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License auctions stifling mobile development
News news analysis India will finally hold its 3G spectrum auction in December, but market analysts say this form of license distribution can negatively impact industry growth.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Local Government, Taxes, License, Operator, India, Money, International Data Corp., Spectrum, Auction
Telcos warned: Join Google's cloud
News Telcos looking to offer cloud services to their customers would do well to get into bed with Google, analyst house Gartner has warned.
Tags: Web services, Analyst reports, Google Inc., TV, Wireless Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Gartner Inc., Broadband, industry
India's 3G unlikely to happen soon
News Telcos will hold back investments in existing networks if auction of 3G spectrum sees further delays, says market expert, who coins it a "highly politicized issue".
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, 3G (Third Generation), Politics, Mobile, India, Telecommunications, Spectrum, Service, phone, telephony
Microsoft details fix for 'white space' interference
News Microsoft researchers tell MIT's Technology Review that it has a new algorithm that could be used to turn unused analog TV spectrum into new wireless broadband services.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Bandwidth, TV, Backup, Device, Wireless Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Broadband, Wi-Fi
Will India finally see 3G spectrum auction in December?
Blogs The auction for 3G spectrum was to happen in December 2008, but a host of issues (such as lack of agreement between mini...
Europe to allow 3G services over 2G spectrum
News European Commission has announced agreement over the issue of 'spectrum refarming', which could let operators run rural mobile broadband services more economically.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile Broadband, Spectrum, European Union, Europe, 2G, Analysys, 3G, GSM, Mobile platforms/communications
When governments don't look back, in anger history returns
Blogs I had hosted a roundtable dialog in April 2001 that included Neil Montefiore, then-CEO of MobileOne (M1). In the midst o...
Thai telecom TOT may recall, upgrade 470 MHz
News The state telecom enterprise had signed an agreement with a consortium led by Starcom and Huawei to upgrade its analogue cellular system to accommodate wireless internet and voice services.
Tags: Cable, Network infrastructure, 3G (Third Generation), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Telecommunications, Spectrum, Wireless, consortium, Cable, phone
Google helps form 'white space' database coalition
News The search giant and a few other technology firms are helping the U.S. Federal Communications Commission come up with a database for services in the unused slivers of spectrum.
Tags: Open source, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Google Inc., TV, Wireless Broadband, Database, Spectrum, Wireless
FCC chairman revises wireless broadband plan
News Kevin Martin has dropped Web filtering for porn from his proposal that would create a free wireless broadband service.
Tags: Cable, Politics, Federal Government, Regulations, Wireless Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Broadband, Cable, T-Mobile
Europe-wide wireless broadband on the way
News EU politicians have backed measures to help create a wireless broadband service that could work across Europe.
Tags: WiMax, Mobile, Mobile TV, European Parliament, Telecommunications, Wireless Broadband, Spectrum, European Union, Wireless, Information Security
EC readies European satellite wireless spectrum
News The European Commission is inviting satellite operators to compete for the provision of services such as mobile TV and high-speed Internet across the whole of Europe.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Mobile/Wireless, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile platforms/communications, Satellite, Mobile, Mobile TV, Internet Access, Spectrum
Asia is WiMax's best bet
News Region holds "best prospects" for adoption of wireless technology, but China's backing of 3G dampens WiMax's chances of success, says Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: Asia, India, Wireless Broadband, Asia-Pacific, Wireless, Broadband, Frost & Sullivan, 3G, WiMAX, China
S'pore WiMax beckons foreign operators
News With local operators focusing on 3G cellular mobile broadband, Malaysia's Packet One in good position to move into Singapore's WiMax space, says analyst.
Tags: WiMax, Location-based services, 3G (Third Generation), Pacnet Ltd., Mobile Broadband, Green Packet, Facilities Based Operator License, SingTel, network, mobile
Businesses targeted by small botnets
News Most networks of compromised computers in organizations are small and surreptitious, according to security company Damballa.
Tags: Hacking, PC security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Spam and phishing, Machine, Antivirus, network, corporate security, Vienna University
