November 20th, 2008 by
david
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a change to Brazil’s telecommunications law, allowing fixed-line telecoms to operate in more than one region of the country. … more
November 15th, 2008 by
david
Zimbabwe’s economy is in the grip of hyperinflation and political turmoil and has all but collapsed. Yet incredibly, wireless networks continue to expand there—albeit it at a slower rate. “We are doing business in Zimbabwe,” says Jan Embro, Johannesburg-based president of Swedish telco equipment maker Ericsson’s operations in sub-Saharan Africa. … more
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November 15th, 2008 by
david
Japan’s DoCoMo is struggling with sales at home, so it’s betting on the Indian cellular market with a 26% stake in Tata Teleservices … more
Posted in Mobile, Telecom |
November 14th, 2008 by
david
Carriers and ISPs will soon face a do-or-die moment for their mobile Internet revenue streams, as increased competition and open networks take away their ability to tightly control what users download and how they experience the wireless Web, said panelists at a Mass Network Communications Council breakfast Thursday morning. … more
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November 14th, 2008 by
david
In the 1960s, the rock band The Kinks sang, “I’m a lover, not a fighter.”
Today, one industry analyst said the nation’s telecom carriers would benefit from showing some love toward Google Inc. instead of fighting over issues such as Net neutrality, white-space spectrum usage and selling software as a service over carrier networks. … more
November 13th, 2008 by
david
President-elect Barack Obama famously made the Web a pillar of his campaign, so it is not surprising that the man called the nation’s first “wired” president has championed the idea of an open Internet. … more
November 13th, 2008 by
david
British punters are getting short-changed by telecoms companies because they struggle to get enough information to properly decide which tariff or deal to accept. … more