Articles tagged with: Mts and Rural

Brazil Leads Lat-Am in Deployments, Connections and Demand for WiMAX and 3G Services

Signals Telecom Consulting has issued a commentary which notes that as from 2010 Brazil will account for the greatest number of WiMAX accesses in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, a position that it will keep in the medium term. Signals expects that the setting of regulations for the use of the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands, plus the tendering of new bands, will provide a strong impulse to this technology in Brazil. Signals foresees the entry into the market of large-scale operators such as Telefónica (via TVA), which will use WiMAX to expand its area of operation outside Sao Paulo, and SKY (DirecTV), among others, which will join the current efforts being made by Embratel and Neovia. Signals expects that operators will carry out their own development to be able to add their own last mile. more

EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz

The decision by the European Parliament to accept the amendment of the GSM Directive to allow Umts (WCDMA-HSPA) technology to be deployed in the 900 MHz band has been welcomed by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). more

Qualcomm Introduces 2nd-Gen Embedded Module for Mobile Internet Access

Qualcomm has introduced its second-generation embedded Gobi module, delivering multi-mode 3G mobile Internet access on either HSPA or CDMA2000 EV-DO networks in markets around the world. The Gobi2000 module offers a wide range of enhancements, including support for additional radio frequencies, increased data speeds, enhanced GPS functionality and support for additional operating systems such as Windows 7. more

Related Tags: 3g, microsoft, qualcomm, gps, wind, cdma, hspa, hsupa, netbook, mobile-internet, a-gps, cdma2000, umts900, windows, notebook, modem, ev-do, uplink, gobi

Acquisitions Boosting US Companies' Growth Rates

The acquisitions of Dobson, Rural and Suncom have served to boost the number of net additions over the past twelve months at AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile respectively. AT&T already has Centennial in its sights for 2009, while Verizon's acquisition of Alltel is set for closure imminently. As yet, T- Mobile has announced no riposte and in fact, it is difficult to see that there is a meaningful acquisition it could make, unless it wants to enter the murky world of CDMA which it has shown no inclination to do so far. more

Related Tags: t-mobile, metropcs, leap-wireless, wind, cdma, verizon, alltel,

Peru's Mobile Telephony to Surpass US$2.7 Billion in Revenues by 2013

Peru's Private Investment Promotion Agency (Proinversiƒ³n) plans to auction off 821 - 824 MHz and 866 - 869 MHZ radio-electric spectrum for Lima and Callao along with 25 MHz on C-band (1.900 MHz) nationwide. This bidding process is designed to increase the level of competition in the local marketplace as well as expand the availability of mobile coverage in the country. more

Qualcomm Warns About Scarce 3G Spectrum in Asia Region

In an interview, Qualcomm's president for Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, John Stefanac warned that mobile operators face a regulatory regime which is not allocating sufficient radio spectrum for 3G services. Citing a recent example in Indonesia, he told the South China Morning Post that the networks were only granted 5-10Mhz of spectrum each, which is not sufficient to deploy viable 3G services. more

Related Tags: m1, wcdma, qualcomm, advanced-info-service, elisa, capex, radio-spectrum, 900mhz, umts

Small US Operators Form Trade Purchasing Body

Twenty-eight independent mobile operators and commercial mobile license owners in the USA have established a new company, NextGen Mobile, to help promote the existence of small and rural wireless companies throughout the country. The company grew out of a year-long dialog between existing mobile operators and winners of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) and 700 MHz licenses in recent FCC auctions. more

Base Stations Bring Electricity to Rural Villages

Three rural villages in Armenia's Gegarkunik region have been connected to the mains electricity supply - as a result of the mobile operator, VivaCell-mts requiring a power supply for its base stations in the region. VivaCell ran high voltage power cables to its Base Transceiver Stations (BTS), and then ran extra power supplies to an electricity sub-station (power transformer) in each of the villages. more

Related Tags: base-station, ran, base-stations, 3, vivacell, villages, Armenia

Tecore Introduces UMTS Mobile Switching Center for Rural Markets

Tecore Networks says that it has augmented its software-defined, IP-centric core network platform with a Umts Mobile Switching Center (UMSC) and Home Subscriber Server (HSS) to expand support for 3G services. more

UMTS900 Operator Case Study Shows Significant Cost and Coverage Benefits

The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published an operator case study on Finland's Elisa network which it says shows significant cost and coverage benefits of deploying 3G services in the 900Mhz spectrum band. more