The earthquake in China on 12 May is costing the communications industry about CNY 6.72 billion, Xinhua reports citing preliminary estimates from the ministry of industry and information technology. The quake damaged some 28,714 base....
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Telecommunication service provider Tata Teleservices will commercially deploy a new location-based service that is the first to use Qualcomm's Assisted GPS technology in the Indian market. The service uses Qualcomm's QPoint service and....
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Today at Mobile World Congress, Motorola, Inc. introduced its latest device with both cellular and Wi-Fi network compatibility, as well as two new W series handsets that emphasize value and quality. Motorola will also showcase other....
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Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (SEHK: 2332; NYSE: HTX; ''Hutchison Telecom'') today announced that Mr Tim Pennington has given notice of....
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Australians have listed more than 2.3 million telephone numbers on the Do Not Call Register since its launch one year ago. The register, which is overseen by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, was established in May 2007....
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The US wireless industry trade body, the CTIA has published a new study that reveals the massive positive impact wireless broadband technology is having on the United States economy. The independent report, commissioned by CTIA and....
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The Kingdom's four mobile operators will on Saturday partially disconnect some 200,000 unregistered SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards in accordance with an agreement with the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)....
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Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has posted a 16% year-on-year fall in group net income to LKR1.663 billion (USD15.4 million) in the three months to the end of March 2008, on revenues that rose 6% to LKR11.6 billion, reports Lanka Business Online....
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The total wireless subscriber base in Ecuador reached 10.48 million customers at the end of April, up from 8.9 million twelve months ago, reports telecoms watchdog Supertel on its website. America Movil-backed Porta leads the market with....
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Local news agency Interfax, citing reports in Shanghai Securities News yesterday, claims that China Mobile has begun to allow ZTE, Yulong, Samsung and LG to sell TD-SCDMA handsets directly to customers through the cellco's service....
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Indonesia’s largest telecoms group PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is interested in buying back shares in its mobile unit Telkomsel from Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) if the Singaporean company decides to sell, Thomson....
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Following its commercial 3G launch in St Petersburg, reported yesterday in CommsUpdate, Russia’s leading cellco by subscribers Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) says it is ‘technically ready’ to launch 3G services in Sochi, Kazan and....
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Dutch former monopoly KPN Telecom plans to launch a DVB-H mobile TV service from 5 June, offering ten channels - Nederland 1, Nederland 3, RTL4, RTL24, SBS6, Jetix/Veronica, MTV Music, Discovery Channel, Xite and Nick Toons....
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China Mobile Group, the parent company of Hong Kong-listed China Mobile Ltd, said it has cut short message service fees for Beijing subscribers using a service package called 'Easy Own. The company....
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The board of Hong Kong operator PCCW has approved a plan to reorganise the company's services into a new holding and to divest a stake in the new entity. PCCW will restructure its telecommunications services, media and IT solutions....
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The Canadian government has started the auction of 105 MHz of new mobile spectrum. Twenty-seven bidders qualified for the auction, which is expected to run for several weeks. Among the bidders are established mobile network operators such....
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Taiwan’s government plans to lower its stake in Chunghwa Telecom from 35.65% to around 30% to help fund a spending programme, Dow Jones reports. Shih Su-mei, head of the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, told....
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Egyptian entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris is close to selling a 10% stake in Italian multi-service operator (MSO) Wind to three private equity groups for about EUR1 billion (USD1.55 billion), reports the London Financial Times. Mr Sawiris controls....
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Brazilian telecoms group Oi (formerly Telemar) has purchased an additional 18.8 million preferred shares of Brasil Telecom (BrT), bringing 11.36% of the latter’s stock under its control, writes BNamericas citing separate filings from both companies....
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France Telecom (FT) has reportedly approached a number of banks to secure a EUR10 billion (USD15.6 billion) loan facility to pay for an ‘unspecified acquisition’, Reuters reports. The move, leaked by unnamed banking sources, has sparked fresh....
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Speaking at the launch of 3G services in St Petersburg yesterday, Russia's largest mobile operator, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), announced plans to spend up to USD1.6 billion over the next five years on its W-CDMA network. It has invested 5%....
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Algeria's Regulation Authority of Post and Telecommunications (ARPT) yesterday launched the process to issue 3G mobile licences in the country. Local and international parties wishing to participate must register their interest by 30 June. No details....
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Namibia’s largest cellular operator by subscribers Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) has launched a new corporate logo at a cost of NAD10 million (USD1.3 million), its COO Christian Faure told newspaper The Namibian, as part....
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Filipino telecoms regulator the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has said it will study plans to cut the access charges imposed on voice calls and SMS messages routed between networks, writes the Philippine Daily Inquirer.....
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Ireland’s sole 3G-only mobile operator H3G Ireland (3) has awarded a EUR44 million (USD68.9 million) contract to BT to expand its network and to deploy faster mobile broadband internet services. The Irish Independent reports that 3 hopes the....
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