The Jakarta Post | February 9, 2011 | Esther Samboh
Indosat, the nation’s second largest telecommunications company, is considering spinning off its CDMA (code division multiple access) unit, StarOne, to make the company more competitive.
President director Harry Sasongko said on Tuesday that Indosat was currently...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) appeared to continue making progress on turning around its beleaguered operations during the final three months of 2010. The carrier said it added 1.1 million new customers to its network during the quarter, its strongest growth in nearly five years...
Verizon Wireless’ (VZ) push to bring voice services to its recently launched LTE network gained momentum as the carrier said it placed an “IMS-based VoLTE (Voice over LTE) call over its commercial network” yesterday morning. The carrier claims the call was the first over...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) continued its pioneering work in the LTE space announcing today the imminent availability of Samsung Telecommunications America's LTE-equipped Galaxy Indulge smart phone. The device is the first LTE-enabled smart phone to hit the domestic market, just beating out scheduled deployments...
The Nation | February 3, 2011 | Usanee Mongkolporn
The National Telecommunications Commission will examine details of the CAT Telecom-True Corp-Hutchison group deals to decide which aspects of the contracts it should involve itself in.
NTC member Natee Sukonrat yesterday said the watchdog should demonstrate a...
HERSHEY, Pa.—There may be disputes about what the connected home will look like, or how utilities will use wireless technologies to better manage their networks, but most everyone agrees that both the connected home and the smart grid will redefine how people manage their...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) has kept its foot on the LTE throttle announcing today that it has launched services in Jacksonville, Miami and Orlando, Fla.; and Atlanta. The expansion builds on previous launches in 13 metro areas, including Boston; Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; Detroit; Las...
Reuters Africa | January 17, 2011 | Fathiya Dahrul & Janeman Latul
JAKARTA Jan 17 (Reuters) - PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia , the nation biggest telecommunication firm, is re-evaluating a fixed-wireless deal with PT Bakrie Telecom worth nearly $1 billion as it now wants...
Reuters Africa | January 17, 2011 | Fathiya Dahrul & Janeman Latul
JAKARTA Jan 17 (Reuters) - PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia , the nation biggest telecommunication firm, is re-evaluating a fixed-wireless deal with PT Bakrie Telecom worth nearly $1 billion as it now wants...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.After almost five years under an exclusive relationship with AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless announced the...
TeleGeography | January 18, 2011 | Thailand
The board of Thai state-owned CAT Telecom’s board has approved a plan to partner private sector cellco True Move to provide 3G mobile services based on W-CDMA/HSPA technology, Dow Jones Newswires reported yesterday. The move follows True's agreement...
Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. (TU) and equipment vendor Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said they have partnered to create and maintain a joint innovation center in Canada. The companies said the center will provide a platform for work on enhancing broadband solutions, wireless and...
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it has signed agreements with Canadian telecommunications providers Bell Canada (BCE) and Telus Corp. (TU) to create "joint innovation centers" in Canada. With Bell Canada, Huawei said the center would be used to "collaborate on developing and enhancing broadband...
NEW YORK – After taking some time to check out the demo units of the new CDMA version of the iPhone 4, RCR Wireless News caught up with Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis at NPD Group. Rubin talked about the confidence Verizon...
Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. (SKM) unveiled a new strategic direction for the new year that the company said will help spur growth both domestically and in international markets, and includes the roll out of LTE services in its home market later this...
The recently completed Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas provided a unique proving ground for wireless networks. With tens of thousands of the geekiest of the geeks roaming around a couple of square miles, chances are slim that there is ever a denser concentration...
Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. (SKM) unveiled a new strategic direction for the new year that the company said will help spur growth both domestically and in international markets, and includes the roll out of LTE services in its home market later this...
CDG | January 10, 2011 | Press Release
New regulations provide for more effective use of 450-470 MHz band for fixed and mobile broadband, telephony and multimedia services to bridge the digital divide
COSTA MESA, CA — January 10, 2011 — The CDMA Development Group (CDG)...
NEW YORK – It finally happened. Verizon Wireless (VZ) is bringing the iPhone 4 to its network, putting to rest a question that's plagued the wireless industry for years.After trumpeting the strengths of the carrier's recently launched LTE network, Verizon Wireless announced that its...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) did millions a favor and finally got a room.The two biggest names in the domestic mobile business made it official today with Verizon Wireless announcing it will begin offering a CDMA version of Apple's now six-month-old iPhone...
If Verizon Wireless does what it's expected to do tomorrow and announces plans to finally launch Apple Inc.'s iPhone on its network there will be a collective sigh of relief throughout much of the wireless industry.For the better part of at least the last...
PR Newswire | January 6, 2011 | Press Release
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to low penetration rates, an expanding economy, deploying 3G networks, and declining smartphone prices, mobile data revenue is expected to triple over the next five years in Peru,...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) has tweaked pricing plans for its recently launched LTE service, dropping the starting price from $55 per month to $40 per month. The carrier said the entry-level plan will include unlimited nationwide talk, text, Web browsing using LTE or CDMA...
