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.
March 18, 2010
Qualcomm in bid for India TD-LTE license
India could become the first country outside China to roll out TD-LTE if Qualcomm successfully secures spectrum in next month’s auction.
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Riots, taxes drive Orascom into the red
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.
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Stalemate remains in China cable, telecom integration
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
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After poor early sales, Google revamps NexusOne strategy
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
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FASTTAKES: Telstra, Sprint, Quippo, BT, HKIRC, Idea
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
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
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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March 17, 2010
Google China partners warn of layoffs, possible closures
Google’s partners in China say they have received no guidance from the search firm about their future and have called for talks on compensation.
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FCC sends 100Mbps broadband plan to Congress
Up to 100 million US homes could get download speeds of 100Mbps and uploads of 50Mbps under the FCC’s national broadband plan.
The 376-page plan, which was sent to Congress yesterday, calls for every American to ultimately have access to a 1Gbps broadband connection through “anchor institutions” suc
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