Brazil and India followed telecom regulatory policies with an objective to bring in privatization and competition, but the variations in models followed by the two has led to different sectoral outcomes.
Contrary to what we might have once believed, the mobile phone is the vehicle that will become the basis of all convergent channels. Before, it was thought that this main vehicle would be the TV or even the computer, but the mobile phone has won this battle -- not only with its incredible growth in units but also because these small devices incorporate more tech features every day.
It’s intriguing to consider a world where copy machines contact the supplier when the machine’s ink supply is low, patients at risk for heart attacks are remotely monitored in their homes and careful drivers are rewarded with cheaper coverage because their insurance companies know they regularly obey the speed limit.
The controversial 2G note, dated March 25, 2011, sent by India's Finance Ministry to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is again in news with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday clarifying that the note was prepared at the behest of the PMO.
After almost a month of disrupting its connectivity to private operators Airtel, Vodafone, Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular in the state of...
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit on equity for the telecom services sector will remain at 74% according to India's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion's (DIPP) recently released consolidated Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy.
While Apple loyalists waited for the newest iPhone to arrive, Samsung Electronics nabbed the top spot in smartphone sales for the third quarter. According...
Costa Rica's telecom monopoly is coming to an end. The nation's telecommunications regulator Sutel has granted mobile operators Claro (Carlos Slim’s América Móvil) and...
Self-organizing networks (SON) is a key element of next generation radio access networks, especially LTE where SON techniques are an integral part of the LTE specifications. While SON in the RAN network has been defined through organizations like 3GPP and NGMN, SON in the mobile backhaul space remains undefined. Here, I like to present my take on what SON means in the context of small cell mobile backhaul where SON techniques are set to play a prominent role.
Increasing performance of mobile devices along with today’s mobile subscribers’ higher levels of adoption for mobile apps has encouraged developers to produce powerful mobile applications. Because of the complexities in the mobile apps development and competitive pressures, apps developers are sometimes turning a nelson eye towards conforming to established app development standards. As a result, apps produced are prone to issues like inefficiencies in end user experience, interruptions and interferences with phone operation and network resources, mala fide intentions, and resultant vulnerabilities such as attacks by worms, Trojans and other malware.
Consumer appetite for video-on-demand services – the ability to access videos when and where it is convenient to them – is on the rise. The arrival of 3G/4G and LTE networks has opened up new bandwidth for on-demand access, with entertainment such as movies and television shows driving adoption. Other driving factors are at work, too, particularly for mobile subscribers, which leaped over the 300 million mark in the United States alone this past year.
In connection with this week’s 4G World event, Yankee Group released a report highlighting the exploding demand for mobile data services and how “4G”...
Man, is there not a more confounding company in the domestic wireless industry than Sprint Nextel? I mean is there a company that makes more screwball decisions that were then horribly executed? Nokia? Microsoft? Research In Motion? Palm? Motorola? I think Sprint Nextel has them all beat.
China Telecom (CHA), which is the country’s third largest wireless operator behind behemoth China Mobile (CHL) and No. 2 China Unicom (CHU), said it...
The Nigerian Communications Commission has threatened to sanction the three major telecom operators -- MTN Nigeria, Globacom, and Airtel Nigeria - if the quality of their services don't improve by November 30.
NII Holdings (NIHD) said it's planned 3G launches were on track. Nextel’s owner unveiled push-to-talk service on a W-CDMA platform in Peru last month....
