IPTN: IP Bearer Network Solution Oriented to 2G/3G Mobile Backhaul
As the competition in the global telecom market becomes increasingly fierce, the 2G and 3G bearer services coexist, the traffic bandwidth increases constantly and the interfaces tend to be IP-based,...
View ArticleBelgian consortium scoops up spectrum
Belgium's fourth 3G licence has been granted to a consortium Belgium’s fourth 3G licence has been granted to the sole bidder for it, Telenet Tecteo Bidco. The consortium, made up of cable operators...
View ArticleAirtel teams up with NSN to expand in Africa
Airtel plans to expand in Africa Indian operator Bharti Airtel will rely on Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to expand, plan and operate its mobile networks in seven African countries as part of a deal...
View ArticleIndian court cancels 122 mobile licences
India's Supreme Court orders the country's 2G licences to be scrapped and re-auctioned The Supreme Court of India has cancelled 122 telecoms licences that were awarded in a 2008 spectrum sale. The...
View ArticleIndia and the Spectrum Scandal
India’s 2G spectrum scandal has cast a cloud over the country’s telecoms sector so dark that former Telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja is said to feel safer in prison than he does walking down the...
View ArticleIndia releases more spectrum ahead of auction, but is it enough?
India is holding its 2G auction again and its telecoms department has outlined new recommendations India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has approved plans to release more 1800MHz spectrum in each of the...
View ArticleIndia sets guidelines for 2G reauction
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced guidelines for the reauction of its 2G spectrum, following the Supreme Court’s cancellation of the licences that were awarded in a 2008 spectrum sale,...
View ArticleIndia’s ministers propose lower base price for 2G auction
India'sEGoM has proposed a lower reserve price for the 2G auction, but the GSMA still does not think it is low enough A committee of senior ministers in India, known as the Empowered Group of Ministers...
View ArticleSK Telecom claims first commercial 2G/3G over LTE
SK Telecom claims first 2G/3G over LTE South Korean telco SK Telecom has announced the launch of what it claims is the world’s first commercialised 2G/3G over LTE technology, enabling 2G and 3G...
View ArticleOfcom launches consultation on spectrum licence fee changes
Ofcom has launched a consultation to determine whether the recently agreed extended mobile coverage obligations should affect operators’ annual spectrum licence fees, which are being revised. Under the...
View Article58% of UK mobile users would switch to provider offering free public wifi –...
Communications infrastructure specialist Arqiva has published a report claiming two thirds of UK mobile users would consider switching to a provider offering free public wifi access as part of their...
View ArticleGilat, Intelsat in satellite partnership to bring 2G/3G to remote regions
Solution provider for satellite-based broadband communications Gilat Satellite Networks and satellite operator Intelsat have announced a partnership under which they aim to deliver 2G and 3G...
View ArticleIdea Cellular biggest bidder in India spectrum auction
Following the Indian Supreme Court lifting its initial embargo on publishing results, Idea Cellular has emerged as the biggest bidder in the country’s latest 2G and 3G spectrum auction. After 19 days...
View ArticleOfcom launches mobile coverage checker tool
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched a free online tool designed to help people check the quality operator coverage in their area. The tool uses data provided by the operators – EE, O2, Three and...
View ArticleEE launches dedicated M2M service
UK mobile operator EE has unveiled a new business service designed specifically for M2M, called EE Connect, which offers a suite of M2M tools. Among those services are device monitoring, remote...
View Article2G or not 2G; EE finally answers the age-old question
EE has announced it will upgrade 600 sites across the country to shut down some of its 2G airwaves to make 4G stronger in certain regions. The sites, which are located across London, Birmingham,...
View ArticleAlmost one zettabyte of mobile data traffic in 2022 – Cisco
Cisco forecasts that 5G connections will go from nothing in 2017 to 3.4% of the global total in 2022. Over the same period annual mobile data traffic will reach 930 exabytes, a seven-fold growth. The...
View ArticleHMD releases new Nokia-branded feature phones
HMD Global, the Finnish phone maker and licensee of the Nokia brand, has unveiled two feature phones for 2G and 4G connectivity to serve basic communication. The Finnish company is one of the few that...
View ArticleThe beginning of the end: VodafoneZiggo switches off 3G network
The Vodafone and Liberty joint-venture VodafoneZiggo decided to switch off its 3G network to bring “The Netherlands much faster, safer and stabler mobile internet.” In a release called “End of the 3G...
View ArticleThe curious case of T-Mobile’s 3G shutdown date
UMTS network closure date was originally October 2021, then it was April 2022, and now it’s back to October. T-Mobile in the US, as far as Telecoms.com can tell, doesn’t give a breakdown of subscribers...
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