Swaziland's SPTC Shuts Down Remaining Wireless Network:

After years of legal disputes, the Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) has finally shut-down its wireless network. 

The company was ordered to close its mobile service after it lost the last leg in a legal battle with MTN which holds a monopoly over the provision of mobile services in the country.

SPTC had previously been ordered to terminate a mobile network it had set up, and the latest shut-down affected its fixed wireless services.

SPTC is owned by the government, and is also a shareholder in MTN's local subsidiary.

Last November, SPTC was stripped of its powers as the national regulator as the government seeks to tidy up the structures of the telecoms market.

RFS Supplies In-Tunnel Wireless Network for China's Dongguan Rail Line:

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) says that it has been selected to provide in-tunnel wireless broadband coverage for the Dongguan Rail Transit R2 Line currently under construction in China.

Once installed, the new wireless network will wireless communications along the tunnels between New Dongguan Railway Station and Humen Railway Station. As the main traffic channel for the economic corridor of west of Dongguan, the R2 Line is an important part of the Dongguan rail transportation system. Construction on the first section of the R2 Line between New Dongguan Railway Station and Humen Railway Station was started in March 2010 and is scheduled to be completed by 2015.

"RFS RADIAFLEX cables will be installed to provide wireless broadband coverage along the 33.7 km of underground tunnel, which accounts for 89 percent of the total length of this section of the R2 Line," said Golden Nie, Wireless Indoor Product Group Director of RFS Asia. "The tunnel is longer and the distance between stations is farther on Dongguan R2 line than most of other metro lines. This means the wireless network in the tunnel must meet higher performance requirements to provide the coverage needed to enable TETRA and public wireless communication along the rail line."