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Articles tagged with: Asia Pacific and Hspa
Handset Shipments Expected to Drop 20% in 2009
Although cellphone shipments and subscription numbers have held up relatively well during the global recession thus far, the outlook is more tumultuous for the mobile industry, reports In-Stat. Both handset sales and subscriptions will take a hit, but In-Stat expects that subscriptions will weather the financial crisis better than handset shipments. more
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EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz
The decision by the European Parliament to accept the amendment of the GSM Directive to allow UMTS (WCDMA-HSPA) technology to be deployed in the 900 MHz band has been welcomed by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). more
Related Tags: 3g, eu, wcdma, rural, mts, cdma, iden, mobile-broadband, european-union, gsm, gsa, umts
2008 Mobile Base Station Contracts Reach 550, Led by Nokia Siemens Networks
Total contracts awarded within the wireless industry for 2008 reached 550 as activity surged in Q4 according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research. more
Related Tags: nokia, base-station, motorola, wcdma, edge, huawei, zte, alcatel-lucent, cdma, ericsson, nortel, nokia-siemens-networks, cdma2000, siemens, nokia-siemens
Q4 Mobile Base Station Contracts Surge With Nokia Siemens Networks on Top
EJL Wireless Research has published its fourth quarter 2008 base station contract analysis results. Despite the global financial crisis that has engulfed the wireless telecom industry, fourth quarter base station contracts totaled 182, increasing from 112 in Q3. more
Related Tags: nokia, base-station, eu, huawei, zte, cdma, ericsson, nokia-siemens-networks, 112, cdma2000, hspa+, siemens, nokia-siemens
Policy server market a bright spot in the hunkering-down telecom sector
Service providers are increasingly seeing policy servers -- software platforms that help determine which customers and applications should get bandwidth priority and when -- as a necessary cost to ensure fair usage in advanced fixed and mobile networks, says market research firm Infonetics Research in a new report. more
Related Tags: alcatel-lucent, ericsson, oss, siemens, bandwidth
Ethernet microwave spending surges as operators upgrade mobile backhaul networks
In the cutthroat mobile world, in today's economic climate it is more critical than ever that mobile operators protect their revenue and hold on to their subscribers, which is why many operators are turning to newer mobile backhaul solutions, particularly Ethernet microwave, says Infonetics Research in a new report. more
Related Tags: ethernet, iphone, driving, infonetics-research, microwave, 3, backhaul
UMTS900 Operator Case Study Shows Significant Cost and Coverage Benefits
The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published an operator case study on Finland's Elisa network which it says shows significant cost and coverage benefits of deploying 3G services in the 900Mhz spectrum band. more
Related Tags: rural, elisa, capex, mts, mobile-broadband, 900mhz, umts900, opex, indoor-coverage, Finland
Huawei to Step up European Sales Efforts
Huawei Technologies plans to increase its sales efforts in Europe after achieving sales of US$2 billion in the region last year. Speaking to the Financial Times, Zhou Ming Cheng, Huawei's European marketing director said that the company aims to increase its sales further, which had already more than doubled from the US$770 million achieved in 2006 more
Related Tags: 3com, huawei, nokia-siemens-networks, siemens, alcatel-lucent, alcatel
Mobile Data Revenues to Exceed $200 Billion in 2008
Revenues from mobile data services are set to exceed US$200 billion this year for the first time, according to data sourced from Informa Telecoms & Media. Total mobile data revenues were approximately US$157 billion in 2007. more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-data, wcdma, china-mobile, docomo, hsdpa, fixed-wireless, ev-do
Ericsson Q2 Profits Plunge 70%
Ericsson has reported that its second-quarter profit fell 70 percent because of costs to cut jobs and falling sales of phones made by its Sony Ericsson joint venture. Net income fell to SEK1.9 billion (US$320 million) from SEK6.4 billion (US$1.07 billion) a year ago. Revenue rose 2 percent to SEK48.5 billion (US$8.1 billion) in the quarter. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, 3-uk, rural, 3g-license, mobile-broadband, lte, sony, 3, 3g-licenses