Monthly Archives: November, 2011

LTE N.A. 2011: Verizon Wireless set for rural LTE launches in 2012

DALLAS -- Verizon Wireless’ plans to expand LTE coverage into smaller markets under its LTE in Rural America program are nearly set to show...

TRAI: Indian telcos brings in $9.45B in Q2

As a whole, India's telecom sector collected $9.45 billion in gross revenue and $6.58 billion in adjusted gross revenue during this year's second quarter, representing increases of 13.3% and 6.9%, respectively, over the same period last year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India reported Wednesday.

Slow spending hurts earnings for equipment makers

Shares of networking equipment bellwether Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) are higher today after the company surpassed Wall Street's forecasts for its fiscal first quarter. The...

Infotel Broadband acquires stake in Extramarks Education

RIL-owned subsidiary Infotel Broadband has acquired a 38.5% stake in digital learning company Extramarks Education for an undisclosed amount. The investment was carried out...

HSPA networks continue spread across Latin America

Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay launched HSPA+ commercial networks during the first week of November, bringing Latin America's total of HSPA networks in the region...

Vodafone India posts revenue growth, but profit slips

The Indian telecom service business of Vodafone Group PLC has reported an adjusted operating loss of $15 million on total revenue of $3.53 billion in the first half of its 2011-12 financial year, despite a double-digit increase in revenue compared with the same period last year.

From big servers to software solutions: Can GENBAND make the switch?

GENBAND is offering its customers a lot more than switches these days. The private Dallas-based company says it's the nation's leading maker of fixed...

LTE N.A. 2011: Leap’s Ingram throws down challenge for strong No. 3

DALLAS – Leap Wireless’ senior vice president of strategy, Bill Ingram, threw down the gauntlet on his rivals during a keynote address at this...

CBI directed to provide Chidambaram-Raja letters to Swamy

A special court Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to give Subramanian Swamy a copy of a file which contains all the correspondence between India's Home Minister P Chidambaram and former Telecom Minister A Raja.

Open Mobile Summit: Are apps for enterprise the future?

Cisco hopes the answer is yes. Just a few days ahead of its much-anticipated earnings report, Cisco wooed developers Friday at Appcelerate, day three...

DoT blasts telcos over nonsubmission of auditors reports

India's Department of Telecommunications has asked Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel, BSNL, Idea, RCL and RTL to explain why action should not be taken against them for failing to submit auditors reports for 2009-10.

With IPv6 on tap, end is in sight for IPv4 in Latin America

Latin American telecoms are gearing up to upgrade their infrastructure to support IPv6 as the supply of IPv4 addresses nears its end. For instance, mobile operator TIM has spent $740,000 on its networks in Brazil to prepare for the migration to the newer protocol.

Paraguay to invest $150M a year in national telecom plan

Paraguay's government has launched an ambitious National Telecommunications Plan aimed at increasing broadband access nationwide, among other goals, in part by calling for investment of $150 million a year until 2015.

Analyst Angle: Thoughts on the Caribbean DTH Market

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics...

Report: India will have 121M Internet users by December

India will have 121 million Internet users by December 2011, according to the annual I-Cube joint report published Monday.

India may get 4G next year, telecom minister says

India's Telecom and Information Technology minister says 4G services may be launched in the country as soon as the second half of next year.

Brazil: Is the country of the future arriving?

With Brazil growing into prosperity, is the country of the future finally arriving? Yes, say experts, but Brazil must make more progress to become more competitive.

Brazil’s ICT market may reach $400B by 2022, Brasscom says

Brazil's information and communications technology market could reach U.S. $400 billion by 2022, according to Brasscom, thanks to several major factors boosting the country's telecom transformation.

Unión Temporal wins Colombian fiber optic auction

A consortium including Mexico's TV Azteca and Total Play has won a $640 million auction deal to provide a fiber-optic network in Colombia.

Oi secures $1 billion credit line

Brazil's Oi Group says it has obtained a revolving credit facility worth U.S. $1 billion to reinforce its cash position in coming years.

MobiQuest targets 7.5M customers for M’Loyal by March

M'Loyal, the customer loyalty product of enterprise mobility solutions provider MobiQuest, hopes to have 7.5 million customers onboard its platform by March, says MobiQuest...

Reader Forum: Harvesting the benefits of refarmed spectrum

Operators are desperate for spectrum that will facilitate LTE migration. By 2020, Morgan Stanley predicts that there will be more than 10 billion connected devices globally. Consumers increasingly expect access to data anywhere and on any device, placing increasing pressure on mobile networks. LTE offers operators the chance to relieve some of this pressure and deliver data at a low cost per bit and low latency.

Reader Forum: What does the future hold for fulfillment?

Service fulfillment is one of the twin pillars of the traditional OSS/BSS architecture, turning customer orders into active communication services and mirroring a parallel flow of chargeable records from network to bill. But these straightforward days are fast disappearing – are we now witnessing fulfillment’s final finale?

Analyst Angle: Net neutrality becomes U.S. law, with lawsuits to come

The so-called net-neutrality rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission last December have finally been published in the Federal Register, meaning that they will...

AMD to cut workforce, invest in mobile

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is laying off 10% of its workforce in an effort to cut costs. The world's second largest chipmaker will...
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