Are you interesting with french information? if yes, I think you have to know the latest update related to French telecoms regulator.French telecoms regulator, Arcep says that it has awarded 4G licenses in the 800Mhz bands to Bouygues Telecom, Orange France and SFR following an auction.
Four companies had applied for the licenses, but Free Mobile was unable to secure a license, but will be able to negotiate a roaming agreement with SFR as part of SFR's commitments in the auction.
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Nigeria Lobbies ITU For More Telecom Spectrum; The Nigerian government through the telecommunications regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to lobby the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for additional spectrum on the 700MHz which would enable the telecom operators provide efficient services deploying less base stations across the country.
The Nigerian delegation to the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) which holds in Geneva, Switzerland from January 23 to February 17 2012, is lobbying the global telecom regulator for additional spectrum on 700MHz currently being sued for by the broadcasting industry.
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Not just Email SMS Spam Complain now Cell-phone users to file class action against providers !!
Representatives of telecommunications consumers say that a class action against telecommunication operators and content providers could be launched after a meeting to seek a solution to unauthorized transactions ended with nothing concrete.
David Tobing, a lawyer representing consumers, said he was unhappy with the results of the meeting that was facilitated by the Communication and Informations Ministry. “The operators responded only with promises that they would tighten their monitoring of their content provider partners.
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The telecommunications regulator says complaints about spam advertising email have risen following its increased focus on consumer issues.
ACMA deputy chair Richard Bean said his organisation had recorded its highest number of complaints about spam since the Spam Act began in 2003.
Complaints about email and SMS messages surged to 30,728 in total during 2010/11, up from 5929 in the previous year, ACMA said.
Email complaints in 2010/11 rose by 418 per cent on the year before, while SMS/MMS messages rose by 377 per cent.
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Sprint to launch LTE service in early 2012, Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) hopes to launch LTE service on its own network sometime early next year, according to a CNET report.
The report, which cited unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said that the nation's No. 3 carrier plans to have the service operational on its own equipment in the first or second quarter, though that launch schedule could be moved up. The report also said that Sprint has been field testing LTE equipment and that it's unclear how many markets will get LTE service initially. Interestingly, the report said Sprint plans to use G-Block spectrum it acquired from Nextel for the deployment as well as 800 MHz spectrum currently being used by Sprint's iDEN network. Sprint has previously said it plans to start shutting down iDEN service in 2013.
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