Browned off
March 9, 2009 Written by Ken Wieland
Sprint Nextel, the third largest mobile operator in the US, is finding life much tougher than its Brown Telephone Company antecedent.
Company Profiles
Digicel puts its faith in WiMAX
May 7, 2009 Written by Ken Wieland
Pan-Caribbean GSM operator leapfrogs 3G and takes the WiMAX route to mobile broadband.
WiMAX goes Dutch
April 30, 2009 Written by Ken Wieland
Worldmax has launched commercial Mobile WiMAX in the Netherlands and the telecom world is watching.
Telenor
December 1, 2008 Written by telecoms.com editorial
The ninth largest international cellular operator in the world, Telenor’s expansionist ambition is undimmed. But the firm has not always had an easy time with M&A activities.
Norway is a country steeped in the history of mobile communications; it was a Norwegian university solution that won the CEPT competition in Paris in 1987 to determine which [...]
BlackBerry in motion
October 22, 2008 Written by telecoms.com editorial
The firm that made its name selling mobile email into the enterprise sector is moving into the consumer space, proving necessity really is the mother of invention.
With the BlackBerry, Canadian smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) managed a rare feat: The creation a brand so strong that widespread consumer awareness of the product and its [...]
KT plots path for WiBro growth
October 10, 2008 Written by Ken Wieland
Korea’s fixed-line incumbent is looking to discounted bundled offers, increased network coverage, more devices and Wave 2.0 kit to spur WiBro take-up.
Mobile WiMAX sails into the Caribbean
October 4, 2008 Written by Ken Wieland
Onemax, a pioneer 802.16e operator in the Dominican Republic, is charting a course for broadband service innovation.
The Dominican Republic (DR), which shares the small Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, may seem an unlikely place for the WiMAX industry to score a world first. But this is exactly what happened when Onemax, a privately-held local [...]
3’s a crowd
September 24, 2008 Written by telecoms.com editorial
The Hutchison Whampoa-owned 3G network carrier 3 has a firm toehold in a number of markets and it is a disruptive influence throughout.
Perhaps oddly for a carrier with reputation for launching innovative and disruptive new services 3’s genealogy is steeped in tradition. The parent company, Hutchison Whampoa, was formed in the nineteenth century. The firm [...]
From town to country
June 10, 2008 Written by Ken Wieland
Netia has switched its WiMAX focus from urban to rural areas as the regulator forces the incumbent to open up its broadband network to competitors.
REDtone waits for green light on price
June 10, 2008 Written by Ken Wieland
Malaysian operator is pushing for much cheaper WiMAX kit ahead of commercial launch.
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