November 20th, 2007
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The Indonesian commission for the supervision of business competition (KPPU) punished Singapore holdings, Temasek, for having 2 telecommunication operator by cross-ownership as there is indication about tariff monopoly. Temasek holds Telkomsel via Singtel and Indosat using STT Telemedia. Telkomsel and Indosat are state-own company as the largest telecommunication operator in Indonesia with more than 60 [...]
September 21st, 2007
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This is another third generation (3G) mobile phone spectrum auction in Britain. The auction could come as early as 2009 although it would not be expected to fetch anything like as much as the £22.5bn the Government raised in 2000 by selling five third generation licences.
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April 7th, 2007
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The Indian government might announce their much awaited 3G policy soon. This is now possible as the defense ministry has agreed to vacate 40 MHz spectrum by July. Opening of the 3G market in India would enable the mobile service providers to launch high-speed data download and interactive services like video gaming and stock trading.
Department [...]
September 27th, 2006
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Vietnam will follow its ASEAN partners to launch 3G services.
The Ministry of Post and Telematics (MPT) is checking technical standards to prepare for the issuance of a regulation on using frequency bands for the 3G network.
The MPT plans to issue a business licence to the first firm that meets conditions to offer 3G services next [...]
June 27th, 2006
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Indonesia has five 3G licensed-operators. Yes, you got it right: Five. The problem is, none of them is actually operating.
Telkomsel, Indonesia’s leading cellular operator, will launch commercial 3G services only later this year. Indosat and Excelcom, two other biggest GSM operators, did some trials in Jakarta last year, but we haven’t heard much from them [...]
May 23rd, 2006
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Sri Lanka yesterday offered third-generation (3G) mobile phone network licences to the country’s four cellular phone operators at US$5 million each. The 3G licences will allow the companies to offer high-speed voice and data transmission.
The largest mobile company in Sri Lanka, Dialog Telekom, was already carrying out 3G trials, while two other firms - Mobitel [...]
April 28th, 2006
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Telstra will seek Federal Government reassurance that it has no plans to ask the competition watchdog to regulate its new mobile phone network. Australia’s Communications Minister Helen Coonan was yesterday quoted as saying Telstra would not be allowed to shut its CDMA mobile network, used in regional areas, until its third-generation (3G) network was operational.
Whether [...]
