WiMax Takes Hit as Nokia Kills Sole WiMax Device in Production (Publish.com)
Already losing the battle to LTE for the status of next-generation mobile technology, WiMax suffers another blow as Nokia, the world’s top mobile phone maker, announces it has ended production of its only mobile device using WiMax technology….
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Tatung may postpone launch of WiMax again – Taipei Times
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Tatung may postpone launch of WiMax again
Taipei Times, Taiwan - By Lisa Wang Taiwanese WiMAX license holder Tatung InfoComm Co Ltd (大同電信) said yesterday it may once again postpone the commercial launch of its … |
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Mobile WiMAX Market Continued to Ramp in Late 2008, According to Dell’Oro Group (Business Wire)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the worldwide
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Mobile WiMAX Market Continued to Ramp in Late 2008 (cellular-news)
According to a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, the worldwide mobile WiMAX infrastructure revenues nearly quadrupled in the third quarter of 2008 over the third quarter of 2007.
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The best and worst of times for WiMAX (ICT News)
WiMAX is a tale of two markets – in one, the emerging wireless broadband technology has gained significant momentum in the last year, but in the larger converging broadband market, the runaway success of rival system HSDPA and the acceleration of LTE threatens the opportunity for WiMAX in some markets. In the past year, the WiMAX industry has passed a string of key milestones including product…
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MTI Wireless Edge’s New Production Facility in India Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification (Business Wire)
TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MTI Wireless Edge today announced that its new production facility in India has received ISO 9001:2000 certification. The fully equipped factory now conforms the internationally
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Research and Markets: Research Report Anticipates the First Large-Scale Femtocell Deployments Will Arrive in Q2 2009, with the Market Ramping in 2010 (Business Wire)
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Airtel launches in Sri Lanka with a free ‘Sim’ card offer
Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator, is set to launch in Sri Lanka today and is offering a free ‘Sim’ card to all those who apply for the service, calling for a price war with competitors. According to industry analysts the coming of a new mobile operator in the country after a long time has led [...]
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ERT to assign fourth mobile licence in Albania
The Albanian Telecom Authority, ERT, is likely to assign new licence in order to give way to the fourth new entrant to the Albanian mobile industry and better mobile tariffs. “By January 23, we will begin to accept offers,” said Ilir Shehu, head of ERT, claiming that “many foreign companies had already been interested to [...]
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Sri Lanka plans to issue new rules for mobile banking
Sri Lanka has planned to issue new rules regarding the mobile banking as the mobile incumbents of the country are joining hands with various banks to offer new mobile banking initiatives.
“Given the increased usage of mobile phones for financial transactions, the Central Bank intends to issue new operating guidelines for mobile payments during 2009,” says [...]
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China Mobile to invest $8.6 billion in 3G this year (China)
China Mobile, China’s leading mobile operator, plans to invest nearly $8.6 billion in 2009 in order to develop its 3G network across the nation. The company which recieved the 3G licence recently will use the money to build around 60,000 base stations covering 238 cities. 3G in China will call for faster data transmission and [...]
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NTC seeks industry’s comments on fifth 3G licence tender plan (Philippines)
The Filipino watchdog NTC gives the domestic telecoms industry ten days to submit their comments on its draft proposal to auction country’s fifth 3G licence. The new proposed draft will replace regulator’s ‘30-point’ ranking system used in awarding the earlier licences, which says the companies will have to pass the legal, financial and technical criteria.
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DoT proposes an increase in number of 3G licences (India)
DoT has extended the list of changes made to the 3G auction as it considers increasing the number of available lots in the to-be-auctioned 3G network. The number of winning bidders for each telecom spectrum is likely to rise from five to eight. If it is approved the change will be ineffective to all the [...]
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Motorola India axes sales force as handset business ebbs
The economic slowdown in India is hurting deeper. It has taken a heavy toll of Motorola India’s aggressive plans to expand mobile handsets business, where Nokia is the undisputed leader.
More than 200 people Motorola India had hired just a few months ago to drive hard its mobile handsets sales have all been laid off. The [...]
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Mobily and 2Connect join hands for Bahrain’s third mobile licence (Bahrain)
Bahrain’s alternative telco 2Connect and the Saudi Arabia based Etisalat (Mobily) will reportedly place a joint bid for Bahrain’s third mobile licence. According to 2Connect, they were looking to bring in other partners as well but Sunday being the deadline they din’t have much time. Getting in other partners would mean that there could be [...]
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Location Lock for Femtocells
A feature required by potential femtocell operators, location lock prevents a femtocell from being moved to a new location without the owning network operator’s awareness and permission. We explain the justification for this feature and technical implementation options.
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Super femtocell market seen booming – research (Telecompaper)
(Telecompaper) The ’super femtocell’ market could grow from almost zero to over 500,000 units in 2013, ABI Research said. The research bureau explained that the super femtocell combines the larger capacity of the picocell with the lower cost and ease of installation of the residential femtocell and addresses problems at both. Residential femtocells suffer from lack of capacity and enterprise…
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MTN-Verizon SA deal gets green signal from Competition Tribunal
Africa’s biggest cell phone operator, MTN, says that it welcomes the decision made by the Competition Tribunal to unconditionally approve the merger between MTN and Verizon SA. The acquisition will bolster the scale and product offering of MTN’s existing South Africa–based ISP, MTN Network Solutions. MTN is acquiring 69.38% stake in Verizon South Africa. The [...]
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Zain Tanzania subscribers to enjoy loyalty offers
Zain Tanzania has instigated a new promotional campaign in which subscribers will be getting prizes for their loyalty to the mobile phone services provider. Zain Managing Director, Khaled Muhtadi, said, in the city that subscribers would earn points on using the network and rewards are to be offered accordingly. Zain subscribers just have to SMS [...]
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Alfa launches the free SMS Roaming Subscription for Postpaid subscribers (Lebanon)
Alfa is glad to announce that it has launched the free SMS roaming subscription for postpaid cards users, allowing Alfa subscribers to send and receive SMS messages while traveling.
Mr. Kamal Boufarhat, Chairman and CEO of Alfa, said: “Among the new services that Alfa has been recently offering to its subscribers, a new useful service is [...]
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Leap post a subscriber base of 3.84Mn at 2008 end (USA)
Leap Wireless International has added 385,00 subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2008. Leap subscriber base totals to 3.84 million customers, at the end-2008, up 34% year-on-year. The total company churn was 3.8% for the Q4′08. CEO and President of Leap, Doug Hutcheson, said, Strong performance in the company’s existing markets reflects the success of [...]
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Asiacell subscribers exceed 6Mn mark (Iraq)
Asiacell has reportedly announced that its subscriber base has exceeded six million. According to a report, Asiacell has claimed 5.56 million subscribers at the end of September 2008, representing a 7.8% increase in the three-month period. Asiacell caters to 34% market share in terms of subscribers; its main rival Zain Iraq boasts 52%. Asiacell has [...]
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Praise for LTE, WiMAX’ Bad Week (Greg Galitzine’s VoIP Authority Blo)
Market researcher ABI Research has released a new study that points to continued enthusiasm for LTE deployment. Coming on the heels of a turbulent week for WiMAX (see: Intel’s $950 million investment write-down and Nokia ceasing production of its only WiMAX device) it’s a positive sign indeed for this 4G technology. Now before we get carried away with the premature burial of WiMAX, it’s important…
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Clearwire Reveals New Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot Router – Demos Fast Service in Streetcar (Wireless and Mobile News)
We found some great demonstration videos from the Clearwire launch in Portland, Oregon. Clearwire will launch a new home router designed for their mobile WiMax service. It basically creates it’s own Wi-Fi hotspot and can used in the car, in…
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Reports of WiMAX’s Death Simply Premature (SeekingAlpha Telecom Stocks)
Ari Zoldan submits: Recessions hurt. We’ve previously noted that decision-makers at many of the technology industry’s leading corporations seem to have a lot of faith in WiMAX, specifically in Clearwire’s (CLWR) United States venture. The catch is that the market does not share their optimism. Complete Story »
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WiMAX Forum: WiMAX Forum Announces Two Wireless Industry Veterans Join Management Team (Market Wire)
PORTLAND, OR (MARKET WIRE) The WiMAX Forum(R) today announced two executive team appointments, including Dr. Roger Marks as vice president of technology standards and XJ Wang as senior director of marketing. With the addition of Marks and Wang to the management team, the WiMAX Forum organization adds to the team leading its drive to ensure global adoption of WiMAX as the broadband solution of…
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Motorola Frames Femtocells For Homes (Gadget Lab)
LAS VEGAS — Femtocells, or small cellular base stations designed to boost cellphone signals, are seen as the next big thing in wireless. At CES 2009 Motorola showed off femtocells packaged in a digital picture-frame like exterior in a bid…
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Iusacell plans an investment of $400 Mn for GSM network development (Mexico)
Iusacell is reportedly planning to invest around USD 400 million this year to build a GSM network, alongside its existing CDMA network. The parallel network based on different platform is anticipated to enhance Iusacell’s presence on the prepaid mobile market segment.
More than 90% of the total subscribers are prepaid and over 92 percent of the [...]
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Cogo Forecasts New Revenue Potential with Upgrade of China’s Mobile Networks to 3G
Cogo Group, Inc. COGO, a leading provider of customized module design solutions and engineering and technology services globally, today reconfirmed its commitment to 3G and its forecast that the upgrade of China’s mobile networks will provide a new revenue potential for the company in 2009.
Cogo’s optimism regarding 3G is supported by current telecom industry trends [...]
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Airtel and Vodafone high on points of interconnection, reports TRAI (India)
According to TRAI, Bharti Airtel country’s largest mobile operator, has also earned the largest points of interconnection having congestion followed by Vodafone. This means it’ll be difficult for the subscribers of this networks to communicate with the subscribers of other network. The higher POI shows that the interconnection between two networks is ineffective, which leads [...]
