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NEW ORLEANS – The GSM Association announced the commercial launch of its OpenAPI gateway, along with its adoption by a consortium of three mobile network operators in Canada – Bell …

Chilean telecom regulator Subtel is considering auctioning the 700 MHz band for LTE, the Minister of Telecommunications, Pedro Pablo Errazuriz, said during the 37th Plenary Meeting of the GSMA Latin …

The GSMA is making a commitment to Wi-Fi, partnering with the Wireless Broadband Alliance to make mobile roaming easier for consumers. Together the two trade associations said they will work …

Mobile technology will play a significant role in the provisioning of healthcare services globally, according to a new report from the GSMA. The industry association noted in its report, “Touching …

HSPA and LTE connections will be key drivers of mobile connection growth in Latin America, with total connections expected to hit 750 million connections by 2015 and an average penetration …

Near field communication (NFC) is on its way to getting launched in Brazil and could become a reality at the end of this year, told RCR Wireless News Mustafa Almansur, NFC programme leader …

Indian telecom regulator has proposed an entry fee of $3.88 million for for a national level unified license from the current figure of $322.3 million.

Several major global telecom vendors — including Alcatel Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, Huawei Telecommunication and ZTE Telecom — are among the bidders for the mobile equipment tender of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

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.

Mobile broadband use has overtaken fixed-line access, GSMA Latin America says, adding that the main challenge for the region’s countries is to support the demand for data traffic. Public policies are necessary for mass access to networks, said GSMA Latin America Director Sebastian Hair, who opened the organization’s plenary meeting this week in El Salvador.

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 number of broadband connections in Brazil reached 53.9 million in October, an increase of 68.4% compared with the same month last year, as the rate of broadband activations to more than one new access every second, Telebrasil reported.

Nokia Siemens Networks| August 31, 2011 | Press Release Under the two-year agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize TeliaSonera Finland’s existing GSM and 3G networks, and roll out new LTE …

It has been a competitive battle for the No. 2 position in Brazil’s mobile phone market. While Vivo has maintained its leadership position, the second position has been a long …

Reuters | August 4, 2011 | Georgina Prodhan Nokia Siemens Networks has begun cutting 1,500 jobs from the 6,900 staff it acquired with its $1.2 billion acquisition of Motorola’s telecoms …