BROWSING: Policy

T-Mobile USA targeting No. 3

T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) is looking to put its recent tumultuous past behind it and move aggressively forward with ambitious plans to jump past current rival Sprint Nextel Corp. as the nation’s third largest operator. During an investor conference today in New York City,...

RFMicron rides rising Wireless Tracking market in Austin

AUSTIN, Texas--A new wireless tracking trend may soon become a large part of mobile broadband applications. Locally, investment in the industry is starting to heat up. As the brainchild of RFMicron, Shariar Rokshaz graduated from the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) in July 2010 with...

Lack of regulatory clarity holding back LTE in Latin America – GSA – Regional

Business News Americas | January 18, 2011 | Patrick Nixon LTE is the fastest-developing system in the history of mobile telecommunications, with 180 operators around the world investing in the technology, but a lack of regulatory clarity is the main obstacle holding back Latin America,...

DiGi unit applies for spectrum

The Star Online | January 15, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR: DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DiGi.Com Bhd, has submitted its application to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission for spectrum in the 2600MHz band. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, DiGi said it...

Shaw pushes back wireless launch until early 2012

Canadian telecommunications provider Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) is delaying the launch of its wireless service until early 2012, pushing off its entrance into the increasingly competitive market by about three months.The company noted during its first fiscal quarter release that its previous plans to...

Huawei Selected as Provider to Expand TeliaSonera’s 2G/3G/4G Network in Norway

Huawei | January 11, 2011 | Press Release Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has been selected by TeliaSonera to expand and upgrade its GSM/HSPA+/LTE network throughout southern Norway. The enhanced network coverage will embrace Norway's...

Huawei Selected as Provider to Expand TeliaSonera's 2G/3G/4G Network in Norway

Huawei | January 11, 2011 | Press Release Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has been selected by TeliaSonera to expand and upgrade its GSM/HSPA+/LTE network throughout southern Norway. The enhanced network coverage will embrace Norway's...

New telecoms minister faces political, technical challenges – analysts – Mexico

Business News Americas | January 10, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Mexico's newly appointed communications and transport minister, Dionisio Perez-Jacome, will face the task of strengthening policy in the highly politicized telecoms sector, while outgoing Juan Molinar Horcasitas can look back on achievements that include a...

Brazil to Expand Fixed and Mobile Telecommunications Services Nationwide Using 450 MHz Spectrum Band

CDG | January 10, 2011 | Press Release New regulations provide for more effective use of 450-470 MHz band for fixed and mobile broadband, telephony and multimedia services to bridge the digital divide COSTA MESA, CA — January 10, 2011 — The CDMA Development Group (CDG)...

Four groups chasing TOT deal

Bangkok Post | January 10, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana 3G contender field narrowed from 10 Only four groups are expected to pursue bids for TOT's 3G wireless broadband nationwide expansion worth 19.98 billion baht when bid documents are submitted today. The field has been thinned from 10...

UPDATE 1-America Movil, Telefonica win Costa Rica cell bids

Reuters | January 7, 2011 | Alex Leff Jan 7 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's telecoms regulator on Friday awarded licenses to Spain's Telefonica and Mexico's America Movil to become the first private firms to provide mobile service in the country's relatively...

Sprint Nextel, Clearwire attempt to clear the air

With executive-level representatives from both companies speaking at this week's Citi 21st Annual Global Entertainment Media & Telecommunications Conference, there was little doubt one of the topics of discussion would be the current temperature of the relationship between Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and Clearwire...

Mincom backing optical communications to increase broadband speeds – Brazil

Business News Americas | January 4, 2011 Brazil's communications ministry (Minicom) has thrown its support behind the development of optical communication systems that aim to reach broadband transmission rates of 100 Gbps. Brazilian research and development institute CPqD launched the project in 2010 and the ministry's...

T-Mobile USA’s Neville Ray to Serve as 4G Americas’ Chairperson

4G Americas | January 5, 2011 | Press Release BELLEVUE, Wash. – 4G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the 3GPP family of technologies, today announced that Neville Ray, Chief Technology Officer for T-Mobile USA, has been re-elected to serve as 2011 Chairperson of the...

Brazil telecoms, Telebras may share broadband Plan, Folha says

Bloomberg | December 29, 2010 | Andre Soliani Brazilian telecommunications companies will be invited to share with state-owned Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA leadership of the government’s plan to extend broadband Internet services to all homes, incoming Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo told Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. The...

ProInversion postpones spectrum auction- Peru

TeleGeography | December 31, 2010 The private investment promotion agency, ProInversion, has postponed the process to award 25MHz of spectrum in the 1900MHz band which it had hoped would attract a fourth operator to enter the Peruvian mobile market. ProInversion telecoms project director, Jesus Guillen, told...

China Mobile: To Start Large-Scale Testing Of Domestic 4G Technology

Wall Street Journal | December 31, 2010 | Owen Fletcher and Aaron Back BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) said Friday it will start large-scale testing of a domestically developed fourth-generation mobile communications technology, having received approval from regulators. China Mobile, having developed a local Chinese...

Broadband connections in Venezuela grow 18 percent during first half of 2010

Adveriser Talk | December 2010 CARACAS, Venezuela – Cisco announced today the results of a new Cisco® Broadband Barometer study, reporting a growth of 18 percent in the number of fixed broadband connections in Venezuela, which represents a penetration of 5.2 per 100 inhabitants, during...

MetroPCS picks up remainder of Royal Street

Regional wireless provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) said it has closed on its acquisition of the remaining 15% and controlling “limited liability” interest in Royal Street Communications L.L.C.As a result of the acquisition, Royal has been renamed MetroPCS Networks L.L.C. and is now a...

OFTA Welcomes the Industry Code of Practice for Telecommunications Service Contracts to Enhance Consumer Protection

OFTA |Press Release | December 21, 2010 The Office of the Telecommunications Authority ("OFTA") today (21 December 2010) welcomes the efforts of the Communications Association of Hong Kong ("CAHK") in promulgating an Industry Code of Practice for Telecommunications Service Contracts (the "Industry Code") for adoption...

Facebook Founder Visits China

Trading Markets | Tue. December 21, 2010 BEIJING, Dec 21, 2010 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- On December 20, 2010, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg was said to visit Baidu Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU | PowerRating) and had lunch together with Robin Li, CEO of the...

Venezuela tightens Internet regulation

Reuters | Daniel Wallis | Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:49pm EST (Reuters) - Venezuela's parliament approved tighter regulation of the Internet on Monday in the latest of a package of laws to entrench President Hugo Chavez's...

Committee flags up illegal amendments to mobile concessions

TeleGeography | Thailand | Monday December 20, 2010 A review committee appointed by Thailand’s Information and Communications Technology Minister Juti Krairiksh has highlighted various ‘illegal’ amendments to the Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) concessions issued to mobile operators AIS, DTAC and True Move by state-owned telcos TOT and...

Four operators interested in mobile spectrum to be awarded Dec 23 – Peru

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 23 - the same date that technical and economic offers are to be opened, ProInversion...