendees noted brain rest...
Samsung launches Galaxy S III across Europe, Middle East
BERLIN – Germans take their days off very seriously, but in the early hours of May 29, just after a Monday holiday when most...
Pink slips expected at RIM
Share of Research In Motion (RIMM) are up this morning on reports that the Canadian company is preparing to lay off thousands of employees....
Emerging markets to boost MVNO growth
Mobile virtual network operator launches peaked in 2006 across the United States and Europe. Currently, that segemnts growth perspectives come from countries across Latin...
Reality Check: Three prime market opportunities for CE companies
After studying a multitude of different data findings from our recently released global consumer electronics usage survey of 19 consumer electronic devices, Accenture asked a simple question:
Reality Check: How a next-gen OSS turns wireless’ complexity into an opportunity
A dozen years ago, practically every presentation at a mobile conference had a slide forecasting wireless data growth taking off like a hockey stick. Today, another chart is making the rounds,
Edgewater Wireless deepens Latin American footprint with new distribution agreement
Latin America has become a target for many companies because of the potential wireless growth driven mostly by an increase in data traffic, plus the...