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Myanmar has formally invited proposals from local public companies to create a fourth mobile operator, in partnership with a foreign company. Myanmar also is planning to auction off additional [...]

You might think some particular element of the proposed fifth generation network is the “defining” characteristic. Perhaps it is the ultra-low latency that makes 5G distinctive. For others, the [...]

Sri Lanka has become the first country to support deployment of Google Loon-based Internet access. The initiative is reportedly going to offer free Internet access across the entire country. “The [...]

Taiwan’s National Communications Commission plans to auction Long Term Evolution spectrum in the fall of 2015, with awards by the end of the year. Minimum prices have been set at a total of TW [...]

Spectrum sharing keeps growing, as a trend in the Internet access business. TV white spaces is based on dynamic sharing. U.S. regulators are working to enable sharing of licensed government [...]

Global mobile data traffic is set to reach 52 million terabytes (TB) in 2015, an increase of 59 percent from 2014, according to Jessica Ekholm, Gartner research director, with 3G and 4G [...]

A survey of 3,500 people across seven Asian countries, including India, China and South Korea found that 62 percent would consider sponsored data packages that provide free access to specific [...]

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) plans to hold a big spectrum auction in early 2016 supporting services for 2G, 3G and 4G networks, including first-ever 700 MHz frequencies [...]

Some 422 operators have commercially launched Long Term Evolution 4G networks in 143 countries, according to data released this week by GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association). Also, 106 [...]

A survey of 3,500 people across seven Asian countries, including India, China and South Korea found that 62 percent would consider sponsored data packages that provide free access to specific [...]

Disputes over spectrum licensing policies are routine. So it is with potential TV white spaces spectrum in India, where trials are being considered. In general, Internet app interests prefer [...]

Lots of recent demonstrations of mobile bandwidth reaching hundreds of megabits or higher all rely on use of very wide channels, or channel bonding. That is not a new approach. Legacy fixed [...]

A major vote on rules for the upcoming auction of 600-MHz spectrum has been delayed for about a month, as critics note inadequate public notice of new data and policy advocates spar over [...]

Additional bandwidth is not the only tool a mobile service provider can use to boost bandwidth. Network architecture matters. Modulation matters. Antenna architecture matters. The ability to [...]

The mobile industry in Asia Pacific was worth more than US$1 trillion per year to the region’s economy in 2014, equivalent to 4.7 per cent of the region’s gross domestic product, with over a [...]