With the resolution of the T-Mobile and Orange merger and the legal battles over spectrum bands drawing to a close, the government has asked UK telecoms regulator Ofcom to implement Kip Meek’s proposals in regards to selling off the spectrum.

Currently the UK has 60MHz near the 800MHz band and the 190MHz and 2.6GHz bands to sell to the highest bidder. In additions to Meek’s proposals, the UK aims to sell off the bands this year, or at the very least the TDD spectrum. Hopefully with Ofcom behind it, we’ll be looking at an auction some point in the near future.

Ovum’s Smartphone Capability Tracker for 2009 has revealed that Nokia is falling behind in the smartphone stakes because of the type of chips it uses in its mobiles. Most mobile phones now use the Snapdragon chipset by Qualcomm, however, Nokia is still using the ARM11 chip for most of its mobiles which has only 128MB of RAM. If Nokia wants to keep its market share where it is, it’s going to have to up its game – and its chips!

GlobeNet and Alcatel-Lucent have recently completed the second upgrade of the 22,000km submarine cable system that links Latin America and the United States of America. The cable has been upgraded twice in the past 18 months, enabling upgraded broadband service.

Due to the new upgrade of the submarine fibre optic cable, GlobeNet will be able to offer over 110Gbs of capacity. In addition to this, Alcatel-Lucent was able to upgrade the landing points in various locations in the US and Latin America.

The annual Richest People list by Forbes magazine is in and as well as making you sick with envy, the list also hints at the economy’s recovery from the recession. Making a surprise jump to the number one spot – seeing as an American has held that spot for over 15 years – is Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecommunications billionaire. Slim beat Bill Gates to the top spot by $0.5 billion. Carlos Slim is worth a mind-boggling $53.5 billion (£35.7 billion). Telecommunications seems to be the business of choice at the minute!

Another surprise result on this years Forbes list, is the fact that Asia has a growing number of billionaires. Indeed, China came just behind America as the region that had the most billionaires!

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MOT Testing and MOT tests in Leeds. We have MOT testing centres directly in the heart of Leeds, get an MOT while you wait! We cover all makes and models of car for your MOT test, just bring your car and wallet down to our MOT testing centre in Leeds and we will provide a full MOT service.  Our testing centre is the largest mot test centre in Leeds, which means the turn around speed to MOT your car is the fastest in the north-west. All makes and models of car are covered upto class 4 mot servicing. Our Leeds testing centre is an AA Approved Waranty specialist.

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MOT Tests and testings are compulsory for all vehicles over 3 years old in Leeds – there’s no getting around it. So if you have to have MOT Tests, try one of the most trusted names in the garage industry and visit your local Elitetele.com Leeds MOT testing station.  MOT Tests, if passed, will give you a certificate of road-worthiness that is valid for a year. With regular servicing and by taking care of your car, your following MOT Tests in Leeds will be passed with flying colours.

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Pirelli Tyres Leeds

Leeds is one of our specialist tyre fitting areas. We have Pirelli Tyre centres directly in the heart of Leeds. We can fit your Pirelli tyres within 30 minutes while you wait. Why not take the time it takes to fit your Pirelli tyre to go and visit the centre of Leeds, shop relax while we take care of the fitting, come back to our tyre centre and your tyre will be completely fitted and ready for you to drive away.

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Pirelli tyres Leeds are a new generation of sport touring compound providing maximum safety feeling on wet or cold conditions without compromising dry grip. Our Pirelli tyre Leeds mechanic centre can provide Pirelli Angel’s which have an innovative tread design that offers maximum mileage while maintaining an appealing tread design.

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), telecoms regulator in the United States, has stated that it may think about using wireless spectrum to create a free or low-cost broadband service that could be rolled out across America. The idea came to light at the Digital Inclusion Summit in Washington.

In America at the moment, only 65% of people have broadband access. The government has set an ambitious target of connecting 90% of the population to broadband by 2020 but the FCC wants to ensure that the whole of the nation has broadband access to promote the spirit of competitiveness and success.

MySpace was one of the first pioneers of the social networking phenomena that has swept through the globe and become a central point in social lives and even business. However, after the advent of Facebook and Twitter other such sites, MySpace has declined year on year until it can only claim a measly 119.6 million visitors as opposed to Facebook’s 400 million.

Joint president’s of MySpace Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn have both said that morale in the company is at an all time low – but they have a new website idea and design that they hope will win back followers. By focusing on music and media, MySpace is hoping to once more, be king of the castle.

Security company Panda Research has revealed that mobile phone company Vodafone has shipped a handset to Spain containing malware. The HTC Magic mobile handset which utilised the Android platform contained the Mariposa botnet as well as other assorted malware which could steal user information and credentials to send on to the creator of the malware.

Vodafone believes that only one handset was infected and has said that the incident may have been caused by a customer returning the mobile in a supposedly ‘sealed’ package that had actually been tampered with. The company is currently investigating.

Polycom and Avaya are to expand their relationship and develop collaboration, video and voice products to bring to the business market. The Unified Communications (UC) products and services that the two companies will develop will be based around the Avaya Aura SIP platform and the Polycom Open Collaboration Network strategy for maximum effect.

By combining Avaya’s collaboration expertise and Polycom’s video and voice innovations, businesses are in for a good time in the next few months!