MWC 2010: T-Mobile announces 3G upgrade
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In a bid to outdo GSM rival AT&T in the 3G wireless data speed race in the US, T-Mobile USA announced that 7.2-Mbit/s High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 3G upgrade to its network has been completed.
It was also announced that the work on “broad national deployment” of HSPA+ has also begun which will offer top download speeds of up to 21 Mbit/s, by the end of 2010.
It was recently announced by AT&T that the deployment of 7.2-bit/s HSPA software across its network has been finished and it is now building backhaul to support it.
Meanwhile, Verizon has promised 5- to 12-Mbit/s downloads over its new Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in select markets by the end of 2010.
MWC2010: T-Mobile to launch ‘Blockbuster on Demand’ via HTC HD2
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Introduction of a new mobile entertainment suite along with the forthcoming HTC HD2 touch screen device, highlighted by the premiere of Blockbuster on Demand has been announced by T-Mobile USA.
Blockbuster on Demand will enable consumers to purchase a movie on one device and watch it across other connected devices.
The announcement was made at Mobile World Congress 2010 by T-Mobile USA chief technology and innovation officer Cole Brodman according to whom the operator will further trick out the HD2 with the addition of bookseller giant Barnes & Noble’s eReader application, which promises more than a million ebooks, newspapers and magazines, as well as the MobiTV application, which delivers live and on-demand content from partners like ESPN, NBC and Comedy Central.
Apart from this, subscribers who purchase the HD2 will receive up to six months of free in-flight WiFi service courtesy of Gogo Inflight Internet.
Motorola introduces new Android Phone
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The QUENCH- an Android based smartphone has been announced by Motorola. The handset will be available next month exclusively through T-Mobile USA under the brand name CLIQ XT in USA. 5 megapixel camera, along with voice-activated search are supported by the phone and the price is yet to be announced.
According to Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of Motorola Mobile Devices and Home business, QUENCH with MOTOBLUR showcases Motorola’s design heritage by offering a compelling differentiation from the traditional Android experience, giving people an easier way to have more messaging, more Web and more music.
Deutsche Telekom seeks IPO for T-Mobile USA
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A number of discussions have been held by T-Mobile’s parent, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom with a number of banks about underwriting an IPO for the unit. Partial spinoff of the business which would carve it into a separate entity with its own balance sheet has been considered another option.
Since a past few years, there were continuous rumors regarding Deutsche Telekom’s intention to dispose of its US arm in some form or other. Merger talks with Clearwire and Sprint died off after Clearwire was able to raise the necessary funding for its own network independently.
T-Mobile would be able to raise the funds to boost its network quality, after the floatation of the stock market without Deutsche Telekom ceding management control.
T-Mobile, Verizon Lead as Airwaves Auction Reaches $10 Billion
Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) — T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. made the highest offers for U.S. airwaves at a government auction, driving the bidding past $10 billion. T-Mobile, the fourth-biggest
U.S. mobile-phone company, offered $3.05 billion for 77 licenses, according to preliminary results released today by the Federal Communications Commission. Verizon, owner of the second-largest
U.S. wireless provider, offered $2.8 billion for four licenses, including $1.34 billion for the biggest in the northeastern region. Through 20 rounds of the auction, telephone companies have been the most aggressive in trying to expand their coverage to offer more customers high-speed services. The bids are preliminary and the FCC will hold more rounds tomorrow, giving other companies a chance to top today’s offers. The process may last weeks before winners are announced.
“In the end it comes down to willingness to spend,” said Jeff Heynen, an analyst covering broadband and Internet television at Infonetics Research in
Raleigh, North Carolina. “Telcos are the only guys that have the funds to be able to do that.” A joint venture between EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Group Inc., the two largest
U.S. satellite-television companies, dropped out of the running. The auction of the 1,122 spectrum licenses, which reached $10.3 billion today, may raise as much as $15 billion, making it the FCC’s second-most lucrative sale, according to government projections. Widening, Deepening T-Mobile, a unit of Bonn-based Deutsche Telekom AG, is aiming to catch up with larger rivals Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless LLC in offering videos and games.
New York-based Verizon wants more users for services such as mobile video and has leading bids in the
Great Lakes and southeastern regions. “For T-Mobile it’s widening and for Verizon it’s deepening,” Heynen said. T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, is making its biggest bids in the western, northeastern and central regions. SpectrumCo LLC, a partnership that includes Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., and Sprint Nextel Corp., was the third- biggest bidder, offering $1.54 billion for 79 licenses. “Cable companies as expected are being somewhat restrained and we view their participation as experimental,” said Aryeh Bourkoff, an analyst at UBS AG in
New York. Shares of Verizon fell 16 cents to $34.23 in composite trading today on the New York Stock Exchange. Deutsche Telekom shares rose 16 cents to 11.21 euros in
Germany. EchoStar, located in
Englewood, Colorado, added 15 cents to $33.11, and El Segundo, California-based DirecTV gained 27 cents to $18.06.
Source : Bloomberg
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