Press Clippings: Telecom News Headlines

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Headline news from a wide range of sources, compiled by Judith, Sarah, Penny and Lorrie at LTC International.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

U.S. delays Web traffic rules by seeking more comment.

Source: Reuters.

U.S. communications regulators have put off a controversial decision on Internet traffic rules, giving industry and consumer groups a chance to forge a compromise while avoiding a politically sensitive issue ahead of the November elections.

Posted by Judith — 3:46 AM

India Asks RIM, Google, Skype to build local servers.

Source: Businessweek.

India said it will ask RIM, Google, Skype and other service providers to set up servers locally and enable security agencies to monitor mail traffic.
The Indian government, concerned that terrorists may take advantage of the encryption in smartphones to plan attacks or other illegal activity, is urging equipment makers and service providers to come up with solutions to meet its security needs.

Posted by Judith — 2:18 AM

Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files.

Source: Reuters.

Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world’s top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service.
Nokia started to build its own Internet services offering in 2007, but has lately ramped down several unsuccessful products.

Posted by Judith — 1:59 AM

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

New Australian alliance pushes NBN 3.0 proposal.

Source: Telecompaper.

A number of network and internet companies in Australia have formed the Alliance for Affordable Broadband and published a manifesto. The manifesto was signed by the the CEOs of Allegro Networks, BigAir, Vocus Communications, AAPT, Eftel, and Polyfone, as well as the founder of Pipe Networks. The plan pushed by he Alliance is called NBN 3.0 and calls for a market solution, not an infrastructure monopoly.

Posted by Judith — 2:25 AM

Verizon to buy 700MHz spectrum in Alaska.

Source: TeleGeography.

Verizon Wireless has filed an application with the FCC to acquire the 700MHz C Block spectrum licence covering Alaska. Verizon intends to purchase the spectrum from Triad, a company that purchased the licence during the FCC’s 700MHz spectrum auction in 2008. Triad originally paid around USD1.8 million for the licence.

Posted by Judith — 1:55 AM

Orange rolls out high-definition voice for mobiles.

Source: BBC.

Mobile firm Orange has become the first UK network to use a technology that offers higher quality voice calls.
HD voice claims to reduce background noise and the “hisses and crackles” often heard on a normal mobile call.
The technology, known as, Adaptive Multi Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) has been adopted as an international standard for 3G mobile networks.

Posted by Judith — 1:45 AM

Motorola unit to be spun off with US$3.5bn.

Source: Businessweek.

Motorola, the communications- equipment maker that’s splitting in two, said it plans to put US$3.5bn. into the mobile-phone and set-top box units that will be spun off together in the first quarter of next year.

Posted by Judith — 1:28 AM

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Clearwire introduces pay-as-you-go 4G service.

Source: TeleGeography.

US mobile WiMAX network operator Clearwire has unveiled the country’s first pay-as-you-go 4G mobile broadband service. Branded ‘Rover’, the new service is aimed at ‘digitally addicted youth who refuse to settle for long-term contracts, overpriced internet service, or speeds slower than what they’ve become accustomed to at home’. Rover will be available in all 49 of Clearwire’s 4G markets across the United States.

Posted by Judith — 5:04 AM

RIM averts BlackBerry ban in India with two month security test.

Source: Businessweek.

RIM have averted a ban on its BlackBerry services in India that would have affected more than a million users and halted the Canadian company’s expansion in the world’s second-largest mobile-phone market.
India’s telecommunications department will test RIM’s monitoring solution for 60 days to see if it allows security agencies to tap its messenger- and enterprise-mail services.

Posted by Judith — 3:30 AM

Telecoms firms urge US to ease trade restrictions on Cuba.

Source: TeleGeography.

Telecoms companies Nokia, AT&T and Verizon Communications are reported to be urging the US government to loosen its 47-year-old trade embargo with Cuba that bars them from operating on the island. US mobile operators AT&T and Verizon are appealing to regulators to make it easier for US companies to directly connect calls to and from Cuba, while Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia, which is barred from selling handsets to Cuba as its unit that exports to Latin America is based in Miami, is urging the US to ease the embargo to allow it to do business with the island.

Posted by Judith — 3:11 AM

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