Sprint’s shares gain points for second day (USA)

On 03.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With the spread of the news that lagging telecommunications company, Sprint Nextel Corp is getting stronger, the shares of the company jumped with the return of the confidence in investors.

21 cents or 6.2 percent was gained by Sprint’s stocks to $3.61 in afternoon trading on Tuesday this week while on Monday its shares rose 3.7 percent. According to the company’s chief financial officer, Bob Brust, the company would pay off $5.2 billion in debt that will come due in the next 30 months, rather than refinance and he also expected “more stable or flattish” revenue this year after two years of declines.

After Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc, Sprint is the third largest carrier in the USA and unlike its larger competitors, it lost customers last year. Brust also announced that losses of customers under contract are narrowing and the prepaid business is strengthening.

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Verizon expects 2010 CAPEX of $16.8bn-$17.2bn (USA)

On 03.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Verizon Communication, the telecommunications giant has announced that its capital investment this year will be very similar to last year. A full-year CAPEX of $16.8 billion to $17.2 billion is also expected by the company which is roughly flat from 2009, besides expecting continued strong free cash flow this year.

Company’s strong wireless business will provide it with much of its cash flow while the joint venture of Verizon and Vodafone Group Plc, Verizon Wireless is also expected to contribute much of the cash flow growth.

Customer growth is also expected by Verizon in the fiscal first quarter. Verizon Wireless still has the opportunity to grow its more lucrative contract customers which is very much unlike other carriers focusing their attention on the prepaid business.

The price of the unlimited calling plans was reduced by Verizon Wireless by $30 to $70, earlier this year. According to Chief Financial Officer John Killian, the company will have a strong first quarter for wireless subscriber growth in the first quarter, and that prepaid wireless service will start to pick up.

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Verizon Wireless signs NFL sponsorship agreement (USA)

On 03.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A four-year sponsorship agreement has been announced by telecom operator, Verizon Wireless with the National Football League. As per the agreement, a wealth of NFL content highlighted by live streaming coverage of NBC’s marquee Sunday Night Football broadcast will be served to the subscribers.

Verizon Wireless has become the official wireless service sponsor of NFL, replacing Sprint besides becoming the league’s exclusive mobile media partner. Sprint has prominently featured the NFL in its advertising efforts in recent years.

The value of the deal is estimated to be $720 million which also includes rights fee and advertising spending. Earlier, Sprint package was valued at $120 million. The deal kicks off the mobile coverage of the 2010 NFL Draft, beginning April 22, this season. NFL Network’s NFL RedZone channel will be introduced to mobile. Live look-ins of every touchdown and signature play from the Sunday afternoon games will also be supplied.

NFL Network’s own Thursday Night Football matchups will also be broadcasted by Verizon with the cable channel’s related football programming airing live 24/7/365.

On-demand video and analysis from the NFL Network and NFL Films, fantasy information, news and statistics, and customizable alerts, ringtones and graphics will also be included in Verizon’s NFL Mobile package.

Prior to the start of the regular NFL season, the information regarding the specific handsets and pricing will be announced by Verizon in August.

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Verizon achieves multi-megabit per second on LTE (USA)

On 03.09.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Achievement of multi-megabit per second peaks out of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks has been revealed by Verizon Wireless after the tests in Boston and Seattle. An average downloads of up to 12 Mbit/s using the new technology is still being promised by the telco.

Capability of peak downloads of 40 Mbit/s to 50 Mbit/s has been reflected by the test sites through the trials along with and peak upload speeds of 20 Mbit/s to 25 Mbit/s.

It has also been promised by the company that LTE network will offer speeds “significantly faster” than “current or promised 3G network speeds.

When a mobile user is on a network without too many other users on it and are located close to a cell site are likely to hit peak speeds on any wireless network. As the distance from the base station increases and more people comes on a network, the wireless performance will get worse.

The position of the user also affects the performance. The test were being carries out Verizon in Boston and Seattle since August 2009 involving streaming video, file uploads and downloads, and Web browsing, as well as VoIP calls over the LTE network.

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LTE and WiMAX deployments to go together in 2010

On 03.04.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: December 2009 witnessed the launch of first commercial LTE network by TeliaSonera at Stockholm and Oslo and 2010 will see the continuation of the trend with commercial launch of several LTE networks, including large operators such as Verizon Wireless in the United States and NTT DoCoMo in Japan.

As LTE deployments begin to pick up pace, WiMAX continues its steady progress. Several operators, including Sprint in the United States, have chosen to go with WiMAX as their 4G network of choice.

According to ABI Research analyst Bhavya Khanna, while LTE does promise data speeds greater than 50Mbps, they have yet to be achieved by live or trial networks, whereas mobile WiMAX is now a tried and tested standard. ABI research 242 WiMAX, compared to only 38 for LTE.

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U.S. mobile operators defend early termination fees

On 02.26.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news The use of early termination fees has been defended by U.S. mobile operators in a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week explaining how they are informing consumers about their policies.

Each of the four major wireless carriers, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile USA, along with Google were asked by the FCC in January to detail how they inform customers of their fees in statements on corporate Web sites, in brochures and sales scripts, and in monthly bills. AT&T defended its use of early termination fees (ETFs) by stating that without them, consumers would have to pay more up front for phones.

According to Robert Quinn, AT&T’s senior vice president for federal regulatory affairs, while the vast majority of AT&T’s subscribers choose term commitments and discounted or free handsets, AT&T has millions of month to month and prepaid subscribers.

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China Telecom formally joins GSMA

On 02.26.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: GSMA and China Telecom have commemorated a signing ceremony with the formal induction of the operator in the group. According to Sinclair, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at the GSMA, with its compelling, high-speed and cost-effective network architecture, LTE is bringing the GSM and CDMA communities together and GSMA is delighted that China Telecom has joined it and will be among the first operators to launch commercial LTE services.

More than 74 mobile operators from around the world have committed to plans, trials or deployments for LTE.

TeliaSonera in Sweden was the first to launch the commercial LTE network at the end of 2009. NTT DoCoMo in Japan is also set to join China Telecom and Verizon Wireless in deploying commercial LTE services by the end of 2010.

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4G to be only slightly faster than current 3G

On 02.23.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Massive costs, soaring consumer demand for data and the logistical nightmare of setting up tens of thousands of new cell sites- all these factors are going to lower the speed of 4G technology.

3G technology offers speeds of up to 2 megabits per second and broadband delivers 5 megabits per second to the average U.S. household. On the contrary, 4G will generate speeds of at least 100 megabits per second but the road to get there will be tough.

About 10,000 cell sites will have to be installed by the carriers to fully deploy a 4G network and this will cost hundreds and thousands of dollars. The two largest U.S. carriers, Verizon Wireless and AT&T have both announced plans to unveil 4G networks in the next two years based on a new technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE).

The No. 3 wireless carrier, Sprint Nextel claims to have a 4G network in place based on a different technology called WiMAX.

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AT&T plans LTE network tests (USA)

On 02.19.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Three development facilities would be opened by USA telco, AT&T to test network equipment and mobile devices for its next generation of high-speed wireless services. Announcement for a similar offer had been made by Verizon Wireless a year ago.

Boost up of wireless Web access speeds by building new networks based on a technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the aim of both the telecom operators. It has been reported earlier that that Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson would supply network equipment for AT&T’s LTE service and that the company is waiting until next year to offer LTE service.

According to AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel, the company was setting up two of the development centers in the United States and another outside the country to be closer to technology developers, and it is not ready to announce the location of any of the facilities, or how many people or how much money would be involved in the project.

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Verizon Wireless selects LTE Certification Lab

On 02.18.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Rohde & Schwarz has been selected by Verizon Wireless to test and certify devices on its forthcoming 700MHz Long Term Evolution network. All the tools equipment manufacturers need to build their devices to spec will be set up by Rohde & Schwarz. Verizon Wireless will also be provided with the necessary tools to certify LTE devices for its network by Spirent Communications.

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