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Articles tagged with: 1800mhz and 900mhz
O2, Vodafone Reported to be in Network Sharing Talks
UK operators, O2 and Vodafone are reported to be in advanced talks regarding sharing their network infrastructure. Citing people close to the talks, the Financial Times that a deal "could provide them with significant savings in capital and operating spending". Vodafone's CEO, Vittorio Collao is currently seeking annual cost savings of £1bn by 2010-11 to bring the UK divisions' operating margins up to the average compared to its other country networks. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, 3g, hutchison-3g-uk, vodafone, o2, hutchison-3g, core-network, ran, bts, hutchison, UK
CDMA Is Not Dead Yet, Says ABI Research
Although the overall dynamics of CDMA markets are overshadowed by the hype around UMTS/HSPA and the migration to LTE, CDMA operators continue to upgrade their networks to provide capacity for higher numbers of bandwidth-intensive data services, as well as escalating traffic load. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, abi-research, mts, hspa, hsupa, mobile-broadband, lte, hspa+, hsdpa
Digitel negotiates for 2100MHz spectrum
Venezuelan mobile operator Digitel has asked the telecoms regulator Conatel to award it spectrum in the 2100MHz band, rather than the 1800mhz band offered previously, local press reported. more
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Brazil's Unicel wins license to operate in 900MHz band
The company paid 15mn reais (US$8.23mn) for two blocks of 2.5MHz spectrum. The license authorizes the operator to offer services to 63 municipalities in the city of Sao Paulo and adds to the company's existing 30MHz in the 1800mhz band. more
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GSM Association Calls for More 3G in the GSM Spectrum Bands
The widespread deployment of 3G networks in the 900MHz GSM spectrum band, as well as the 2100MHz band, could enable an additional 300 million people across Asia, Europe and Africa to enjoy mobile broadband services by 2012, according to a study by the analyst and consulting company Ovum for the GSM Association. more
Related Tags: gsm-association, ovum, hspa, gsma
Nigeria Announces Plans for 3G Licenses
In a release from the Nigerian telecoms regulator (NCC), the Nigerian Government sasy that it has agreed to licence spectrum in the 1800mhz and 900MHz bands to the Mubadala Development Company of the United Arab Emirates. more
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OFCOM To Extend 2G Mobile Call Termination Charge For 1 Year
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.K. telecoms regulator, Ofcom, Tuesday published proposals to extend existing charge controls in the 2G mobile voice call termination market for a further 12 months to Mar. 31, 2007. more
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Tropian and Agilent demo transmitters EDGE for handsets
Tropian and Agilent Technologies have announced that they will jointly demonstrate a complete RF transmitter solution for GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset applications at the 3GSM Congress today. more
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Spectrum dispute resolved in Romania
The Romanian Ministry Of Communications and Information has confirmed the right of MobiFon, the local GSM900 network, to use 1800mhz spectrum. In an effort to resolve a longstanding dispute, the two existing GSM 900 operators in Romania - MobiFon and MobilRom, have agreed to voluntarily refrain from using the 1800mhz spectrum until January 1, 2003 while retaining exclusive use of their 900Mhz spectrum. Cosmorom, a subsidiary of Romtelecom, will have exclusive use of the 1800mhz spectrum until December 31, 2002 and will be allowed to use 900Mhz spectrum starting January 1, 2003." more
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