Monthly Archives: February, 2012

LightSquared’s loss is Clearwire’s gain

FreedomPop, the wireless broadband startup backed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, says it will buy wholesale broadband service from Clearwire instead of from LightSquared....

Crushed by Apple, Nokia and RIM look ahead

Almost half a billion smartphones were sold worldwide last year, and about a third of those were sold in the fourth quarter. Analysts agree...

Telcos differ on 2G auction rules

Uninor, in its response, has stated that only Private Respondents (whose licenses have been quashed by the SC judgement) and fresh applicants (well funded entities with no link to incumbent operators) should be eligible to take part in the auction of spectrum that has become available after the SC cancelled 122 2G licenses.

Femto Forum now Small Cell Forum, greater emphasis on sector

Reacting to the growth of the small cell market, the Femto Forum announced it was changing its name to the Small Cell Forum in...

Telefónica set to launch mobile wallet service

Telefónica Digital tapped Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase and a SAP company, to be its global, strategic partner on providing mobile wallet...

FCC denies LightSquared’s access to spectrum

Updated: LightSquared’s attempts to become a wholesale provider of mobile broadband services appears to have come to an end as government regulators have declared...

Sky Brazil looks to battle Netflix with online video service

Over-the-top platforms are becoming more popular among Brazilian consumers. Last September, Netflix, the subscription service for delivering movies through the Internet, launched operations...

Brazil’s mobile data traffic set to exceed worldwide growth

While worldwide mobile data traffic is expected to increase 18-fold over the next five years, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month by 2016, in Brazil...

Brazilians remain hot for social networking

Brazilians like to communicate. Recently, RCR Wireless News reported that Brazil was the leading country in growth of Facebook users and during 2011 among...

India Telecom Tracker: Feb. 15, 2012

The Indian government has set up a committee to select the new chairman for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Analyst Angle: The democratization of devices

Ever get a feeling of déjà vu? The longer I spend in the wireless industry (2012 will be 20 years), the more it seems that history repeats itself. This has become apparent recently as we have been looking at the developments in the smartphone market.

Analyst Angle: The challenge of marketing 4G when 46% of iPhone 4 users think they already have it

Informing consumers of the benefits of LTE, HSPA+ or any mobile data service that might be promoted as “4G” may be a challenge. This is partly the result of misleading marketing as to what exactly constitutes 4G.

What mobile will be like in 5 years, according to Cisco

Read the 2013 update to Cisco's Visual Networking Index. Cisco released new estimates today regarding the size and speed of mobile data in 2016; the...

Tablet wars: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 expected to face newest iPad this spring

Amid reports that Apple's newest iPad will launch next month, Samsung is unveiling its Galaxy Tab 2, set to go on sale about the...

British Telecom to expand in high-growth regions

British Telecommunications Tuesday announced a series of initiatives aimed at doubling its business across Turkey, the Middle East and Africa.

AT&T, Cisco add voice to mobile data explosion trend

Perhaps looking to counter claims that it is unfairly limiting download speeds to consumers, AT&T today came out with a new blog post noting...

US, Europe approve Google’s Motorola bid

Google (GOOG) has approval from the United States Department of Justice and from the European Union to proceed with its $12.5 billion acquisition of...

Report: Small cells to be big part of LTE deployments

Small cells continue to gain momentum in the market as wireless carriers look for ways to enhance network coverage without the expense or complication...

Colombia’s Emcali to launch IPTV services

Colombia's state-owned Emcali, which provides water, telecommunications and electricity services in Cali, plans to launch an IPTV service in the next couple of months....

NEC acquires Argentinean security company

NEC has acquired an 85% stake of Global View, an Argentinean company that provides video surveillance services. Following closing of the transaction, Global View...

Telebrás, Odebrecht to build underwater cable

Brazilian telecom provider Telebras has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission it will sign a memorandum of understanding with Odebrecht Defesa e Tecnologia in...

Reliance Globalcom launches video conference services

The company Tuesday announced the launch of end-to-end managed video conferencing services for enterprises across the globe.

Analyst Angle: Number portability outlook for Latin America, Caribbean

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...

Chinese government pulls iPads from shelves

Bitter news for Apple (AAPL) out of China this morning as China's Hebei Youth Daily says iPads are being snatched from the shelves by...

Prepaid growth propels Tracfone towards 20M customers

Prepaid wireless provider Tracfone Wireless inched closer to the 20 million customer mark during the final three months of 2011, as the carrier said...
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