According to latest Bloomberg report AT&T is going to sell its tower portfolio to Crown Castel. This information is from an unidentified source and this may be just a rumor. Currently AT&T is generating revenue of $326 million from its tower lease agreements. AT&T has nearly 10,000 towers in its control. If this deal goes through this will definitely bring (more ..)
MMTel is a standardized solution to provide voice, video and other telephony services over LTE network (VoLTE). MMTel uses IMS to deliver voice, video and chat services to users. Along with that it specifies the way to share images, videos and files in real time. MMTel standard is a joint project by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) and ETSI/TISPAN (European (more ..)
Telecom network equipments manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) all set to cut 15000 jobs worldwide to save costs and turn it’s fortune around. This is one of the last round of effort from the telecom giant to turn profitable. Out of 15000, ALU will cut 10000 workforce only in North and South America and rest of the layoffs will happen in Europe (more ..)
Audi will bring in LTE connectivity to its A3 sedan soon and this will be Audi’s first LTE enabled car. In the past Audi has cars with 3G connectivity. Audi USA President Scott Keogh said that drivers want LTE connectivity options and hinted that the company’s new A3 sedan, which is expected to be featured at the Consumer Electronics Show (more ..)
According to latest GSMA report HSPA deployment is the latest global trend with all the WCDMA operators in (532 in 203 countries) successfully deployed – High Speed Packet Access(HSPA) technology. HSPA+ which boost the performance of HSPA technology with dynamic improvement of data throughput. 338 HSPA+ networks are commercially launched in 148 countries. This is a big trend in 2013 (more ..)
Anite announced it’s LTE-A carrier aggregation network testing solution for operators and network vendors. This is the first to release LTE-A carrier aggregation (“CA”) solution for mobile network testing. The new test platform Nemo Outdoor helps operators to monitor the performance and quality of their LTE-A networks. Operators around the world are deploying LTE network right now and LTE Advanced (more ..)
Samsung announced that they are investing $4 million in New Zealand based wireless charging company PowerbyProxi. PowerbyProxi is specialized in wireless charging technology which can charge multiple devices at the same time. Samsung also partnered with PowerbyProxi to produce new consumer grade wireless charging solutions. The deal marks first partnership in wireless power for Samsung Electro-Mechanics. PowerbyProxi which already has (more ..)