Vladimir Putin wants to take Russia off the global Internet in case of an emergency, like war or anti-government protests, according to recent reports — reports which, of course, the Kremlin denies. …
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The European Union appears to be taking a couple of regulatory steps that will please Europe’s biggest carriers. First, EU member states voted this week to deregulate the voice market, …
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NII Holdings is reportedly selling its Nextel operations in Chile and Argentina. According to the Argentinean newspaper La Nación, two Argentinian businessmen, Matías Garfunkel and Sergio Szpolski, the owners Grupo Veintitres, …
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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 a world where close …
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Low ARPU, the prevalence of prepaid usage, high churn rate, and spectrum and device availability are some of the barriers facing Latin American operators in deploying and developing LTE networks, …
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The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal (TC) has approved a law that regulates the installation of towers and antennas for mobile telephony. The decision was announced last Wednesday and now telecom companies …
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Everything I learned about the wireless infrastructure industry, I learned from State Wireless Association events
by Jeff Mucciby Jeff MucciWell, almost everything. When it comes to network deployments by mobile network operators large and small, I learned almost everything I know by attending State Wireless Association events and other …
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Times of India | August 22, 2011 | Manoj Mitta NEW DELHI: Having burnt its fingers with 2G, the Department of Telecom ( DoT) is grappling with a policy anomaly that …
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Hindustan Times | August 16, 2011 India’s Directorate of Enforcement is investigating the country’s top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel for suspected violations of foreign exchange rules, a junior finance …
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Hindustan Times | August 16, 2011 | Manoj Gairola & Rajesh Ahuja The role played by some senior executives of the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in the Aircel-Maxis deal has come …
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Korea JoonAng Daily | August 16, 2011 A Korean law firm representing nearly 27,000 iPhone users on Wednesday filed a class-action suit against Apple Inc., demanding compensation for privacy violations …
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Economic Times | August 14, 2011 NEW DELHI: The government is seeking legal opinion to cancel as many as 83 telecom licences for the failure of service providers to roll …
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Hindustan Times | August 10, 2011 In order to curb the nuisance of unsolicited commercial SMSs, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is considering imposing termination charges on commercial …
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Reuters | August 11, 2011 | Michael Martina (Reuters) – Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Kunming have identified another 22 unauthorized Apple retailers weeks after a fake of the …
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Daily Star | August 10, 2011 | Abdullah Mamun The government yesterday finalised the process of how it will charge four mobile operators — Grameen-phone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell — for …
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Financial Times | July 26, 2011 Former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja, who is facing trial in India’s biggest corruption scandal, has told a court that prime minister Manmohan Singh knew …
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Wall Street Journal | July 25, 2011 | R. Jai Krishna The Indian government will announce a new telecommunications policy by October, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said. India’s telecom regulator …
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Economic Times | July 26, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip & Rohini Singh The government could move to a ‘unified licence’ regime under a planned radical overhaul of telecom rules, …
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The Hindu | July 20, 2011 NEW DELHI, INDIA: The Department of Telecom (DoT) Wednesday said it is working on auctioning the broadband spectrum following the Finance Ministry’s directive to speed up …
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ABS-CBN | June 17, 2011 | Lenie Lectura MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and Globe Telecom Inc. kept mum on a new directive from Malacañang that authorizes …
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ABS-CBN | June 17, 2011 | Lenie Lectura MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and Globe Telecom Inc. kept mum on a new directive from Malacañang that authorizes …
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TrueMove files a report with the crime suppression division against DTAC
by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra CuyaTrueMove | June 14, 2011 | Press Release TRUEMOVE FILES A REPORT WITH THE CRIME SUPPRESSION DIVISION TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DTAC, WHICH HAS A FOREIGN STATE ENTERPRISE AS A …
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Reuters | June 13, 2011 | Miyoung Kim (Reuters) – South Korea plans to install or upgrade 300,000 mobile payment checkouts at major retailers and transport services this year in its latest …
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Shopfloor | May 26, 2011 This morning the United States signed an agreement with Mexico that should significantly improve the competitiveness of U.S. telecommunications equipment in the important and growing Mexican …
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Reuters | May 25, 2011 | Stuart Grudgings (Reuters) – The prospect of a mammoth $12 billion investment by iPhone maker Foxconn Technology Group has sent Brazilian government officials scrambling to …