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Telstra chooses Huawei over ZTE for LTE trial

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:10:00 +0800

Telstra has named Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Siemens to work on LTE trials from May.

The decision is a snub to ZTE, which has worked closely with Telstra-controlled CSL in Hong Kong, and a major gain for Huawei, which has yet to win a major contract in Australia.

THE WRAP: The FCC's plan, TNZ's pain

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:08:00 +0800

This week, FCC comes up with a national broadband plan, while a Kiwi broadband scheme hits the local incumbent.

The FCC sent its national broadband plan to Congress, calling for a network offering 100Mbps in download speeds and up to 1Gbps available in schools

Capex, subsidies weigh on China Mobile net

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:08:00 +0800

China Mobile increased earnings by 2.3% in 2009, ahead of forecasts, showing the effects of heavy 3G investment and handset subsidies.

The world’s largest cellco by subscribers reported a 9.8% increase in full-year sales to 452.1 billion yuan, with ebitda up 5.8%.

Bharti, Reliance, Vodafone join 3G race

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:07:00 +0800

India’s biggest cellcos are lining up to bid for 3G licenses.

The two largest operators, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications, along with Vodafone Essar, threw their hats into the ring yeseterrday, reports said.

Idea Cellula

Mobile app sales to top $17b in 2012: GetJar

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:05:00 +0800

The mobile apps market worldwide will be worth $17.5 billion in 2012, making it bigger than the CD market, says GetJar.

A report commissioned by the app store predicts that downloads will increase from 7 billion in

Sony, Intel, Google prep web TV

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:05:00 +0800

CONFERENCE BRIEF: Speed-based pricing, tiered broadband

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0800

In his keynote CSL CEO Tarek Robbiati, the only wireless operator invited to the stage, started off by stating the obvious -- “the future of broadband is wireless.” He cited figures showing that mobile data traffic is growing 2.4 times faster than the growth of fixed broadband data traffic.

FASTTAKES: Apple, HTC, Palm, Alcatel-Lucent

fmmonteverde — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0800

Apple is scrambling to secure content deals for its iPad tablet, which is due to launch in the US on April 3, said the WSJ Apple said it had sold “hundreds of thousands” in pre-commercial sales.

2011: We were warned...about IPv6

fchau — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:16:15 +0800

For years we’ve been told that IPv4—the present Internet protocol standard—would be running out soon, and when IPv6 takes over, there will be enough IP addresses to go around for every sand particle on the earth’s surface. That sounds wonderful, but nobody seems to truly understand that IPv4 addresses are running out.

Out of desperation, innovation is born

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:40:47 +0800

When you are pushed against the wall, innovation happens. Or so it seems. In Indian telecom for example, where every basic resource is usually stretched to its thinnest, companies are motivated to find new sources of revenue wherever they can.

Qualcomm in bid for India TD-LTE license

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:14:00 +0800

India could become the first country outside China to roll out TD-LTE if Qualcomm successfully secures spectrum in next month’s auction.

Riots, taxes drive Orascom into the red

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:08:00 +0800

Orascom Telecom Holdings sunk into red ink in the fourth quarter of 2009, posting a net loss of $46.4 million.

Full-year net income also fell 25% to $379.47 million, with revenues dipping 5% to reach just over $5 billion.

The Egyptian-based firm

Stalemate remains in China cable, telecom integration

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:07:00 +0800

China’s cable and telecom regulators remain at loggerheads on the integration of the two sectors, despite a ruling from the State Council two months ago.

The council, China’s highest government body, has called for the “acceleration” of i

After poor early sales, Google revamps NexusOne strategy

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:06:00 +0800

Google has revamped the sales strategy for its NexusOne phone, striking deals to sell it in partnership with three North American operators.

Google announced this week it would sell version of the phone optimized for AT&T and Canadian carrier

FASTTAKES: Telstra, Sprint, Quippo, BT, HKIRC, Idea

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0800

The bill to split Telstra into wholesale and retail arms is likely to be put on ice, reports the Australian.

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Tata aspires to be a tier-1 global telco for MNCs

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:44:59 +0800

Ovum attended Tata Communications' analyst day and was pleased to see a growing focus on enterprise services.

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Google: Earth's third-largest ISP

fmmonteverde — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:30:22 +0800

The latest indication that Google is one of the most powerful players in telecoms: if it were an ISP – and if you measured ISPs by the interdomain traffic volumes – Google would be the third biggest ISP on the planet, and the fastest-growing.

That’s according to Arbor Networks, a network security/monitoring company that took traffic data fro

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From iPad to bandwidth crunch

galaxiav — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:31:01 +0800

With bated breath, the world waited on pins and needles at the end of January for the latest and greatest invention from Apple. Speculation was high that Steve Jobs would roll out a tablet computer, but once he unveiled the iPad and people finished oohing and aahing over the thin form factor, big screen and compatibility with iTunes and the App Store, the real scrutiny began.

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Cloud providers must sell IT services to survive

galaxiav — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:20:33 +0800

Today's cloud computing providers come from a variety of industries. Companies like Google and Amazon have adjacent businesses (search, e-commerce) and expertise in running computing at scale that fit well with selling IT services. Here are some of the major providers:

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MIND CTI swings to $19.8m profit in 2009

galaxiav — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:04:34 +0800

Three quarters of CSPs believe the lack of interoperability between legacy customer management systems in causing a suboptimal customer experience for their customers, according to a recent study.

The study was conducted by Telesperience on behalf of Comverse, which develops products aiming to bridge this gap.

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