CWTA to Host AWS Spectrum Forum
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The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) is set to host a forum on 23 April as part of Industry Canada's consultation on the auction process for spectrum in the 2GHz range, with the auction process expected to begin in early 2008, when a total of 105MHz of spectrum will be sold in frequency ranging from 1710 MHz to ..
Tutorial: Voice-over-Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL) Service New Revenue from Existing Infrastructure
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The combined forces of deregulation and broadband local-loop technologies such as digital subscriber line (DSL) have created unprecedented opportunities for service providers of all types to maximize their revenues by offering new and exciting services. One of the greatest of these opportunities is presented by voice over DSL (VoDSL) ...
Seeking to Spur New Revenue, Wireless Industry Brings TV to Cell Phones
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Try shopping for a 'Watchman' on Sony's Web site, and all you'll find is music. Though the company kept making the handheld TV for two decades, it never caught on like the Walkman, or, more recently, the iPod. Yet it was earlier this decade, right about the same time that Sony ...
AT&T, America Movil in talks with Pirelli
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Italian conglomerate Pirelli, a group with a stake in everything from tires to telecom, entered into exclusive talks yesterday with AT&T and Mexican mobile phone operator America Movil to sell 60% of its shares in the Italian holding company Olimpia. Pirelli indirectly controls an 18% interest in Telecom Italia through its 80% stake ...
Cisco Creates Russian Investment Fund
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Cisco Systems Inc. has set up a 'venture capital initiative' to invest in startups and local investment funds in Russia, and has already pumped some cash into a Russian e-commerce Website, the company announced Tuesday. The vendor, which has already hired a Moscow-based investment manager, is looking for...
European Satellite Concerns Plan Telecom/Broadband Initiatives
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OHB-System AG of Germany inked a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a European Small Geostationary Satellite platform for telecommunications missions. According to TelecomWeb news break sister e-letter Satellite Today, the contract, $133.4 million, covers the first part of an initiative aimed at developing a ...
Insider: Location Finds Itself
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Location applications for mobile phones are undergoing a resurgence because of the availability of cheap global positioning system (GPS) chips and an influx of new companies getting into the market, according to the latest edition of the Unstrung Insider. In the new report, Mobile Location Services: Keys to Mass-Market Success, ...
Wireless/Cable Joint Venture Duels with Telcos for US Consumer Telecom Bundles
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Telco and cable company bundles including broadband have very high penetration at near 60%, suggesting that further growth in bundle services may be limited, reports In-Stat. However, one-third of respondents to an In-Stat consumer survey who plan to purchase a bundle within the coming year hope to include ...
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