Data growth to push LatAm telecoms revenues to $167bn in 2017
Region will be home to 830 million active mobile connections by the end of 2017, according to Analysys Mason. ...
Google names new Android head as Rubin steps aside
Sundar Pichai to lead development of smartphone OS, alongside his responsibilities at Chrome. Android creator Andy Rubin has stepped...
US regulators approve T-Mobile USA’s acquisition of MetroPCS
U.S. regulators approved the combination of pay-as-you-go wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, leaving MetroPCS shareholders as the last...
Regulatory
Sistema gets spectrum in eight India service areas
Russian telco's Indian unit to pay $665 million for 800-MHz spectrum. Russian conglomerate Sistema JSFC's Indian unit Monday won...
Czech telco regulator suspends spectrum auction
Watchdog says bids are too high and would likely result in higher costs for consumers.
The Czech telecommunications regulator, or CTU, Friday said it...
Regulatory
Canada antitrust agency approves BCE-Astral deal with conditions
Canadian incumbent required to divest some of its TV assets. Canada's antitrust agency said Monday it has approved BCE...
Nokia Siemens likely to build Videocon’s 4G network
Indian telco indicated that it will contract European vendor for LTE build.
Videocon Industries Ltd. said Monday its telecommunications unit plans to contract Nokia...
4G / 5G
Operational & Business Support
Paulson to vote against MetroPCS/T-Mobile deal
Hedge fund manager claims MetroPCS could get a more attractive alternative offer. The largest shareholder in MetroPCS Communications Inc.,...
ZTE to increase smartphone revenues by 30% in 2013
ZTE will announce today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it expects to increase smartphone revenues by 30 percent in 2013, and...
Nokia Siemens taps real-time network data to enhance mobile CDN
Vendor convinced that OTT players will pay operators to cache their content at the base station. Nokia Siemens Networks...
