EchoStar XVII Satellite Successfully Launched

 EchoStar XVII, which is one of the highest capacity satellites ever built, was successfully launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. EchoStar XVII is an all Ka-band, broadband satellite designed to provide well in excess of 100 Gbps capacity to HughesNet across North America. Its multi-spot beam architecture will expand coverage and focus capacity on the areas with the highest traffic demand....

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Huawei Opens TD-LTE Interoperability Labs

Huawei has established open TD-LTE IOT (Interoperability Testing) labs in Xi'an and Shenzhen to enhance collaboration with chipset, device and application partners. The open IOT labs will focus on LTE solutions for voice, multi-mode roaming and multi-mode smartphones in collaboration with industry partners to promote the maturity and commercialization of the TD-LTE industry. The IOT lab in Xi'an is capable of conducting interoperability testing...

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Huawei Pushes 3G Uplinks to 20 Mbps using Dual-Carrier & 16QAM

Huawei announced a new HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) record for peak single-user uplink data rates with 20 Mbps using DC (Dual Carrier) and 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) technologies. Huawei said its record-setting 20 Mbps uplink achievement for the 16QAM higher-order modulation technology and the DC convergence technology was based on its unique UMTS algorithms. http://www.huawei....

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Telefónica Digital Outlines Strategy

Telefónica Digital, the company's new business division focused on cloud computing, mobile advertising, M2M and eHealth, reiterated its commitment to driving openness in mobile ecosystems and support for Mozilla’s HTML5 platform. In a press event in London last week, Telefónica Digital said it plans to launch the first Firefox OS devices in Brazil in early 2013. Telefónica will also make a multi million Euro investment to kick start the mobile...

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Orange Suffers Widespread Wireless Outage

Orange suffered a widespread outage on its mobile network across France on July 6th that lasted ten hours. The company blamed a software glitch on critical network equipment for the outage. France Telecom's CEO, Stephane Richard, promised compensation to its customers, describing the event as rare. http://www.orange....

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Telefónica Names Visa Europe as Preferred Payments Partner

Telefónica Digital has named Visa Europe as its preferred mobile payments partner in Europe. The companies agreed to co-invest in the development of innovative products and services in areas such as mobile wallet, contactless payments (NFC), acquirer services for mobile point of sale, and merchant offers. The deal builds on its existing relationship in markets such as the UK and Ireland, formalizing it at a Europe-wide level and establishing Visa Europe as Telefónica’s preferred partner for the issuance of branded payments cards and the development...

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