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[[ 3G ]]
3G Chipset Design for Music, Gaming, Video and TV
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After many stops and starts, 3G mobile telephony is coming on with a vengeance. In 2004, ABI Research counted 17.3 million 3G subscribers worldwide, but by the end of 2005 there were 42 million: a year-on-year growth of 142%. And by the end of 2010, ...
DoCoMo Conducts World's First 2.5Gbps 4G Tests
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Japan's DoCoMo says that it achieved 2.5Gbps packet transmission in the downlink while moving at 20km/h. The fourth-generation (4G) radio access field experiment took place in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on December 14, 2005. DoCoMo achieved a maxi...
[[ Financial ]]
Centennial updates outlook for fiscal year 2006
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US and Caribbean wireless and broadband provider Centennial has updated its outlook for fiscal year 2006 ending May 31, the company said in a statement. ...
Sri Lanka Dialog Telekom In $150 Million Expansion Plan For 2006
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Sri Lankan mobile-phone operator Dialog Telekom said Thursday it will spend around $150 million in 2006 to expand its overall network and boost infrastructure. ...
[[ Network Contracts ]]
Improved GSM Roaming In Caribbean
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Roamware has announced the commercial launch of its roaming services across 12 mobile network properties of Cable & Wireless International Communications Company in the Caribbean region. Cable & Wireless networks are spread across popular tourist loc...
[[ Regulatory ]]
Unicel submits sole application for mobile license
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Local phone company Unicel do Brasil Telecomunicações (Unicel) submitted the sole application for a GSM mobile telephone license in the Greater São Paulo area, Brazil's telecoms regulator Anatel said in a statement. ...
Ka band satellite not likely in LatAm for several years
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Mexico's telecoms regulator Cofetel has rejected newspaper reports that it plans to auction this month licenses for the ka frequency band used for satellite communications. ...
Telco regulator to hear TSTT, Digicel interconnection rate dispute
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Trinidad & Tobago's (T&T) telecommunications regulator (TATT) will hold the first hearing in two weeks' time regarding a dispute between Caribbean mobile operator Digicel and incumbent telco TSTT over interconnection rates, The Trinidad Guardian repo...
Spanish Regulator: Will Set Some Mobile Rates
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Spain's telecommunications industry regulator CMT Thursday said it will set rates for calls between different networks before July 15, in a move that may lower revenue for the country's mobile operators. ...
[[ Statistics ]]
China's Mobile Phone Sales Volume Neared 21 Million In Q4 2005
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Analysys International reports that China's mobile phone market grew steadily and sales volume reached 20.86 million units in the fourth quarter of 2005, increasing 7.6% quarter on quarter, in its recently released report China Mobile Phone Market Qu...
[[ Technology ]]
Multi-Chip NAND Flash Solution for Latest Mobile Phones
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STMicroelectronics has announced a new MCP (Multi-Chip Package) memory portfolio designed to meet the needs of multimedia applications in 3G and CDMA mobile phones, and in other portable devices, where memory requirements are high and space and power...