May 18, 2013
Telecom Lead India: The number of LTE connections will pass 100 million this week, according to 4G Americas. Out of this, 57 million LTE connections will be in the U.S. and Canada alone. At the end of 2012, there were 68 million LTE connections. Reaching the 100 million mark this week ...
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Telecom Lead Asia: Samsung on Monday said it tested 5G wireless technology that would allow users to download an entire movie in one second. The test had witnessed data transmission of more than one gigabyte per second over a distance of two kilometers. The new technology, which will not be ...
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Telecom Lead India: Phone major Nokia is in talks with Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm and China Mobile for launching TD LTE smartphones on their 4G networks. Launching TD-LTE phones will boost the current 4G network initiatives of Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm and China Mobile. Lack of ...
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Telecom Lead India: Bharti Airtel’s VP – Networks Puneet Garg on Friday said LTE would bring tremendous opportunities for growing rural internet, broadband, smartphone and urban internet penetration. Speaking at an event on LTE in Delhi on Friday, the Bharti Airtel networks head said the Indian ...
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Telecom Lead India: Reliance Communications said its 3G subscriber base reached 7.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Reliance is well ahead of Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular in terms of 3G subscribers. Bharti Airtel’s 3G subscribers reached 6.4 million in the fourth quarter. Airtel ...
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Telecom Lead Middle East: 3G and 4G Internet have assisted Zain to post $1.06 billion revenue in first quarter 2013. Zain Group’s net income rose 3 percent q-o-q to $184 million in the first quarter of 2013 Zain on Thursday said it has made substantial investments in both 3G and 4G. As a ...
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Telecom Lead India: LG will launch TD-LTE smartphones in India this year. This will be a big boost for 4G operators such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Aircel, etc. At present, Huawei is the only telecom equipment vendor that supplies TD-LTE phones to Airtel. The billionaire Mukesh ...
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Telecom Lead Asia: Mobile Internet – 3G and 4G — subscriptions on tablets in emerging telecom markets of India and Brazil will be driven by demand for video content and network upgrades. Last week, Airtel in India announced its Rs 1 per video scheme to boost 2G and 3G data revenue. Rs 1 ...
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Telecom Lead America: T-Mobile USA’s Capex (capital expenditure) has reached $1.1 billion in the first quarter of 2013. The telecom operator’s main Capex was towards achieving 200 million covered pops with 4G LTE by the end of 2013. In the first quarter of 2013, T-Mobile USA launched 4G / ...
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Telecom Lead India: A Nokia Siemens Networks survey says both Internet and voice quality of services impact mobile user’s selection of service providers. The 2013 Acquisition and Retention Study Report by Nokia Siemens says the Internet quality has become a deciding factor in the choice of ...
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Telecom Lead Asia: Vodafone Hutchison Australia has tapped Cisco to accelerate 4G LTE network deployment. Vodafone Hutchison Australia, as part of the agreement, will use Cisco ASR 5500 as the mobile multimedia core platform. The company is planning to launch 4G network mid-year. In addition, ...
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Telecom Lead India: Idea Cellular has rolled out 2,432 GSM cell sites and 1,595 3G cell sites during the fourth quarter of FY 2013, taking site count to 90,094 and 17,140 for GSM and 3G, respectively. The total addition to the gross block including CWIP for the quarter and for the year was Rs ...
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Telecom Lead India: Latin American mobile services markets revenue will reach $112.45 billion in 2017 from more than $86.32 billion in 2012. 3G and 4G will be the growth drivers. Frost & Sullivan says increasing investments in 3G and 4G expansion, along with mobile operators’ focus on ...
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Telecom Lead Asia: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm has joined a consortium for setting up the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) submarine cable system. Interestingly, Reliance Jio Infocomm, the only pan-India 4G / LTE service provider in India, is the only telecom operator from ...
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Telecom Lead Asia: 3G is set to boost smartphone uptake in Bangladesh. “Launch of 3G services by public sector mobile telephony operator, Teletalk in 2012 and the auction of 3G spectrum to private mobile operators in June 2013 are expected to greatly improve the prospects for smartphones in the ...
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Telecom Lead America: Cellular One has selected Ericsson to upgrade its network to 3G and expand its existing number of base stations by 50 percent. Ericsson will also deploy its MINI-LINK microwave products to provide increased backhaul capacity. The upgrade will result in increased coverage ...
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