China’s three telcos sign lease agreements with China Tower
Chinese mobile operators China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom signed lease agreements with telecom tower joint venture China Tower, local press reported.
The operators are paying an average site lease fee of approximately 26,000 yuan ($2,890)...
Indian operator plans to acquire 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band
Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel received approval for the acquisition of "4G" spectrum from rival operator Aircel, local press reported. The total value of the acquisition is at 35 billion rupees ($521.2...
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Tele2 already operates limited LTE-450 network in 2 regions
Russian mobile operator Tele2 Russia announced the launch of a new LTE-450 network to provide services in St Petersburg. The telco also announced it will roll out LTE-450 technology in Moscow in July, following its previously launched, small-scale LTE-450 network at...
Chinese ICT services provider Huawei confirmed it has filed a patent infringement suit against Korean company Samsung relating to technology used in its smartphones.
Huawei said the lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the Shenzhen...
Bharti Airtel will continue to use the infrastructure through a long-term lease contract
Bharti Airtel International, a subsidiary of Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel, signed an agreement with towers company Helios Towers Africa to sell approximately 950 telecom towers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor threatened to exit India if the company fails to obtain spectrum at reasonable rates.
“Long term presence in India is dependent on our ability to secure additional spectrum. We are not able to compete with current spectrum portfolio we have in...
The Indian telco paid $526 million for the LTE airwaves
Indian mobile telephony operator Bharti Airtel reached a deal to acquire spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band from rival telco Aircel, local press reported.
With this acquisition, Bharti Airtel will have a pan-Indian presence in the...
The mobile carrier plans more LTE base stations by end of March
Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo said its "Premium" LTE service is currently available in 825 cities across Japan, according to a company presentation. The service, which was launched in March 2014, offers download...
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio started the first phase of its "4G" network rollout. Employees of the disruptive telco will be the first to try the new service.
Reliance Comm is looking to shake up the world’s second-largest mobile subscriber market with the launch, taking...
Researcher says the entire ecosystem is preparing for this shift to LTE networks
With more than 1 billion potential consumer, India represents a lucrative, yet largely untapped and still maturing, telecommunications market opportunity. As hardware manufacturers bring down smartphone prices, carriers are racing to deploy...
1. AT&T Mobility is offering two iPhones for the price of one this holiday season. Customers who buy a new iPhone 6s through AT&T Mobility's Next 24 plan can receive a second phone for no charge. Each month, AT&T Mobility will credit the customer's...
The telco aims to deploy 160,000 base stations in three years
Indian telecommunications provider Bharti Airtel plans to invest 600 billion rupees ($9 billion) over the next three years to expand its mobile and fixed network infrastructure across the country.
The telco said the investment is part...
Reliance Jio Infocomm is shaking things up in India ahead of the launch of its 4G network late this year or early next year. The Indian telco is pushing for a 700 MHz 4G auction to bolster its network ahead of the ambitious launch,...
4G fueling growth
India is reportedly on its way to eclipsing 1 billion mobile subscribers. According to a report by Peter Evans, senior analyst Asia at BuddeComm, the world’s second largest country had 970 million subscribers as of March 2015.
Currently 77% of India’s population has...
The telco reached 334 towns and cities with its 4G service by the end of September
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel said it served 235.2 million mobile phone subscribers in India at the end of the fiscal second quarter of 2015, up 11.1% compared to...
The state-run telco will offer the services through the 2.5 GHz band
Indian state-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited expects to launch 4G LTE services by March 2016, The Economic Times reported.
Anupam Shrivastava , the operator’s managing director, said the telco will launch LTE services...
India will end 2015 with 5.8M LTE subscribers
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has launched its 4G LTE services in 296 towns and cities across India. Bharti Airtel had initially launched India's first 4G LTE network in Kolkata in April 2012, through spectrum in the 2300...
The four markets represent 10% to 12% of Bharti Airtel’s subscribers in Africa
Orange and Bharti Airtel have entered into an exclusive agreement to explore the possible acquisition by Orange of Airtel’s subsidiaries in Africa's Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone, the companies said...
Aircel stand out winner with MTNL and Reliance bringing up the rear
Business newspaper LiveMint conducted a survey of 4,000 Indian cellphone customers to measure customer satisfaction as it relates to cellular providers. The poll found most people were happy, or at least content, with...
The company aims to sell additional towers in six African markets in the coming months
Indian telecommunications group Bharti Airtel has obtained nearly $1.3 billion from the sale of its telecommunication towers in five African markets. In a note to the National Stock Exchange of...
The Taiwanese operator targets market share of 40% in the local LTE market; new emphasis on small cells
Ericsson has signed a contract with Taiwan's largest mobile operator, Chunghwa Telecom, to deploy additional LTE infrastructure designed to enable the operator to expand its current LTE...
The world's five largest wireless carriers account for roughly 2 billion mobile connections, according to the latest data from the World Cellular Information Service. China Mobile leads with 816 million customers, making it the world's largest wireless carrier by far.
The World Cellular Information Service said...
The Indian telco currently offers 3G in almost 10,000 towns and cities; 4G LTE also expanding
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel plans to invest $1 billion during fiscal year 2015, ending March 2016, to expand its 3G network infrastructure and coverage across the country, according...
