Articles tagged with: Imt 2000

Mobile broadband needs more spectrum soon, says UMTS Forum

At the start of this year's World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12), the UMTS Forum argues that additional spectrum must be urgently identified and allocated to support growth in mobile data. more

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3G/UMTS Mobile Subscriber base passes One Billion Landmark

The UMTS Forum has announced that global connections to the 3GPP family of Third Generation/imt-2000 mobile networks have passed the one billion mark. more

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New ITU Standard Boosts 3G to Satellite Connectivity

A new ITU standard has been approved that will ensure worldwide compatibility, international roaming, and access to high-speed data services for 3G (imt-2000) mobile phone systems. Recommendation ITU-R M.1850 identifies satellite radio interface specifications for imt-2000 systems, which, by means of one or more radio links, provide access to a wide range of telecommunication services. more

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WiMAX Deployments Go Global with 519 in 146 Countries

In spite of the financial downturn which has impacted telecom investments, wireless broadband Internet deployments based upon WiMAX have reached 519 in 146 countries, including 95 WiMAX networks deployed by 2G mobile operators. Of the 519 WiMAX deployments, 112 were added in 2009. The WiMAX ecosystem advanced certification activity with 86 products receiving WiMAX Forum Certified status this year. more

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Nearly 44 Million HSPA Connections in APEJ by Year-End

High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology, in both handsets and dongle form factors, has experienced strong growth in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) in the past 18 months, with IDC forecasting 43.6 million HSPA connections in the region at the end of 2009. more

Related Tags: high-speed-packet-access, hspa, lte, bandwidth, 4g, broadband, ev-do, union, wifi, 802.16m, video, ofdma, 2g

Colombia's Mobile Telephony Revenues Will Pass S$ 7.1 Billion by 2013

Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which takes a look at the mobile services market in Colombia with a focus on the VAS offering of local mobile operators. more

Mobile VAS Revenues in Brazil will Surpass $9.3 Billion by 2013

Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report focusing on the mobile VAS market in Brazil, which highlights the fact that the slowdown in subscriber growth, the need to achieve positive returns on investment and the high mobile teledensity rates, which surpasses the 100% mark in cities like Brasilia and Salvador (Bahia), will trigger increasingly aggressive efforts by mobile operators to market Ring Tones / Music, Adult Content, Mobile TV and wireless broadband access. more

Qualcomm Achieves World's First HSPA+ Data Call

Qualcomm says that it has completed the world's first data call using High-Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network technology. The call achieved a data transfer rate of more than 20 Mbps in a 5 MHz channel. HSPA+ will allow operators to double the data and triple the voice capacity of their networks compared to current HSPA deployments. more

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Regulation & Radio Electric Spectrum in Latin America and the Caribbean

The saturation of the traditional markets of telecommunications operators, the convergence of services and the desire of governments to increase accesses and broadband coverage are some of the reasons that Latin American and Caribbean nation Governments are looking at the granting of radio electric spectrum licenses, mainly oriented to the implementation of UMTS/HSPA and WiMAX, with great optimism. Research firm, Signals says that it believes that the optimal assignment of this resource should revolve around three essential items: the delivery systems, the coverage guidelines and the deployment timetables that are imposed as a limit for the commercial launch of the services. more

Related Tags: amazon, mobile-tv, qtel, rural, mts, hspa, microwave, movistar, wimax,, alegro, telmex, caribbean

WiMAX Forum to Establish Certification Laboratory in India

The WiMAX Forum says that it plans to set up a WiMAX Forum Designated Certification Laboratory in India by 2008. This laboratory will be part of WiMAX Forum's global initiative of establishing and operating such centers in key telecom markets. more

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