www.cellular-news.com— Federal regulators have shot down a proposal by a startup called M2Z Networks Inc. to build a free, nationwide wireless broadband network using a spare slice of airwaves… Continue…
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Alcatel-Lucent Makes First LTE Call Within Public Safety Broadband Spectrum
www.cellular-news.com— Alcatel-Lucent says that it has achieved an industry first by successfully completing a data call using a LTE wireless broadband network operating at Band 14, the spectrum earmarked for public safety agencies in the USA… Continue…
Israel Outlines Plans to Cut Interconnection Rates
www.cellular-news.com— The Israeli Ministry of Communications (MOC) has confirmed to the mobile networks details of its expected cut in interconnection rates. According to a statement from Cellcom, the plans will reduce the maximum interconnect tariff from the current tariff of NIS 0.251 per minute to NIS 0.0687 per minute from January 2011 and sequentially down to NIS 0.0555 from January 1, 2014… Continue…
Further Mobile Price Cuts in Vietnam
www.cellular-news.com— The ongoing price wars continued in Vietnam after S-Fone and Vietnamobile both reduces their tariffs for subscribers. Their decision to reduce rates followed after similar initiatives by Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone last month… Continue…
Nokia Keeps Top Spot in Taiwan Handset Market
www.cellular-news.com— Nokia has retained its top spot in the Taiwan mobile handset market, although Sony Ericsson took a higher share of revenues, reports the Taiwan Economic News. The report, based on data from distributors found that Nokia had a 25.8% market share of handsets shipped in July, but only 21.5% of the revenues. Sony Ericsson took 25% of the revenues, while only shipping 17.2% by volume… Continue…
Huawei Shows Off Low-Cost Android Smartphone
www.cellular-news.com— Huawei has shown off two new products in its device portfolio. IDEOS is the company’s first affordable smartphone powered by Android 2.2. The phone supports HSPA 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi and can also act as a Wi-Fi router… Continue…
Huawei Reported to Have Won Indian 3G Network Contract
www.cellular-news.com— China’s Huawei is reported to have won a managed services 3G network supply contract from India’s Tata Teleservices (TTSL). According to media reports, citing a statement from Huawei, Tata Teleservices has selected the Chinese vendor to roll out network in five circles… Continue…
T-Mobile USA May Invest in Clearwire
SOURCE — Sprint Nextel is considering inviting T-Mobile USA to invest in its WiMAX joint venture with Clearwire to help fund the network rollout, reports the Wall Street Journal. Citing three people familiar with the situation, the newspaper added that some Sprint directors support allowing T-Mobile USA to make a sizable investment in Clearwire… Continue…
Orange UK Launches High-Definition Voice Service
www.cellular-news.com— Orange UK has announced the launch of High Definition (HD) Voice on its network. HD Voice uses the AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband) speech codec. This provides excellent audio quality due to a wider speech bandwidth of 50-7000 Hz compared to the current narrowband speech codec of 300-3400 Hz. The AMR-WB delivers significantly enhanced sound quality whilst utilising the same network resources… Continue…
Consumers Rate Nokia As India’s Most Trusted Brand for Third Year in Row
www.cellular-news.com— Nokia says that it has been ranked as India’s most trusted brand for 2010, according to an The Economic Times-Brand Equity survey. Nokia has appeared in the survey since 2005, and has held the first position in 2008, 2009 and now, 2010… Continue…
UTL Approved for Sony Ericsson Repairs in the UK
www.cellular-news.com— UK based Unipart Technology Logistics (UTL) has been awarded the highest level of repair accreditation by Sony Ericsson, enabling UTL to handle repairs for all of Sony Ericsson’s handsets. The company is one of only four repair companies in the UK to attain this level… Continue…
Zain Saudi Arabia to Raise $1.2 Billion for Network Expansion
www.cellular-news.com— Zain’s Saudi Arabian subsidiary has announced plans to raise US$1.2 billion through a rights issue to fund its network expansion… Continue…
Idea Cellular May Face 3G Delays in Punjab
www.cellular-news.com— Indian mobile network operator, Idea Cellular may face a delay in launching its 3G network in Punjab as it waits for regulatory clearance over its purchase of Spice Telecom. While Idea won 3G licenses in Punjab during 3G license auction held earlier this year, the UAS license that permits telecoms operations covering Punjab is held by Spice Telecom… Continue…
Samsung Shows Off Smartphone With Leather Flip Cover
www.cellular-news.com— Samsung Electronics has shown off the latest smartphone to be based on its own bada operating system, the Wave 723 (Model : GT-S7320E). The Wave 723 will be available next month in Germany and will be gradually rolled out to other European markets including Southeast Asia, the Middle East Asia, and Africa… Continue…
Nokia Siemens Networks - The Future Lies in “smart Networks for Smart Devices”
www.cellular-news.com— Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks, has outlined the company’s commitment to transforming mobile networks to cope with the explosion in smart devices. This commitment includes the creation of a “Smartphone Experience Lab” based in Telefónica premises in Madrid… Continue…
Indian officials to meet to decide BlackBerry ban
www.cellular-news.com— Indian authorities are scheduled to meet Monday evening to decide whether to ban some BlackBerry services in India, one day ahead of a government-imposed deadline for the device’s maker Research In Motion Ltd. to give security agencies access to encrypted data… Continue…
