Telecom industry interesting news & developments

The U.S. telecom industry has urged the Indian government to reevaluate its policies with regard to capitalization requirements and telecom licences application fees as the latter reduces the amount of resources available to service providers to invest in building out their networks and connecting India’s vast population. “TIA urges India to reevaluate the basis for license application fees, capitalization requirements and bank guarantees as it applies to telecommunications service provider licences,” the Telecommunications Industry Association said in a memorandum submitted to the U.S. Trade Representative. TIA stated that the body is concerned over discriminatory policy proposals that India is contemplating aimed at increasing manufacturing and innovation in the ICT sector, and that this signals a reversal of the generally open-market and pro-competitive policies India has taken in this sector. “Specifically, TIA and its members are very concerned about the recommend...

Introduction: Google founder Larry Page calls White Space as ‘WiFi on steroids’ and Microsoft calls it ‘White fi’. Policy makers are excited because White Space remains the best option for providing broadband connectivity to rural areas including services like remote healthcare. In a nutshell, White Space networks take advantage of the empty fragments of spectrum interspaced between frequencies in use. White Spaces are significant because regulators in UK and USA have opened up portions of spectrum originally used by analogue TV for use by White Space applications. This has the potential to bring new innovation to the market and provide new services to customers. This article explores the opportunities and challenges for White Space spectrum applications. Evolution: White Space frequencies occupy the ranges traditionally used by Analogue TV in the UHF range. In the United States, this is 698 – 806 Mhz and in the UK it is 470 – 790 Mhz. Many other European and North Ameri...

Nokia Siemens Networks has launched three new 4G devices including a plug-and-play dongle and wireless router, at PT Expo Comm in Beijing, China. These devices allow consumers broadband access of at up to 102 Mbps downlink and 51 Mbps uplink to support data-intensive services on TD-LTE networks. The devices address broadband access requirements that range from basic connectivity in under-served regions, to high-speed mobile broadband in dense metro areas. All are now available to customers. A plug-and-play USB dongle, the Nokia Siemens Networks USB-lte 7210 offers mobile broadband to laptops and compatible tablets whilst on the move. Nokia Siemens Networks CPEi-lte 7212 is a wireless router built for indoor use that provides fixed wireless connectivity to TD-LTE services via WiFi or Ethernet. A further wireless router, Nokia Siemens Networks CPEo-lte 7210, built to withstand the weather and be mounted outdoors, can also provide broadband access. The devices are commerc...

Software and service provider Telcordia announced, at recent Futurecom event, next generation OSS and mobile OSS solutions. Regional VP for Cala, Luis Castillejos, explained how carriers are addressing BSS OSS solution with their legacy systems. Company is also focusing on MVNO market.

With the iPhone 5 release date finally in sight , some of Apple’s competitors are scrambling to get their phones into customers’ pockets ahead of the iPhone’s expected October 4 release date. On Friday, Verizon released the Pantech Breakout , its cheapest smart phone ever at $99. Check out RCR TV’s exclusive video review of the Pantech Breakout . Meanwhile Best Buy is offering the Samsung Google Nexas S 4G smart phone for free to customers who take out a 2 year contract. The contract requires a Simply Everything or Everything Data plan and a $10 Premium Data add-on. Watch RCR TV’s exclusive review of the Samsung Google Nexas S 4G . And another Samsung smart phone, The Illusion, is expected in Verizon stores near the end of the month. The Illusion, formerly known as the Viper, will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

AT&T Mobility’s recently launched LTE network posted robust throughput speeds during drive tests over the past weekend, according to a report from Signals Research Group L.L.C. (Obviously, the speed tests were conducted on a extremely uncluttered network as the carrier has just begun offering the service commercially.) The firm noted that testing in the Houston area using a Sierra Wireless Inc. wireless modem showed average download speeds of 23.6 megabits per second, with peak download speed of 61.1 Mbps. The testing also showed that speeds exceeded 40 Mbps 8.6% of the time, 21 Mbps 38.2% of the time and was greater than 5 Mbps 95% of the time. Uplink speed tests showed an average throughput of 15.2 Mbps with a peak speed of 23.6 Mbps. The testing showed that uplink speeds exceeded 15 Mbps 60% of the time and exceeded 5 Mbps 98.2% of the time. Network latency tests provided an average speed of 49 milliseconds, which Signals Research said was slower than expected fol...

Wireless network providers may not be the sexiest firms in the mobile industry, but without the pipes, it is impossible to connect mobile to real human progress. Enter Irish firm AltoBridge, technically bridging the gap between mobile hearts and minds in the developing world, and bringing mobile broadband to the remotest of markets. Using its patented Data-At-The-Edge technology, AltoBridge has found a way to lower capital and operating costs for both voice and mobile broadband services, allowing operators to connect the unconnected extremely cheaply. “In the last ten years, Altobridge has developed optimization techniques in 2G in the voice market, which cut the cost of communications to, from and between wireless devices, delivering lower transmission costs, lower (and greener) power consumption and optimum returns for delivering mobile services to remote communities,” the firm's CEO and Founder Mike Fitzgerald told RCR Wireless News. Since March when mobil...