Qualcomm has reportedly begun planned talks with “leading Indian mobile phone operators” for the sale of its Indian TD-LTE business for a minimum of INR50 billion (US$1.1 billion). India’s Economic Times notes that the successful buyers of the broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum will have to guarantee that the airwaves are used for TD-LTE technology [...]

Verizon Wireless will begin offering tiered pricing for its data plans beginning Oct. 28. The plan will be priced at $15 per month and will include 150MB of data. Verizon will keep its $30 unlimited data plan and offer it in addition to this $15 plan, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal says [...]

Satphone hopeful LightSquared, today announced the formation of an Emergency Rapid Response Communications Team (ERRT) available to deploy to emergency and disaster locations throughout North America. It will provide on-call mobile satellite communications services, personnel and equipment for emergency support to federal, state and local first responders and public safety agencies. LightSquared will provide support [...]

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