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1.4 GHz to 1.5 GHz for Mobile Use?

October 30, 2015

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 [...]

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“So Sue Me,” TRAI Says

October 30, 2015

“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 [...]

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India: 970 Million Mobile, 100 Million Cable TV, 26 Million Phone Accounts

October 29, 2015

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 [...]

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Indonesia, Sri Lanka are Testing or Planning to Use Project Loon

October 28, 2015

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 [...]

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Will India Mobile Operators Be Able to Recover Cost of New Investments?

October 28, 2015

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 [...]

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What Role for Wi-Fi in India, Elsewhere?

October 26, 2015

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 [...]

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AIS–Thailand’s Largest Mobile Provider–Might Lose Spectrum Under New License Terms

October 26, 2015

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 [...]

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India Needs 50 Million KM of New Mobile Backhaul Fiber

October 23, 2015

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 [...]

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India DoT Spectrum Trading Rules Won’t Help Biggest Carriers, in Many Cases

October 22, 2015

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 [...]

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Millimeter Spectrum for 5G

October 22, 2015

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 [...]

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Few Mobile Execs Surveyed Seem to Believe IoT Will Drive Revenue, Near Term

October 19, 2015

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 [...]

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New Spectrum Availability is a Top Service Provider Concern

October 19, 2015

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 [...]

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Still No Consensus on TV White Spaces Licensing

October 13, 2015

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 [...]

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Google Project Loon Almost Ready for Commercial Service

October 12, 2015

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 [...]

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Bandwith Per Subscriber Drives Call Drops in India

October 9, 2015

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 [...]

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