Your Account

Remember me? 

Articles tagged with: Capex and 3G

Chinese 3G Spend Could Reach $150 Billion

The expenditure on China's 3G networks could reach close to US$150 billion over the next three years, according to Liu Liqing, chairman of the China Association of Communication Enterprises (CACE). The total spend is reported to be around one trillion yuan (US$146.4 billion), reports Digitimes.  more

Related Tags: digitimes, chipset, China


WiMAX Subscribers in India to Exceed 13 Million by 2013

Deployment of 3G and WiMAX streams will generate a reasonable user base over the next 5 year period, before noticeable LTE deployments begin to make an impact in India, according to the latest research by Maravedis, in partnership with Indian telecom market research and analysis firm Tonse Telecom.  more

Related Tags: wimax, lte, tonse-telecom, maravedis, tim, base-station, wireless-broadband, India


Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Technologies to Close the Gap With Fixed Broadband

Mobile operators are expected to fully maximise their high-speed packet access (HSPA) deployments before eventually deploying 3G long-term evolution (LTE). Many operators will leapfrog from HSPA to 3G LTE, as the window of opportunity for HSPA Evolved is insignificant when compared to 3G LTE.  more

Related Tags: , base-station, mobile-data, smartphone, wimax, mobile-wimax, eu, smartphones, tim, wind, lte, hspa, ovi, mobile-broadband, backhaul, wimax,


Emerging Markets Cautious About Telecoms CAPEX for 2009

.. and 20% respectively, other regions are expected to report broadly stable-to-declining capex in 2009," noted Priya Gupta, Director in Fitch's Asia-Pacific Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) team. "Russia, in particular,  more

Related Tags: , fitch-ratings, driving, tim, pt-excelcomindo-pratama, xl, ovi, telefonica, sharp, excelcomindo, fitch


Tekelec Wins Additional Signaling Business With Wataniya Telecom

..said Hisham Sibilini, chief technology officer of Wataniya Telecom, "saving capex and opex and giving us the tools to improve our services' portfolio as we continue to grow." Wataniya will also use Tekelec to balance traffic for SMS ne more

Related Tags: , intel, sms, qtel, wataniya-telecom, core-network, ovi, iden, wataniya, billing, opex, Kuwait


Active RAN Sharing Could Save Operators $60 Billion

A new study from ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and capex savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 billion over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing.  more

Related Tags: t-mobile, base-station, eu, rural, vodafone, o2, lte, abi-research, telenor, 3, backhaul, tele2, infrastructure-sharing, opex


China Mobile Full-Year Profits Up 30 Percent

China Mobile has reported an 29.6 percent rise in its full-year earnings to reach RMB 112.8 billion (US$16.53 billion), but warned that profits growth slowed in the final quarter as competition intensified and the economic slowdown took its toll. Full-year operating revenues reached RMB 412.3 billion (US$60.4 billion), up 15.5 percent. year-on-year.  more

Related Tags: 3g-license, lte, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, 3g-licenses, China


Orascom Full Year Profit Down 76% on One-Off Items

..nsively in the roll-out of the network, while capex in Pakistan was mainly related to capacity and coverage. In Egypt a significant portion of investment was dedicated to the roll-out of the 3G network, which was launched in September. Capex in more

Related Tags: itu, iden, personal, tax


China's 3G Buildout to Drive a Telecom Capex Increase in Asia/Pacific

.. investment." China's telecom operators will show the world's largest capex spending increases in 2009, Kim says. "All three operators - China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom - are not only extending their 2G infrastructure to  more

Related Tags: china-unicom, rural, huawei, zte, china-mobile, mobile-broadband, pyramid-research, play, 4g, China


Study Projects Positive Femtocell Business Case

The Femto Forum has published the results of research into the femtocell business case that it commissioned from Signals Research Group (SRG), a US-based wireless telecommunications consultancy. The report found that femtocells can generate attractive returns for operators by significantly increasing the expected lifetime value of a subscriber across a range of user scenarios. Subscribers in turn could realize cost savings and other benefits from femtocells.  more

Related Tags: sim, mobile-data, wimax, itu, lte, mobile-broadband, femtocell, femto-forum, femtocells, opex


Daily News Headlines

Get a free email of the news articles

Click for sample copy - Our privacy policy

Most Popular Stories