Articles tagged with: Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks
SingTel Announces Plans for LTE Trials in Four Countries
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has announced its plan to conduct a regional trial of LTE technology in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore in collaboration with Optus, Globe Telecom and Telkomsel. more
Related Tags: singtel, optus, globe-telecom, telkomsel, lte, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, nec, zte, Australia
Telefonica Announces Wide-Spread Trials of LTE Networks
Telefonica says that it has reached an agreement with six LTE technology providers to launch LTE test projects in six different countries. The suppliers Telefonica has chosen so far: Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE, will start rolling out the equipment necessary for testing the technology during the coming months. more
Related Tags: alcatel-lucent, ericsson, nec, zte, lte, telefonica, nokia-siemens, testing, broadband
Indian telecom equipment beats downturn; grows 20% to nearly $25 billion
The Indian telecom equipment industry reported a 20% growth in revenues to comfortably cross the US$24 billion mark during FY 2008-09 compared to a 24% growth recorded in the previous financial year (2007-08). Indian trade magazine, Voice&Data said that the result was not surprising because despite overall economic slowdown, India has been witnessing over 10 million month-on-month new mobile subscriber additions, and telecom operators have been buying equipment to expand their networks. more
Related Tags: nokia, zte, ericsson, samsung, motorola, gsm, 3, siemens, infosys, 3g-licenses, nokia-siemens, alcatel, play, security, India
Alcatel-Lucent May be Back-Up Vendor to Huawei's Indian Contract
More confusion over BSNL's mammoth GSM network tender after it emerged that Alcatel-Lucent may be asked to act as a back-up vendor for the contract awarded to huawei covering the southern end of the country. The telco was told by the Department of Telecoms to be particularly vigilant when testing huawei supplied hardware to ensure there are no exploits in the software installed at the request of the Chinese government. more
Related Tags: alcatel-lucent, bsnl, ericsson, gsm, delhi, siemens, nokia-siemens, testing, India
Telecom carriers spent $62 billion on outsourced services in 2008
Market research firm Infonetics Research is reporting that telecom carriers spent US$62 billion on outsourced services in 2008, and have plans to increase that spending. The report noted that the top revenue-generating tasks outsourced by service providers in 2008 include network maintenance, application service delivery, network build, and network planning and design. more
Related Tags: infonetics-research, alcatel-lucent, cisco, ericsson, fujitsu, hp, -ibm, microsoft, motorola, nec, nortel, bharti, siemens, opex, nokia-siemens
Political Crisis May Delay Thailand's 3G License Auction
The ongoing political crisis in Thailand may cause yet further delays to the 3G licenses which are expected to occur in the fourth-quarter of this year. more
Related Tags: 3g, advanced-info-service, dtac, 3g-license, national-telecommunication-commission, itu, eu, nokia, , 900mhz, siemens, 3g-licenses, nokia-siemens, testing, Thailand
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: asia-pacific, nokia, base-station, motorola, wcdma, edge, zte, alcatel-lucent, cdma, hspa, ericsson, nortel, cdma2000, siemens, nokia-siemens
Thai Operator to Push Ahead with 3G Network Rollout
Thailand's state owned operator, TOT has told the Reuters news agency that it will proceed with plans to deploy a 3G network, with a commercial launch due by the end of the year. The government has previously hinted that it will sell 3G auctions in the first half of this year. more
Related Tags: 3g, nokia, base-station, eu, qualcomm, advanced-info-service, dtac, mvno, 900mhz, base-stations, siemens, tot, nokia-siemens, Thailand
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: asia-pacific, nokia, base-station, eu, zte, cdma, hspa, ericsson, 112, cdma2000, hspa+, siemens, nokia-siemens
Thailand Closer to Awarding 3G Licenses
Thailand's telecoms regulator says that it expects to award formal 3G licenses within the next couple of months - although several operators have already launched 3G services in the country. more
Related Tags: nokia, qualcomm, dtac, mvno, seven, siemens, ntc, tot, nokia-siemens, Thailand
