U.S.

LightSquared’s loss is Clearwire’s gain

15 February 2012 by Martha DeGrasse

FreedomPop, the wireless broadband startup backed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, says it will buy wholesale broadband service from Clearwire instead of from LightSquared. The Federal Communications Commission has decided that ...

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U.S.

Crushed by Apple, Nokia and RIM look ahead

15 February 2012 by Martha DeGrasse

Almost half a billion smartphones were sold worldwide last year, and about a third of those were sold in the fourth quarter. Analysts agree that by the fourth quarter, Apple was at the top of the smartphone market with its record 37 million iPhones shipped. There is less agreement on who won the sma ...

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India

Telcos differ on 2G auction rules

15 February 2012 by Tejas Patel

Even as the Indian government deliberates on whether to seek more time from the Supreme Court of India to conduct 2G spectrum auctions following its order canceling 122 licenses, media reports suggest that incumbent telecom operators like Airtel, Vodafone and Aircel ar ...

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U.S.

Femto Forum now Small Cell Forum, greater emphasis on sector

15 February 2012 by Dan Meyer

Reacting to the growth of the small cell market, the Femto Forum announced it was changing its name to the Small Cell Forum in a move to align its focus with “residential, enterprise, metro and rural small cells, as well as to prevent the perception that the small cell arena is fragmented.†D ...

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Americas

Telefónica set to launch mobile wallet service

15 February 2012 by Roberta Prescott

Telefónica Digital tapped Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase and a SAP company, to be its global, strategic partner on providing mobile wallet services, which will be ...

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U.S.

FCC denies LightSquared's access to spectrum

15 February 2012 by Dan Meyer

Updated: LightSquared’s attempts to become a wholesale provider of mobile broadband services appears to have come to an end as government regulators have declared that interference between LightSquared’s proposed spectrum and some GPS equipment was unavoidable. The decision comes just ove ...

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Americas

Sky Brazil looks to battle Netflix with online video service

15 February 2012 by Roberta Prescott

Over-the-top platforms are becoming more popular among Brazilian consumers. Last September, ...

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Americas

Brazil's mobile data traffic set to exceed worldwide growth

15 February 2012 by Roberta Prescott

While worldwide mobile data traffic is expected to increase 18-fold over the next five years, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month by 2016, in Brazil the rate is slightly higher with Cisco Syst ...

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Americas

Brazilians remain hot for social networking

15 February 2012 by Roberta Prescott

Brazilians like to communicate. Recently, RCR Wireless News reported that Brazil ...

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India

India Telecom Tracker: Feb. 15, 2012

15 February 2012 by Tejas Patel

1. The Indian government has set up a committee to select the new chairman for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The current chairman, Dr. J. S. Sarma, is set to retire in the month of May this year. According to media report ...

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