Four groups chasing TOT deal
Bangkok Post | January 10, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana 3G contender field narrowed from 10 Only four groups are expected to pursue bids for TOT’s 3G wireless broadband nationwide expansion worth 19.98...
View ArticleDiGi unit applies for spectrum
The Star Online | January 15, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR: DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DiGi.Com Bhd, has submitted its application to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia...
View ArticleEricsson, ZTE fuming over bid
Bangkok Post | January 20, 2011 | Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk and Komsan Tortermvasana Ericsson of Sweden has accused TOT Plc of being unfair and non-transparent in the bidding process for its nationwide...
View ArticleCableco awarded mobile network operator licence
TeleGeography | January 26, 2011 Argentina’s telecommunications ministry, Secretaria de Comunicaciones (SeCom), has granted a mobile network operator licence to triple-play provider Telecentro....
View ArticleFour companies set to win US$426mn in PNBL contracts – Brazil
Business News Americas | February 2, 2011 State-owned telecom operator Telebrás has taken the first step toward awarding highly sought after equipment supply contracts in the national broadband plan,...
View ArticleN.Z. selects Telecom, Vodafone for rural broadband
Bloomberg | February 7, 2011 | Iain Wilson New Zealand’s government selected Telecom Corp. and Vodafone Group Plc as partners to build a broadband Internet network across New Zealand’s rural areas....
View ArticleZTE to bid on Nortel patents, Ericsson “watching”
Reuters | February 16, 2011 | Huang Yuntao and Leila Abboud (Reuters) – A major Chinese telcoms-network equipment maker said on Wednesday it will bid on patents related to next-generation wireless...
View ArticleChina’s Huawei ‘in London Underground phones bid’
AFP | February 20, 2011 LONDON — Chinese technology giant Huawei is offering to install for free a mobile phone network worth £50 million on the London Underground train system in time for the 2012...
View ArticleSmarTone-Vodafone bids successfully for 850 MHz spectrum
SmarTone | March 3, 2011 | Press Release SmarTone-Vodafone today announced that it has bid successfully at the auction in Hong Kong for 2 x 5 MHz at the 850 MHz frequency band for HK$875 million. This...
View ArticleDoT may auction BWA spectrum soon
The Hindu | July 20, 2011 NEW DELHI, INDIA: The Department of Telecom (DoT) Wednesday said it is working on auctioning the broadband spectrum following the Finance Ministry’s directive to speed up the...
View ArticleMovistar, Comcel and Tigo submitted to participate in spectrum bid
Three Colombian carriers – Telefónica Móviles Colombia SA (Movistar), Comcel SA and Colombia Móvil (Tigo) – have submitted their relevant application forms formally to participate in the upcoming...
View ArticleBrazilian Ministry of Communication proposes changes to broadcasting bids
Brazil‘s Ministry of Communications (MiniCom) announced that it is proposing changes to bidding for broadcasting spectrumthat include an increase in deposits from bidders and lump-sum payments from...
View ArticleMexico may allow bids on 2.5 GHz spectrum
The Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transport said that it may allow bidding on a portion of nearly 190 megazhertz of spectrum currently held by the firm MVS Communicaciones in the 2.5 GHz band...
View ArticleQualcomm: Carriers can evolve to HSPA+ rather than LTE
If there is an auction for 4G spectrum, carriers should jump to buy it. However, it’s not the only way to offer better data traffic to customers, said Qualcomm Inc.’s Bill Davidson, senior...
View ArticleColombia auctions 25 MHz of spectrum at 1900 MHz $79.9M
After three rounds of bidding and three hours’ time, the ICT Ministry of Colombia auctioned 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 1900 MHz band, of which 25 were assigned. The nation’s three operators —...
View ArticleAnatel bid four satellite orbital positions for $160.12 million
HNS Communications Americas paid R$ 145.2 million (US $91.5 million) and was the first one to to win a satellite orbital position that would cover Brazil. The Brazilian National Telecommunications...
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