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Telstra chooses Huawei over ZTE for LTE trial

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:10:00 +0000

Telstra has named Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Siemens to work on LTE trials from May.

The decision is a snub to ZTE, which has worked closely with Telstra-controlled CSL in Hong Kong, and a major gain for Huawei, which has yet to win a major contract in Australia.

Capex, subsidies weigh on China Mobile net

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:08:00 +0000

China Mobile increased earnings by 2.3% in 2009, ahead of forecasts, showing the effects of heavy 3G investment and handset subsidies.

The world’s largest cellco by subscribers reported a 9.8% increase in full-year sales to 452.1 billion yuan, with ebitda up 5.

THE WRAP: The FCC’s plan, TNZ’s pain

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:08:00 +0000

This week, FCC comes up with a national broadband plan, while a Kiwi broadband scheme hits the local incumbent.

The FCC sent its national broadband plan to Congress, calling for a network offering 100Mbps in download speeds and up to 1Gbps available in schools

Bharti, Reliance, Vodafone join 3G race

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:07:00 +0000

India’s biggest cellcos are lining up to bid for 3G licenses.

The two largest operators, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications, along with Vodafone Essar, threw their hats into the ring yeseterrday, reports said.

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Sony, Intel, Google prep web TV

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:05:00 +0000

Mobile app sales to top $17b in 2012: GetJar

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:05:00 +0000

The mobile apps market worldwide will be worth $17.5 billion in 2012, making it bigger than the CD market, says GetJar.

A report commissioned by the app store predicts that downloads will increase from 7 billion in

FASTTAKES: Apple, HTC, Palm, Alcatel-Lucent

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Apple is scrambling to secure content deals for its iPad tablet, which is due to launch in the US on April 3, said the WSJ Apple said it had sold “hundreds of thousands” in pre-commercial sales.

CONFERENCE BRIEF: Speed-based pricing, tiered broadband

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0000

In his keynote CSL CEO Tarek Robbiati, the only wireless operator invited to the stage, started off by stating the obvious — “the future of broadband is wireless.” He cited figures showing that mobile data traffic is growing 2.4 times faster than the growth of fixed broadband data traffic.

2011: We were warned…about IPv6

fchau — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:16:15 +0000

For years we’ve been told that IPv4—the present Internet protocol standard—would be running out soon, and when IPv6 takes over, there will be enough IP addresses to go around for every sand particle on the earth’s surface. That sounds wonderful, but nobody seems to truly understand that IPv4 addresses are running out.

Out of desperation, innovation is born

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:40:47 +0000

When you are pushed against the wall, innovation happens. Or so it seems. In Indian telecom for example, where every basic resource is usually stretched to its thinnest, companies are motivated to find new sources of revenue wherever they can.