Vodacom, a leading African mobile communications company has launched Radio Access Network (RAN) Mobile Recovery Solution, mobile data centers on wheels to solve unexpected network crisis. The facility enables the company to restore functionality of its defective Mobile Telephone Exchange (MTX) within 48 hours. The MTX sites link the RAN … Read More
With the ever-increasing market presence of the LTE network, companies are trying to cash in the opportunity in an effective way. In this series, Huawei, China Mobile, and Qualcomm Technologies announced that they have commercially verified TDD+ uplink data compression technology on LTE-TDD network. UDC states that this initiative has … Read More
Optus, a popular telecommunications company in Australia has introduced Wi-Fi calling app Wi-Fi Talk enabling the customers to make and receive calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi connection. The app benefits customers when experiencing low 3G/4G connectivity. The free app is available both for iOS and Android users. Also, … Read More
American telecom giant Verizon is working hard to make Voice over LTE (VoLTE) a default feature for its all customers. Presently worldwide carriers are shutting down 2G networks to make room for LTE deployments. Verizon is also walking to it – the company has plans to phase out its entire … Read More
Statistics compiled by TeleGeography show that there were 7.1 billion mobile subscribers as of the end of the first quarter. APAC accounted for 3.7 billion of these, making it by far the largest region for mobile subscribers. Asia added 194 million subscribers between the first quarter of last year and … Read More
T-mobile USA which has rightly termed itself as the ‘un-carrier’ has been in the limelight off late due to its aggressive strategies and disruptive pricing. T-mobile is now the third largest carrier in USA after it surpassed the subscriber base of Sprint earlier this year. Verizon continues to be the … Read More
SK Telecom; a leading mobile operator in Korea, has decided to join LoRA Alliance that is widely known as one of the very few IoT consortia. It’s the first time when an Asian telecom service provider has taken such initiative. So far, LoRa Alliance has remained as a North Atlantic … Read More
The Chinese government, in an attempt to grow the national digital economy, has urged its top broadband service providers to slash down the prices by 30% by the end of the year. As per the reports published in China Daily, Zhang Feng, Spokesperson, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated … Read More
To curb the illegal and untraceable SIM cards in Pakistan, thus to control terrorism in the country, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has ordered Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) in the country to present only biometrically verified data of the monthly subscribers. As a result, the mobile phone user base in the … Read More
UK Mobile Carrier EE has been fined £1 million ($1.5 million) by UK’s communication regulator Ofcom for failing to deal with customer complaints. According to the Code of Practice for complaints handling by Ofcom, there is a provision for alternative dispute resolution, which allows the subscribers to transfer an unresolved … Read More
The European Commission and Parliament had mutually decided June 2017 as the date to eliminate roaming charges within European Union (EU), according to a decision taken by lawmakers on Monday night. Several talks were held on this regard. EU and Parliament had earlier agreed to end roaming charges by the … Read More
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has defined 5G as a 20Gbps network and calls it IMT-2020, during a recent meeting held at San Diego, California. The Union has also determined to make the network available by 2020. According to ITU, PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games to be held in 2018 will witness … Read More
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