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Articles tagged with: Rural and Compete
Telecom Policy Makers Urged to Focus on Rural Connectivity
..Portugal to make affordable access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) by the rural communities the central focus of their policy-making. Dr. Spio-Garbrah was among a number of heads of international organisations and ministers more
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Tele2 and Telenor to Jointly Build LTE Network in Sweden
..e access to mobile internet at speeds of up to 80 Mbit/s in rural areas and up to 150 Mbit/s in urban areas. The roll-out includes an extension of the GSM network by 30-50 percent, resulting in better indoor and outdoor coverage on mobile voi more
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..competition with the Indian MNOs, which are all aiming to capture new customers via aggressive expansion into the rural regions. Secondly, many new entrants are likely to find it tough to compete and survive on such low margins, particularly wh more
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Verizon Profits Rise as Wireless Growth Starts to Slow
US based Verizon Communications has reported a rise in its fourth-quarter profits, although growth in its wireless subscriber base slowed even as landline subscribers continued to shut-down their accounts. The firm recorded a quarterly profit of US$1.2 billion compared to US$1.1 billion a year ago - on sales of US$24.6 billion (compared to US$23.8 billion a year ago). more
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ITU advocates infrastructure sharing to counter investment drought
..able the expansion of ICT networks to rural and under-served areas. Many developed countries are looking at sharing to reduce the cost of rolling out ultra high-speed broadband networks that reach customers' homes and apartment buildings. &quo more
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Peru's Mobile Telephony to Surpass US$2.7 Billion in Revenues by 2013
..nd names like Claro, Movistar and Nextel. It would also have to deploy a network in a rural areas having irregular topography that would increase infrastructure costs in regions having very low levels of disposable income. This means it would more
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Worldwide mobile cellular subscribers to reach 4 billion mark late 2008
.. been cited as the success story of Grameen Phone in rural Bangladesh, for instance. ITU further highlights that despite high growth rates in the mobile sector, major differences in mobile penetration rates remain between regions and within co more
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Google Calls on Public to Back Opening TV White Space
..roups for the campaign consist of rural and Native American communities across the U.S. that have been left with inconsistent or no Internet connections. Wally Bowen, executive director for the Mountain Area Information Network of North Caroli more
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