SingTel Group's Mobile Customer Base Expands to 249 Million

Singapore Telecommunications Group is now serving 249 million mobile lines, up 35 percent or 64 million customers year-on-year, as of 31-March-2009. The Group's aggregate mobile customer base in all eight markets, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, grew 7.3 percent, or 17 million on a sequential quarterly basis despite the intense competition in the markets and the slowdown in the economies. The proportionate mobile customer base rose 33 percent from a year ago or 7.0 percent from a quarter...

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Huawei Demonstrates First Handoff Tests Between TD-LTE Base Stations

Huawei Technologies demonstrated the world's first handoff tests between TD-LTE base stations at this week's Next Generation Mobile Network Congress in Beijing. Huawei said its field tests mark a major forward step in the evolution of TD-LTE technology. Different terminals were used to simultaneously demonstrate the services based on TD-LTE, such as VOD, video phone and VOIP. Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, AT&T, China Mobile, TI and TeliaSonera participated in the conference and jointly discussed the development of future networks. "Due to the rich...

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China Mobile Tests 3G Direct Tunnel with NSN

China Mobile Group Henan Company Limited (Henan Mobile) is working with Nokia Siemens Networks to test Direct Tunnel technology. Direct Tunnel, as the name suggests, allows data traffic to bypass the packet core network's control node and move directly through the network. Not only does this reduce operation and maintenance expenses of the network, but it makes scaling with increased traffic much easier. The network operator intends to deploy the technology in its commercial network in the near future. http://www.nsn....

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Orange Business Services Offers IPv6 for its MPLS-based VPNs

Orange Business Services has deployed IPv6 in its MPLS IP VPN backbone enabling the emergence of a new generation of applications and services, notably in machine-to-machine and sensors networks domains. The new option is available directly from 35 countries in Q2 2009 and will be gradually extended to more than 100 additional countries by the beginning of 2010.Orange Business Services said there are four main reasons for companies to integrate...

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Solaris Mobile Gains Euro S-Band Spectrum, Reports Satellite Anomaly

Solaris Mobile confirmed the award by the European Commission of the assignment of 2 x 15 MHz of S-Band spectrum across Europe. The Dublin-based company said it plans to broadcast crystal clear live TV, deliver linear and on-demand content e.g. location-based services, video or radio channels to mobile phones, vehicles, iPods, portable video players, game consoles and other handsets across Europe. Solaris Mobile also announced that in the course of carrying out tests on its S-band satellite capacity which was launched last month, an anomaly was...

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European Commission Selects Inmarsat and Solaris for Mobile Satellite Licenses

The European Commission has selected two operators, Inmarsat Ventures Limited and Solaris Mobile Limited, to provide mobile satellite services across Europe. A mobile satellite service (MSS) is a service provided by a satellite system which communicates with portable terminals on the ground, which can be carried by a person or mounted on a ship or car. Systems providing mobile satellite services have been allocated the 2 GHz frequency band throughout the European Union, comprising radio spectrum from 1980 to 2010 MHz for Earth to space communications,...

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Telefónica Reaches 261.4 Million Accesses, Maintains Guidance, Cuts CAPEX

Telefónica is now serving over 261.4 million customer access lines worldwide, up 11.9% compared to a year ago. There has been growth in mobile access (+15.4%), broadband (+17.5%) and pay TV (+24.8%).The company also reiterated its financial guidance for 2009, maintaining a target of distributing EUR 1.15/share in 2009.Some highlights for the quarter:Telefónica Latin America continues to drive the Group's growth (with organic revenue growth of 8.7%)....

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BT Reports Weakness in Global Services, Cuts Jobs & CAPEX

BT's overall revenue grew 1% in its latest fiscal quarter, however a poor performance by BT Global Services led the company to report a loss and further accounting write-downs. The company also announced plans to eliminate up to 15,000 jobs out of its employment base of 147,000 employees."Three out of four of BT's lines of business have performed well in spite of fierce competition and the global economic downturn. However this achievement has been overshadowed by the unacceptable performance of BT Global Services and the resulting charges we...

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AT&T Appoints First Chief Sustainability Officer

AT&T appointed Charlene Lake as its first chief sustainability officer. In this capacity, Lake will lead AT&T's efforts to achieve a wide range of specific, sustainable business objectives, working with the Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors, the Chairman's office, and AT&T's executive management team to further integrate sustainable business practices across AT&T and its supply chain."Our appointment of a chief sustainability officer reflects our commitment to our long-term future and the communities where we live...

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TI introduces first 5 Gbps SuperSpeed USB Transceiver

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a new 5-Gbps transceiver test chip designed to the USB 3.0 specification version 1.0. The new transceiver is capable of driving and receiving signals over 4-m USB 3.0 cables to ensure data integrity. Sampling is expected in Q4 and volume production is expected in Q1 2010. In addition, evaluation modules will be available to interface the TUSB1310 to a variety of processor and FPGA implementations. http://www.ti....

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TI acquires Luminary Micro for Microcontrollers

Texas Instruments (TI) has acquired Luminary Micro, a leading supplier of ARM Cortex-M3-based 32-bit MCUs. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal closed this week.TI said the addition of Luminary Micro's "Stellaris" family of Cortex-M3 processors will expand its portfolio of MCUs. Stellaris devices will allow TI to address mainstream 32-bit MCU markets, giving customers access to the general-purpose processing power of the industry-standard ARM Cortex-M3 core and the Stellaris family's advanced communication capabilities, including 10/100...

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China Telecommunications Technology Labs Partners with Speadtrum

China Telecommunications Technology Labs and Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) announced a strategic partnership focused on researching new technologies and services in wireless communications.Dr. Leo Li, President and CEO of Spreadtrum, said: "CTTL is a comprehensive and large-scale information communications base that serves the Chinese and overseas markets to develop new technologies and establish standards, tests and verification services. With CTTL's partnership, Spreadtrum expects to improve its product quality and performance and to offer...

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Motorola Confirms $310 Million Deal With China Mobile

Motorola signed a one-year frame agreement with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) to provide mobile telecommunication equipment and services. Under the deal, Motorola will supply GSM/GPRS/EDGE infrastructure and related services in various China Mobile markets served by Motorola radio infrastructure equipment.The frame agreement was signed in Washington, D.C. on 27 April 2009, and its projected shipment and services value is estimated to be $310 million. http://www.motorola....

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