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Thailand's TOT Seeking Funds for 3G Rollout

Thailand mobile operator, TOT is preparing to raise funds for its 3G network from outside debt sources if the government refuses to act as a loan guarantor, said president Varut Suvakorn. The company has already had to modify its plans for a 3G deployment after the State Enterprise Policy Office (SPO) asked for more details.  more

Related Tags: tot, 3g, base, 3g-network, planning, auction, Thailand


India Expects to Raise $7.2 Billion from 3G License Auction

India's government has published its budget and is forecasting that the oft-delayed 3G license auction will raise at least Rs 35,000 crore (US$7.2 billion). The figure is significantly higher than the Rs 20,000-25,000 crore. that had been expected before the Finance Ministry started arguing over the license fees.  more

Related Tags: auction, India


Turkcell Secures Export Financing for Ericsson 3G Kit Purchase

Turkish mobile network operator, Turkcell has announced the signing of a US$285 million loan agreement to buy 3G network infrastructure from Ericsson. The Board of Directors said that they have authorised up to US$750 million of export financing for network expenditure.  more

Related Tags: turkcell, wcdma, ericsson, 3g-network, Turkey


Thailand 3G License Sale Could be Delayed Until 2010

Thailand's on/off process to issue 3G licenses seems to have hit the off-switch again with reports that the tender could be delayed until next year, with network launches not now expected until late in 2010. The secretary-general of the Office of National Telecommunications Commission, Suranand Wongwittayakamjorn told the Bangkok Post that "the much-awaited trial auction for 3G licences will now be put back to January, with licences being awarded by the first quarter of next year"  more

Related Tags: national-telecommunications-commission, ntc, ais, 3g-network, congestion, auction, Thailand


Department of Telecom Updates on Indian 3G License Plans

India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the availability of the radio spectrum that will be made available if and when the 3G licenses are finally auctioned. The document shows that the government could earn an additional Rs 21,480 crore if the frequencies are auctioned according to the finance ministry's formula.  more

Related Tags: department-of-telecom, west-bengal, tamil-nadu, karnataka, auction, India


AIS Suspends 3G Expansion Pending License Auction

Thailand's Advanced Info Service (AIS) has suspended the expansion of its trial 3G network running over the 900Mhz band, citing concerns about congestion for its existing GSM subscribers. The conpany will now wait for the long delayed 3G auction to release radio spectrum in the more conventional 2100 Mhz bands.  more

Related Tags: advanced-info-service, ais, 900mhz, gsm, siemens, tot, nokia-siemens, 3g-network, congestion, auction, Thailand


Jordan Cancels 3G License Auction

Orange, the sole bidder for Jordan's forthcoming 3G license auction has had its application rejected by the regulator, allegedly due to failure to comply with the tender rules.  more

Related Tags: orange-jordan, tax, trc, jordan, auction, Jordan


India Expected to Push Ahead with 3G License Auction

India's telecoms minister, A Raja has confirmed that the oft-delayed auction of 3G licenses remains a top priority at the Communications and IT Ministry. He was reconfirmed as the minister in charge following the government's reelection in India's recent elections.  more

Related Tags: bsnl, mtnl, raja, auction, a-raja, department-of-telecoms, India


Award the 3G Licenses Urges Ericsson to Bangladesh

Ericsson has urged the Bangladeshi government to speed up the process to offer 3G licenses so that the mobile operators can tap the existing 3G phone user base in the country.  more

Related Tags: ericsson, grameenphone, banglalink, aktel, warid-telecom, citycell, teletalk, mobile-internet, 3g-phone, gsma, Bangladesh


Spirent Wins Chinese Contract for Signaling Conformance Testing

Spirent Communications has announced that China Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL) has selected its C2K-ATS SC system for mobile phone signaling conformance and Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM) testing.  more

Related Tags: spirent-communications, r-uim, signalling-, ev-do, testing, interoperability, spirent, China


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