BROWSING: Policy

ICANN 39 Post-Cartagena Interview: Beckstrom & Dengate Thrush

Interview with ICANN's CEO & President, Rod Beckstrom, and Chairman of the Board, Peter Dengate Thrush, following the close of ICANN 39 in Cartagena, Colombia. ICANN 39 has concluded with strong commitment from the ICANN Board to the multi-stakeholder model. Throughout the Cartagena meeting, supporting organizations...

Seasoned Internet Policy Expert Named as ICANN’s Latin American Representative

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers| December 9, 2010 Cartagena, Colombia… Rodrigo de la Parra, the Director General of Prospective Regulation of Mexico’s Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel) has been named as ICANN’s new Latin American representative. De la Parra has also served as the Mexican representative...

Reality Check: The mobile data tsunami meets the spectrum shortage

For mobile operators, vendors and their customers, these are the best of times and the worst of times. We all live and breathe in an always-on, wireless broadband connected world where fast is fine, more is good, faster is better – and best, faster,...

Reality Check: The mobile data tsunami meets the spectrum shortage

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. For mobile operators, vendors and their customers, these are the best of times and the worst...

Brazil Achieves More Than 16 Million Broadband Connections

Press Release Cisco SAO PAULO, Brazil, Dec 9, 2010 – Cisco today presented the 14th edition of the Cisco® Broadband Barometer, a study conducted by IDC. The study shows that the total broadband market in Brazil reached 16.2 million connections in the first half of...

O2 Secure Wireless, Inc. Signs Commercial Lease for the Establishment of Earthcom Service Inc.'s Presence in Higuey, Capital City of the Eastern Province of La Altagracia, in the Dominican Republic

Monday November 22, 2010 - 09:58 AM EST | Released By O2 Secure Wireless, Inc. ST. AUGUSTINE, FL -- (Marketwire) -- 11/22/10 -- O2 Secure Wireless, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: OTOW) announces that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Earthcom Service Inc., has entered into a Lease Agreement to secure Retail...

NP a game changer for manufacturers as well as operators – Samsung – Chile

By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas The introduction of number portability (NP) in Chile in mid 2011 will oblige not only operators to up their game to retain customers but also device suppliers to re-orient their product portfolio to suit new services, Aldo Vidal, Samsung...

Audio Kit iPhone App version 1.4 released by Sinusoid Pty Ltd

Sydney, Australia – Sinusoid Pty Ltd today is pleased to announce the release of Audio Kit 1.4 for iOS. Audio Kit is a collection of four tools which are essential for those working in audio, sound and music; A real time Spectrum...

Seven in race for Telekom stake

TeleGeography | Monday, 13 December 2010 Serbia’s Ministry of Finance has announced that seven companies have applied to participate in a tender for the 51% stake in Telekom Srbija being sold by the government. The seven are Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telekom Austria, America Movil,...

Anatel forges ahead with H Band mobile auction

TeleGeorgraphy | December 2010 Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel has rejected petitions to allow existing mobile operators to participate in the upcoming auction of H Band 3G mobile spectrum, BNamericas reports. In early November this year, Telemar Norte Leste (Telemar, or Oi) and SindiTelebrasil, an association...

Six submit bids for Brazil’s H Band auction

TeleGeography | Friday, 10 December 2010 Brazil’s national telecoms regulator Anatel says that six groups have submitted proposals to bid for the country’s final 3G mobile frequencies – the so-called H Band. Valor Online reports that the six are domestic operators Vivo, Claro, TIM Brasil, Oi,...

ITU World Radiocommunication Seminar highlights future communication technologies

ITU | Press Release Focus on international regulations for spectrum management and satellite orbits Geneva, 6 December 2010 - The ITU World Radiocommunication Seminar 2010 (WRS-10) opened in Geneva today to discuss international regulations on the use of radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits. Discussions during the...

Alcatel-Lucent leads market to the 100G era

Marking a new era in network bandwidth technology, Alcatel-Lucent has introduced the first commercially available solution to carry a single carrier 100 gigabit per second (100G) on a wavelength through the innovative use of emerging “Next Generation Coherent” technology. Designed to address...

Sprint Inks International 4G Roaming Agreements With Digicel and Global Mobile to Establish Global Ecosystem

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 08, 2010 - Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced that it has signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in...

CHT, TWM, FET to offer femtocell services in 2011

Chloe Yu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES  Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plan to offer femtocell services in the first half of 2011, the second half of 2011...

Australia – Telecoms Market Analyses – NBN Transforms Telecoms Industry

This annual publication provides analysis on the telecoms market in 2010, forecasts, overview and discussion on: - National Broadband Network - International broadband and trans-sector activities - Mobile communications market - Mobile data - Smart grid infrastructure - Social networks - Broadcasting and pay TV NBN full steam ahead The industry is...

China Telecom, Huawei and Corning Jointly Announced the Completion of 3000km Ultra Long Haul 100G WDM Transmission Test in China

China Telecom, Huawei, and Corning Incorporated, jointly announced that the completion of China's first 100G wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ultra long haul transmission test. The test also set a new record of 100G WDM transmission distance of over 3000...

Equity Research on America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. and NII Holdings Inc. — Wireless Surging in Latin and South America

Wednesday December 01, 2010 - 08:30 AM EST Marketwire News Release JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/01/10 --www.stockcall.com/ offers investors comprehensive research on the wireless communications industry and has completed analytical research onAmerica Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: AMX) and NII Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD). Register with us...

With new funds in hand Clearwire looks towards network expansion

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) seems to be breathing a little easier following its recent fund raising activities with talk of expanding its network operations to cover up to 250 million potential customers over the coming years. The demeanor is in stark contrast to its decision...

FCC seeks comment on adding 'disadvantages' criteria to auction bidding credits

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on whether to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to consider how the agency could adopt rules to give people who have “overcome substantial disadvantage” bidding credits in future auctions.The agency noted that it is supposed...

France readies spectrum auction for 4G networks

The exact price and terms are still being worked out, but France is preparing to auction off a new round of wireless frequencies for fourth-generation wireless networks this summer.Industry Minister Eric Besson told (Reuters that a minimum price is still being set for the...

AT&T and Qualcomm in reported talks about FLO TV spectrum

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) has held talks with AT&T Mobility (T) about a possible sale of its spectrum holdings for FLO TV, according to Bloomberg.There are few details beyond that, although the unnamed sources confirmed that Verizon Wireless (VZ) and T-Mobile USA Inc. have not...

Reality Check: With spectrum challenges, operators look to alternative frequency bands and technologies

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. As operators continue to invest in 3G technologies and examine options available for 4G, three things...

CEO Insight Series: Roger Linquist of MetroPCS

Editor's Note: This is the first in a new series by RCR Wireless News that will seek to interview C-level executives from around the world to gain insight into their challenges and successes. To nominate someone for the series, please e-mail Tracy Ford attford@ardenmedia.com...