Estonian mobile operator EMT announced that it started testing an LTE network on 25 February. The operator uses equipment provided by Ericsson for the new network. Commercial services may be launched once Estonia...
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Iraqi mobile operators Zain and Asiacell have received more favourable terms for paying their government licence fees, in exchange for a pledge to improve services. The government will monitor their services for a year...
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Deutsche Telekom narrowed its fourth quarter loss to euro3 million ($4.1 million) after gaining more U.S. cell phone subscribers and slowing the loss of traditional land line users in its home country.The financial ...
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Sprint has confirmed plans to expand its 4G mobile broadband service to several major cities during 2010, including Boston, Denver, New York and San Francisco.The new markets will join 27 cities where the speedy Sprint...
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T-Mobile USA Inc. posted surprisingly strong fourth quarter 2009 results today bolstered by the carrier’s continued appeal to prepaid customers.The industry’s No. 4 operator said it added 371,000 customers to its network...
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Spanish telephone company Telefonica SA said Friday its fourth quarter net profit rose by 22 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier as an increase in customer numbers in Latin America helped boost revenue...
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TeliaSonera is upgrading its fixed broadband access network to offer businesses and consumers media-rich services such as high-definition TV, live video streaming and online gaming. Ericsson provides the broadband access...
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US wireless communication provider Verizon Wireless has increased wireless broadband capacity on its Hudson Valley-area network. The company said on Thursday that this additional capacity, which added six cell....
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Research and Markets  has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "1Q10 Taiwan Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2014: Taiwan will have 28 Million Mobile Subscribers in 2014 with Market Share...
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China Telecom Corp. Ltd.  has opened bidding for 5 million medium-end 3G mobile phon es in order to achieve its goal of realizing 100 million users, said a China Telecom insider on Thursday. Medium-end 3G mobile ...
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MTN Swaziland has embarked on a project to test launch the 3G technology. The project is currently at design and planning stage, which includes equipment procur ement, the identification of areas to be covered by...
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3G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the GSM family of technologies including LTE, today announced that it has published an informational white paper titled, GSM-UMTS Network Migration...
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The Nokia N95 maintained its dominance of the cellular parallel trading market for a second year in a row, reports RCS, with Nokia placed six models in the top ten, compared to seven of the top ten in 2008. Two of RIM's...
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Novatel Wireless Inc. posted a profit in the fourth quarter on better sales of its modems and wireless networking gear. But the stock fell on weaker-than-expected guidance.Novatel Wireless shares fell 76 cents, or...
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The Digital Britain Universal Service Commitment to ensure that every home in the UK has access to 2Mpbs broadband by 2012 could bring in additional £1.4bn revenue through website sales, according to research published....
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France Telecom consolidated revenues were down by 3.7% to €45.94bn in 2009, excluding operations in the UK that are to be merged with T-Mobile. Including the UK, consolidated revenues were €50.952bn.Earnings before...
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Wireless ISP Clearwire finished 2009 with a total 688,800 susbcribers, up from 475,000 at end-2008. The company's retail customer base grew by 87,000 in the fourth quarter to 642,000, with the remaining 46,000 via wholesale...
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Vodafone has been named the UK's fastest network for browsing the web on a mobile phone, says SIRODA. The survey, which was commissioned by O2, also named O2 as the fastest mobile network when it came to downloading...
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Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics Relative to many other South Pacific islands Fiji has a fairly reliable and efficient telecom system with access to the Southern Cross submarine cable linking New Zealand....
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Networking vendor Cisco Systems is developing a super-fast fixed broadband system in partnership with a number of US service providers, according to the Financial Times (FT). The move comes just weeks after Google....
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The government will auction three slots each of third-generation wireless spectrum in most of its telecom zones, including in the lucrative   Delhi and Mumbai regions, from April 9, the telecoms ministry said on Thursday....
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Telecom New Zealand's new 3G network has been plagued with major outages during the past month, prompting the operator's CEO Paul Reynolds to put its 3G vendor Alcatel Lucent on notice, according to the Wall ....
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Government invites application from mobile operators: This Thursday, government invited three operators for 3G services in most circles.As per NIA (Notice Inviting Applications) for the 3G range auction in around 22 circles...
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Africa has great potential among all emerging markets, said Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises, in an analyst conference call. He was explaining his rationale for buying Zain and stated....
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Telecom New Zealand (TCNZ) said Tuesday that chief technical officer Frank Mount has resigned, effective immediately.The move likely comes as a result of the technical nightmare TCNZ is having with its HSPA network...
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