2,341,113,000 Euro was raised although the auction was expected to generate at least 3.5bn Euro. After more than 50 rounds of bidding Vodafone, Telefónica UK, EE, Hutchison 3G UK and Niche Spectrum Venutres have won spectrum. ...
Tags: Ofcom, mobile spectrum auction, broadband
On 26 February at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (1–5pm at the Barcelona Mandarin Oriental), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes gallium nitride (GaN) RF components, and fabless semiconductor firm Eta Devices ...
Tags: Cree, Eta, Record-Efficiency Power Amplifier, Mobile Base-Stations
Browser developer Opera Software will acquire Skyfire Labs, which develops technology to speed video delivery over mobile networks, the companies said Friday. The deal is valued at $155 million, which includes a mix of cash and stock and ...
Tags: Opera Software, Skyfire Labs, acquisition, mobile networks
Elstra is making a play at the $120 billion-a-year health industry with the creation of a business that will help connect healthcare professionals with patients over broadband and mobile networks. The unit, which comes under the remit of ...
Tags: Telstra, E-Health, healthcare, mobile network
According to new research from Cisco, worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 13-fold over the next four years, exceeding the amount of data initiated over fixed lines by three to one by 2017. Cisco estimates that mobile data traffic ...
Tags: mobile data, fixed lines, 2017
CameleonTouch mobile Configure, Price, Quote app named 'social' on world's leading business apps marketplace. CHICAGO, IL, February 06, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Cameleon Software announced today that CameleonTouch, its mobile CPQ ...
An ITU group has approved a successor to the H.264 video encoding standard, opening the door to future video transmission using only half the bandwidth that's now required. The International Telecommunication Union's H.265 standard is ...
The European Commission’s latest cyber security strategy has been slammed by a member of the European Parliament, who accused the strategy of being “incoherent and lacking in focus” on Thursday. The Cyber Security ...
Tags: Politician, EU, Cyber Security Strategy
KDDI, which runs one of Japan's largest mobile networks, is considering selling smartphones based on the new Firefox operating system from Mozilla. Company president Takashi Tanaka has indicated that KDDI is examining various options ...
Tags: KDDI, mobile network, smartphone
CodeLathe, a leader in personal cloud software and services, introduces the Tonido app, which allows individuals to watch videos, listen to music, see photos and open documents that are stored on their computer right from their mobile iOS ...
Tags: CodeLathe, cloud software, Tonido app, iOS device
Looking to converge its telecoms services, the UAE-based Du announced on Tuesday that it had partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the latest IP-routing technology. The move will eliminate the need for Du to manage multiple networks, ...
Tags: Du, telecoms services, Alcatel-Lucent
In recent months I have attended seminars where the same theme has come up time and again - namely, the exponential growth of data transmission in telecoms networks, and in particular, its effect on mobile networks. The recent launch by EE ...
Tags: 4G spectrum, 4G service, 4G network, UK
A survey reveals that 90% of people said they wouldn’t change their current mobile provider to have access to 4G. According to Virgin Media Business the top reason consumers will not change providers for 4G access is to save money. ...
Tags: mobile provider, 4G network, 4G access
LTE is set to become the most successful mobile phone standard with the fastest commercial deployment, according to the GSA mobile suppliers association. The GSA says that 145 operators have launched commercial LTE 4G services in 66 ...
New 802.11ac routers launching at International CES promise users gigabit-speeds and better performance when streaming video. Since last year's CES, 802.11ac -- which is the latest in IEEE's family of WLAN standards -- has gone from a new ...
Tags: 802.11ac routers, CES, streaming video