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Indian Mobile Revenues to Hit $37B
3 Jul 2008 at 12:00pm
Gartner predicts Indian mobile revenues to exceed $37B by 2012 as subscribers are projected to grow to 737M
Vodafone Buys Into Ghana for $900M
3 Jul 2008 at 9:00am
Mobile giant takes a 70% stake in Ghana Telecom for $900 million, a move that draws fire from the Ghanaian government's opposition
Huawei Preps $2B Handset Handshake
3 Jul 2008 at 4:30am
The company is narrowing its list of potential buyers for a near 50 percent stake in its handset unit
Tata Nears Mobile WiMax Vendor Picks
2 Jul 2008 at 1:45pm
India's Tata is weeks away from selecting new mobile WiMax infrastructure suppliers for its $500M wireless broadband network
Operators Feel Femto Frustration
2 Jul 2008 at 1:00am
Commercial deployments for home base stations are not expected until next year as operators wait for standards
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T-Mobile calls for delay of FCC's free wireless broadband initiative
by Lynnette Luna
2 Jul 2008 at 11:13pm
T-Mobile USA has asked the FCC to extend the public-comment period for its controversial plan to auction a nationwide block of spectrum that would see the licensee offering free broadband services. T-Mobile wants the commission to spend more time studying potential interference problems and delay its final decision until after the November elections. The commission's comment deadline is July 9 with reply comments due July 16. The FCC wants to craft its rules by August.
M2Z Founder, Chairman and CTO Milo Medin, whose company first presented this type of proposal to the FCC back in 2006 and is interested in bidding on the spectrum, recently told FierceBroadbandWireless that the core technical rules that have always been advocated for the auction are the same rules that were used for the 700 MHz auction. "It's hard to argue that the same rules worked at 700 MHz but don't work in this band," he said.
The commission is proposing to combine the 2155 to 2175 MHz band with the 2175 MHz to 2180 MHz band to create a 25-megahertz swathe of spectrum that would support a nationwide license. The spectrum is referred to as advanced wireless services-3 and would require the licensee to dedicate 25 percent of its network capacity to free broadband service, install a network-based Internet filtering system to block pornography and allow open access to third-party devices and applications.
For more:
- read RCR Wireless News
Related stories:
Interview with M2Z: Free wireless broadband can work. M2Z interview
FCC looks to fast-track free wireless broadband network initiative. Wireless broadband story
Wi-Fi Alliance works to ensure quality voice over WiFi
by Lynnette Luna
2 Jul 2008 at 4:44pm
Driven by the increasing popularity of Voice over WiFi, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the Wi-Fi Certified Voice-Personal program to ensure quality voice over WiFi links. According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, estimates from analyst firms forecast shipments of WiFi/cellular converged phones to number between 250 and 350 million units in 2011. According to Victoria Fodale, manager with research firm In-Stat, " We are seeing increasing expectations from wireless subscribers that handsets include WiFi technology to handle both voice and data, and carriers are responding in kind with an interesting array of offerings combining WiFi and cellular service." Release
India's Tata close to granting $500M WiMAX contract
by Lynnette Luna
2 Jul 2008 at 3:59pm
Tata Communications is close to choosing its mobile WiMAX equipment suppliers for its $500-million 802.16e-based network in India, according to Unstrung. Tata has already deployed fixed WiMAX (802.16d) from Telsima and has signed up some 10,000 customers since launching service in March. It claims that deployment is the largest WiMAX deployment in the world. Now the operator is looking to deploy mobile WiMAX in the 3.3 GHz band, spending $500 million during the next two years. Tata did not name the vendors vying for the contract nor the size of the award, but said it would be significant.
Unstrung's sources, however, say seven vendors are competing for Tata's contract and willing to customize their products for Indian market. Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Cisco (through its Navini acquisition), Huawei Technologies, Motorola, Samsung and Telsima.
For more:
- read Unstrung
Related stories:
Tata claims world's largest WiMAX deployment. Tata story
Telsima, Sequans capitalizing on Indian WiMAX market. Telsima editorial
Huawei wins Malaysian WiMAX contract; Progress report: FierceWireless' 2008 p...
by Lynnette Luna
2 Jul 2008 at 3:31pm
> Malaysian WiMAX license holder, Asiaspace has awarded Huawei Technologies with a contract to supply the company with an end-to-end WiMAX solution. Article
> Ericsson will integrate HSPA modules in Toshiba's laptops in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Release
> ip.access will use Tektronix' G35 protocol analyzer to test of the firm's femtocell access point elements. Release
> Proxim Wireless announced a WiMAX contract with German telecom provider Televersa Online GmbH. Release
And Finally... See how FierceWireless' editors are doing so far with our predictions for 2008. Article
Canadian iPhone 3G plans require three-year contract, limited data
by Lynnette Luna
30 Jun 2008 at 12:38am
Canadian wireless customers found it they will have to sign a three-year service contract and sign up for a wireless plan that doesn't include unlimited data if they want to get the new iPhone 3G from Rogers.
The operator announced it is offering plans that range from $60 to $115 per month but didn't say how much the handset would cost when it goes on sale July 11.
The cheapest monthly plan costs $60 and includes 150 minutes of voice calling, with unlimited evenings and weekends, 400 MB of data, 75 sent text messages, and unlimited incoming texts and visual voicemail messages. The most expensive plan runs $115, and subscribers get 800 minutes of daytime calling, 2 GB of data, and 300 sent text messages.
Rogers calculated that the plan with 400 MB of data represents up to 200,000 text e-mails or 3,100 Web pages. The 2-GB plan is the equivalent of 1,048,000 text e-mails or 16,000 Web pages. With statistics showing that iPhone users are the biggest users of the mobile Internet, Canadian customers will likely hit their data limit rather quickly. At least each of the service plans comes with unlimited access to all Rogers and Fido WiFi hotspots.
For more:
- check out InformationWeek
Related stories:
iPhone 3G revises AT&T data pricing. AT&T story
AT&T will subsidize 3G iPhone. iPhone story
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