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There is growing support globally for allocating the 1.4 GHz to 1.5 GHz band to mobile communications, GSMA argues. GSMA expects action on that item at the upcoming WRC-15 meeting in November. As [...]

“So sue me” is essentially what the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is saying about its new rules on compensation to consumers for dropped calls. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India [...]

It might be figuratively, though not literally true, that India has “just one network, the mobile network.” In 2015, there are at least 970 million mobile subscribers, representing a mobile [...]

Starting next year, the top three mobile network operators in Indonesia–Indosat, Telkomsel, and XL Axiata–will test Project Loon— balloons to deliver Long Term Evolution 4G [...]

The always hyper-difficult India mobile market is in the midst of a key challenge. Frustrated by call drop performance, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) wants to require user [...]

How big a role Wi-Fi might eventually play in developing regions remains a big question. In many ways, since Wi-Fi hinges on backhaul and transport facilities, Wi-Fi faces challenges as a primary [...]

AIS, Thailand’s largest mobile operator, presently relying on the TOT network to underpin its operations, is said to have the best chance of becoming the user of 80 percent of TOT mobile network [...]

Shortages of middle mile and backhaul transport often are problems for rural Internet service providers and mobile service providers alike, and that is a problem in India as well, according to [...]

The India Department of Telecom (DoT), to preserve competition, has decided to maintain existing rules about the maximum amount of spectrum any single provider can use. The DoT decision means [...]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking pertaining to flexible use of new 28 GHz, 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 64 GHz to 71 GHz “millimeter wave” bands to [...]

It might seem almost silly to argue that Internet of Things will be a significant revenue source for most mobile service providers in South Asia or Southeast Asia, anytime soon, irrespective of [...]

New spectrum is cited by 78 percent of executives as the top regulatory issue, a survey of global telecom executives finds. But competition–especially from over the top providers–are [...]

There still is no global consensus about the “best”  TV white spaces licensing method. In some cases the model is license exempt (like Wi-Fi). In other cases a hybrid approach will be used. In [...]

Google has “almost perfected” its Loon balloon technology, with the first deal with operators set to be announced “hopefully very soon”, said Wael Fakharany, Google regional business lead. “The [...]

Nobody, it is safe to say, is happy about high call drop rates in India, or elsewhere. In an audit of telecom companies performance for the quarter ended March 2015, the Telecom Regulatory [...]