Alaska comes in from the cold as AT confirms LTE switch-on

US mobile giant AT&T Mobility has announced that it has turned on its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in Anchorage, Alaska, beating chief rival Verizon Wireless to the punch. Scott Meyers, director of sales for AT&T Mobility in Alaska, commented: ‘We continue to see demand for mobile internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Anchorage responds to what customers want from their mobile experience - more, faster, on the best devices’.

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Emaxx deploys EION Wireless 4G solution

EION Wireless, a Canadian manufacturer of broadband wireless products, has announced the signing of an agreement with Cambodian WiMAX operator Emaxx Telecom for the deployment of its Star4G 16e mobile base stations, AAA and ASN express gateway servers, and fixed and mobile end user CPE devices for a service provider network in Phnom Penh. The announcement follows a successful trial of the EION Wireless equipment by Emaxx.

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SkyNet to deliver broadband to the Colombian Amazon

Internet service provider (ISP) SkyNet Colombia has signed a ‘multi-year, multi-million dollar’ agreement with UK-based satellite service provider O3b Networks to deliver high speed internet to the Colombian Amazon region. SkyNet will utilise O3b’s trunking services to deliver broadband access to the region, which is home to around 70,000 people and currently lacks either fibre- or microwave-based infrastructure.

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VoIP termination licence application deadline extended to 4 October

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has extended the deadline for applications for new licences allowing termination of international incoming voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) calls, to 4 October 2012. As previously reported by CommsUpdate, the BTRC published its VoIP Service Provider Policy on 22 July 2012 and invited applications from companies wishing to secure new VoIP termination concessions, valid for five years; the watchdog is prohibiting existing domestic mobile operators and international gateway operators from applying.

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Ukrtelecom could assume network of Crimean local operator Krymtel as debt payment

Ukrainian incumbent national PSTN operator Ukrtelecom has agreed to consider a proposal to take over the network assets of bankrupt Crimean fixed line provider Krymtel as payment of debts owed by the regional company to the larger telco. News agency LigaBusinessInform says that Krymtel was declared bankrupt in mid-June 2012 after failing to pay Ukrtelecom interconnection charges, leaving 20,000 customers in the Crimean region without service.

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NCC seeks to criminalise vandalism of telecoms infrastructure

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is looking to make the vandalism of telecoms infrastructure a criminal offence, reports Leadership Nigeria. The announcement comes in the wake of the attack of around 25 base transceiver stations (BTS) in the north of the country, which left a large number of mobile subscribers in the area without service.

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CMRI adds another LTE partner

China Mobile, the world’s largest cellco by subscribers, has continued to drum up vendor support for China’s home grown 4G technology, Time Division Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) – the cellco’s research and development arm – and US-based chipmaker Aeroflex. TM World reports that the pair have agreed to cooperate on the testing and verification of LTE functionality and performance as well as the development of a number of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technologies such as enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) and uplink multiple input, multiple output (UL-MIMO)

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