Ofcom has announced that the first round of bidding for 4G spectrum has begun and expects operators to rollout services by this spring. CBR rounds of expert opinions on the auction, 4G services and the transition from 3G to LTE. Lyn ...
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Premiering at ProMat, DAP Technologies (Booth 3959) unveiled its first Android computers. The M9705 tablet and the M4305 handheld device were both engineered to withstand abuse, said Dawn Janssen, marketing communications manager. ...
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For every person using 4G LTE now, there will be at least one more subscriber by the end of this year, IHS iSuppli says. The number of users on LTE services will slightly more than double in 2013, growing by 115% to 198.1 million people ...
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Verizon Communications posted a net loss of $1.9 billion during the fourth quarter of 2012, but the losses were due to a series of one-time expenses announced earlier. The company on Tuesday announced revenue of $30 billion for the fourth ...
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The parent company of Alltel, a mobile telephone network serving rural customers in six states, has agreed to sell the business to AT&T for about $780 million, Atlantic Tele-Network announced Tuesday. The all-cash transaction will give ...
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Communications regulator Ofcom has revealed that the bidding process for the much-anticipated - and delayed - 4G spectrum auction is under way. The bidding process involves Everything Everywhere (EE), HKT (a subsidiary of mobile ...
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IHS iSuppli said on Tuesday that the number of 4G LTE users will at least double by the end of 2013, growing by 115% to 198.1 million people worldwide. At the end of 2012, there were 92.3 million subscribers, iSuppli said. Many ...
Mobile retailer Phones 4u has announced plans to launch its own mobile service, LIFE Mobile, which will begin operating in March this year. The mobile virtual network will initially run on EE's existing 3G network, with plans to roll ...
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The first mobile devices with Qualcomm’s new quad-core Snapdragon chip, which features an integrated modem, will be shown off later this month, the firm said on Monday. Device makers will show tablets and smartphones with the new ...
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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, ...
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DAP Technologies is debuting its first Android computers this week at ProMat, the material handling and logistics industry's premier event. Rugged, lightweight and highly mobile, the M9705 tablet and the M4305 handheld are enterprise-ready ...
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Apple may be able to build a cut-rate iPhone for $144, which would let it price the device between $299 and $349, hundreds less than the unsubsidized price tag of its flagship smartphone, an analyst said today. A lower-cost iPhone would ...
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Telecoms equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is planning to go to the public markets to raise up to €700m (£587m) from high-yield bonds. People familiar with the plans told the Financial Times that the telecoms ...
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