September 2012

ETB (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota), a Colombian state-owned telecommunication company,  plans to issue U.S.$600 million in bonds in international capital markets to fund the expansion of its fiber optic network, according …

The Venezuelan wireless company Movistar, a unit of the Spanish group Telefónica, announced it is increasing its infrastructure investment in 2012 to U.S.$535 million (Bs.2.300 million). It has also been …

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A Foxconn plant that reportedly makes components for the iPhone 5 is idle today after a worker riot that involved two thousand people and sent 40 individuals to the hospital. …

5 million people in at least 9 countries took home a new iPhone 5 this weekend, breaking the weekend launch record set last year by the iPhone 4S. The latest …

Wireless infrastructure trade association PCIA recently named Jonathan Adelstein CEO and president, replacing outgoing CEO and President Michael Fitch who announced plans to step down from his position earlier this …

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Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G networks. Wi-Fi, femtocells, microwaves and towers …

New employees’ need for connectivity has increased demand for wireless Internet infrastructure, and it is a global phenomenon. According to Infonetics Research, wireless local area network (WLAN) technology had a very …

The unofficial national holiday that is the launch of a new Apple iPhone is upon us, and as can be seen via most news outlets, the usual lines in front …

IHS iSuppli says Foxconn made 62% of the tablets shipped last year.

I am going to go ahead and assume that a solid majority of people reading this are doing so because they have been waiting in line in front of their favorite Apple product outlet for at least 3 days

Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G networks. Wi-Fi, femtocells, microwaves and towers …

Anatel validates spectrum tender: LTE commercialization to begin. Nextel expected to launch 3G network in Brazil by December. Foxconn announcement of U.S.$ 500 million in a new industry plant; and …

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WiMAX is not dead. At least in Peru, where the national firm Olo has launched mobile Internet services using WiMAX. It is offering prepaid mobile data services in the Lima capital …

Mexico’s Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel)  has voted to adopt the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) band plan for the 700 MHz band for mobile services. Cofetel noted that APT segmentation …

Foxconn, which manufactures products for Apple as well as other vendors, is investing $500 million (R$1 billion) to open a new plant in the state of São Paulo, creating 10,000 new jobs. …

The push to LTE is having a marked impact on rural carriers that have to this point been able to remain relatively competitive in the market due to their 2G …

A survey of nearly 2,000 U.S. and U.K. iPhone users showed that the majority of them plan to upgrade to the iPhone 5, particularly if user reviews on the device …

MetroPCS’ push into LTE continued today as the carrier announced plans to launch a new smartphone compatible with the carrier’s high-speed data network. The ZTE Anthem is the first LTE …

How do LTE networks behave in a real emergency? Answers come from tests that were part of the process that led Congress to allocate the D Block spectrum to a nationwide public safety network.

China’s ZTE Corp. says that by the first quarter of 2013 it will be shipping smartphones based on an operating system it developed with Mozilla.