India’s spectrum auction attracts 8 operators
Eight operators in India have stepped forward to participate in the country’s long-awaited spectrum auctions next month.The bidding companies will be Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Reliance Jio...
View ArticleTelenor Norway to shut down 3G network in 2020; five years before 2G
Telenor Norway’s CTO, Magnus Zetterberg, said the company plans to completely shut down its 3G network in 2020, five years before it closes 2G in 2025.Speaking at the company’s analyst and investor...
View ArticleSingapore operators to turn off 2G by April 2017
Singapore’s three mobile operators — M1, Singtel and StarHub — said today they will turn off their 2G networks by 1 April 2017 and reallocate the 2G spectrum for 3G and 4G services.Of the country’s 3.5...
View ArticleFast-growing India forecast to have 1.4B mobile connections in 2020
India’s mobile connections are forecast to expand 50 per cent to 1.4 billion by 2020, when mobile penetration will reach 100 per cent.The country currently has 970 million mobile connections, with...
View ArticleOperators and vendors predict long life for 2G
LIVE FROM LTE WORLD SUMMIT 2015: Big name operators and vendors such as EE, KPN, Nokia, Orange and Vodafone this week agreed that 2G technology is likely to live on into a fruitful old-age alongside 4G...
View ArticleThai regulator extends deadline on 1.8GHz cut-off
Thailand’s telecoms regulator has given True and AIS an additional six months to move all customers on their 1.8GHz networks, which are concessions from state-owned CAT Telecom, to other spectrum...
View ArticleOptus plans 2017 2G shut-off
Australian operator Optus revealed plans to shut down its 2G network “from 1 April 2017,” stating that “2G now constitutes a fraction of our total mobile network traffic and is declining significantly...
View ArticleIndia’s state-owned BSNL loses 16M connections
India’s state-owned BSNL has lost more than 16 million mobile connections, or 18 per cent of its entire base, over the past 12 months.The loss-making operator, with 73.2 million connections at the end...
View ArticleVodafone’s 2G extension plans blocked in India
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has rejected Vodafone's request to renew its 2G licences in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. The licences, which cover 900MHz and 1800MHz frequencies and are...
View ArticleVodafone blasts Indian regulator on licence renewal decision
Vodafone India has lambasted India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) for throwing out its request to renew a 2G licence for Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata [1]. In a strongly-worded letter to DoT, the operator...
View ArticleSingTel to shut 2G network in 2-3 years
LIVE FROM LTE ASIA 2014: SingTel plans to consolidate its network infrastructure by shutting down its 2G network in two to three years and then reuse the spectrum. Kuan Moon Yuen, SingTel’s CEO for its...
View ArticleCAT, True plan network sharing deal by March
Thailand's state-owned CAT Telecom plans to finalise a network sharing deal with True Move by March, after reaching a similar deal with dtac last month. CAT acting president Sanpachai Huvanandan said...
View ArticleIndia’s spectrum auction attracts 8 operators
Eight operators in India have stepped forward to participate in the country’s long-awaited spectrum auctions next month. The bidding companies will be Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Reliance Jio...
View ArticleTelenor Norway to shut down 3G network in 2020; five years before 2G
Telenor Norway’s CTO, Magnus Zetterberg, said the company plans to completely shut down its 3G network in 2020, five years before it closes 2G in 2025. Speaking at the company’s analyst and investor...
View ArticleSingapore operators to turn off 2G by April 2017
Singapore’s three mobile operators -- M1, Singtel and StarHub -- said today they will turn off their 2G networks by 1 April 2017 and reallocate the 2G spectrum for 3G and 4G services. Of the country's...
View ArticleFast-growing India forecast to have 1.4B mobile connections in 2020
India’s mobile connections are forecast to expand 50 per cent to 1.4 billion by 2020, when mobile penetration will reach 100 per cent. The country currently has 970 million mobile connections, with...
View ArticleOperators and vendors predict long life for 2G
LIVE FROM LTE WORLD SUMMIT 2015: Big name operators and vendors such as EE, KPN, Nokia, Orange and Vodafone this week agreed that 2G technology is likely to live on into a fruitful old-age alongside 4G...
View ArticleThai regulator extends deadline on 1.8GHz cut-off
Thailand’s telecoms regulator has given True and AIS an additional six months to move all customers on their 1.8GHz networks, which are concessions from state-owned CAT Telecom, to other spectrum...
View ArticleOptus plans 2017 2G shut-off
Australian operator Optus revealed plans to shut down its 2G network “from 1 April 2017,” stating that “2G now constitutes a fraction of our total mobile network traffic and is declining significantly...
View ArticleIndia’s state-owned BSNL loses 16M connections
India’s state-owned BSNL has lost more than 16 million mobile connections, or 18 per cent of its entire base, over the past 12 months. The loss-making operator, with 73.2 million connections at the end...
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