Archive for February, 2009
Femtocell Benefits – & Rip-Offs (Internet Evolution)
Hardware that improves cellular voice and data coverage could have significant downsides
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Bettercall launches mobile services in Germany
The German fixed-line incumbent Bettercall launches its mobile services on minute-based tariff, a flat rate for calls to fixed networks, a flat rate for calls to mobile networks and a SMS flat rate as well as several combination tariffs.
The Bettercall Volume tariff will cost $5.07/month a charging a minute fee of $0.06 for calls made [...]
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Deutsche Telekom to combine fixed-mobile operations (Germany)
German telco, Deutsche Telekom, reportedly to place fixed and mobile operations into single management board section. The supervisory board will vote on the move, according to a report. One board member will now be responsible for the German fixed-line and mobile businesses. The restructuring accompanies the presumably certain appointment of board member Timotheus Hoettges to [...]
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India talks in Silent with launch of TalkinSilent Call Completion mobile clients
Silent Communication, a leading provider of real-time call management and visual voicemail applications on mobile handsets, together with Mauj, India’s leading mobile VAS enabler, announce the launch of TalkinSilent™ mobile suite with 5 of Indian’s leading mobile operators.
With the TalkinSilent™ suite, these mobile operators can now introduce their subscribers a new experience of communication. The [...]
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O2 Ireland posts a rise of 5% in the subscriber base
Telefonica O2 Ireland has experienced a drop of 1.7% in service revenues to €227 million in the fourth quarter, in comparison with the same period a year ago. According to the company, monthly blended Average Revenue per User (ARPU) for the quarter declined to €42.60, down from €43.70 in the preceding three months and from [...]
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AT&T outlines plan for Delaware Wireless Network investments in 2009 (USA)
To address the growing demand for advanced wireless data products and services, such as the BlackBerry(R) Bold(TM) and the LG VU(TM), AT&T unveiled its network expansion plans for Delaware in the coming year. AT&T plans to roll out its third generation (3G) mobile broadband network in new communities in the First State including many areas [...]
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Tags: 3G, Blackberry, Wireless
Slovenia ends 2008 with 100.1% mobile penetration
The mobile subscriber base in Slovenia has surpassed the population of the country, reports the Agency for Post and Electronic Communications. According to the Slovenian Watchdog, the mobile penetration in the country has reached 100.1% in Q4′08, rising by 4.9% from 2007.
Mobitel, country’s largest mobile operator, lead the market with 58.9% of the market share, [...]
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China intends to reach the mark of 10Mn TD-SCDMA subscribers in 2009
China aims to have 100 million TD-SCDMA users in the next three years, with the figure reaching 10 million this year, revealed company’s top executives.
Lu Dongfeng, Vice-President of Datang Telecom Technology, the major provider of TD-SCDMA technology and products, said at an industry forum in Chongqing that China plans to have 100 million TD-SCDMA users [...]
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NTT DoCoMo stops BlackBerry Bold sale (Japan)
NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese incumbent, has put a stop to the sales of RIM’s BlackBerry Bold in Japan as the phone reportedly, overheats while battery is being recharged.
DoCoMo has sold nearly 4,000 phones uptil now and around 30 users have filed a complaint that the handset’s keypad area heats up.
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Analysis: WiMAX faces competition from HSPA, not LTE (BetaNews)
In-Stat’s study of the global 4G market predicts that the fixed nature of WiMAX won’t put it in direct competition with LTE
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Mobile WiMAX market up 5% in 4Q08; Cisco, Huawei begin challenging market leaders (cellular-news)
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarter edition of its WiMAX report this week, noting that the overall WiMAX equipment and device market held steady in 4Q08 over 3Q08 at $275 million,
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Infonetics Research: Infonetics Research: Mobile WiMAX market up 5% in 4Q08; Cisco, Huawei begin challenging market leaders (Market Wire)
LONDON (MARKET WIRE) Communications market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarter (4Q08) edition of its WiMAX Equipment, Devices, and Subscribers report this week. Highlights from the market research report follow.
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Book review: Beyond 3G -Bringing Networks, Terminals and the Web Together: LTE, WiMAX, IMS, 4G Devices and the Mobile Web 2.0 (Hardcover) – By Martin Sauter (Open Gardens)
Martin Sauter and I have been working on a new course at Oxford University on LTE services . In that context, I have been reading Martin’s excellent book recently published called Beyond 3G -Bringing Networks, Terminals and the Web Together: LTE, WiMAX, IMS, 4G Devices and the Mobile Web 2.0 (Hardcover) If you have been following this blog and my thinking, you know my views that the future of…
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MTN Uganda introduces m-banking service
MTN Uganda has launched m-banking service, enabling its subscribers to transfer money using their mobile phones. MTN Uganda CMO Isaac Nsereko said they have over 600 transaction points across the country where money can be sent or received and the service will work across networks. The subscriber have to open a mobile account with MTN [...]
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Extelcom requests additional GSM frequencies, intends to relaunch services (Philippines)
Extelcom, the Philippines based operator has requested to, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), for additional frequencies, as it intends to re-enter the Filipino mobile market as a GSM player. According to Extelcom director Luisito Sapiera, the telco plans to utilise its existing frequency allocation in the 880MHz-890MHz frequency band, together with its paired link, the [...]
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Qtel successfully concludes Indosat tender offer (Qatar, Indonesia)
Qtel is pleased to confirm that, upon settlement, it will hold a 65% effective stake in PT Indosat Tbk (”Indosat”), the second largest mobile operator in Indonesia.
The majority stake in Indosat, secured by the successful conclusion of co-ordinated dual Tender Offers in both Indonesia and the United States, will mark a significant advance for Qtel [...]
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Zap signs up 1,400 customers in Tanzania
Zain Tanzania’s brand new M-Banking service Zap has signed up nearly 1,400 customers in first 10 days of the launch of the service. Zain also reported that “hundreds” of people have also applied to register themselves as Zap agents.
Zap was launched by Zain across East Africa ten days back.
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PNB & Smart Communication ink mobile banking and remittances deal (Philippines)
The Philippine National Bank and the mobile operator Smart Communication have joined hands to work together on the mobile banking and remittance services. The Filipinos abroad can use PNB and Smart Communication’s remittance services. Money sent through bank’s branches abroad can be claimed through Smart’s service centres or local ATMs in the country. PNB is [...]
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O2 UK posts a rise of 10.4% in Q4 revenues
O2 UK has added more than 390,300 new subscribers at the end of 2008, totals the subscriber base to 19.47 million. In the prepaid segment, the net additions were 213,000 and accounted for 60.9% of the subscriber base in the fourth quarter.
O2 said it had a strong year for contract customer growth, adding almost 800,000 [...]
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Rostelecom applies for approval to acquire SkyLink (Russia)
According to the federal anti-monopoly service, the Russian fixed-line operator, Rostelekom seeks regulatory approval to takeover 100% stake in the mobile operator SkyLink.
SkyLink, presently, is half-owned by the Russian services conglomerate Sistema.
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SmarTone-Vodafone partners with Teradata to deploy active data warehousing (Hong Kong)
Teradata Corporation, the world’s largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, announced that it has deployed an Active Data Warehouse for SmarTone-Vodafone, a premium quality provider of total communications services in Hong Kong and Macau.
The new Teradata system is SmarTone-Vodafone’s third-generation data warehouse and its superior performance and scalability enables the company [...]
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Virgin Mobile plans to enter GSM network space (India)
Virgin Mobile India, a JV between UK based Virgin Group and TTSL, intends to enter the GSM mobile network space as it awaits TTSL’s soon-to-be-launched GSM service.
Currently, Virgin Mobile operates as a CDMA service provider under TTSL’s brand franchisee arrangement. Under the arrangement, Virgin Mobile provides TTSL with designing, marketing and servicing of the services [...]
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TIGO launches “longer longer” promotion for its prepaid subscribers (Ghana)
The telecom operator, TIGO, has launched “longer longer” promotion to give a cushion effect to its subscribers in order to lower the burden of mobile phone costs that the subscribers incur due to economic recession. The “longer longer” promotion enables TIGO’s prepaid subscribers to pay half of the normal price of the airtime on voice [...]
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Successful bidders for grant of MNP licences to be announced by 5th March (India)
The successful bidders for grant of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service licences will be announced by 5th March 2009. They will also be issued Letters of Intent (LoI) by this date.
The Government has stated that there is no delay in implementation of number portability. The Government has issued Guidelines for award of Mobile Number Portability [...]
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Vodafone inks sixth MVNO deal with ERG Petroli (Italy)
Vodafone has inked a deal with ERG Petroli to provide network capacity for a new MVNO. From April, ERG will offer the mobile services at its petrol stations, dubbed as ERG Mobile. The service will include ERG’s existing loyalty programme, enabling users to accumulate benefits with top-ups. Vodafone will provide platform for integrating the two [...]
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Turkcell reports 2008 full year results (Turkey)
Turkcell, the leading provider of mobile communications services in Turkey, announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. Results for the Full Year 2008:
The Group recorded solid financial results despite the volatile global markets, which resulted in a sharp 25% devaluation of TRY against USD in the [...]
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Vodafone gains approval to take-over Vodacom (South Africa)
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal (CT) gives its consent over Vodafone’s suggested acquisition of an additional 15% in mobile operator Vodacom Group Ltd. to give it majority control. Despite the opposition raised by the Communications Workers Union, that this deal would affect the workers and weaken the company, tribunal gave green signal to the deal. Presently, [...]
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Chile’s subscriber base totals to 14.8Mn at end-2008
Chile’s subscriber base totals to 14.8 million at the end of 2008, up by 6.03% from 13.95 million at 31 December 2007. Chile added 840,000 mobile subscribers throughout 2008. According to the statistics, mobile penetration rate, at the end of 2008, grew to 87.8% from 84.1% a year earlier. Of the total subscriber base posted, [...]
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SFR to offer iPhone 3G in France from 8 April’09
The French mobile operator SFR has reported to launch the iPhone 3G on 8th April 2009 and will be available in its 800 stores and online as well. The announcement has come soon after Orange lost exclusivity of Apple iPhone 3G in France.
SFR has also revealed the cost of the iPhone 3G wherein 8 GB [...]
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Dialog Telekom ends 2008 with a subscriber base of 5.5 million (Sri Lanka)
The Sri Lankan incumbent, Dialog Telekom, has experienced a rise of 29% in its subscriber base reached a total of 5.5 million at 2008 end, but on the other hand has posted annual loss of $3.4 million. Country’s largest operator by subscribers has reportedly said that the total group costs escalated by 40% due to [...]
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