Government Sets Scene for New Entrants to Canadian Mobile Market
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Jim Prentice, the new minister for industry who took over from the free-market-oriented Maxime Bernier earlier this year, has concluded a consultation period and set the rules for the auction of 105 MHz of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum in the 2 GHz range, to take place on 27 May...
France Telecom Rumoured to Have Won Ghana Telecom Stake
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Hot on the heels of winning a majority stake in Telkom Kenya and a licence in Niger, France Telecom is now rumoured to have won a majority stake in Ghana Telecom (GT). According to the Ghanaian Chronicle newspaper, the government has reportedly selected France Telecom as its preferred bidder for the 51% stake in GT. During October,...
Orange Offers Unlocked iPhone in France
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Apple's iPhone went on sale today in France with French carrier Orange. Unlocked versions of the handset will sell for 749 euros ($1,100). Orange says that more than 50,000 people have already placed orders for the handset. A full launch of the device in France is set for tomorrow. Customers willing to sign a contract with...
ZTE Aims to Boost IMS
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ZTE Corp. is showing off technology that it believes will help carriers integrate disparate OSS systems, which in turn could help IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) applications come to life. ZTE announced today that as part of the TeleManagement Forum "Catalyst Project," it demonstrated interoperability between its IMS ...
AlcaLu: The Network Integrator
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Alcatel-Lucent, Light Reading's Top Turkey, jazzed up its services business group today with a new marketing logo and five key business areas that it will focus on for future growth. AlcaLu's services business group is key to CEO Pat Russo's new restructuring plan and growth strategy, which she announced on ...
3G Handsets Will Dominate Mobile Phone Market in Next Five Years
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Third-generation (3G) handsets will continue strong growth over the next five years as second-generation technology wanes, reports In-Stat. Through 2012, fourth-generation network handsets are not expected to enter the market in sizable numbers. Helping to boost overall sales, subscribers owning and using several ...
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