News
06 Mar 2010
Better, Faster, Stronger: 4G's Impact on App Development
With 4G networks due to hit the mass market over the next two years, some application developers are looking at ways to exploit the new high-speed connections to improve the performance and capabilities of their apps.
04 Mar 2010
Mobile and wireless licences to be renewed
The Federal Government will reissue the current 15-year radio frequency spectrum licences used by telcos to provide 2G and 3G mobile phone and wireless services.
08 Mar 2010
Belgium to Offer Fourth 3G License
The Belgian government is planning to auction off its fourth remaining 3G license along with some additional radio spectrum in higher bands, reports De Standaard newspaper. The license was originally put up for sale in 2001 although only the incumbent operators picked up licenses at the time.
05 Mar 2010
AT&T introduces two new 3G LaptopConnect devices
AT&T mobile broadband road warriors have two new 3G devices that they can add to their arsenal of connectivity hardware. Up first is the AT&T USBConnect Velocity from Option which is the first LaptopConnect device to offer on-board GPS.
04 Mar 2010
M1 may be ready for LTE launch in 2Q11, report says
A report from CNET Asia quoting MobileOne (M1) chief technical officer Patrick Scodeller, says the Singaporean cellco may be ready to launch its so-called ‘4G’ Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband network by the second quarter of 2011.
05 Mar 2010
Zain considers 4G launch
Zain Jordan is reportedly studying a number of offers by international equipment vendors for the introduction of Long Term Evolution (LTE), according to a statement issued by the company.
08 Mar 2010
Navajo Tribal Utility Plans LTE Trial
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) is planning an LTE trial using 700 MHz spectrum to bring broadband services to population centers throughout the 27,000 square miles of the Navajo nation.
09 Mar 2010
Verizon trumpets 4G data speeds
US operator claims trials show its network is achieving 12Mbps average download speeds.
04 Mar 2010
Vodafone Greece switches on 28.8Mbps HSPA+ service in Athens
Cellular operator Vodafone Greece has announced that it has upgraded parts of its network in Athens with peak theoretical speeds of 28.8Mbps (download), via HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access, Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology
04 Mar 2010
Batelco launching 21Mbps HSPA+
Bahraini full-service telecoms operator Batelco has announced that its customers will soon be able to benefit from faster mobile broadband services via the implementation of HSPA+ technology allowing maximum theoretical download speeds of 21Mbps.
05 Mar 2010
T-Mobile 21Mbps HSPA+ service launching March 14th?
TmoNews is reporting that come March 14th, T-Mobile will be launching its much-awaited HSPA+ service in a few more markets.
09 Mar 2010
Half a billion Latin American mobile subs
3G Americas said GSM-HSPA technology comprised 91 per cent of the market in Latin America with more than 464 million connections reported at year end 2009. The press release doesn't spell it out, but one assumes the addition of CDMA subs takes the total past half a billion.
02 Mar 2010
Innocomm shows Android smartphone with analog TV
Innocomm Technology, a young smartphone developer, plans to launch its first handset with Google's Android mobile operating system and an analog TV receiver in the middle of this year, a company representative said Tuesday.
02 Mar 2010
LTE more than higher speeds, says Nokia Siemens
Attention has been focused on the higher speeds that will be offered by next generation LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile networks, but improved latency will be equally important to users, according to Nokia Siemens.
26 Feb 2010
Verizon to double number of LTE markets 15 months after launch
Verizon Wireless will double the number of its LTE markets to between 50 and 60 markets 15 months after in its initial launch, according to the carrier's CTO, Tony Melone. The carrier has repeatedly said it plans to launch 25 to 30 commercial LTE markets in the later part of this year and fill out its 3G footprint (which is currently deployed across 94 percent of Verizon's cell sites) with LTE by the end of 2013.
01 Mar 2010
MetroPCS to launch LTE as a pre-paid service, announces annual results
According to a report by FierceBroadbandWireless, citing company CEO Roger Linquist, MetorPCS will launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) as a pre-paid service, when it lights up the network in late-2010.
26 Mar 2010
Etisalat launches operations in Sri Lanka
UAE operator Etisalat has launched its operations in Colombo, Sri Lanka after its acquisition of the Tigo mobile firm, targeting 1 million customers by the end of the year, reports the Daily Mirror.
02 Mar 2010
Polkomtel upgrades network with Nokia Siemens Networks
Mar 02, 2010 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) -- Poland's Polkomtel has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks to extend and modernise its 3G/HSPA network. Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy its compact Flexi Multiradio base stations that enable the higher speeds and lower latency of HSPA+, by means of software upgrades.
02 Mar 2010
T-Mobile to Launch 42 Mbps HSPA+ in German Network
At CeBIT 2010, Deutsche Telekom announced plans to launch HSPA+ running at up to 42 Mbps downstream in its German T-Mobile network. Specifically, T-Mobile will first launch HSPA+ at up to 21 Mbps within Germany.
04 Jan 2010
Ireland’s mobile broadband explosion
There are now some 354,000 mobile broadband subscribers in Ireland, up 90pc year-on-year.
