An increase in mobile broadband connections, along with record telecom investments and smartphone penetration growth were the highlights of the Chilean wireless market in 2011. According to the latest numbers …
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Verizon Wireless is set to expand its recently unveiled HomeFusion Broadband offering nationwide beginning tomorrow. The service relies on the carrier’s LTE network and was initially announced earlier this year. …
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Regional wireless operator C Spire continues to make waves, today announcing a partnership with Dish Networks to promote Dish’s TV Everywhere products and DVR technologies at C Spire’s retail locations. …
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Report: Domestic wireless market feeds jobs, investment; more spectrum needed
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerThe impact mobile communications has on a country’s economy has been a hot topic of late as carriers around the globe scramble to free spectrum assets from government regulators. Today, …
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It is well established that mobile data traffic is growing much faster than mobile data service revenues. One thing that really has helped mobile operators handle this traffic is
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Attitudes in mobile shift quickly – even among the most staunch protectors of the past. Barely a year ago, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking at the annual mobile world conference,
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Caribbean wireless operator Lime, owned by Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), announced it has launched IPTV services in Barbados. The pay-TV over broadband product was dubbed “Lime TV.” According to …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – With a population of 3.25 million, Uruguay had a mobile phone penetration of 141% in December 2011, but its broadband penetration lagged at only 36% (14% fixed, …
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Reader Forum: Why Wi-Fi offloading is needed with the expansion of 4G networks
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerSolving operators’ “capacity crunch” has been a primary goal of mobile data offloading to Wi-Fi networks. Even with the expansion of 4G networks such as LTE and WiMAX, the benefits of mobile data offloading to a carrier-class Wi-Fi network are extremely compelling:
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While mobile broadband connections increased 26.2% worldwide in 2011 compared to the previous year, Brazil grew 99.3%. The country ended 2011 with 41.1 million mobile broadband connections, hitting 47.2 million …
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The domestic mobile broadband market took an interesting turn today as United Online launched its NetZero Wireless service offering consumers plans beginning at the attractive price of free. The service …
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Apple’s decision to include LTE in its latest iPad device was the first serious move by the consumer electronics giant into the world of mobile broadband and could have a …
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C Spire Wireless, formerly known as Cellular South, unveiled plans to begin rolling out LTE services beginning later this year. The carrier said it planned to invest $60 million in …
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AT&T Mobility continued its attempts to explain its limiting of network speeds for customers on unlimited data plans noting that it will now limit speeds to those customers once they …
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The running spat between AT&T Mobility and its subscribers over what is and is not considered “unlimited” made up some significant ground this week as lawsuits have been won and taunts thrown.
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MWC 2012: Innovative mobile data pricing needed to ensure adoption, profitability
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerBARCELONA, Spain – While marketing hype around acronyms, levels of “G” and the sexy devices that run over those networks are seen as the main drivers in the mobile broadband …
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With mobile video projected to be 71% of all mobile data traffic by 2016, coverage is an ever-increasing challenge, said Cisco’s Murali Nemani in an interview with RCR Wireless News …
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Voice-over-Internet Protocol, pay-TV and fixed broadband will be the main driver for the Uruguayan telecom services market. Pyramid Research expects the market to grow 16.5% this year, achieving $1.4 billion …
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The Brazilian telecommunications market will over the next two years will face its best time since its opening to private initiatives. Here are eight issues, facts or trends, that deserve attention.
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FreedomPop, the wireless broadband startup backed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, says it will buy wholesale broadband service from Clearwire instead of from LightSquared. The Federal Communications Commission has decided …
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Just as cable and wireline telecommunications providers did before them, wireless network operators are getting smarter. They’re recognizing the need to make their networks smarter as well.
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Americans are in love with their mobile devices. We’d rather leave the house without our wallet than our cellphone. We’ve plunked down hundreds of dollars for the latest and greatest …
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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. Brazilian Picture The number of …
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Reader Forum: Helping operators and subscribers end mobile data usage confusion
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerOperators have reacted to the swell in data usage with a variety of strategies that include volume-based tiers, usage caps, time-of-day usage pricing and data-speed throttling. While this may address the immediate challenge of preserving network integrity for the majority of users, it has also led to increased customer confusion and “bill shock,” higher support costs and, ultimately, higher customer churn.
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Large wireless companies in the U.S. have balkanized the 700 MHz spectrum and made it difficult to invest in next-generation data networks, RCA’s president and CEO said in a briefing on Capitol Hill.