Monthly Archives: April, 2011

Hindustan Times: Raja ‘wrongly okayed’ dual technology use to Reliance

Hindustan Times | April 14, 2011 | Abhishek Sharan Former telecom minister A Raja allegedly wrongly granted an in-principle approval for the use of dual...

Hindustan Times: DoT U-turn: will consider Tata telecom’s seniority plea

Hindustan Times | April 14, 2011 | Bhadra Sinha The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has taken a U-turn from its earlier stand on the 2G...

Business Line: 2G case: Attorney General, CBI head may go before PAC tomorrow

Business Line | April 14, 2011 NEW DELHI, APRIL 14: Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati, CBI Director A.P. Singh and Law Secretary D.R. Meena are expected to...

NAB vs. CTIA: Similarities and differences abound

LAS VEGAS—Because of all of the bickering between wireless trade organization CTIA and broadcaster trade association the National Association of Broadcasters, I was curious...

The Hindu: TRAI proposes Rs.1-lakh cr infrastructure investment

The Hindu | April 14, 2011 Tax benefits for telecom infrastructure providers suggested Proposes setting up of 2 semiconductor fabrication units NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority...

Sprint allows Android Market apps to use direct carrier billing

Spint Nextel Corp. has joined the likes of AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA to allow direct carrier billing through apps purchased on the Android...

One in five smartphones will have NFC by 2014

One in five smartphones will have NFC by 2014, according to a new Juniper research report.

Business Line: Virgin Group to exit joint venture with Tata Teleservices

The Hindu Business Line | April 13, 2011 | Thomas K. Thomas & Adith Charlie NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI, APRIL 13: After riding with the Tatas for...

@ LTE LatAm: Samsung compares region to Korea, offers data management solutions

Super developed and connected Korea is perhaps not a great model to compare to when discussing mobile broadband in Latin America, but that's just...

@ LTE LatAm: ZTE touts its SON smart network to LatAm operators

During his presentation at the LTE LatAm summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week, ZTE's Sean Cai asked participants whether they felt their...

@ LTE LatAm: Bolivia's Entel pushes for broader broadband

Omar Perez of Entel used his keynote at LTE LatAm in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to discuss how mobile broadband could significantly improve the...

Google sending YouTube ne’erdowells to ‘Copyright School’

Ever since YouTube's inception in early 2005, the site has been plagued by copyright issues. Manually reviewing every clip uploaded is impossible, with over 35 hours of video submitted each minute. Once YouTube established itself as the de facto standard in online video, the music, television and film industries leant pretty hard on Google Inc. to crack down on the rampant uploading of copyrighted material.

Technology decision seen at core of Shaw's delayed wireless plans

Despite the continued strong push by many of its rivals, Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) appears to be again pushing off its plans to enter...

Ericsson, Huawei, NSN leaders in HSPA and LTE, Arthur D. Little says

Infrastructure suppliers are going to have to adapt their business models to help shape the global telecom market, including helping to finance and drive...

Verizon Wireless' rural LTE plans attract Indiana-based S and R

Verizon Wireless (VZ) continues to add names to its list of rural carrier partners interested in joining its LTE in Rural America program. The...

Partnerships: Pacnet delivers with Bharti Airtel; AmEx and Payfone create mobile checkout; and more

Pacnet announced that it has signed agreements with Bharti Airtel Limited to deliver a new high-speed network connecting Chennai to the US. The US$120...

Rumors of white iPhone 4 launch circle the Web

After a 10-month wait, whispers of the debut of the fabled white version of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone 4 are back and circling the...

NSN to deploy HSPA on St. Maarten

Nokia Siemens Networks won a contract to supply HSPA technology to TelCell St. Maarten, the mobile services arm of TelEm Group. The network should...

AT&T’s $39 billion T-Mobile USA purchase goes under review

AT&T Inc.’s proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc. will be under scrutiny by antitrust and communication agencies today, said a U.S. official. On March 20,...

Analyst Angle Special Edition: 4G mega buckets are causing European fixed broadband operators a few sleepless nights

Just when European fixed operators thought they had seen off the threat of fixed-to-mobile broadband substitution, some, mainly in Nordic markets, are encountering new...

Scoutmob adds mobile coupon deals to Austin

Location-based coupon dealer Scoutmob is now deep in the heart of Texas. The Atlanta-based company announced the addition of Austin to its listing of...

WordPress.com security breached, data potentially on the loose

It seems to be the season for huge breaches in security right now. First we had the Epsilon email lists hack, which is why you've been getting "Sorry we lost your data" e-mails from Target, Citibank, etc., and now some nefarious types have broken into Wordpress.com's servers and stolen a whole raft of sensitive data on their users.

Austin’s Eon settles wireless patent lawsuits with Sensus

Eon Corp. (EONC), an Austin-based company specializing in wireless telemetry technology, including the likes of advanced meter reading, announced it has settled all lawsuits...

Reuters: Indian IT firms set for robust outlook as tech spending rises

Reuters | April 12, 2011 | Bharghavi Nagaraju (Reuters) - India's top three technology firms are likely to post strong quarterly profit and indicate robust revenue...

@LTE LatAm: Uruguay's ANTEL makes social programs as high a priority as LTE

Uruguay's state-owned telecommunications company hopes to start laying the foundation of an LTE network this year, but in the meanwhile has established a number...
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