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iPhone commands 75% of handset industry profits; Simplexity inks CDMA, WiMAX deal with Sprint

Published by Penang Wimax Admin in Wimax Worldwide on February 8th, 2012 | No Comments »

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> A Windows Phone developer left the company to work on Amazon’s Kindle team. Article

> Motorola Mobility warned that some of its refurbished Xoom tablets contained information from the previous owner. Article

> Ericsson’s CEO said job cuts may be in the manufacturer’s future. Article

> Simplexity MVNO Services, a mobile virtual network enabler, announced it will use the Sprint nationwide wireless network to offer third-party branded voice and data services. The deal covers CDMA and wimax. Release

> Google reportedly hired a senior designer from Apple for a secret project. Article

> The iPhone accounts for 75 percent of all handset industry profits. Article

> U.S. Cellular is offering a voice to text service. Article

> Motorola Mobility is looking for 2.25 percent of all Apple iPhone sales for a patent licensing agreement. Article

Mobile Content News

> Digital music service Rdio unveiled a redesigned version of its streaming application for devices running Google’s Android mobile operating system. Article

> Verizon Communications and Coinstar-owned video rental service Redbox are teaming for a new multi-platform subscription service enabling consumers to access streaming entertainment via mobile devices and the Web. Article

Broadband Wireless News

> Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt last week voiced strong opposition of spectrum legislation circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives. Article

> HTC said it fixed a Wi-Fi security hole in its Evo 3D. Article

> The NetAmerica Alliance of rural service providers has chosen to deploy Ericsson’s 4G LTE mobile broadband router. Article

European Wireless News

> Everything Everywhere will begin repositioning its Orange UK and T-Mobile UK brands this week. Article

> A market research firm says that operators must cut network carriage costs by 50 percent or face an overwhelming eight-fold increase in the costs of radio access network equipment. Article

> Is the end near for feature phones? Editor’s Corner

And finally… How to find out how romance failed. Article

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The ITU approves the successors to LTE and WiMAX, how long until we hear about 5G networks?

Published by Penang Wimax Admin in Wimax General, Wimax Worldwide on January 25th, 2012 | No Comments »

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has just agreed on the technologies that are deemed worthy enough to earn the “IMT-Advanced” designation: LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced, the latter being more widely known as wimax 2. They don’t want to call it 5G, but you can expect AT&T’s marketing department to already be in the process of drafting up some ads. Nearly two years ago we wrote an article titled “4G in America: Lies, Lies, and More Damn Lies” explaining why HSPA+, WiMAX, and LTE didn’t deserve to be called 4G technologies, but the ITU caved in during mid December 2010 and let operators use the term 4G, despite the fact that it was previously meant to designate networks using LTE-Advanced. Semantics aside, what’s “IMT-Advanced” all about? François Rancy, Director of the ITU’s Radiocommunication Bureau, says:

“IMT-Advanced would be like putting a fibre optic broadband connection on your mobile phone, making your phone at least 500 times faster than today’s 3G smart phones. But it’s not only about speed; it’s about efficiency. IMT-Advanced will use radio-frequency spectrum much more efficiently making higher data transfers possible on lesser bandwidth. This will enable mobile networks to face the dramatic increase in data traffic that is expected in the coming years.”

To give you a better idea of what’s possible, just look at what Ericsson demoed in Sweden during June 2011. They were able to hit download speeds of around 954 megabits per second in a moving van using around 60 MHz worth of spectrum. Despite that being a real world test, i.e. not in a lab environment, we doubt we’ll ever see anyone offer speeds that high because no one actually owns that much spectrum in any particular market. At least we don’t think.

So now the question is when are we going to see such high speed networks crop up? Luckily for the U.S. it may be as early as 2013. Dish Network, the satellite TV company, owns 40 MHz worth of spectrum that they want to use for an LTE-Advanced network. They’re just waiting for the FCC to give them the thumbs up to use it. As soon as that happens, you bet we’ll cover the announcement!

About The Author

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

Tags: 3G, 4G, Broadband, Fibre, High Speed, How, Job, LTE, Mobile, offer, spectrum, technology, What, Wimax, world

Malaysia plans nine 4G licences

Published by Penang Wimax Admin in Malaysia Wimax, P1 Wimax, Wimax General on September 20th, 2010 | No Comments »

The Malaysian government is planning to offer nine blocks of spectrum for 4G, including LTE and wimax, to nine wireless players. Each company is expected to get a 20 megahertz block of the 2.5 gigahertz and 2.6 gigahertz bands, which comprise the 70 and 120 megahertz blocks respectively, or totalling 190 megahertz.
Four cellular and four WiMax providers will each get a 20 megahertz block of 4G spectrum and a ninth company, linked to billionaire Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukary, will also get spectrum.
The mobile providers expected to be awarded with spectrum are Celcom Axiata, DiGi.Com, Maxis, and U Mobile, while the four Wimax players include Asiaspace, Packet One Networks, Redtone International and YTL Communications.
Celcom has started trials of LTE network kit supplied by both Huawei and Ericsson, while Maxis carried out trials with kit supplied by Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei.

Original article by http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/2673056/Regions/25186/Malaysia-plans-nine-4G-licences.html