Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take …
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Industry advocates and policy makers alike have long held that broadband connectivity can boost economic growth and increase access to services like education and health. With the release of four …
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“The members of OITA [telecommunications organization of the Americas] will work to find synergies in several telecom areas which we can take advantage of as a team, such as making …
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Deploying broadband services to rural and suburban areas across Brazil is a huge challenge that telecommunications research and development institution CPqD aims to tackle. On Feb. 24, the independent institution …
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The International Telecommunication Union announced the specifications for next-generation mobile technologies – IMT-Advanced or 4G – after the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly meeting in Geneva. The ITU reported that LTE-Advanced and …
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This week, two Latin American companies announced LTE launches: Sky in Brazil and Antel in Uruguay. Previously, Colombian UNE EPM announced its LTE antenna and U.S. carrier AT&T plans to …
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Brazilian carriers are migrating their 3G network to HSPA+, mostly to cope with the increase in data volume. Telefónica’s Vivo announced the commercial launch of its HSPA+ network last month, …
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Mobile broadband use has overtaken fixed-line access, GSMA Latin America says, adding that the main challenge for the region’s countries is to support the demand for data traffic. Public policies are necessary for mass access to networks, said GSMA Latin America Director Sebastian Hair, who opened the organization’s plenary meeting this week in El Salvador.
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The information and communication technology (ICT) could move the climate change agenda forward, because technology offers practical means of cutting carbon emissions. This is what the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), …
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News last week that Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) was introducing a bill, dubbed the “Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act,” that would require wireless carriers to provide more details on their “4G” networks, seemed almost too good to believe.
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an agency created to foster information and communications technology globally, recently commissioned an impressive “emergency communications” map that addresses the need and organization for expedient …
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ITU | March 16, 2011 | Press Release Re-establishing communications vital for search and rescue in tsunami-affected areas Geneva, 16 March 2011 — ITU has dispatched emergency telecommunications equipment to …
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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. There has …
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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. …
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ITU World Radiocommunication Seminar highlights future communication technologies
by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra CuyaITU | Press Release Focus on international regulations for spectrum management and satellite orbits Geneva, 6 December 2010 – The ITU World Radiocommunication Seminar 2010 (WRS-10) opened in Geneva today …
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The International Telecommunications Union officially ratified LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced as “4G” technologies during this week’s ITU-R Study Group meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The move follows the announcement last month that …
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The International Telecommunications Union officially ratified LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced as “4G” technologies during this week’s ITU-R Study Group meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The move follows the announcement last month that …
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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.In Canada, they …
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MetroPCS to expand LTE network wide by early 2011; 800 MHz option for Sprint Nextel's CDMA network
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerLooking to continue its LTE momentum, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) plans to have the service available in all of its native markets by early next year, with all of its …
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MetroPCS to expand LTE network wide by early 2011; 800 MHz option for Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerLooking to continue its LTE momentum, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) plans to have the service available in all of its native markets by early next year, with all of its …
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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 …
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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.In my previous …
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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 …
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@WiMAX Forum Congress Americas ’09: WiMAX community remains confident in the face of rivals
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The WiMAX community showed its expected solid and confident front during the opening day of this week’s WiMAX Forum Congress Americas ’09 event in Fort Lauderdale, …
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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 …