Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 10 largest wireless carriers worldwide based on subscriber numbers at the end of the first quarter of 2010 unless noted. The No. 11 through No. 20 largest carriers will be listed next week.
Subscriber information and markets...
After 183 rounds of bidding over 34 days, India concluded the auction of 3G spectrum, but the spectrum mud-wrestle in the country is far from over. The BWA auction, in which 11 players will be bidding for two nationwide spectrum slots, begins Monday. By...
Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here.
Few metaphors more aptly describe the wireless industry and at the...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 10 largest wireless carriers worldwide based on subscriber numbers at the end of 2009 unless noted. The No. 11 through No. 20 largest carriers will be listed next week.
Subscriber information and markets lists are from carrier...
The following infrastructure contracts were announced in the past week:EricssonIndia: With Bharti Airtel to extend their strategic partnership to expand coverage in rural India, including expanding and upgrading the carrier’s network in 15 circles.Value: $1.3 billionNokia Siemens Networks Spain: With Telefonica Spain to upgrade...
Telecom infrastructure giant Ericsson said it has signed a $1.3 billion contract with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to expand and upgrade the carrier’s wireless network in 15 telecom circles in India. As part of this contract, Ericsson said it will supply its portfolio of...
BARCELONA – In India today there are 500 million wireless subscribers spanning across 14 operators. Bharti Airtel, the third largest single-country operator in the world, controls a 30% market share with more than 120 million of those customers and 1.9 million retail locations.The company’s...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:ADC Telecom Saudi Arabia: With the King Abdul Aziz Endowment in Mecca to supply its InterReach Fusion distributed antenna systems for mobile coverage throughout the 1.5-million-square-meter complex.Value: UndisclosedAlcatel-Lucent France: With SFR to expand and upgrade its...
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 marketplace.As the end of the year approaches, the question many people are asking is whether 2010 will...
Alcatel-Lucent said it was selected by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Group as one of the vendors for a LTE network trial to begin in the first half of next year. The trial is scheduled to be conducted in Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX--India: Alvarion said it signed a deal with Bharti Airtel...
Apple Inc. appeared poised to enter the second phase of its foray into the mobile industry, judging by events last week. Apple's Web site reflected that its two models of iPhones (8 GB and 16 GB) are "currently unavailable," though AT&T Mobility's online site...
Apple Inc.'s Web site today reflected that its two models of iPhones are "currently unavailable," though AT&T Mobility's online site continues to show the devices in stock. The iPhone's absence at Apple's online store today harkens back to a month ago when reports surfaced...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Austria: L.M. Ericsson said it has been chosen by Mobilkom...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Poland: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it won a UMTS/HSPA...
Nokia Corp. continued its quest to be all things wireless, agreeing to acquire Boston-based mobile marketing firm Enpocket. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Six-year-old Enpocket was one of the first players in the mobile marketing space, and the company has carried out ad...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese flagship company, Alcatel Shanghai Bell, and Datang...
International operator Vodafone Group plc has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Indian mobile operator Hutchison Essar Ltd. for $11.1 billion-however, whether a major shareholder will cooperate is unclear.Vodafone said it had reached the multibillion-dollar deal to acquire companies that control a 67-percent...
International operator Vodafone Group plc has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Indian mobile operator Hutchison Essar Ltd. for $11.1 billion.Vodafone will acquire companies that control a 67-percent interest in Hutch Essar via company subsidiary Vodafone International Holdings B.V. Vodafone said that it...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
There's never a dull moment in India's wireless marketplace. Media reports streaming out of the country last week indicated that Motorola Inc. and ZTE Corp. had been eliminated from the bidding process for state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.'s multibillion-dollar contract to build a GSM...
The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.CellularFrance: Bouygues Telecom selected Nortel Networks as a supplier for its national high-speed mobile Internet and voice network. Nortel will provide HSDPA technology for the deployment...
Just when you thought mobile music personalization applications couldn't get any more disruptive, along come background tones. The latest-but surely not last-step in the evolution of such offerings, background tones play during entire conversations between mobile users. Subscribers can choose to assign songs for...
SINGAPORE-Cellular subscribers in seven Asia-Pacific markets soon will be able to receive an international version of Mobile ESPN sports content. The Bridge Mobile Alliance plans to distribute ESPN Star Sports content and service applications; the move is part of Bridge Mobile's regional service strategy...
