FCC's Copps & Clyburn Reclassification of Broadband

Speaking at "The Future of the Internet" Public Hearing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn stated their support for the principles of Net Neutrality. Both also back the position that the FCC should reclassify broadband as the telecommunications service, establishing its authority to enforce rules. The comments come in the wake of the recent Verizon-Google agreement on Internet governance, which the commissioners criticized for being a closed room deal between industry giants.Copps: "Our job now is to correct...

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U.S. Senators Raise Security Concerns about Huawei

A group of eight U.S. senators published a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper to raise their concern Huawei Technologies as a potential supplier to Sprint Nextel. Specifically, the senators claim that Huawei maintains close ties with China's military and poses a national security risk to the United States. The senators also cite Huawei's sales activity in Iran, intellectual property concerns, and financial support from the Chinese government.The senators request a range of...

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Chile Plans LTE Auctions

Chile's regulatory authority for telecommunications (Subtel) has confirmed plans to launch an auction from LTE spectrum in December. The bidding will cover the 2.6 GHz band. The first licenses are expected to be awarded by mid-2011. http://www.subtel....

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"Todo Chile Comunicado" Extends 3G for Rural Broadband

The government of Chile and Entel, the nation's leading telecom operator, have announced a project to extend 3G and fixed broadband services across rural areas of the country, bringing coverage to an estimated 3 million people for the first time. The project, known as "Todo Chile Comunicado", will bring 3G coverage to 1,474 rural sites, as well as extending fiber optic nodes to 12 regional centers, over the next 3 years. The project is expected...

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Nokia to Acquire Motally for Mobile Analytics Service

Nokia agreed to acquire Motally, a privately-held US-based company that provides a mobile analytics service. Financial terms were not disclosed.Motally offers in-application tracking and reporting, and is designed to enable developers and publishers to optimize the development of their mobile applications through increased understanding of how users engage. The service offering is planned to be adapted for Qt, Symbian, Meego and Java developers,...

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Six Cities are Bidding to Host Mobile World Congress 2013

Six cities are competing to host the GSMA Mobile World Congress event starting in 2013. Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cologne, Milan, Munich and Paris have been named candidate cities who are vying to become the home of Mobile World Congress for the five-year period from 2013 through 2017. The GSMA expects to identify a short list of finalist cities in January 2011 and to complete the evaluation process and to announce the host city in mid-2011."The mobile...

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