Hutchison Whampoa’s emerging markets spin off, Hutchison Telecoms International Ltd. (HTIL), turned a profit during the first half of the year, the company said Wednesday. Profit for the six month period reached HK$644m (£43.6m), up from a loss of HK$220m last year. Turnover increased 48 per cent to HK$15.6bn, compared to HK$10.6bn in the same […]
UK wireless broadband licensee, Pipex Wireless, said Wednesday it is on track to roll out commercial services in 2007, following successful testing of WiMAX technology. Pipex Wireless, a joint venture between the Pipex ISP and Intel, recently completed the latest phase of its 3.6GHz WiMAX trial in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, in partnership with kit supplier Airspan […]
Technical standards authority, the 3GPP2, said Wednesday it has completed a Technology Evolution Framework (TEF) outlining the evolution of cdma2000 beyond 2010 with regards to end to end system capabilities. The framework is based on projected advances in wireless and networking technologies over the next decade, including the evolution of mobile devices, improvements in the […]
Regional US cellular operator, iPCS, Tuesday threw a legal spanner into the works of Sprint Nextel’s drive for a unified brand. iPCS, an affiliate of Sprint Nextel, said that Judge Thomas Quinn has ruled in favour of its claims that the Sprint Nextel merger violated a management agreement between the companies. The judge ruled that […]
Phil Zimmermann, the founder of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), has joined forces with security firm BorderWare Technologies in a bid to make internet telephony more secure. On Tuesday, BorderWare became the first commercial licensee of Zfone, Zimmerman’s secure VoIP encryption software. The agreement means BorderWare can integrate Zfone with its own SIPassure VoIP Security Gateway […]
Just one day after buying itself a triple play service, Italian ISP Tiscali is thought to be eyeing the mobile market. Rumours abound that Tiscali UK is holding meetings with mobile operators 3 UK, O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone with a view to leasing capacity on their networks. Mary Turner, the chief executive of Tiscali UK, […]
Just when it looked like things could not get worse for Australian carrier Telstra, they do. On Tuesday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) slapped the incumbent operator with a request that it reduces access charges for its local loop network, a term commonly referred to as local loop unbundling (LLU). The ACCC is […]
French mobile operator Orange said Monday it has approved the Access Linux Platform (ALP) for use on its network. The operator will utilise the Linux offering, developed by Japanese firm Access, in conjunction with its own Orange Application Package to equip device manufactures with a turnkey mobile Linux platform. Orange anticipates the Linux platform can […]
Italian ISP Tiscali confirmed plans to merge its UK operations with Video Networks, owner of TV, broadband and telephony player HomeChoice. Video Networks International, majority owned by Microsoft millionaire Chris Larson, is to contribute 100 per cent of UK operations in exchange for an 11.5 per cent interest in Tiscali UK. As a result, Tiscali […]
Mexican carrier Telmex became a major shareholder in Portugal Telecom Friday, acquiring a 3.4 per cent stake in the company. The move throws a spanner in the works of Portuguese conglomerate Sonae’s Eur10.7bn (£7.4bn) hostile bid for Portugal Telecom. The stake was acquired via common stock and it is under stood the Telmex involvement was […]
Swedish equipment vendor Ericsson said Monday it has won over $550m (£291m) worth of GSM contracts with leading Chinese cellco, China Mobile. The contracts, which cover expansion projects in 17 regions, have been agreed throughout the first half of the year and deliveries are already underway. Under the contracts, Ericsson will provide China Mobile with […]
Disney is reported to have frozen launch plans for its UK mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) after a weak start from its US operation and increasing concerns in the UK market. Disney, along with a number of other MVNOs such as Amp’d Mobile and Earthlink’s Helio, made much-hyped launches earlier this year in the US […]
Psychologists at the University of Leicester are investigating the language of SMS, or texting, in a bid to target and identify criminals. In the first study of its kind, linguistic forensics experts at the university’s School of Psychology will examine volunteer text messages to establish how well an individual can be identified by their texting […]
Sprint Nextel’s decision to run with 802.16e WiMAX for its mobile broadband offering comes as a major blow to the proponents of rival technologies. One vendor which has expressed its disappointment at the decision is IPWireless, the UMTS TDD specialist which at one point looked like it was in the running for the deal. Sprint […]
Italian ISP Tiscali is rumoured to be planning to merge its UK operations with TV, broadband and telephony player HomeChoice. If the deal goes ahead HomeChoice, which is majority held by Video Networks owner and Microsoft millionaire Chris Larson, could be valued at over £100m. Rumours of a sale of HomeChoice have been floating around […]
Security experts have warned that virus writers have developed instant messaging (IM) worms capable of attacking all major IM networks. To date, IM worms have typically being consigned to a single messaging network, such as MSN or Yahoo!, but a new breed of malware is able to spread across multiple platforms and protocols. Analysts at […]
Germany’s incumbent carrier, Deutsche Telekom, spooked the stock market Thursday as it reduced revenue guidance for 2006 by Eur600m (£405m) on the back of aggressive competition in its domestic market. The operator recorded a 3.2 per cent drop in net profit for the first half of 2006, down from Eur2.15bn in 2005 to Eur2bn. EBITDA […]
Three former executives of mobile messaging company Comverse were charged with fraudulently acquiring million of dollars Wednesday through a long running stock options scam. Former chief executive officer Jacob “Kobi” Alexander, former chief financial officer David Kreinberg, and former general counsel William Sorin were charged by the The US Department of Justice for allegedly orchestrating […]
The relationship between Australian carrier Telstra and the government is on increasingly shaky ground as the incumbent operator Thursday reported a 26.2 per cent drop in profits. For the year to end June 30, profit at the carrier dropped 26.2 per cent to A$3.18bn (£1.28bn) from A$4.3bn in 2005, hit by redundancy and restructuring costs […]
Satellite television companies had the wireless operators on their toes Wednesday during the first rounds of bidding for advanced wireless services spectrum in the US. According to reports, a consortium of satellite operators, EchoStar Communications and DirecTV topped the bidding with a $282.5m (£148m) offer for 13 licenses. With the playing field blown wide open […]
Vodafone puts its money where its mouth is with new OpenRAN lab https://t.co/7pOCX25zqx #ORAN #featured
21 April 2021 @ 08:03:33 UTC
Virgin Media tops 2 Gbps in 'real world' trials https://t.co/Gfw2SfBG3H #4K8KVideo #Broadband
20 April 2021 @ 13:00:32 UTC
Verizon kicks off 5G C-band rollout https://t.co/2cbnFCRpdv #5G #cband
20 April 2021 @ 12:30:32 UTC
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