Mexican market snapshot

source: Wireless Intelligence

CSL taps ZTE for LTE trial and UMTS900

CSL has announced the launch of a commercial trial of LTE, the first in Hong Kong and the first in the region outside Japan. Executives yesterday also announced plans to refarm its 900 MHz spectrum for 3G, and called on OEMs to help them develop devices for both. Both the LTE trial and the UMTS900 rollout will be backed by Chinese vendor ZTE.

CSL’s UMTS900 rollout – which not only boosts 3G data capacity, but also improves indoor coverage – will be complete by early 2010, with 5 MHz allocated to 3G and the rest for 2G GSM traffic. CSL chief executive Tarek Robbiati added that while few handsets support UMTS900, with only a handful of such launches in Europe and Australia, CSL will work with device makers to get phones in the pipeline.

source: telecomasia.net

China Mobile's OPhone

A new mobile phone platform has been launched by China Mobile for it's TD-SCDMA 3G mobile phone network. In fact, it’s the first ever mobile phone operating system designed by a 3G mobile phone operator and is called Ophone.

The OPhone is a linux-based terminal software platform for mobile internet. In conjunction with the announcement for the Ophone, China Mobile announced a number of Ophone compatible handsets from Samsung, Lenovo, Phillips and Dell.

China Mobile stated that by introducing the Ophone operating system, significant savings will be made on TD-SCDMA handset design and development. The official OPphone website can be located at www.ophonesdn.com

source: 3g.co.uk

Nokia launches first netbook!

Nokia Booklet 3G

Windows based, Intel Atom processor, 10-inch glass display, with up to 12 hours of battery life, aluminum chassis, 1.25 kilograms, slightly more than two centimeters thin, embedded 3G/ HSPA and Wi-Fi, HDMI port, a front facing camera for video calling, integrated Bluetooth, and SD card reader.

the price is set at EUR575.

source: GMBB, Nokia

NSN head resigns, services leader gets top job

Major mobile network vendor Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) today announced that its CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie is to step down and be replaced by current head of services, Rajeev Suri (pictured, right). The new head man (aged 41) will assume his role from 1 October.

source: GMBB

India mulls ban on Chinese telecom vendors

The proposed ban on Chinese firms will apply to all but eight states, but this too has been opposed by operators benefiting from cheap Chinese prices. A decision has been deferred until the DoT has further consulted with security officials.

Security fears over the two Chinese suppliers emerged two months ago when state-owned BSNL was not allowed to contract Huawei for rollouts in sensitive states bordering China. It was ordered to conduct a thorough security audit before any networks go live.

source: telecomasia.net