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Global Summit on Digital India

September 30, 2015

“Digital India,” a $16 billion initiative to make digital services available to all Indian citizens within the next five years, is among the top initiatives of the Narendra Modi government, along [...]

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Google to Launch Public Wi-Fi in India

September 28, 2015

In an announcement timed to coincide with India Prime MInister Narendra Modi’s visit to its headquarters, Google reiterated that it is launching what it says is the largest public Wi-Fi hotspot [...]

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Internet Access Gap is Going to Close Fast

September 25, 2015

Some 4.2 billion people do not regularly use the Internet. In the least developed countries, only about 10 percent of the population regularly is online. For obvious reasons, policymakers and [...]

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Telenor India Wants to Share Spectrum

September 24, 2015

Telenor India says it now is talking with other mobile operators about sharing spectrum. “We are in initial stage discussions with all operators on spectrum trading,” said Telenor India CEO [...]

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Thailand’s DTAC Introduces 4G in 1.8 GHz Spectrum

September 21, 2015

Thailand’s Total Access Communication (DTAC) has announced the roll-out of what it calls the industry’s widest spectrum bandwidth to provide commercial fourth-generation (4G) service. [...]

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4.2 Billion People Do Not Regularly Use the Internet

September 21, 2015

Some 4.2 billion people globally do not have regular access to the Internet, according to the United Nations Broadband Commission. How fast that divide can be effectively erased is the issue. [...]

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OTT Voice Regulation Might Affect India Mobile Data Prices

September 19, 2015

Mobile operators in the highly-competitive mobile market, no less than operators in other markets, know that Internet access revenues now are the growth driver, not voice. So it comes as no [...]

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Spectrum Futures Covers Whole Ecosystem, Many “Futures”

September 17, 2015

The Pacific Telecommunications Council’s (PTC) Spectrum Futures conference, examining the role of spectrum-based services to provide Internet access to the people of South Asia and Southeast [...]

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69% of Indian Consumers Say Mobile Operators or Tower Owners are to Blame for Call Drops

September 15, 2015

Indian telecom service providers and tower companies are primarily responsible for the deteriorating quality of service, including call drops, an ETTelecom poll finds. Perhaps the only surprise [...]

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Google Partners with Indian Railways to Provide Public Hotspots Across India

September 15, 2015

Indian Railways and Google will create a network of free Wi-Fi hotspots at 400 railway stations across the country. As planned, the hotspot access will be provided free of cost after validation [...]

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IoT Standards Battle is Not Unusual

September 14, 2015

Standards battles are commonplace in the computing and communications business, given the business advantage firms believe–and sometimes do obtain–from getting their favored proposals [...]

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Reliance Jio, Reliance Comm. Spectrum Sharing Nears Approval

September 13, 2015

As expected, Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm will announce a finalized deal to share mobile spectrum supporting fourth generation networks (4G) over most of India. The deal will [...]

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Mobile is the Internet in Nigeria, Kenya

September 11, 2015

You often hear is said that “mobile is the Internet.” It happens often to be literally true. Facebook points out that 2.2 million Kenyans now use Facebook every day, and 4.5 million each month. [...]

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Shared Spectrum is All about Supply and Demand

September 11, 2015

One theme never too far from the surface, when spectrum sharing in any of its forms was the subject, is the nearly-immediate turn to issues of supply and demand. That was very much the case at [...]

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Facebook Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Internet Access Flies This Year

September 10, 2015

“It may not be obvious that Facebook has anything to say about spectrum,” said Chris Weasler, Facebook and Internet.org global head of spectrum policy and connectivity, at the Pacific [...]

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