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Latest 3G News
NSN Wins Network Upgrade Contract in Namibia
Namibia based mobile network operator, Leo (previously, Cell One) has awarded a contract to Nokia Siemens Networks to expand its pre-paid capability and to extend 2G and 3G network coverage to reach the majority of the country's population....
Motorola Wins HSPA+ Upgrade Contract in Kuwait
Motorola has announced a contract with Zain's operation in Kuwait to expand and upgrade the operator's 3G HSPA mobile broadband network to HSPA+....
Orange & T-Mobile Confirm UK Merger Details
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have announced the signing of the final agreement to combine their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange, into a 50:50 joint venture company....
U.S. Cellular 3rd-Quarter Profits Down 60%
U.S. Cellular has reported a 3% drop in its 3rd-quarter revenues to US$984.9 million, due primarily to a $24.7 million reduction in inbound roaming revenues related to the acquisition of Alltel by Verizon Wireless....
Smartphone Market Continues To Grow Despite Economic Malaise
The worldwide smartphone market continued to weather the economic recession and reached a new record for shipments during a single quarter....
Huawei and Starent to Replace Telenor's Entire Norwegian Network
Telenor has announced that it plans to replace its entire mobile services infrastructure in Norway over the next few years....
Operator News in Brief - 4th Nov 2009
Daily summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks....
The Top-10 Selling Mobile Phones in October 2009
The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, releases its "Top 10"-list for October 2009. The list is based on number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases ordered from Krusell during October 2009....
Wireless Carriers Building up their Backhaul Capacity
Mobile wireless carriers throughout the world are continuing to increase needed backhaul capacity which will lead to a large upswing in the fortunes of backhaul equipment vendors and service providers,...
Standards Based Solution for Voice and SMS Services Over LTE Announced
A gang of telecoms companies have jointly defined the preferred way to ensure the smooth introduction and delivery of voice and SMS services on Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks worldwide....
Smartphone sales to overtake standard mobile phones by 2012
Despite an estimated 10% increase in the number of worldwide mobile and Wi-Fi phones sold the second half of 2009, a 9% revenue decline is expected due to downward price pressure,...
Digicel Plans HSPA+ Upgrade for 2010
Digicel Bermuda has announced plans to offer a HSPA+ upgrade early next year - with the network deployment already under way....
Smart phone market shows modest growth in Q3
Global smart phone shipments in Q3 2009 rose 4% year on year, slower than the 13% annual growth seen last quarter, and held back primarily by a 6% fall in EMEA....
Operator News in Brief - 2nd Nov 2009
Daily summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks....
Fitch Rates Crown Castle With Positive Outlook
Fitch Ratings has updated the debt rating assigned to tower network operator, Crown Castle International (CCIC)....