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Telefonica – Remarkable International Growth

 
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In an effort to spotlight some of the best telecom companies in the world and address significant developments in the overall International telecom and wireless market in more detail, we are highlighting today one of the major wireless carriers, Telefonica. A brief overview of Telefonica: Telefonica is one of the global leaders in the telecommunications industry.  The sectors they serve include communication, information, and entertainment products.  This telco is present in 25 countries with over 290.5 million users. The Latin American branch is present in 13 countries, offering a variety of services including fixed and mobile telephony, Internet, Broadband and Pay television offerings. Telefonica is growing rapidly in Latin America with a customer base of over 186 million customers.  Telefonica »

Jul 28
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World’s Largest Cell Phone Operators

 
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A new study by Wireless Intelligence has identified the top 20 world’s largest cell phone operators, in terms of revenue generated. Mature markets such as Western Europe, USA, Japan and South Korea continue to generate the most revenue for mobile operator groups, according to a new Wireless Intelligence operator ranking study. European-based operator groups Vodafone, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom all made the top ten, as did the four nationwide US operators. China Mobile was ranked number one in the list with revenue of US$19.9 billion in Q4 2010, a rise of 6 percent from a year ago. Vodafone Group was ranked second both in terms of revenue and connections, with the UK-based group’s revenue rising by 1.6 percent »

Jul 26
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Infrastructure Spending to Double from Wireless Carriers

 
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As published in The Article Database, a recent study by IHS iSuppli (NYSE: IHS) research has estimated that wireless carriers will double their spending on infrastructure equipment in 2011 as compared to 2010. The redoubling of investment dollars is in direct response to the massive increase in mobile data usage that is occurring around the globe. World expenditures on wireless infrastructure will increase by 7.7 percent, topping out at $43.2 billion. Spending will see its fastest growth in 2011 with investments increasing, but tapering off annually until 2015. The new numbers all point in the direction of a full blown roll out of next generation 4G services by wireless carriers allowing users to better handle high data speed transmissions required »

Jul 21
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Mobile Data Usage on a Wild Upswing

 
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As reported in CNET (http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20030291-266.html) and according to Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index Forecast; mobile carriers expect mobile data traffic to jump up 26 times between 2011 and 2015. So how have mobile carriers responded? Wireless carriers have been feverishly expanding capacity to their radio networks as well as their back haul networks that direct traffic from the radio towers to the web. By 2015, Cisco reports that wireless data traffic will increase to 6.3 exabytes of data or about 1 billion gigabytes of data each month. The research also reveals that two-thirds of the wireless data traffic on wireless networks in 2015 will be derived from video services. It is predicted that by 2015, there will be 5.6 billion »

Jul 20
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Are you in a Dead Cell Zone?

 
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If you’ve ever experienced dropped calls and slow download speeds on your cell phone, you might like to know that there is a place you can track these dead zones and send in your complaints. www.DeadCellZones.com is a “Consumer Generated Coverage Map™” of outdoor and indoor cell phone reception problem locations for AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and other smaller carriers. The map is dedicated to identifying buildings, homes, parks, resorts, stadiums, hospitals and public places where cellular phone calls are frequently dropped or where a cell phone signal is not available. Their mission is to become the voice of 240 million US wireless customers and identify all relevant dead zones, dropped calls, network congestion areas. At 5BARz International, our mission »

Jul 18
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Your Cellular Network Extender Decision Made Easy!

 
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An industry review by guest blogger Mark Geoghegan: Cellular Network Extender, Cellular Signal Booster, Cell Phone Signal Amplifier, call it what you will, those in the cellular industry know that the device is here for good reason and it seems that the technologically advanced are here to stay. I cannot help but reflect upon the similarity between the developments with the cell phone itself as we watch the new cellular network extender technology come of age. Back in the day, I worked in what we called “Cellular Express”, an outlet in Western Canada, that pulled vehicles in as fast as we could process them. We pulled apart dashes, drilled through vehicle trunks, roofs, pulled out moldings as we wired those »

Jul 14
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5BARz International Inc. Receives Purchase Order for $3.2 Million

 
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5BARz International Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has received a purchase order for delivery of 16,000 units of the 5BARz™ Road Warrior, which represents the entire production for 2011. The revenue generated from this sale will be US$3.2 million. To see the full news release follow this link: http://5barz.com/investor/news-detail.aspx?ID=37 »

Jul 13
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Latin America’s Wireless Boom

 
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Everyone is talking about China’s explosive growth, particularly in cell phone usage. But what about other regions, like Latin America? A report by Wireless Intelligence found that Latin America was only behind the Asia-Pacific region in terms of mobile use in the second quarter of 2010. The 530 million mobile connections in Latin America represent 11% of the world’s global users, according to the study. Thus, the region surpassed Western Europe (515 million users) for the first time and was also ahead of Africa by about 34 million users. Joss Gillet, Wireless Intelligence Senior Analyst says, “In recent quarters, Latin American mobile operators have increased their marketing and technological investments, which have had a positive impact on connections growth. This »

Jul 11
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4G Wireless Bill Aims to Educate, Protect Consumers

 
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The legislation would provide consumers with speed, cost and coverage information in all billing materials. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D.-Calif., introduced the Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act to help consumers understand network reliability, coverage and pricing—which are becoming pressing concerns as more consumers use their smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to stream video and other data-intensive applications and services. The bill states that without a standard definition of 4G wireless technology, consumers often experience vastly different speeds, depending on the wireless provider and location. The legislation aims to ensure that consumers have complete and accurate information about the speed of 4G service before committing to a plan. The Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act has been referred to the House Energy »

Jul 11
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Check out this review!

 
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Another satisfied customer shares her experience with the Road Warrior: “We couldn’t be more pleased … got ourselves a 5BARz Road Warrior and brought it up to our cottage in Canada for the July long weekend.  The cottage is about an hour to the nearest city, so normally we cannot use our cell phones at all.  We had about 20 people up there most in their mid twenties…and this crew is hooked to their cell p…hones.  The Road Warrior had a line up every morning with people dropping their Blackberry into the cradle downloading their e-mails, texts etc. and then again when they wanted to send off their responses.  The 5BARz Road Warrior worked great, and makes our place up »