Articles tagged with: 3G and Court

Spain and Hungary Censured Over Delays to 3G at 900Mhz

­The European Commission today formally requested Hungary and Spain to comply in full with the EU's updated GSM Directive by ensuring that the 900MHz frequency band can be used for 3g services. Member States had agreed to implement the amended GSM Directive into national law by 9th May 2010  more

Related Tags: european-commission, 900mhz, Spain


Ericsson, ZTE Disqualified from Thai 3G Contract Tender

­Ericsson and ZTE have complained about the tender process being carried out by Thailand's state-owned telco, TOT over its US$650 million 3g network contract. The TOT had issued a preliminary statement that ruled the two companies out of the bidding.  more

Related Tags: ericsson, zte, tot, 3g-network, auction, Thailand


Qualcomm and Broadcom Wave a Paper and Declare "Peace For Our Time"

The acrimonious patent battle between Qualcomm and Broadcom is finally over. The two firms have entered into a settlement and multi-year patent agreement, which will result in the dismissal with prejudice of all litigation between the companies, including all patent infringement claims in the International Trade Commission and U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, as well as the withdrawal by Broadcom of its complaints to the European Commission and the Korea Fair Trade Commission.  more

Related Tags: broadcom, qualcomm, td-scdma, cdma, ovi, iden, tim, lte, wcdma, ict, wimax, european-commission, eu, semiconductor, compete, patents, 4g, patent,


Vodafone Raises Debt for Indian Expansion

Vodafone Essar, the company's Indian subsidiary is reported to have sucessfully raised around Rs 10,000 crore (US$2 billion) in a 5-year debt financing for network expansion and the forthcoming 3g license auction. The loan was arranged by the State Bank of India Capital Markets.  more

Related Tags: , ict, vodafone, 3g-license, tim, mumbai, tax, hutchison, essar, vodafone-essar, auction, India


Chile Publishes Details of 3G License Tender

The Chilean telecoms regulator, Subtel has published the tender details for a round of 3g licenses, which it anticipates will bring a new entrant into the market. The auction for the licenses is due to be held in July, a notice on the regulators website announced.  more

Related Tags: , 3g-license, ovi, telefonica, entel, compete, movistar, nextel, antitrust, subtel, nextel-international, telefonica-moviles, claro, auction, 2g, Chile


Bouygues Telecom Loses 3G License Appeal

The European Court of Justice has ruled that the French government was correct in retrospectively lowering the 3g license fees it charged to France Telecom and Vivendi's SFR. In 2000, the French government sold two 3g licenses to France Telecom and SFR for EUR4.95 billion each. A later attempt in 2002 to sell the remaining two licenses raised just EUR619 million from Bouygues Telecom. The fourth license remains unsold to this day.  more

Related Tags: orange, eu, itu, 3g-license, tim, ovi, iden, france-telecom, sfr, 3, bouygues-telecom, 3g-licenses, license-fees, european-court-of-justice, court-of-first-instance, 3g-licence, court-of-justice, auction, France


HTC to Appeal Against German Patent Ruling

Taiwan based handset manufacturer, HTC says that it will appeal against a German court ruling that it had infringed patents owned by holding firm, IP-com related to 3g radio technologies. The court, in the German city of Mannheim, ruled against HTC last Friday.  more

Related Tags: intel, eu, qualcomm, lte, htc, patents, chipset, patent, Germany


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