Verizon Wireless (VZ) bolstered its spectrum war chest today by announcing plans to acquire 122 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum licenses (also known as AWS spectrum) covering 259 million potential customers for $3.6 billion from a consortium of cable companies. The deal also allows for the...
Colombian telecom UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones has installed the country's first antenna signal transmission to LTE commercial operations ahead of schedule.
Sometimes finding a hidden signal can be very challenging, especially in cases where the signal is deliberately hidden in a way that makes it difficult to detect. High-performance spectrum analyzers help users detect and locate hidden signals. Their low phase noise and wide dynamic...
Technology upgrades and spectrum management are a fact of life for mobile operators that are having to constantly update networks and rearrange spectrum assets in order to continuing serving growing customer demand and keep up with competitors in the marketing wars.
However, few carriers take...
Nextel’s plan to deploy 3G voice and push-to-talk services in Mexico, which was expected by the first half of 2012, may be in trouble after a Mexican court ordered the Ministry of Communications and Transportation to revoke the mobile concession awarded in October 2010.
Puerto Rico may become a pioneer in LTE networks in the Caribbean, thanks to planned offerings from AT&T and Open Mobile. AT&T has said it will launch its LTE services in six new markets Nov. 20.
One of the most developed countries in Latin America, Chile faces very similar telecom challenges to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Its mobile penetration surpassed one device per habitant, reaching 120.8% in June, with most subscribers on prepaid plans. The Chile wireless market is also...
UPDATED: This story has been updated to clarify Cox's spectrum holdings as well as its initial reliance on Sprint Nextel for coverage in its launch markets.
Cox Communications has finally thrown in the towel on its failed attempt to enter the mobile space, announcing plans...
Revised recommendations by India's telecom regulator on spectrum management and licensing framework are expected to facilitate consolidation in the industry, credit rating agency ICRA said.
A special court Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to give Subramanian Swamy a copy of a file which contains all the correspondence between India's Home Minister P Chidambaram and former Telecom Minister A Raja.
Operators are desperate for spectrum that will facilitate LTE migration. By 2020, Morgan Stanley predicts that there will be more than 10 billion connected devices globally. Consumers increasingly expect access to data anywhere and on any device, placing increasing pressure on mobile networks. LTE offers operators the chance to relieve some of this pressure and deliver data at a low cost per bit and low latency.
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.
Modern handheld spectrum analyzers include tools that make them well-suited for tracking down interfering signals. This webinar will discuss the process of interference hunting starting with signal monitoring using a spectrogram, Interference mapping with directional antennas, and finally signal strength mapping both indoors and...
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 moving towards the standard at some point in the network evolution path regardless of...
The special CBI court on Monday said it would hear the petition to make Union Home Minister P Chidambarm a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case on November 8.
The wireless industry’s attempts to shake loose additional spectrum assets from the federal government could run into a stumbling block as the Coalition For Free TV and Broadband said it would endorse a broadband deployment plan put forth by television broadcasters that they claim...
"The draft policy aims to provide to the people of India, secure, reliable, affordable and high quality converged telecommunication services anytime, anywhere," the policy document states.
The company that is spending billions to build a business invisible to consumers wants a consumer products heavyweight in its corner. LightSquared has chosen Japan's Sharp Corporation to make smartphones and tablets to operate on its 4G-LTE network. LighSquared says it wants to leverage...
India's National Frequency Allocation Plan - 2011 (NAFP), released by Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal, came into effect from October 1, 2011.
Bloomberg | August 28, 2011 | Jun Yang
SK Telecom Co., the largest mobile- phone carrier in South Korea, won the rights to use a key frequency for fourth-generation phone service for 995 billion won ($924 million) in the country’s first auction of spectrum.
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The Korean government wrapped up its most recent spectrum auction, with three carriers securing additional spectrum assets needed to feed ever increasing demand for mobile services.SK Telecom Co. Ltd. (SKM) was the biggest spender coughing up more than $926 million for 20 megahertz of...
The Brazilian army and Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) announced that they will test LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. The initiative, which includes Motorola's investment of US $2 million, aims to present the possibilities and alternatives to improve the...
Motorola Solutions Inc. could expand its business in Brazil, where the company has been operating for 35 years. Motorola Solutions CEO Gregory Brown met with the Minister of Communications Paulo Bernardo recently, according to Agência Brasil. Motorola Solutions provides equipment and systems for businesses...
