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China Mobile rallies operator support for TDD-LTE
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator by subscriptions, has reached an agreement with 11 operators worldwide to co-operate on TDD-LTE. The move underlines China Mobile’s intent to create a sizeable global market for TDD-LTE, a technology the operator is heavily invested in.
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A CDMA iPhone would be great for Verizon, but does it make sense for Apple?
If Apple decided to make a CDMA iPhone, the whoops of jubilation would be heard all the way from Verizon Wireless’headquarters in Basking Ridge, NJ, to AT&T’s HQ in Dallas, TX, where the news would no doubt be greeted with stunned silence. Latest reports cite unnamed sources as confirming that Verizon Wireless will offer the iPhone in January, when they say AT&T’s exclusive deal with Apple ends. Read the rest of this entry »
Gemalto buys into M2M future
French mobile vendor Gemalto has acquired German M2M vendor Cinterion for €163 million (US$198.8 million) in cash in a bid to position itself to capitalise on the fast-growing M2M market.
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UK iPhone 4 retail appetite puts pressure on supply
The iPhone 4 launched today in the UK and was greeted by queues of people eager to buy the device before it sells out. Vodafone’s flagship London store only had 50 handsets and the 32GB version was sold out in most stores. The next batch of devices isn’t expected for a month in that store, according to store representatives speaking with Informa analysts.
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Adobe aims new Flash release at developers and Apple
US software vendor Adobe has released the latest version of its mobile platform, Flash Player 10.1, in a move that draws clear battle-lines between different approaches to creating and selling smartphone content.
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Industry fumbles to find some light in the shadow of Apple’s iPhone
Almost three years after the launch of the iPhone, it was clear at this week’s FT World Telecoms conference that the mobile industry is still catching-up with the new paradigm the device has created.
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European politicians agree on new EU regulatory framework
The European Parliament and Council of Ministers have reached an agreement on European Union telecoms reform that will bring about a new regulatory system in the EU early next year.
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Network operators in emerging markets can benefit from opening up to MVNOs
MVNOs have a small but significant role in mobile markets. The overriding perception remains that they have the potential to disrupt network operators’ businesses, regardless of the actual damage they do to them. As such, the overriding perception among network operators is to be wary of virtual operators, unless they bring clear value to them that doesn’t threaten to diminish their own.
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Vodafone UK’s iPhone Web app is a great play for an early lead in the mobile application sector
Vodafone UK’s launch of a Web application for the iPhone has caused much speculation that the operator is about to sell the iPhone in the UK, robbing O2 UK of its exclusivity with the device. If this were true, if would most likely mean that O2 decided not to meet Apple’s terms for retaining exclusive rights to sell the device.
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How far does 3 have to go to convince another firm to buy it? asks Paul Lambert
3 UK’s introduction of free voice calls is the operator’s latest move to disrupt the business models of the incumbent mobile operators. What sets this move apart from 3’s other, equally headline-grabbing moves is that it strikes at what is still the heart of mobile operators’ business case: voice revenues.
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Paul Lambert
Paul Lambert is the Editor of Global Mobile.
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