AT&T is joining Cricket, Verizon and U.S. Cellular to offer its mobile service in Chicago Subways. As a result of allowing the carrier to do so on the red and blue line subways, the city’s transit authority (CTA) expects to earn a minimum of $3.1 million over the life of the contract. Installation and testing…
China wants TD-SCDMA to grab 20% of 3G market worldwide by 2020
China wants to brings its home grown 3G standard outside of the country and has set a target to take 20% of the overseas 3G subscriber market by 2020. This is according to plans which were revealed in a long-term development plan for mobile communication, drafted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).…
Intel invests $43 million in UQ Communications, Japanese WiMAX operator
In an effort to boost the uptake of WiMAX in Japan, Intel’s venture arm, Intel Capital, has invested $43 million in the country’s WiMAX operator – UQ Communications. UQ Communications will use the funding to continue the nationwide expansion of the WiMAX service in Japan, with the commitment to provide WiMAX coverage to 90% of…
China to spend $146 billion for 3G network in next three years
In an effort to build-out 3G network, Chinese mobile operators plan to spend as much as one trillion yuan ($146.4 billion) during the next three years. According to chairman of the China Association of Communication Enterprises (CACE), Liu Liqing, 400 billion yuan will be allocated for construction of the infrastructure and the remaining 600 billion…
Tata, NTT DoCoMo unveil a new brand for their GSM service
What happens when you combine Tata Teleservices with NTT DoCoMo? Well, it’s obvious, at least now – Tata DoCoMo. And that’s exactly the new name of the GSM operator owned by Tata Group and partly (26%) by the Japanese leading mobile operator. The new brand along with the new website was developed by the Business…
India now has more than 400 million mobile subscribers!
India’s mobile market keeps growing like crazy. Just recently the second most populated country in the world has passed the 400 million mark for mobile phone subscribers, despite the fact that growth slowed from the record breaking figures earlier in the year. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) stated that a total of 11.90…
GSMA: HSPA is fast becoming the de-facto global mobile broadband standard
The GSM Association (GSM) has recently presented its latest statistics to demonstrate how HSPA and HSPA+ are fast becoming the de-facto global mobile broadband technologies and “lead the way in bridging the digital divide.” At the moment, there are 245 commercially available HSPA networks supporting more than 125 million live connections in 107 countries. A…
Three carriers submit bids for additional 3G spectrum radio in Italy
Italian Ministry of Economic Development has announced that three of the country’s four mobile operators have submitted bids for additional 3G radio spectrum. Telecom Italy, Vodafone and Wind have submitted bids, while Hutchison 3G Italy (3 Italia) chose not to, despite the fact that it has requested tender documents. The radio spectrum being offered is…
Switzerland to allow 3G at 900Mhz
Switzerland’s telecoms regulator, ComCom, has renewed the GSM licences of Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom until the end of 2013. As a result, all GSM licences in the country will now expire at the same time, giving ComCom an opportunity to implement a reallocation of the mobile telephony frequencies which are free today or which will…
Airport in Ljubljana, Slovenia sends tourist info via Bluetooth
Airport in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, has introduced a new feature for tourists. At the airport’s baggage claim area, travellers can get much more than just their luggage: they can download tourist information and coupons for their stay in Slovenia. Slovenian Tourist Board along with Creativ Interaktiv and the airport devised the campaign for arriving passengers…