Adding some bite to its LTE plans, regional operator U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) said it now plans to launch LTE services covering more than 25% of its network by the end of the year.The carrier said the network would cover 24 markets in parts...
An upstart young Austin company hopes to solve a trillion-dollar problem for the wireless industry with its new multi-hopping technology.
Vidur Bhargava, one of three founders of Wibole and PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, says Wibole can...
Economic Times | May 2, 2011
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Essar , the country's second largest GSM-based mobile operator, said it supports auctions for all future allocations of airwaves and termed it the most 'optimal and efficient' methodology for handing out this scarce resource.
"Auctions will introduce...
Economic Times | May 2, 2011
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Essar , the country's second largest GSM-based mobile operator, said it supports auctions for all future allocations of airwaves and termed it the most 'optimal and efficient' methodology for handing out this scarce resource.
"Auctions will introduce...
Reuters | April 20, 2011 |Â Devidutta Tripathy
(Reuters) - Three executives of India's Reliance ADA Group have appealed to the Delhi High Court seeking bail in a telecoms graft case after their bail applications were rejected by a lower court, a lawyer for the group...
Wall Street Journal | April 20, 2011 |Â R. JAI KRISHNA And RUMMAN AHMED
NEW DELHI – A special court, citing "incriminating evidence," Wednesday denied bail to five senior telecom industry executives as India's top federal investigative agency continued with its efforts to unravel one of...
The Hindu | April 18, 2011
In yet another instance of a decision taken by the NDA regime coming under scrutiny, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has begun an inquiry into issuance of ILD licence to Data Access in 2002 which was later cancelled after...
Nokia Siemens Networks | April 13, 2011 | Press Release
Espoo, Finland - April 13, 2011
Preliminary injunction from Huawei preventing transfer of certain assets withdrawn
Companies target April 29, 2011 to close transaction
Anti-trust approval still pending from Chinese regulatory authorities
A new purchase price of US $975...
Hindustan Times | April 14, 2011 | Bhadra Sinha
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has taken a U-turn from its earlier stand on the 2G spectrum allocation policy and has decided to take a fresh look at Tata telecom’s claim regarding seniority in spectrum allocation....
Despite the continued strong push by many of its rivals, Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) appears to be again pushing off its plans to enter the Canadian wireless market.The company, which currently plays in the cable television, high-speed Internet and home telephone markets, said during...
Eon Corp. (EONC), an Austin-based company specializing in wireless telemetry technology, including the likes of advanced meter reading, announced it has settled all lawsuits involved with Raleigh, N.C.-based Sensus USA Inc., a global provider of FlexNet-branded, tower-based, smart grid communications networks and water, gas...
LTE will still account for less than 5% of global connections in 2015 but may find an early niche in rural markets as an alternative to fixed broadband said Julio Puschel, senior analyst and head of mobile operator strategy for Informa at the LTE LatAm summit in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday.
As Latin America begins to forge plans for next generation LTE technology, two countries in particular are blazing a path for others to follow.
Alfonso Ehijo, CTO of Reference Center for Technology and Innovation at the University of Chile, in charge of the technological evolution...
LAS VEGAS – Details are needed on how the Federal Communications Commission plans to conduct a voluntary incentive spectrum auction to assure broadcasters they will be treated fairly, said FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker.Baker, speaking during a panel at the National Association of Broadcasters'...
Hindustan Times | April 12, 2011 | Manoj Gairola
It’s really back to the future. The roots of the New Telecom Policy that communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal announced on Monday lie as far back as 2003, when the NDA was in power. The...
LAS VEGAS – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski used his time before broadcasters to appeal to them about the benefits of voluntary spectrum auctions, the reality of today's spectrum landscape and to quietly chastise his host, the National Association of Broadcasters, for “distracting”...
April 7 2011 - 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...
The Hindu | April 7, 2011 | Sandeep Joshi
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued licence termination notices to three telecom operators — Aircel, Etisalat DB and Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) — for delays in roll out of services in circles allotted to them.
“We...
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its portfolio and become a major player in the country’s telecom space.The investment will...
Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa S.A. (TV) said it was currently in talks with mobile operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. regarding a potential partnership that could see Televisa add a mobile component to its service offerings. Televisa has previously dabbled in the mobile...
The Korea Herald | April 5, 2011 |Â Cho Ji-hyun
Regulator to sell rights to 2.1 GHz spectrum this year; major firms keen on acquiring
Korean telecom carriers are engaged in a high-stake competition to win a new wireless broadband spectrum which the state media regulator Korea...
Daily News Pulse | April 1, 2011 | Adriana Barnes
The company needs huge cash in order to support their massive expansion plans as well as to roll out its 3G wireless network. Moreover, the company has projected that capital expenditure for 2011 will be...
Canadian wireless operator Public Mobile today unveiled new rate plans that provide for unlimited province-wide calling, lower nationwide roaming costs and flat-rate e-mail options.The recently launched carrier said it now offers unlimited province-wide calling for $15.50 per month at a time when most consumers...
The Daily Star | March 30, 2011 |Â Abdullah Mamun
BTRC makes the move as deadline looms for licence renewal
The telecom regulator will open audits into mobile phone operators next week and has already appointed two firms for the task, said officials yesterday.
Initially, top two operators...
