Articles tagged with: Rural and CDMA

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

.. the remaining users disconnected, leaving a rump of not much more than 60k, mainly in rural and remote areas of the continent. CDMA networks experienced the largest drop in absolute terms. It is only two years since Vivo began selling GSM hand more

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

EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz

..900 MHz is an ideal band for extending the benefits of broadband connectivity to rural and semi-urban areas, thus helping to bridge the digital divide, and is a perfect complement to 2100 MHz systems, which ensure the capacity layer. Alan Hadd more

Femtocells Deliver 5-Times Speed of Macro Network in Operator Trials

..ariety of single family homes, townhouses, and apartments in urban, suburban and rural settings, to simulate the full-range of subscriber dwellings. Testing was run three times in each location to compare pure macro coverage, pure femtocell cov more

Network Coverage Expansion for Rural Alaska

..than doubles the number of sites served. Ningiq offers mobile communications services in rural Alaska, in tough climates and with uneven population. "We are proud to offer residents and businesses in Northern Alaska state-of-the-art communicati more

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

.. the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands, including UMTS900 which is often used for rural areas in Europe (and parts of Thailand). Improved uplink capabilities, with support for up to 5.76 Mbps via HSUPA, translates to even faster upload speeds for lap more

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Nepal Telecom Orders Satellite Capacity for Mobile Backhaul

..t to provide Nepal Telecom with a SkyEdge broadband satellite communications network, offering rural internet coverage and also mobile backhaul facilities. Nepal Telecom will use the new VSAT network to deliver broadband Internet connectivity t more

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China's Handset Market Market to Defy Economic Downturn

..dened subsidy policy for consumer electronics purchases will stimulate demand in rural areas." Domestic authorized handset market shipments surpassed 180 million units in 2008. Meanwhile, the domestic gray market decreased to about 40 million un more

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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

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Fitch Affirms China Mobile's Ratings at A+

..% of the Chinese population. Among CML's new subscriber additions, nearly 50% came from rural areas, where CML's network coverage is well-advanced compared to its competitors, although the recently implemented base station infrastructure sharin more

Alcatel-Lucent Wins Chinese CDMA Contract

..rve usage-heavy urban areas to those suited to providing coverage in more rural areas where populations are more dispersed. These bases stations all use many common hardware and software elements, allowing for easier maintenance and lower ope more