Ericsson | July 14, 2011 | Press Release
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced the company has partnered with T-Mobile USA, Inc. to expand portions of the company’s 4G (HSPA+) mobile broadband network, making theoretical peak speeds up to 42 Mbps available to more than 170 million...
The New York Times | July 12, 2011 | Kevin O'Brien
When the chief executives of Europe’s biggest telecom companies meet on Wednesday in Brussels with Neelie Kroes, the European Union commissioner who oversees their industry, they plan to present her with a...
BBC News | July 12, 2011
Wales is to receive almost £57m from the UK government to improve its broadband coverage, says Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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Ericsson | July 12, 2011 | Press Release
Leading Chilean operator Entel is meeting the challenge of rapidly-growing data traffic by launching the fastest mobile broadband network in Latin America. The network is based on Ericsson's (NASDAQ:ERIC) latest HSPA...
BBC News | July 7, 2011
Ofcom is considering using the airwaves freed up when FM radio goes digital to provide rural broadband.
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Telenor Group | July 8, 2011 | Press Release
Telenor has reached an agreement with Agder Energi to acquire the fibre companies LOS Bynett AS and Bynett Privat AS.
- We are very satisfied that Telenor is taking over and developing the two companies' broadband initiative...
Mobile value-added sales (VAS) in Mexico generated revenues of US$1 billion for mobile operators during the first quarter of 2011, said the second edition of MAVAM Mexico (Acision Monitor of Mobile Added Value).
According to the study, Mexico represents 21% of VAS sales in Latin...
As part of the country’s National Broadband Plan, four Brazilian carriers said that within 90 days they would start providing 1 megabit per second fixed or mobile Internet access for R$ 35 ($22.50) per month. The carriers are Oi, Telefonica, Sercomtel and CTBC.
The schedule...
AsiaOne | June 21, 2011 |Â Kenny Chee
SINGAPOREANS can now enjoy faster online speeds on the go with fourth-generation (4G) mobile networks as compared to existing 3G networks.
M1 is the first Singapore telco to provide 4G services from today. It said in...
Macheen Inc., an Austin-based mobile broadband service provider for retailers and device makers, announced that the company raised $10 million to put into product innovation, sales and marketing. Founded in 2009, Macheen has now raised a total $12.75 million to support expansion of the...
Cellular service throughout Latin America is about to get a jolt as wireless operators deploy advanced-generation networks capable of carrying all kinds of content across the airwaves. From Brazil to Mexico, governments are auctioning off new 3G and 4G spectrum bands to try to...
Infonetics Research | June 7, 2011
Campbell, CALIFORNIA, June 7, 2011—Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its latest Fixed and Mobile Subscribers market forecast report.
ANALYST NOTE
"As we predicted, mobile broadband subscribers surpassed wireline broadband subscribers in 2010 (558 million vs. 500 million). Fixed-line...
Ericsson | June 2011 | Press Release
Ericsson to provide and manage LTE network for fixed-wireless broadband in rural and regional Australia for the National Broadband Network (NBN)
Rural and regional households to start accessing broadband from mid 2012, with completion of the network by 2015
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Cisco | May 25, 2011 | Press Release
Peru Reaches a Penetration Rate of 3.47 Percent as Mobile Broadband Connections Continue to Rise
LIMA, Peru, May 25, 2011 – Cisco announced today the results of a new edition of the Cisco Broadband Barometer in Peru, reporting...
IT Decisions | May 16, 2011 |Â Hadley Richardson
Brazilian oil giant Petrobrás signed an agreement whereby its fiber optic network will be used to meet part of the requirements set out by the country’s national broadband plan.
The deal with state-owned telco Telebrás – the public...
TeleGeography | May 17, 2011
Hong Kong cellco CSL, which launched a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network for selected corporate users in November 2010, yesterday made its 4G mobile broadband services available to existing consumer subscribers to its high-end 1010 brand, though new customers will not...
Bloomberg | May 10, 2011 | Iuri Dantas
Brazil’s government is lobbying the telecommunications regulatory agency to speed up approval of more than 1,000 permits for individual companies to offer cable TV, Internet and telephone services, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said, according to Folha de S.Paulo newspaper.
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Bangkok Post | April 25, 2011 |Â Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn
True Move is seeking to restart talks with prospective foreign partners in another step to move ahead with its third-generation (3G) mobile broadband service.
"We're proceeding with our 3G business expansion as planned, confident that our Hutch takeover...
Mobile broadband is critical in a time of disaster according to Norwegian browser maker Opera which claims Japanese usage of its software skyrocketed in the days following the earthquake.
Last month Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes in modern history, as well...
Mobile broadband is critical in a time of disaster according to Norwegian browser maker Opera which claims Japanese usage of its software skyrocketed in the days following the earthquake.
Last month Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes in modern history, as well...
Economic Times | April 18, 2011
NEW DELHI: Telecom major Bharti airtel today said it has partnered with photo service firm Zoomin.com to allow its broadband customers to store unlimited number of photos.
Powered by Zoomin.com, the 'Airtel Photo Service' enables users to import photo albums from...
Smart Communications | April 16, 2011 | Press Release
- Cellular leader Smart Communications has introduced to the country what company officials describe as the world’s fastest mobile broadband technology.
Called Long Term Evolution (LTE), this is the latest stage in the development of mobile...
