Hailing the country's telecom sector as an international success story, the Indian government said that with an overall subscriber base of 914.6 million and teledensity of 76%, the sector continues to grow from strength to strength.
India's Telecom Commission has accepted the recommendations of industry regulator TRAI to relax mergers and acquisitions rules in the sector. The decision paves the way for spectrum-sharing among telecom operators. This will lead to consolidation in market with over a dozen telecom companies.
Indian telecom regulator Monday released a consultation paper on Allocation of Spectrum Resources for Residential and Enterprise Intratelecommunication Requirements/ cordless telecommunications system (CTS).
India's new telecom operators, which includes Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications, Sistema-Shyam and Uninor among others, have asked the government to consider allotting up to 6.2 MHz spectrum to them without any additional charge, media reports stated.
The Indian government has collected $1.95 billion as telecom license fees for 2010-11, an increase of about 1% compared with the previous year. The annual license fees are collected from licensees as a percentage of their adjusted gross revenues.
India's telecom department has given its 'in principle' nod to state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. to surrender the broadband wireless access spectrum allotted to it.
Brazil has to improve the capacity of its backbone and backhaul infrastructure to support the increasing demand of data, said Informa Telecoms & Media and Brazilian consulting firm Teleco during a news conference held by information and communications technology company Huawei.
In a recent survey,...
Cox Communications, having recently dismantled its wireless ambitions, said it plans to sell its 20 megahertz 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum holdings to Verizon Wireless for $315 million. Cox noted that those spectrum assets cover 28 million potential customers and do not include its 12 megahertz...
This week, two Latin American companies announced LTE launches: Sky in Brazil and Antel in Uruguay. Previously, Colombian UNE EPM announced its LTE antenna and U.S. carrier AT&T plans to deploy LTE in Puerto Rico as part of its strategy to expand networks improvements...
French regulatory body ARCEP said it has received four bids for 800 MHz spectrum licenses as a follow up to 2.6 GHz spectrum licenses issued earlier this year. The spectrum licenses are expected to be used by operators to roll out LTE-based 4G services.
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Nextel Mexico, the local unit of Virginia-based NII Holdings and Mexican group Iusacell have agreed to withdraw lawsuits and end litigation related to an October 2010 auction.
At an auction of frequency bands leftovers held by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel on Dec. 6, carriers offered $132.7 million for 15 lots of frequency sub-bands used for the provision of personal mobile services.
The Brazilian unit of Spain’s Telefónica aims to be the biggest and best telecom provider in Brazil -- and that consumers recognize it as such. That might not be easy, because Telefónica Brazil faced serious problems with its Internet broadband service Speed in 2008, and it took some time to recover from the brand damage. However, the current scenario is brighter: Little more than one year after the mobile carrier Vivo’s acquisition, all Telefónica’s products will be rebranded under the Vivo name.
In case of spectrum allocation beyond 4.4 MHz and up to 6.2 MHz to GSM operators, the service provider should have covered at least 50% of the district headquarters or any other town in lieu thereof, according to Indian telecom regulator's recommendations for assignment of additional spectrum.
The past couple of weeks have witnessed several industry events that could reshape what the wireless industry will look like going forward. Those events have been centered on the growing need for wireless carriers to get their hands on spectrum that consumers are devouring...
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Subtel, Chile’s secretary of telecommunications, will disclose on Dec. 16 the new award conditions for the 4G auctions in the band of 2.6 GHz. The auction of three 20 MHz blocks of frequency is set for the first half of 2012.
Verizon Wireless (VZ) bolstered its spectrum war chest today by announcing plans to acquire 122 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum licenses (also known as AWS spectrum) covering 259 million potential customers for $3.6 billion from a consortium of cable companies. The deal also allows for the...
Colombian telecom UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones has installed the country's first antenna signal transmission to LTE commercial operations ahead of schedule.
Sometimes finding a hidden signal can be very challenging, especially in cases where the signal is deliberately hidden in a way that makes it difficult to detect. High-performance spectrum analyzers help users detect and locate hidden signals. Their low phase noise and wide dynamic...
Technology upgrades and spectrum management are a fact of life for mobile operators that are having to constantly update networks and rearrange spectrum assets in order to continuing serving growing customer demand and keep up with competitors in the marketing wars.
However, few carriers take...
Nextel’s plan to deploy 3G voice and push-to-talk services in Mexico, which was expected by the first half of 2012, may be in trouble after a Mexican court ordered the Ministry of Communications and Transportation to revoke the mobile concession awarded in October 2010.
Puerto Rico may become a pioneer in LTE networks in the Caribbean, thanks to planned offerings from AT&T and Open Mobile. AT&T has said it will launch its LTE services in six new markets Nov. 20.
