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The Federal Communications Commission new regulations on pole attachments are designed to get mobile broadband services to market more quickly, but are already meeting resistance from the utility industry. The agency released details of the order, which among other things …

April 7 2011 – 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to …

April 7 2011 – 2:08 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) is moving forward with its TD-LTE plans having selected Ericsson (ERIC) to participate in a network trial of the technology in Shenzhen, …

CommScope Inc. supplied a Distributed Antenna System in San Diego’s Petco Park, bringing better wireless service to the venue. CommScope said a Tier-One wireless operator requested the DAS network. “Sporting events bring together tens of thousands of people, many of …

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Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alvarion Ltd. United States: With the City of Houston for the deployment of a 4G municipal network. Alvarion’s 4G wireless broadband network is enabling the City of Houston’s local government to …

Canadian wireless operator Telus Corp. (TU) is bringing back a name from the past in branding a new unlimited calling feature that looks to be taking on new competitors in the country’s mobile space. The new offering is marketed under …

Motricity Inc. (MOTR) won a contract from Virgin Media Inc. (VMED), to use Motricity’s MobileCast solution to support Virgin smartphone users. The service is designed to help Virgin Media mobile users easier access content, as well as allow users to …

Just days after announcing plans to increase its stake in the Indian market, Vodafone Group plc (VOD) said it plans to sell its stake in French wireless operator SFR for $11 billion.The deal calls for Vodafone to sell its 44% …

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China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) said it added nearly 20 million customers last year, pushing China’s second largest operator’s customer base to more than 167 million subscribers.The carrier said the growth was dominated by its W-CDMA-based 3G offering that attracted 11.3 …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Buoyed by a never ending line of advertisements touting the benefits of “4G” consumers are increasingly becoming aware of the term, though perhaps not so sure exactly what it means other than it’s “1” better than 3G. …

Turkey-based mobile operator Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) said it plans to expand operations into Germany through its wholly-owned subsidiary Turkcell Europe. The carrier said it expects to begin offering service in Germany in April 4.The German expansion, which is …

ORLANDO, Fla. – One of the themes at this year’s CTIA event in Orlando, Fla., was the need for carriers to have access to additional spectrum assets in order to be able to support increased mobile data demand from consumers. …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Perhaps showing the international importance of the CTIA event, China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA) EVP Yang Jie participated in the Day 2 keynote where he extolled the carrier’s plans to bolster its wireless offering as well as …

ORLANDO, Fla. – LightSquared continued its promotional tour this morning with company chairman and CEO Sanjiv Ahuja taking the stage during the Day 2 keynote extolling the benefits of LightSquared’s planned wholesale-only, satellite/terrestrial-based LTE network.Ahuja cited other companies that came …

ORLANDO, Fla.—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s speech to a packed CTIA International Wireless 2011 crowd in the Day 1 keynote speech touched on mostly previously announced initiatives, but Genachowski did provide a few new hints about where he stands …

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The migration of voice services to data networks is not a new phenomenon in the world of telecommunications, but for the mobile space the move has started to gain steam as carriers continue the roll out of high-speed data networks.According …

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 …