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  • Pyramid Research: Middle East Will Surpass Europe in LTE Early Adoption

    Introduction Despite the early LTE lead of Telia-Sonera in Sweden, Pyramid Research predicts that the Persian Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE will pioneer Long Term Evolution (LTE) adoption and surpass European LTE deployments.  The LTE penetration rate for those countries is expected to reach 11.8 percent, which is more than the projected…

  • TiECon 2010 Wireless Sessions: Mobile Apps and Advertising

    Abstract: In this second TiECon 2010 article, we review the two other Wireless panel sessions that covered a variety of topics very germane to the mobile consumer market. The main themes were: mobile apps, mobile advertising, metrics to measure usage, Location Based Services (LBS), and the real time web. We report on thesse and related…

  • Will the iPad be a revenue driver or bandwidth killer for mobile operators?

    Disclaimer: This author has no business relationship with Pyramid Research or parent company Light Reading. Introduction: Mobile operators will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Apple iPad's success, thanks to the iPad's use of mobile data services to access applications and digital content, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom…

  • India’s 3G Auctions Finally Begin; BWA for TD-LTE or WiMAX?

    After many months of delay, India's 3G spectrum auction began today (April 9th) with major telecom operators, including Bharti, Vodafone, RCom and Tata competing to acquire the radio waves that could fetch the government up to Rs 35,000 crore. [Definition:  A crore (often abbreviated cr) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to ten million…

  • Clearwire and Sprint ask 3GPP for TDD-LTE U.S. std in 2.6GHz band

     Introduction Clearwire and Sprint are part of a group of operators and vendors that have asked the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards body to start work on specs that would allow TD-LTE to be deployed in the US in the 2.6GHz spectrum — which is now used for mobile WiMAX in the U.S.  The actual 3GPP…

  • AT&T Upgrades 3G Network while VZW On Track with LTE Buildout; IDC’s Market Forecast

    Introduction On the eve of the CTIA WIRELESS 2010® show in Las Vegas this week, the two biggest U.S. wireless carriers are pursuing different paths to eliminate current 3G bandwidth congestion, provide higher speeds to users and achieve lower cost per bit transmitted. These initiatives are extremely important for the health of the wireless industry,…