2011

Indian operator Uninor reported a 22% sequential increase in Q3 revenues and showed consistent earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization improvement. The company, which is owned by Norwegian-based Telenor …

After decades of “holy wars” surrounding cellular technologies, common ground seems to have been made around the LTE standard. Virtually all carriers around the world have said they plan on …

Terry McCabe, CTO of Mavenir Systems, says there are many bumps on the road to actually offering valuable services to subscribers over LTE. He also cautions that LTE networks can …

The Indian Cabinet on Tuesday approved the National Manufacturing Policy, which has identified telecommunications as one of the “industries with strategic significance”.

Qualcomm (QCOM) garnered a pair of significant wins this month as the chipmaker not only scored the main CPU for Nokia’s new Windows Phone 7 devices, but also supplies the …

Sprint Nextel’s recent announcement that it planned to begin deploying LTE services across its network as part of its Network Vision initiative was not a surprise to most industry observers …

Crown Castle, the largest U.S. tower owner, said network upgrades by Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel boosted earnings in the third quarter of 2011. For the quarter, recurring …

Sprint Nextel’s (S) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde operations continued in the third quarter as the carrier continued to show improved customer growth results that are hampered by higher costs …

Nokia unveiled the company’s first Windows Phone offerings in London this morning at the company’s Nokia World event. The two Nokia Windows phones are the higher-end Lumia 800 and the …

VelaTel Global Communications (VELA), which was previously known as ChinaTel, said it has created a joint venture with China-based Next Generation Special Network Communications Technology to deploy a TD-LTE network …

The Indian telecom sector is again in news for the wrong reasons after a national daily reported about a ‘3G roaming scam’ wherein some telecom operators are “offering 3G services and earning money from areas which they never bid during the 3G auctions”.

The survey also found that towns with less than 2 lakh population collectively returned a much higher number of internet users that the top four metros put together.

A recent IDC report on cloud computing showed that worldwide revenue from public IT cloud services exceeded $16 billion in 2009, and is forecast to increase at a compound annual …

Anytime there’s talk about the promises of LTE, look around the room. You’re bound to find someone wondering how we’re really going to deliver on these promises. From a marketing perspective, LTE is impressive as mobile users will be able to take advantage of faster data speeds and cool, new devices. From a technical perspective, LTE presents several challenges. The good news is that there are some innovative solutions available to solve these challenges.