Mobile data bandwidth consumption grew 72% in second half of last year, driven by rapid uptake of streaming video.
March 11, 2010
Streaming video fuels demand for capacity
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February 25, 2010
Nortel sells VoIP unit for $282m
Nortel Networks will sell its VoIP and applications solutions assets to Texas-based Genband in a private sale for $282 million.
In a statement Wednesday, the bankrupt Canadian vendor confirmed Genband as the buyer and said the tran
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February 9, 2010
Streaming video is fastest growing mobile app
Streaming mobile video has become a mainstream medium and is the single most influential factor driving the need for increased network capacity, according to the latest survey from IP firm Allot.
The report found that global mobile data bandwidth usage increased by 72% between the second quarter and fourth quarter of 2009, and that YouTube was responsible for
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January 15, 2010
Longphone partners Gateway Communications for pan-African voice operations
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Gateway Communications will partner Longphone in the call termination market to the African continent. Gateway Communications has been selected as a strategic partner by European carrier and VOIP call termin[Content protected for Silver members only]
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December 23, 2009
Telefonica courting Jajah for $200m
Israeli VoIP start-up Jajah is expected to be acquired by Telefonica’s mobile phone unit O2 for $200 million this week, according to news reports.
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November 10, 2009
Google acquires Gizmo5 to take on Skype. Deal valued at US$ 30 Million.
Google has been on the prowl acquiring some strategic companies in what could be termed as the next frontier. After acquring Admob, Techcrunch has reported that it is to acquire VOIP Start-up Gizmo5 for about USD 30 Million.
The deal comes after Skype successfully negotiated a deal with its former owners Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, [...]
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November 5, 2009
Legal settlement nears in Skype dispute
The tangled legal imbroglio between eBay, a group of investors and the original founders of Skype may be close to settlement, according to reports.
Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have been trying to buy back Skype, which they sold to eBay in 2005 and have also accused potential Skype buyers Index Ventures and one of its partners Michaelangelo
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August 6, 2009
EMobile launches HSPA+ services, offers downlink speed of 21.6MBps (Japan)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: EMobile the Japanese wireless broadband operator has laucnhed HSPA+ service across the nation, using kit supplied by Huawei.
The upgraded network will offer mobile data speeds up to 21.6Mbps on the downlink and covers cities such as Hokkaido, Sendai, Niigata, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Nagasaki.
The service provider will offer internet access, streaming media and VoIP and [...]
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June 29, 2009
Telenor Selects Huawei for LTE Network Trial in Norway
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Huawei, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that Norwegian operator, Telenor, the world’s 7th largest provider of mobile communications, has chosen Huawei to provide LTE (Long Term Evolution) radio access and EPC (Evolved Packet Core) equipment for its LTE trial in Oslo, Norway.
Aiming at [...]
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June 5, 2009
SFR sells 160,000 iPhones until 31 May (France)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: SFR, the French mobile operator which had started selling the Apple iPhone after France Telecom’s exclusive deal was suspended, has sold 160,000 iphones as of May 31, the company’s Chief Executive Frank Esser reportedly said. “We are in a very positive dynamic,” Esser said.
SFR had started vending the Apple device on April 8.
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