The telco ended 2015 with 34.8 million LTE subs in 20 markets
British telecom group Vodafone recorded revenues of £10.3 billion ($14.91 billion) in its fiscal third quarter, ended Dec. 31, a decline of 5.5% compared to the same quarter a year ago. The telco...
Liberty Global operates in the Dutch market via cable firm Ziggo
U.K. telecom group Vodafone confirmed it is in discussions with Liberty Global to analyze the creation of a joint venture in the Netherlands incorporating both companies’ local operating businesses.
Vodafone Group said the discussions are...
M1 used equipment from Huawei; reached claimed speed through combining carrier aggregation, MIMO
Singaporean telecommunications operator M1 and Chinese vendor Huawei claimed to have successfully LTE peak download speeds of more than 1 gigabit per second and peak upload speeds in excess of 130 megabits...
Nokia Networks set to deploy LTE infrastructure for Vodafone in three circles
Finnish telecom equipment provider Nokia Networks reportedly was awarded a three-year contract to provide LTE network infrastructure for Indian mobile operator Vodafone in three telecoms circles, The Times of India reports.
Under terms of...
Vodafone predicts M2M set to continue evolution in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
M2M will move out of the back office
Previously,...
French telco Orange could pay $10.86 billion for rival operator
French state-controlled telecommunications group Orange signed a confidentiality agreement with rival conglomerate Bouygues to acquire the latter’s telecom business for a total of 10 billion euros ($10.86 billion) in cash and shares, French newspaper Le Journal...
With an ever-increasing percentage of wireless network traffic being generated indoors, the design and performance of networks needs to be assessed not just outside, but inside. Indoor network testing poses its own unique challenges, from site access to collecting as much relevant benchmarking data...
Orange confirmed it will not appeal the ruling of French regulators
French competition regulators fined local operator Orange 350 million euros ($380 million) for abuse of its market dominance as France’s former national telecom monopoly.
The regulator said in its resolution Orange had offered tariff discount...
Winning spectrum bidders to be announced in March
The Spanish government postponed plans to award mobile spectrum in the 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands to January 2016, according to local press reports. The Spanish authorities also said they expect to announce the winning bidders...
The telco plans to launch the first Vodafone-branded store in the city
Mobile operator MTS Ukraine, which has recently branded its operations under the Vodafone Ukraine brand, announced it's in the process of completing the installation and testing of 3G network infrastructure in the city...
Trial blends licensed and unlicensed spectrum; reached access speeds of more than 274 Mbps
Mobile operator Vodafone Netherlands said it carried out a trial delivering LTE services on a commercial network by aggregating both licensed and unlicensed bands.
The trial was carried out in cooperation with...
Liberty Global looks to bolster LatAm LiLAC platform with proposed Cable & Wireless deal
International cable telecommunications provider Liberty Global is set to expand its footprint deeper into the Latin America market through a pending acquisition of U.K.-based Cable & Wireless Communications.
The deal is being...
Vodafone is betting big on the Indian telecommunications market. In a meeting with Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiin in London, Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao pledged to invest nearly $2 billion for capacity augmentation and other “Digital India” initiatives.
“At Vodafone, we are enthused...
AirTies creates mesh Wi-Fi networks to spread coverage and capacity throughout your home
In-home Wi-Fi equipment provider AirTies is looking to use multiple access points to bolster the performance of Wi-Fi networks.
AirTies is using multiple access points placed around the home in a move...
"Internet of Things" is a red-hot buzzword in the telecom industry. While use cases involving consumer wearables tend to dominate the discourse, there's another, much less flashy IoT optimized for low power, low throughput applications that is quietly taking shape.
Narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT)...
Ericsson and Cisco each claim $1B in new revenue by 2018
Networking and computing powerhouses Ericsson and Cisco Systems announced a global partnership tying together their platforms to target telecom operators and reportedly produce at least $1 billion in incremental revenue opportunities for each company...
Vodafone UK claims attack gained limited customer data from 1,827 customers
Vodafone Group reported its United Kingdom operations late last week were hit by a cyberattack that gained access to account information of 1,827 customers, including names, telephone numbers, bank short codes and the last...
4G fueling growth
India is reportedly on its way to eclipsing 1 billion mobile subscribers. According to a report by Peter Evans, senior analyst Asia at BuddeComm, the world’s second largest country had 970 million subscribers as of March 2015.
Currently 77% of India’s population has...
The Indian telco has completed its LTE network rollout across the country
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm said it plans to launch commercial 4G LTE services in fiscal year 2016-2017, which starts April 1.
According to local press reports, the telco initially expected to start...
Dropped calls are a big problem in India due to economics and sheer geography presenting hindrances to robust mobile network deployments. Now, national regulator Trai is considering penalizing operators for each dropped call.
The Times of India reports Trai is considering penalizing operators 1 rupee...
The Indian telco has deployed 1,000 mobile sites in Mumbai; looking to go live by year-end
India’s second-largest mobile operator, Vodafone, announced plans to launch LTE services in Mumbai by December.
The telco said it plans to offer services through spectrum in the 1800 MHz...
ARCEP confirms the auction will take place in November
France’s four mobile operators have filed applications to participate in an auction through which telecom regulator ARCEP will award spectrum in the 700 MHz band to support LTE services. The regulator said firms submitting applications were...
Richard Edgar, director of communications technology for Imagination Technologies, recently talked with RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney about the company's work in the wireless/IP space, as well as the research and development going into "5G" mobile networks and how the "Internet of...
UK telcos to pay almost £200 million per year to use 900 MHz, 1800 MHz bands
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has published revised annual fees for mobile operators, which determine the amount of money they must pay to use certain parts of the mobile spectrum.
In 2010, the...
