Global Tower Partners said it has signed an agreement with Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund to manage and lease 41 properties to wireless carriers...
Verizon Wireless’ LTE network looks to have taken a hit with the carrier acknowledging “issues” with its high-speed data network. The issues, which have...
Expected at some point to be a worldwide phenomenon, the carriers in the Western Hemisphere are currently the leaders in rolling out LTE technologies...
Alcatel-Lucent wants to supply more than equipment to wireless operators. The company says that one of the most important assets the carriers have is their relationship with their customers, and it sees the opportunity to help carriers find appropriate ways to bring those customers to mobile marketers.
Mobile banking leader mFoundry says it raised $18 million from a consortium led by MasterCard Inc. Intel Capital, FIS and Motorola Mobility also participated...
India's Tata Communications today announced the launch of its IPX+ (IP eXchange) mobile broadband enablement framework. The company said that 70 mobile network operators have signed up for the new framework, which is designed to help capitalize on the latest technology innovations in the mobile broadband space via better interprovider mobile service delivery and management.
At an auction of frequency bands leftovers held by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel on Dec. 6, carriers offered $132.7 million for 15 lots of frequency sub-bands used for the provision of personal mobile services.
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.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reassured the telecom industry today that his government is fully committed to sustaining growth, creativity and enterprise in a "vitally important" sector of the country's economy.
