Monthly Archives: December, 2011

Indian telcos add 6.7M GSM subscribers in November

India's total GSM mobile subscriber base stood at 632.1 million as telecom operators added 6.7 million new subscribers in the month of November, an increase of 1.1% from the previous month.

Analyst Angle: Oi took too long to realize importance of subsidizing handsets

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...

Cloud, big data, mobile applications among Gartner’s top predictions

Consumerization, cloud computing, consumer and enterprise social networks, mobile application, the shifting of sources of supply from Asia to the Americas, big data and...

CWC opens office in El Salvador

After winning a contract in April to supply and manage an emergency services call system for El Salvador's national police force, the Panama unit...

Where do T-Mobile USA, AT&T go from here?

With its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA now dead, AT&T Mobility look set to end the year having to plan how to proceed. Details...

Tower stocks up on AT&T/T-Mobile USA news

One segment expected to benefit from AT&T’s (T) decision to drop its acquisition bid of T-Mobile USA is the tower market, which for the...

Unsolicited calls, text messages plummet in India

India's telecom ministry has said that complaints relating to unsolicited calls have come down significantly, but unsuspecting telecom subscribers continue to receive pesky text messages.

Impasse between BlackBerry, Indian security agencies continues

The security impasse between the Canadian maker of BlackBerry handsets, Research in Motion, and India's security agencies remains unresolved, as the agencies still have no way of decrypting the 256-bit encryption technology embedded in BlackBerry Messenger and email (sent using Blackberry Enterprise Solutions).

Brazil’s mobile subscriber base climbs to 236.1M

Brazil closed November with 236.1 million mobile subscribers, reaching teledensity of 120.81 connections per 100 people. Prepaid continued to account for the largest portion,...

Anatel grants Sisteer full MVNx license

Brazil's market for mobile virtual network operators may have at least three players after French mobile virtual network enabler Sisteer was granted a license...

Confirmed: SensorLogic M2M platform acquired by Gemalto

SensorLogic, a leading machine-to-machine (M2M) cloud application development platform, has been rumored for weeks to be the subject of an acquisition by Paris-based mobile...

Reality Check column: Is Brazil ready for ‘Internet of Things’?

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the...

Reality Check: Tablet thunderbolt – How big will it strike in enterprise?

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

BREAKING: AT&T ends bid to acquire T-Mobile USA

UPDATED: After nearly nine months, AT&T has said it will drop its $39 billion acquisition attempt of T-Mobile USA. The carrier cited recent acts...

Leap launches Huawei Mercury smartphone

Leap Wireless’ (LEAP) Cricket Communications operations unveiled a halo device in the Huawei Mercury smartphone set to retail at the carrier for $250. The Android-powered...

Report: Data services to propel Saudi Arabia’s wireless economy

The Saudi Arabian telecom market is expected to generate $17.2 billion in service revenues by 2016, a compound annual growth rate of 4.2% from...

S&P: Telecom competition in Asia shifting toward data, broadband services

Competition among telecom companies in emerging Asia is showing signs of easing in some markets such as India, but competition is likely to remain intense in many of those markets, S&P said in a report today.

BSNL moves to surrender BWA spectrum

India's telecom department has given its 'in principle' nod to state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. to surrender the broadband wireless access spectrum allotted to it.

Cities becoming more digital, rankings show

In its second edition, Ericsson's Networked Society City Index ranked 25 of the world's largest cities according to their ability to use ICT for social, economic and environmental benefits. The top three cities in the index -- Seoul, Singapore and Stockholm -- have successfully met many social, economic and environmental targets by making extensive investments in ICT, Ericsson noted.

Brazil needs to improve its backhaul, backbone infrastructure, firms say

Brazil has to improve the capacity of its backbone and backhaul infrastructure to support the increasing demand of data, said Informa Telecoms & Media...

Reader Forum: Old loyalty vs. new loyalty

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Reader Forum: U.S. consumers turn to Wi-Fi for all the data they can eat

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Worst of the Week: Driving me crazy!

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...

Freescale announces reorganization

Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) today became the latest semiconductor company to announce a restructuring. The Austin-based chipmaker says it will create two new strategic...

Indian lawyer points to Russian link in 2G spectrum scandal

Indian attorney Prashant Bhushan told the country's Supreme Court that India's investigating agencies have overlooked the role of Shyam Telelink in the 2G spectrum scam because it has links to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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