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FairPoint reorg plan would cut debt sharply

Cellular News  Feb 09 10

The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications's debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday, but the company said the reorganization won't prevent it from expanding broadband Internet in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Click here for more.

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Huawei and Optimus Conclude Dual Carrier Technology Tests in Portugal

Cellular News  3 hours ago

Huawei says that it has completed trials of HSPA+ Dual Carrier technology on the Portugese network operated by Optimus.

Canada Wind Mobile Looking to Raise Expansion Funding

Cellular News  3 hours ago

New entrant to Canada's mobile phone market, Globalive Wireless - which trades under the Wind brand name - is reported to be in talks with banks to raise funding for its network expansion, and reduce controversial reliance on Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris.

Alcatel-Lucent Opens Turkish RandD Centre Employing 62 Engineers

Cellular News  3 hours ago

Alcatel-Lucent has announced the opening of an RandD center in Istanbul, Turkey. Approved by Turkey's Ministry of Industry and Trade, the center was also supported by the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT).

Verizon and T-Mobile On Top in Customer Service Survey

Cellular News  3 hours ago

Verizon and T-Mobile beat ATandT and Sprint in customer satisfaction with customer service, according to the latest study on phone-based customer service quality conducted by Vocal Laboratories.

Emergence of Mobile Health to Alleviate Key Health Care Industry Challenges

Cellular News  5 hours ago

According to a new report, while the mHealth market in the USA presents significant growth opportunities, the market and ecosystem are fragmented, creating challenges for any single player to address the full breadth of opportunities.

Alcatel-Lucent to Support LTE Trial in Saudi Arabia

Cellular News  5 hours ago

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Saudi Arabia's Saudi Telecom Company (STC) to conduct an end-to-end LTE trial, to begin in the second half of 2010.

Indonesia to Retain Ban on Foreign Investments in Tower Operators

Cellular News  5 hours ago

Indonesia's government is to cancel plans to permit foreign investors to take stakes in the country's tower operators, despite warnings that investment by locally owned companies is not able to meet demand for extra mobile network capacity.

Operator News in Brief - 21st Mar 2010

Cellular News  19 hours ago

Daily summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks. Click here for more.


Nine Bidders Emerge for India's 3G License Auction

Cellular News  21 hours ago

India's Department of Telecoms (DoT) has confirmed that nine companies have applied to participate in the forthcoming 3G license auction, and that eleven bidders have emerged for the BWA auction that follows.

Vodafone Replacing Hacked Smartphone Memory Cards

Cellular News  less than a day ago

Vodafone Spain has had to replace some 3,000 memory cards that had been shipped with its smartphones after it was revealed that they contained a virus, or malware application which infected the phones when they were first switched on.



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