Articles tagged with: GSM and Tim

India's Reliance Seeks 100 Million Subscribers by Year-End

India's Reliance Communications has set itself a target of breaking the 100 million subscriber mark before the end of this year - requiring an additional 25 million new customers to sign up to its network. The firm reported a surge in subscriptions following the launch of its gsm network, which overlays its existing CDMA service. more

Related Tags: reliance-communications, rcom, telenor, docomo, mts, cdma, reliance, target, planning, India

Electricity Meters to Transmit Usage Data over T-Mobile Network

Echelon Corp. and T-Mobile USA have announced an alliance to accelerate the adoption of the smart grid in the North American market by reducing the communications cost of smart meters through the deployment of Echelon's Networked Energy Services (NES) system over T-Mobile's gsm network. As part of the agreement, Echelon will utilize an embedded T-Mobile SIM within a cellular radio module to enable all the Echelon smart meters on a given low voltage transformer to communicate back to the utility over the smart grid, and T-Mobile will offer users of Echelon's NES system and pricing plans for data usage. more

Nokia Shows Off 3rd NFC Capable Mobile Phone

Nokia has shown off its third fully integrated Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile phone, the Nokia 6216 classic. The new arrival is Nokia's first SIM-based NFC device which enables operators to build NFC services on to the SIM card. The Nokia 6216 classic is expected to start shipping in the third quarter of 2009 in select markets with an estimated retail price of EUR 150 before taxes and subsidies. more

Tata Teleservices Outlines $2 Billion CAPEX During 2009-10

India's Tata Teleservices has earmarked a US$2 billion CAPEX for the current financial year to expand its gsm network nationwide. The operator already has a CDMA network, but is planning a gsm overlay after the government granted it permission to operate both technologies on a single license. more

Related Tags: , ict, capex, alcatel-lucent, docomo, cdma, ovi, tata-teleservices, delhi, ttsl, tata, planning, India

Record result in Q4 for India - but Q1 09 looks set to beat it

India is the world's second largest mobile market behind China and it has seen extraordinary levels of growth in recent quarters. The first three quarters of 2008 all saw net additions in excess of 25m, and Q4 08 went one better with a gain of 31.58m, an all-time Indian and world record. The number of connections in India stood at 346.77m at the end of 2008 with annual growth of 48.5%, compared to 60.8% in 2007. more

Related Tags: , world-record, vodafone, reliance, bharti, tata, India

Tesco Expanding UK Mobile Phone Business

The UK's dominant grocery retailer, Tesco is to expand the number of its in-store "phone shops" which promote its own-brand MVNO products. The company is reported to be aiming to have 100 of its phone shops by the middle of next year, up from around 50 at the moment. more

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Tele2 and Telenor to Jointly Build LTE Network in Sweden

Sweden's Tele2 and Telenor have this morning announced plans to jointly build an LTE based network through a new joint-venture company. The new company will be responsible for network construction and sharing of spectrum for mobile communication and plans to start offering commercial services by the end of 2010. more

Related Tags: , rural, lte, telenor, gartner, compete, mobile-internet, 900mhz, tele2, 4g, indoor, Sweden

Caribbean & Latin America - CDMA Enters its "Sunset" Phase

The technology story in the Caribbean & Latin America (CALA) region is simple: most US based technologies are in full retreat, while the international gsm/W-CDMA standards are proliferating. During the quarter, the number of customers connected to AMPS, TDMA and CDMA systems declined by 4.4m overall, bringing the number of disconnections so far this year to 19.9m, or 5.2% of the starting base. more

Related Tags: 3g, sim, w-cdma, ict, rural, cdma, iden, vivo, latin-america, tdma, caribbean

Ericsson Wins 4-Year 3G Upgrade Contract in Turkey

Turkish operator Avea has signed a four year contract with Ericsson for a WCDMA/HSPA upgrade. Under the agreement, Ericsson will be one of the main suppliers and will integrate and deploy WCDMA/HSPA radio access and packet core networks, as well as a complete mobile-backhaul solution based on microwave transmission and optical transport. more

Related Tags: avea, wcdma, cdma, hspa, ericsson, mobile-broadband, microwave, packet-core, Turkey

Harris Stratex Networks to Expand Network Backbone in Gambia and Sierra Leone

Harris Stratex Networks says that it has been selected by Africell Holding to expand its gsm networks in Gambia and Sierra Leone. Deployments began in December for a contract valued at US$1.9 million. more

Related Tags: ethernet, rural, ovi, iden, microwave, africell, africell-holding, Gambia