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Articles tagged with: Aws
3G Americas Recommends Plan to Maximize Broadband Spectrum
Trade body, 3G Americas has published key recommendations for utilizing non-standard spectrum bands in a white paper that discusses the emerging challenges for spectrum stakeholders involving how to permit wider spectrum usage by operators using various broadband technologies and current spectrum allocations. These challenges are especially poignant in "fragmented" spectrum bands (which depart from globally or regionally harmonized bands), such as the aws III band in the U.S., and in the potential for country specific allocations of the 2.6 GHz IMT band and "Digital Dividend" spectrum outside of the U.S. more
Related Tags: radio-spectrum, 3g-americas, imt, radio
Videotron Establishes Roaming Agreement with Rogers
Canada's Videotron says that it has established a roaming agreement with Rogers Wireless, under which Videotron will roam exclusively on the Rogers network - within Rogers' wireless service area across Canada - to serve future wireless customers outside the Videotron coverage area, to guarantee a nationwide service. more
Related Tags: videotron, rogers-wireless, radio, Canada
Canadian Operator Faces Review Over Ownership Concerns
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CTRC) has announced that it is to hold a hearing into the corporate structure of Globalive Wireless, prior to it being allowed to launch its new network in the country. more
Related Tags: ctrc, globalive-wireless, orascom-telecom, orascom, radio, Canada
AWS Spectrum Critical for the Growth of Mobile Broadband across the Americas
The licensing of the Advanced Wireless Services (aws) radio spectrum band will put the Americas on a par with Asia and Europe in terms of 3G reach according to new research conducted by Global View Partners, a US-based research firm, in partnership with the GSMA. The research found that, as a core 3G band in the Americas, aws spectrum is vital for the growth of mobile broadband as it will accelerate the launch of new services that will drive new mobile broadband devices and applications. more
Related Tags: advanced-wireless-services, 3g-license, gsma, USA
GSMA Urges Latin American Regulators to Relax radio Spectrum Limits
Tight spectrum caps in some Latin American countries are artificially curbing uptake and usage of broadband in the region, according to a study by consultancy Arthur D Little (ADL) for the GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry. The study found that rigid restrictions on the amount of spectrum available to mobile operators are undermining their ability to provide mobile broadband services that would enable millions of people to access the Internet, email and other online services via computers and handsets at high speeds in areas lacking DSL or cable broadband connections. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, t-mobile-usa, ict, itu, driving, lte, verizon-wireless, hspa, verizon, mobile-broadband, eu, digital-dividend, analog, gsma, 700mhz
North American Rolling Annual Growth Rate Drops to Lowest Rate Ever
The North America region ended the third quarter with a total of 288.2m customers, up from 283.5m at the end of Q2 and 268.4m one year earlier. The quarter saw a faster rate of growth than was achieved in either Q1 or Q2, when 4.2m and 3.7m connections were made (respectively) but the 4.66m new connections only amounts to a 1.64% growth rate. Year on year, the total number of new connections amounted to 19.71m, or rather less than India has added in September and October alone. The regionÃ's annual growth rate was just 7.3%, the slowest ever. more
Rogers Posts 84% in 3rd Quarter Profits on iPhone Sales
Canada's Rogers Communications has reported an 84% jump in 3rd quarter profits on strong sales of Apple's iPhone handset and net subscriber growth. The company posted a net income of CA$495 million (US$386 million) compared to CA$269 million (US$210 million) a year ago. Revenues climbed by 14% to CA$3 billion (US$2.34 billion) as the company sold around 255,000 of the 3G iPhone handset. more
Related Tags: iphone, arpu, apple, apple, rogers-wireless, rogers, rogers-communications, Canada
T-Mobile Expected to Sell Google Phone for Under $200
As T-Mobile USA prepares to show off the first version of the so-called, Google Phone next week, it has been reported that the company is aiming to sell the smartphone for US$199 with a contract. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources disclosed the retail price, and said that T-Mobile would launch it with an aggressively priced data tariff. more
Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, windows-mobile, iphone, smartphone, t-mobile-usa, apple, apple, wind, china-mobile, wall-street-journal, htc, touchscreen, windows, USA
Sony Ericsson Launches its First AWS Handset on T-Mobile USA
Sony Ericsson has announced the expansion of its carrier channels in the USA to include T-Mobile USA, starting with the launch of the TM506 in early September. Sony Ericsson will now reach more than 31 million wireless subscribers through this partnership. The TM506 is Sony EricssonÃ's first handset that supports T-MobileÃ's aws spectrum (1700/2100Mhz bands). more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, t-mobile, t-mobile-usa, ericsson, sony, USA
Telus 2Q Net, Revenue Up On Stronger Wireless, Wireline Revenue
Telus Corp. posted stronger earnings and revenue in its second quarter, driven by improvements in both wireless and wireline data revenue, leading it to nudge its revenue view for the year slightly higher. more
Related Tags: thomson, arpu, hspa, compete, telus, rogers, billing, vancouver, rogers-communications, Canada