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Concern Grows Over Net Neutrality Compromise
Telecoms.Com Google is a long time campaigner for net neutrality and any such deal with Verizon would be seen as Google switching allegiance The internet was humming on Thursday night and Friday morning with rampant speculation over a supposed deal between web giant Google and US carrier Verizon that many industry watchers fear as the [...]
BlackBerry Service to be Shut Down in UAE; India Next
Telecoms.Com On Monday morning the Telecoms Regulatory Authority for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it had ordered local operators to suspend BlackBerry services from October 11, for breach of telecoms regulations. For one reason or another, Canadian vendor Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry network has long been a contentious issue. In this case, [...]
Virgin, Qtel Slapped Down by Watchdog
Telecoms.Com Virgin Mobile’s newly launched operation in the emirate state of Qatar has had its wrists slapped by the regulator along with its local host and network partner, Qtel (Qatar Telecom). The MVNO launched services in Qatar in May, having struck a partnership deal with local incumbent Qtel. But Vodafone Qatar, the only other mobile [...]
IPTV Wins Strong Audience in Asia Pacific
Telecoms.Com Fixed line operators and service providers in the Asia Pacific region passed two significant milestones in June, as IPTV-enabled households topped ten million and the number of homes subscribing to digital TV surpassed 150 million. Topics: government, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Australia, Philippines, telecoms, China, South Korea, telecom
Broadband Becomes a Legal Right in Finland
Telecoms.Com With effect from July 1, Finnish citizens will have a legal right to fixed line broadband with a connection speed of at least 1Mbps. Topics: broadband, telecoms, Finland, telephone, DSL, telecom
Telefónica Sells Stake in Portugal Telecom
Telegeography Spanish incumbent and Latin American carrier Telefónica has sold eight per cent of its ten per cent stake in Portugal Telecom (PT) amid fears it will not be allowed to vote as a PT shareholder on the acceptance of its offer to buy PT out of Brasilcel,which controls Brazilian mobile player Vivo. Topics: carrier, [...]
An Industry in the Grip of Femto Fever?
Telecoms.Com Global femtocell deployments have more than doubled in the last nine months, suggesting a maturity of the technology and a growing acceptance of the potential business models. According to research released by Informa Telecoms & Media on Tuesday, there are 16 service commitments including 13 confirmed commercial launches of femtocell technology worldwide at present. [...]
White Paper Says Wireless Providers May Look to Exit Voice Business
Telecoms.Com The provision of data access is now the most important part of a mobile operator’s business and some may decide in the future that offering voice services does not make economic sense. So says industry consultancy Northstream in a recently released white paper. Topics: telecoms, GSM, telecom, wireless, handset, mobile operators
Carriers and Content Providers Should Get Together Over Video
Telecoms.Com 2010 will be a pivotal year for online video, as ISPs and content providers explore radical new ways of working together, analysts said on Tuesday. Topics: telecom, ISP, carrier, net neutrality, broadband, telecoms
Flat Rate: Can’t Live, With or Without It
Telecoms.Com Services and applications need to be launched in conjunction with LTE infrastructure, so the telecoms industry doesn’t experience the same problems it faced with the deployment of 3G – years of carrying voice applications eventually resulting in network issues when data finally took off. Topics: spectrum, telecoms, ISP, carrier, wireless, broadband, 4G, 3G, Alcatel-Lucent, [...]
Google Stops Selling Android Handsets Direct
Telecoms.Com While Android as a platform is certainly gaining momentum, Google’s moves to push its own flavour of the operating system are hitting obstacles. The latest being the web giant’s decision to yank its direct to consumer online handset store, due to poor adoption of the channel. Topics: T-Mobile, Verizon, telecoms, Google, unlocked, Android, open [...]
Operator Backlash Against Fair Usage Policies Begins
Telecoms.Com It’s an often heard observation in the industry that mobile data has become a victim of its own success. The unlimited data offerings used to drive 3G adoption have resulted in an unsustainable business model, with the result that operators are now scrambling to revise their usage terms and introduce new billing schemes. Vodafone [...]
NSN Wins Russia’s First Full Network Outsource Contract From MTS
Telecoms.Com Nokia Siemens Networks has struck a deal with Russian carrier MTS for what the firms say is the first full network outsourcing contract to be signed in that country. The five-year project will see MTS outsource the daily operation and maintenance of its entire mobile network across Central Russia to NSN. The Finnish-German vendor [...]
WiMAX Backers Shed Light on Technology’s Future
Telecoms.com WiMAX proponents continue to push the technology along, with a handful of backers this week announcing the next generation of the platform – WiMAX 2. It may all be in a name, but WiMAX 2, otherwise known as IEEE 802.16m, meets the ITU requirements for 4G, delivering higher peak throughout rates of up to [...]
Operators Worldwide Leaking $40 Billion Annually in Revenue Says KPMG
Telecoms.Com More than half of operators (54%) judged leakage to be more than one per cent of total revenues, while 15 per cent reported that it exceeded three per cent of gross income. Topics: carrier, telecom, prepaid, telecoms, mobile operators, Europe
