Monthly Archives: April, 2012

AWS, 2.6 GHz to be most common LTE frequencies in Latin America

RIO DE JANEIRO - There will not be a unique frequency band for deploying LTE in Latin America. However, planned auctions and current LTE...

Telecom operators must offer better services to compete with OTT

RIO DE JANEIRO  - Wireless carriers are losing revenue to over-the-top (OTT) players that offer competing services for free over the carriers' own networks, such...

Webinar: Post-RCA Global Expo Editorial Webinar

Having taken over the Spring Break spot on the calendar once occupied by its larger brethren CTIA, the RCA - The Competitive Carriers Association...

White Paper: LTE Stretches Synchronization to New Limits

Tellabs’ white paper helps you find the right packet syntonization/synchronization solution for your LTE network. Learn how to migrate smoothly to IEEE 1588v2-based syntonization...

Ericsson, NSN trump Huawei/ZTE with Softbank LTE references, then try to one-up each other

On consecutive days Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson announced deals to supply Softbank Mobile with LTE RAN equipment in support of the operator’s nationwide...

DAS hits a home run at Turner Field

Take me out to the ballpark... and please make sure my phone works while I'm there. At US sports arenas and stadiums, wireless connectivity...

Analyst Angle: WiGig – Lightning fast wireless connectivity

There seems to be an insatiable thirst for speed when it comes to wireless. Whatever we have today, users always want more than what’s currently available. I remember when the predecessors

Square may head back to capital markets in race against PayPal

Less than a month after raising $100 million in a deal that valued it at ten times that amount, Square is reportedly considering a...

Verizon Wireless makes offer to sell 700 MHz licenses if 1.7/2.1 GHz license deals approved

Verizon Wireless’ (VZ) spectrum game took an interesting turn this morning as the nation’s largest wireless operator said it would be willing to sell...

Brazil tops 250M mobile subscribers, 3G connections grew 10%

Brazil's telecom regulator Anatel reported that the country has surpassed 250 million mobile subscribers in March, reaching a penetrations rate of 128%. Of the...

Oi tests LTE in five cities

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian carrier Oi has conducted LTE trials in five cities located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Oi’s technology...

UNE EPM to start LTE services in Bogotá, Medellín

RIO DE JANEIRO – Colombia’s public telecom operator UNE EPM will start providing LTE services first in Bogota and Medellín, and then expand to...

Entel conducts LTE trials in 3.5 GHz band

RIO DE JANEIRO – Chilean operator Entel PCS is using its 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to conduct trials of...

Vivo: Expensive devices, infrastructure are major LTE launch concerns

RIO DE JANEIRO – Telecom infrastructure, affordable devices, quality of service (QoS) and coverage are the main issues hindering LTE deployment in Brazil, according...

User experience, agnostic technology to drive LTE rollout

RIO DE JANEIRO – The next evolution of telecommunications so-called fourth generation will enhance user experience by improving Internet capacity. “It brings the same...

It’s no Star Trek Universal Translator, but Windows Phone adds visual, audio and offline language translation

The Windows Phone team announced last night that it has issued a major upgrade to its Translation mobile app that now lets users point...

Verizon Wireless set for latest LTE expansion

Verizon Wireless is set to expand its LTE service to 27 new markets and expand coverage in 44 current markets on April 19, which...

Moody’s downgrades Nokia’s debt

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Nokia's long-term credit rating by one notch to Baa3, just one level above non-investment grade, or "junk" status. The...

Report: Smartphones could replace credit cards by 2020

Payment doesn't get much easier than swiping a credit card, but researchers are nonetheless predicting American consumers will switch to paying with smartphones over...

Reality Check: Protecting the mobile network and devices

Despite the increases in today’s mobile malware, many mobile operators and subscribers continue to be virtually blind to the full extent of the problem – they simply react to incidents as they occur and

Venezuela’s Movilmax to migrate from WiMAX to LTE

RIO DE JANEIRO – Back in September 2007, Venezuelan pay-tv company Movilmax started to provide WiMAX access to people in Caracas, the country’s capital....

Reality Check: LTE self-organizing networks and the RF optimization engineer

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: Managed services for OSS – what Latin American service providers need to know

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...

Sprint Nextel sets Galaxy Nexus LTE launch date, expands on network plans

Sprint Nextel’s (S) LTE plans look to be drawing ever closer as the carrier today provided a sale date for its second LTE-enabled device...

Softbank selects NSN for LTE deployment, HSPA+ expansion

Nokia Siemens Networks said it has reached a deal with Japanese wireless operator Softbank Mobile to expand the carrier’s HSPA+ network using 900 MHz...
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