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If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them: TD-LTE And WiMAX
July 7, 2010
Alvarion to Support TD-LTE | www.lightreading.com
Alvarion's decision to offer TD-LTE on its platforms is a recognition of the inevitable. The next decision it will face is whether to invest in the development of next generation mobile WiMAX (802.16m).
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Will Polkomtel Follow The Path Of Wind Hellas?
July 6, 2010
TPG, Blackstone, Apax Eye Poland's Polkomtel - Sources | www.foxbusiness.com
Caveat Regulator: Assessment by the Polish regulator and other stakeholders of potential acquisition bids for Polkomtel by TPG and Apax Partners, or Weather Investments, should consider sobering lessons from the outcome - bankruptcy - of the debt-laden path which the former initiated and the latter continued with their successive acquisitions of Wind Hellas. The recent histories of Hawaiian Telcom and FairPoint also point to the dangers of a high debt burden introduced by new owners.
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Intel's Failed Ambitions For WiMAX
July 2, 2010
Intel not dumping WiMax despite Taiwan office closure | RCR Unplugged | unplugged.rcrwireless.com
Whatever the truth behind Intel's WiMAX Taiwan office closure, its earlier ambitions for WiMAX in Asia have fallen far short of their goals. To become a major player in the mobile space Intel must focus on building market share for its processors in mobile broadband-enabled devices, the vast majority of which will be HSPA- and LTE-based.
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World Cup, Geopolitics, and Telecommunications
June 30, 2010
There are some similarities as well as obvious divergences between the performances of national teams in the World Cup and the strengths of their respective economies including the telecommunications sector.
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Spain's Proposals For Balancing The Spectrum Holdings Of Mobile Operators
June 27, 2010
Spain launches plan to distribute mobile spectrum to telcos | www.totaltele.com
The Spanish Government has presented proposals to be reviewed in a public consultation that are designed to allocate new spectrum and redistribute existing spectrum holdings to enable all mobile operators to build balanced portfolios of frequencies.
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A Sensible Outcome For 2.6GHz In Colombia
June 15, 2010
The winning bidder for spectrum in the Colombian 2.6 GHz spectrum has chosen FDD for the 50MHz it acquired, avoiding a potentially bad outcome of this auction.
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Nokia Needs A New Approach To Software And Applications
June 15, 2010
Nokia vows to defend smartphone territory | www.totaltele.com
Nokia's current software strategy is very pedestrian and will not enable it to reverse its secular decline in the smartphone market.
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The BWA Auction In India And TD-LTE
June 14, 2010
The only national winner of 2.3 GHz BWA spectrum in India - Reliance Industries Limited - has confirmed it will deploy TD-LTE.
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BWA Auction In India - Impact on Deficits, Sibling Rivalry, LTE And WiMAX
June 11, 2010
broadband auction throws up surprise winner - the smart investor | www.smartinvestor.in
The BWA auction in India, like the country itself, involves and affects an extraordinarily diverse set of forces and factors. They range from the intensely personal to overall economic (public sector deficits) and telecom-specific (M&A) issues, as well as maneuvers for market shares among operators and equipment vendors with national and in many cases global positions at stake.
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Nokia's Reshuffling Will Do No Good Unless Its Strategy Changes
June 2, 2010
Nokia once more reshuffles top execs | www.telecomasia.net
Nokia's software strategy is unimaginative and unlikely to stem the erosion of its smartphone position by Apple, Google, and others. Unless this strategy is transformed and redirected, no amount of executive reshuffling will reinvigorate the company.
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Will WiMAX 2 (802.16m) Survive?
May 24, 2010
Yota to ditch WiMAX for LTE | www.telegeography.com
If confirmed Yota's decision to drop WiMAX in favor of LTE is a major blow to the WiMAX ecosystem and to the prospects that next generation mobile WiMAX 802.16m will be deployed commercially.
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German Multiband Auction: Not All Frequencies Are Created Equal
May 21, 2010
Drahtloser Netzzugang zum Angebot von Telekommunikationsdiensten | www2.bundesnetzagentur.de
The outcomes of the just completed multiband auction in Germany provide insights into how operators value different frequency bands for broadband networks. They also confirm how the specific details of auction rules and eligibility can exert a profound influence upon their outcomes independently of the underlying techno-economics and prevailing financial and market climates.
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The Structure Of The Indian Telecommunications Sector Is Unsustainable
May 18, 2010
TRAI Calls for Indian Mobile Shake-Out | www.telecomasia.net
The TRAI's call for consolidation in the Indian mobile telecommunications sector is a belated recognition of this sector's commercially unsustainable structure which is not in the ultimate interests of Indian customers. Ironically and unfortunately TRAI's own proposals regarding spectrum fees risk exacerbating this situation.
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Final Result of the 2.5GHz auction in Denmark
May 11, 2010
Handlinger tilknyttet webside | www.itst.dk
The prices paid for 2.5GHz spectrum in Denmark are much more in line (with one remarkable exception) with the prices in some other countries, in contrast to the very low prices which this spectrum commanded in the recent, poorly structured auction in the Netherlands.
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Colombia Gets It Wrong For Its Planned June, 2010 2.6Hz Spectrum Auction
May 10, 2010
Resolucion250de2009-IMT.pdf (application/pdf Object) | www.mintic.gov.co
Colombia is allowing bidders for spectrum in which to deploy mobile broadband networks in the IMT band 2500-2690 MHz to choose freely whether to propose paired (FDD) or unpaired (TDD) operation. This decision is not in the best interests of customers nor does it favor the most efficient development of broadband services and coverage.
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Intel's New Push Into Mobile Handsets
May 10, 2010
EETimes.com - Update: Intel targets smartphones with new Atom chips | www.eetimes.com
Intel has been trying to penetrate the market for mobile device application processors for the past decade with little success. The 2nd. generation Atom platform is its next attempt, which faces formidable obstacles starting from a weak position, to carve out a strong position in the smartphone and netbook and tablet product segments.
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Denmark's 2.5GHz Auction: A European opening for TD-LTE
May 6, 2010
Hi3G comes out on top in 2.5GHz auction | www.telegeography.com
The sensible Danes (e.g. wind farms) will soon complete their auction of frequencies in the 2.5GHz band for mobile broadband networks. The outcome is likely to be one in which some operators who will have won both paired and unpaired spectrum will likely deploy FDD-LTE in the former and TD-LTE in the latter.
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T-Mobile USA's Push For Spectrum
May 5, 2010
T-Mobile USA linked with Harbinger’s LTE network | www.telegeography.com
T-Mobile urgently needs access to more spectrum in which to offer LTE-based services. A relationship with Harbinger is the kind of mutually beneficial arrangement that could if properly implemented make much more sense than the oft rumored move to invest in or even acquire Sprint Nextel.
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Origins Of India's Blockage Of Chinese Telecommunications Equipment
May 1, 2010
India Said to Block Orders for China-Made Telecom Equipment | www.businessweek.com
The seeds of India's move to block sales of Chinese telecommunications equipment to its network operators have deep historical roots that became most visibly and bloodily visible in the Sino-Indian war of 1962, and in today's technological context are connected with concerns about cyberattacks.
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Qwest and CenturyTel - Dependence On Intercarrier Compensation And The USF
April 29, 2010
CenturyTel Gambles on Qwest Merger | online.wsj.com
This merger combines rural telephone properties with a predominantly out-of-region wholesale and corporate business. It is unclear how much the combined entity's finances and revenues might be affected by changes in the obsolete intercarrier compensation mechanism and dysfunctional universal service fund.
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