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...
A quote often attributed to Bernard Shaw actually comes from the German philosopher Georg Hegel: “We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.” Perhaps the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) should pay attention to that bit of wisdom. ...
Korea Herald | February 25, 2011 | Cho Ji-hyun
The Korea Communications Commission said Thursday that it decided not to allow a fourth telecom to establish in the local market due to its lack of business strategies and funding abilities.
During the weekly general meeting, commissioners...
SAN MARCOS, Texas—The Radio Club of America plans to hold a dinner in conjunction with a training conference and exhibition sponsored by the Texas chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International on April 5 in San Marcos, Texas. APCO International...
Wall Street Journal | February 18, 2011 | Jose De Cordoba
MEXICO CITY—Companies controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim have decided to stop advertising through the country's biggest broadcaster, Grupo Televisa SAB.
The move by Mr. Slim, expected to cost Televisa some 4% of its advertising...
Business News Americas | February 17, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) believes its upcoming LightRadio antenna technology is well suited for helping to address the principal challenges faced by Latin American mobile operators, Alcatel-Lucent's president for Latin America, Osvaldo...
The federal government could reap more than $33 billion in net proceeds if it moves ahead with plans to auction off 120 megahertz of wireless spectrum currently under the control of television broadcasters, according to a white paper submitted to the Federal Communications Commission...
Net-Net Policy Director provides critical security, routing and interoperability functions for LTE data and voice roaming and scaling all-IP networks
GSMA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, SPAIN, FEBRUARY 14, 2011 — Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today unveiled the Net-Net®...
Reaction to President Obama's Expanded Wireless Access Initiative was welcomed by wireless industry groups, which used the platform to continue to promote their own agendas. The initiative, announced at Northern Michigan University, is designed to bring high-speed wireless coverage to 98% of Americans in...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Business News Americas | February 10, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Luxembourg-based mobile operator Millicom International Cellular (Nasdaq: MICC) has forecast capex of US$800mn for 2011, which does not include potential investments in spectrum or potential expenditure in Greenfield assets in Latin America, company CFO Francois-Xavier Roger...
PR Newswire | February 3, 2011
-- Telecommunications companies in the United States, represented by COMPTEL, express concern about the independence of COFETEL and hope it will achieve the autonomy to resolve the conflict of telecommunications in Mexico.
-- COMPTEL demonstrates that despite years of complaints...
Wall Street Journal | January 31, 2011 | Taos Turner
BUENOS AIRES—The presidents of Argentina and Brazil signed a broad range of agreements Monday to cooperate on everything from nuclear power development to broadband expansion and regional pharmaceutical standards.
In her first state visit abroad, Brazilian...
Bangkok Post | January 28, 2011
Samart Corporation won today's TOT Plc auction for a 20-billion-baht 3G (third generation) wireless broadband network expansion.
The e-auction was held on Friday morning after the Administrative Court last night rejected Ericsson's petition to halt the bidding.
The reserve bid price...
TeleGeography | January 31, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Vietnamese military-run mobile network operator Viettel has won Peru's fourth mobile operator licence, citing an announcement from the investment agency ProInversion. The company reportedly plans to invest around USD27 million in the new...
Maravedis | January 26, 2011 | Cintia Garza
Latin America is the quietest region in terms of LTE deployments and operator commitments. Other regions such as Europe and Asia Pacific have shown much more LTE activity, accounting for 35% and 26% of the 145 LTE...
The head of the National Cable Telecommunications Association asked the Federal Communications Commission to prevent technology mandates, arguing they prevent innovation and could hinder the development of smart video devices. Kyle McSlarrow, NCTA President and CEO, asserted that the many recent business arrangements from...
