Brazilian Mobile Exports Reach US$1.1 bil. in First Five Months of 2006
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Brazilian mobile exports totalled US$1.1 billion in the first five months of 2006, an increase of 24.2% year-on-year (y/y), according to the Brazilian and Commerce Ministry, quoted by local newspaper Gazeta Mercantil. Brazil exported 13.155 million handsets in the first five months in 2006, up 8.6% y/y. Significance: An increase...
EU Plans Crackdown on European Incumbents
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The European Union's (EU) telecoms market regulator, headed by Commissioner Viviane Reding, is planning later this week to make public its official stance on the matter of incumbent telcos sharing their new broadband infrastructures with alternative players. Significance: Broadband internet markets in Europe are dominated by...
Regulator Issues New Spectrum Policy for Bahrain
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Telecoms regulator TRA and the Ministry of Transportation jointly issued a new spectrum policy for the kingdom yesterday indicating that the telecommunications sector in Bahrain is on the verge of significant changes that will be brought by the publication of the complete policy and strategy for...
Sprint's Forsee Sees Converged Future
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NEW YORK -- For Sprint Nextel, the future of the network is in its ability to allow consumers and enterprises to place-shift their applications -- in other words, the ability to access the same capabilities on-the-go that they do in their homes and offices. Sprint Nextel President and CEO Gary Forsee touted this converged network vision ...
LG CG300 Offers PTT and More
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Already popular with many business and industrial cell phone users, push-to-talk (PTT) technology is now making rapid inroads into the consumer market. Unfortunately, most PTT handset makers continue to focus on commercial customers, forcing consumers to sacrifice popular cell phone features in exchange for PTT functionality. In a ...
USF Changes: The More You Play, The More You Pay?
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Warning: Twenty-somethings are among those who would fare the worst under a controversial plan now under discussion in Washington, D.C., to shift how the Universal Service Fund tax is collected on phone bills. According to the Keep Universal Service Fund (USF) Fair Coalition, most young adults have at least four communications...
700MHz Debate: Safety or Shopping?
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What's more important? Public safety or broadband Internet services? Industry experts tackled this loaded question today at the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA)'s annual industry conference in Washington. In a session entitled 'The Great Debate', two entrenched members of the wireless...
Investors Share Wireless Funding Wisdom
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WASHINGTON -- Investors looking to fund new wireless companies are keen to put their money where the data is, according to several industry execs attending and speaking at the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) annual trade show here. But they're being less cavalier than they were five years ago. During...
Qualcomm resists Indian demands to cut royalty on CDMA phones, looks to fund more research
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NEW DELHI -- Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. may use some of the royalties earned from mobile phone sales in India to fund research projects here, the company's chief executive said Wednesday, in an apparent move to counter demands for a cut in its royalty rates. San Diego, California-based Qualcomm ...
Nokia suing Chinese companies for allegedly copying mobile phone design
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HELSINKI, Finland -- Nokia Corp. said Wednesday it is suing two Chinese companies for making and selling mobile phones that allegedly copy the design of one of its popular fashionable handsets. Nokia asked a court in Beijing to order the companies to pay damages and cease manufacturing and selling the mobile phones ...
Report: China Netcom OK with foreign interest in PCCW's assets if not controlling stake
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HONG KONG -- China Netcom is willing to drop its objection to bids by Australia's Macquarie Bank and U.S. investor TPG-Newbridge for Hong Kong phone company PCCW's assets if either company doesn't take a majority stake in the assets, a news report said Wednesday. Macquarie Bank's and TPG-Newbridge's interest ...
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