Hutchison Telecom Plans Delisting From HKSE May 25th
Wireless Federation
Delisting from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has been planned by Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. on May 25. The company is also planning to delist itself from the New York Stock Exchange on June 4. The moves will be implemented if parent company Hutchison Whampoa Ltd gets approval from a local court and shareholders to [...]
Washington Post FAQ ON Verizon LTE
Washington Post
There is some debate over whether LTE is actually the endpoint for the evolution of 4G wireless. That is likely to become moot as major carriers rollout LTE and tout it as their “4G” offering.
Topics: 3G, 4G, broadband, Google, NextG, telecom, telecommunications, Verizon, VoIP, Washington, wireless
Bharti May Sell Shares to SingTel
Wireless Federation
Shares of Bharti Airtel might be sold to Singapore Telecommunications by the operator to partly fund its purchase of Zain’s African assets and avoid taking on too much debt. According to SingTel, it is premature to talk about funding as the transaction is subject to ongoing discussions, due diligence and customary regulatory approvals and [...]
$2.5 Billion to Buy Nigerian Telco by China Unicom
Wireless Federation
$2.5 billion has been bid by China Unicom to take control of suffering Nigerian telco Nitel in partnership with Dubai-based telecom distributor Minerva and local CDMA player GiCell in a group called New Generations Telecommunications. If the deal materializes, it would be one of China’s biggest investments in Africa, even though the bidding price [...]
Carriers In Cybersecurity Deal With U.S. Government
Wireless Federation
AT&T, Qwest, Sprint and Verizon will supply managed security services to U.S. federal government agencies through the federal umbrella telecommunications contract known as Networx, to help them to meet cybersecurity defense requirements.
Topics: AT&T, attack, carrier, government, Qwest, security, Sprint, telecom, telecommunications, Verizon
Zain Getting No Offers for African Assets
Wireless Federation
No offers have been received by Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Co., better known as Zain for its Africa assets. Earlier it was reported that France’s Vivendi, France Telecom and the U.K.’s Vodafone Group are holding talks with Zain to buy the company’s Africa operations.
Topics: Africa, France Telecom, telecom, telecommunications, wireless, Zain
DiGi Expanding 3G Network in Malaysia
Wireless Federation
The HSDPA-enabled 3G network has been expanded by Malaysian mobile operator DiGi Telecommunications, offering theoretical downlink speeds of up to 14.4Mbps, in Sarawak, in line with its previously announced expansion plans.
Topics: 3G, DiGi Telecommunications, HSDPA, launch, telecom, telecommunications, wireless
BayanTel Asks Court For Extelcom Takeover
Wireless Federation
The supreme court of Philippines has been requested by Bayan Telecommunications Inc (BayanTel) to shelve court-imposed rehabilitation plan for troubled domestic operator Express Telecommunications Company (Extelcom).
Topics: Banyan Telecommunications, BayanTel, Express Telecommunications Company, Extelcom, Philippines, Supreme Court, telecom, telecommunications, wireless
Samsung Announces Aggressive Smartphone Plans
Fierce Wireless News
Samsung said it plans to triple its smartphone sales this year as part of its effort to increase its overall handset sales by 19 percent. The company also boasted that this will put it into direct competition with smartphone leaders such as Apple, HTC and Research in Motion.
Topics: handset, launch, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, [...]
StarHub Net Profits Drop Due to Equipment Costs
Wireless Federation
Singapore telecommunications firm StarHub Ltd in its fourth quarter due to higher cost of equipment as the operator launched Apple’s iPhone in December.
Topics: iPhone, launch, telecom, telecommunications, wireless
Globe Telecom Profits Up in 4th Quarter
Wireless Federation
The net profit of the Philippines’ second-largest telecommunications group by sales got a major boost from its broadband and fixed-line data businesses and had made company to allocate more than half of this year’s $500 million capital expenditure to these fast-growing services.
Topics: Globe Telecom, telecom, telecommunications, wireless
VC Money Still Flowing Into Wireless
Fierce Wireless News
Some VCs say the tide is turning, and many predict a bright future for enterprising mobile startups in 2010. In particular, if your firm is looking to solve some of the big challenges facing the wireless industry (like overcoming network capacity constraints or building a more intuitive user interface for devices), you may be [...]
Philippines to get new WiMAX operator
Wireless Federation
A new WiMAX operator is set to enter the Philippines telecom market as Liberty Telecommunications Holdings (Liberty Telecom) is ready to launch its commercial network soon.
Topics: NextG, telecom, telecommunications, WiMax, wireless
Apple vs. Nokia: Who’s Right in the Patent Battle?
BNET
Those standards are GSM (aka “digital” or “2G” wireless), UMTS (aka “3G”), and 802.11 (aka WiFi), and the patents relate to data and voice coding, …
Topics: 2G, 3G, handset, iPhone, NextG, Nokia, telecom, telecommunications, WiFi, wireless
Motorola presses pause on breakup plans
Fierce Wireless News
Motorola has decided to put on hold its planned auction of its home and networks mobility division, according to multiple reports, and may re-evaluate its intended spin off its handset division.
Topics: handset, Motorola, NextG, telecom, telecommunications, wireless
