May 24, 2013
Telecom Lead Asia: Reliance Jio Infocomm, the 4G service provider and a part of Reliance Industries (RIL), has firmed up its plans to launch TD-LTE services in four key cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Jamnagar – during the current fiscal. With this announcement, Reliance Jio ...
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Telecom Lead India: 3G services generated one third of the total mobile data in India in 2012, according to Nokia Siemens Networks’ MBit Index study. The 3G tariff reduction by operators in mid 2012 led to the significant growth in 3G data consumption. Operators such as Reliance Communications, ...
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Telecom Lead America: Ericsson will deploy small cells at Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network this year. Small cell will enhance the capacity in Verizon’s 4G LTE network, enabling it to continue providing high quality and reliable mobile broadband service to its customers. “Small cells will ...
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Telecom Lead India: TD-LTE, the technology used by China Mobile, Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm for 4G, will reach 52 percent of population coverage by 2018. On the other hand, FD-LTE, the technology used by several global mobile operators including Verizon, AT&T, etc. will cover 57 percent ...
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Telecom Lead Asia: China Mobile’s 4G launch on the TD-LTE network will boost Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm in India. The world’s largest telecom operator – based on subscriber base – will conduct customer trial for 4G services in Shanghai next month. The company, which has around 900 ...
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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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