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Stung by recent tests that showed potential interference with ground-based GPS systems, LightSquared has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking to confirm the company’s rights to use …

India’s telecom ministry has said that complaints relating to unsolicited calls have come down significantly, but unsuspecting telecom subscribers continue to receive pesky text messages.

The Saudi Arabian telecom market is expected to generate $17.2 billion in service revenues by 2016, a compound annual growth rate of 4.2% from the $13 billion posted in 2010, …

Competition among telecom companies in emerging Asia is showing signs of easing in some markets such as India, but competition is likely to remain intense in many of those markets, S&P said in a report today.

Indian attorney Prashant Bhushan told the country’s Supreme Court that India’s investigating agencies have overlooked the role of Shyam Telelink in the 2G spectrum scam because it has links to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Cox Communications, having recently dismantled its wireless ambitions, said it plans to sell its 20 megahertz 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum holdings to Verizon Wireless for $315 million. Cox noted that those …

Verizon Wireless’ LTE in Rural America program is inching closer to fruition with the news that Pioneer Cellular has recently completed end-to-end data testing using its recently deployed network. That …

The world’s largest chipmaker will start the new year with a fresh focus on mobile. Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is combining four business units into one mobile and communications group to …

Following contentious leaks of the results earlier this week, a government technical group released a report showing continued interference issues between general purpose GPS receivers, flight safety systems and LightSquared’s …

The Mobile Marketing Association wants to bring some order to the world of mobile advertising — the trade group is proposing standard sizes for mobile ads. For banner ads created …

Global ratings agency Fitch has said that recent decisions made by India’s telecom commission will be detrimental to the sector’s credit profile.

The Indian prime minister’s office has recently sought an update from the Department of Telecom about the steps taken to tackle the security issues arising from the importing of telecom equipment.

French regulatory body ARCEP said it has received four bids for 800 MHz spectrum licenses as a follow up to 2.6 GHz spectrum licenses issued earlier this year. The spectrum …

ANTEL, Uruguay’s government-owned telecom, has said it will launch its commercial LTE network to customers in Montevideo and Punta del Este on Dec. 19. Named Vera, the Internet service is …

The fight against distracted driving gained steam as the National Transportation Safety Board voted unanimously to recommend that all states ban the use of “personal electronic devices” while operating a …

Using a mobile phone while driving is already illegal in seven states, and now the federal government is pressuring more states to enact bans. The National Transportation Safety Board has …

RCR Wireless News announced today that Dallas-based Roger Buckley has joined its executive team as associate publisher and vice president of business development Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Buckley …

Growth in the Indian telecom sector will be driven by value-added services like mobile banking in the next phase, with the market for such offerings set to rise fourfold to $9 billion by 2015, according to a report by KPMG and FICCI.

Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) managed to attract $715.5 million in new funding through a rights offering and deeper investments by parent company Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) that will allow the company …

The number of telecom towers in India is expected to double in the next 4-5 years as a result of growth in mobile data (3G expansion), coverage rollouts, expansion by new operators and new technologies, according to a report by Macquarie Group.