Archive for April, 2009
Comstar to Launch Moscow WiMAX Network in May (cellular-news)
Russia’s Comstar has announced that the test phase of its mobile WiMAX network project has been completed, and the network will be fully launched from next week.
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Femtocells as a managed service
We’re seeing a significant and growing level of outsourcing across the telecoms
industry. Operators are thinking the unthinkable. Will they consider
outsourcing their femtocell operation, what would the scope include and what
are the issues and risks?
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Tags: Femtocell, femtocells
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc.: Tranzeo Partners With WiMAX Base Station OEM in $1.58 Million Deal (Market Wire)
PITT MEADOWS, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX: TZT), a premier manufacturer of wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems, has signed an agreement with an OEM WiMAX base station partner to supply OEM-branded customer premise equipment (CPEs). The agreement is worth $1.58 million to Tranzeo over the next 24 months. Tranzeo has already begun to ship…
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Research and Markets: Handsets and Femtocells Hinder Success (Business Wire)
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ProInversion to award wireless licence on 30 June (Peru)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news:ProInversion, Peru’s agency for promoting private investment, has reportedly confirmed 30 June as the date for the award of 25MHz of spectrum in the 1900MHz band. The government is believed to be expecting to raise USD150 million from the sale of the 20-year concession period. Today is the last date for companies to present prequalification [...]
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T-Mobile and NAVIGON sign strategic partnership for mobile-phone navigation and mobile services (Germany)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: From the second half of 2009, a variety of the GPS-enabled Smartphones on offer from T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH will be equipped with MobileNavigator 7 navigation software. This will allow Smartphones with integrated GPS-receivers to be transformed into hand-held navigation systems. With their strategic cooperation, T-Mobile and NAVIGON are ushering in a new era in [...]
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Vodafone launches 3G in north of the Auckland Harbour Bridge (New Zealand)
According to Vodafone, it has completed its launch of 3G coverage to towns north of the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Coromandel Peninsula, a month ahead of schedule. The telco further said that it is still on track to “extend 3G coverage to 97% of the places New Zealanders live, work and play by 31 [...]
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MTN South Africa eyes 60% share in Telecel Zimbabwe
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTN, South African mobile operator is reportedly eyeing a 60% shares in Telecel Zimbabwe. “We have always said we are looking for value-enhancing opportunities and Zimbabwe presents us with one. Zimbabwe is our neighbour sitting there waiting. The Government is embarking on a reinvention of itself and has opened up to South African companies [...]
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Telco CallPlus & Vodafone ink network usage deal (New Zealand)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telco CallPlus has inked a wholesaling deal with Vodafone to offer mobile phones in New Zealand. Under the agreement, CallPlus will go live as a MVNO in August, operating of Vodafone’s network.
Mark Callander, general manager of CallPlus’ Slingshot brand, said the mobile deal built on an established wholesale relationship in the broadband market.
“We’ve managed [...]
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Virgin Mobile launches VJazz mobile phone in India
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Virgin Mobile, the Indian mobile service provider, has launched VJazz music phone, which offers unlimited downloads of music tracks for one year. The handset is priced at INR 4250 and features a 1.3 megapixel camera, 1000 SMS and phonebook storage space. The handset is being offered with a 1GB SSD card.
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France Telecom posts a drop of 4.4% in Q1 net profits
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: France Telecom (FT) has posted a drop of 4.4% in the first quarter profit. The drop is driven by costs related to buying programme content for its new TV service in France. EBITDA of the group plunged from EUR4.63 billion (USD6.04 billion) in Q1 2008 to EUR4.3 billion a year later, on sales which [...]
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Airtel & Alcatel likely to ink a JV to manage fixed line operations (India)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Bharti Airtel is considered to form a Joint Venture with Alcatel-Lucent which will result in the latter managing Airtel’s network for the entire fixed line operations including broadband and value added services. The value of deal is estimated to be in the range of $ 200-300 million spread over two years. The operator has [...]
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Tags: Alcatel-Lucent, India, Wireless
Axiom Telecom & LG in a retail partnership
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Axiom Telecom, mobile distributor of Middle East has inked a strategic retail partnership with LG that sees the company house a dedicated LG retail space in all UAE outlets. Axiom will act as a primary Middle East Vendor to sell LG’s flagship phone for 2009, the Arena KM900. The LG ’shop-in-shop’ concept will be [...]
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TRA fines Etisalat for Dh400,000, sets 16 May as deadline (UAE)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Etisalat, country’s largest mobile operator, will be fined Dh400,000 for failure to comply with fair-competition rules demanded by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).
The country’s two operators were asked to introduce carrier pre-selection service, which enables landline telecom users to choose between the operators.
According to the regulator, the deadline was given to both the operators [...]
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3 introduces BlackBerry Bold for its subscribers in UK
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 3 has brought the Blackberry Bold smartphone for its subscribers. It’s audio and display features allow access to 3’s multi-media offerings such as 3 on Demand, Books on the Go and the 3MusicStore. The subscribers are also allowed emailing multiple accounts, unlimited Windows Live Messenger access, and GPS. The phone is priced at GBP [...]
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Mundo Startel plans investment of $55Mn in Angola
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mundo Startel, the Angolian telco, a part of Telecom Namibia, intends to make an investment of nearly USD55 million to install 100,000 wireless in the local loop (WiLL) telephone lines providing voice, data and internet services in the capital and other areas as a part of its expansion project in the medium- to long-term.
Mundo [...]
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China Mobile-Far EasTone deal illegal, says NCC – Report
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to a media report, the China Mobile’s investment in Far EasTone is not permitted. It was yesterday, that China Mobile had agreed to acquire 12% stake in Far EasTone for US$536 million, but the Taiwan regulator has informed the Ministry of Economic Affairs that FarEastone belongs to a category of companies in which [...]
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Nobill MVNO launches in Middle East
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Symsoft has announced the commercial launch of Nobill MVNO, a platform for charging, billing, provisioning and value added services delivery, with a MVNO provider in Middle East. The MVNO will allow the operator to create campaigns and product offers and value added services. The launch is said to be the first MVNO in the [...]
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Rwandatel subscriber base hits 280,000 mark (Rwanda)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Rwandatel, the second mobile operator in the country has posted a subscriber base of 280,000, company’s Public Relations Manager, Cleophas Kabasiita, reports. “The company has hit 280,000 active subscribers to date and the company will be rolling out more products, which are in transit and they will be on the market very soon in [...]
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Report : WiMAX Subscribers in India to Exceed 13 Million by 2013 (Wimax News )
Maravedis and Tonse Telecom predict this week Wimax Subscribers in India will Exceed 13 Million by 2013. This report concludes that deployment of 3G and WiMAX streams will generate a reasonable user base over the next 5 year period, before noticeable LTE deployments begin to make an impact in India. “Despite delayed spectrum auctions which are impeding a tremendous economic driver, 3G/BWA/WiMAX…
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Clearwire Signs WiMax Deals with Taiwan’s Global Mobile and Vee Telecom (Wimax News )
US-based WiMax service carrier Clearwire signed on friday april 29, 2009 two extensive cooperation agreements with Taiwanese WiMAX license holders Global Mobile with the potential for future equity investment, and with Vee Telecom Multimedia according to Taipei Times. With the agreement, Global Mobile joins Clearwire’s Global Alliance Partners and the companies team up on go-to-market strategies…
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Loop Telecom likely to lose mobile licence over ownership rules (India)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Indian ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has asked the communication ministry to reconsider the awarding of a telecom licence to Loop Telecom, a BPL Mobile’s subsidiary. It was in 2008 that the ministry had asked MCA for the investigation of the ownership and shareholding pattern of Loop Telecom after it the ministry received [...]
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Orange Austria launches promotional offer for mobile internet subscribers
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange Austria has introduced a promotional offer for its mobile internet subscribers with 15 GB data volume included. The subscribers who activate the tariff before 31 May, pay EUR 10/month until the end of 2009 instead EUR 20. At the same time, subscribers do not have to pay the EUR 49.95 activation fee and [...]
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Nokia introduces E75 in Austria
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Nokia has introduced its smartphone Nokia E75 in the Austrian mobile phone market. The handset adorns Qwertz keyboard and includes Nokia Messaging, which enables users to access all e-mail addresses they have. The Nokia E75 also offers all Ovi service including Nokia Maps, Files on Ovi and N-Gage. The sales price for the E75 [...]
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M:tel inks 3G equipment deal with NSN & Huawei (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: M:tel the Bosnian mobile operator, has inked contracts with telecoms equipment vendors Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks to deliver and install 3G network equipment.
The new network will enable M:tel to introduce a range of new services, guarantee high-speed and quality of voice and data transfer, as well as improve capacity and signal coverage in [...]
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Tags: 3G, Huawei, Nokia, RF, Wireless
O2 Slovakia subscriber base totals 365,000 at March-end
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telefonica O2 Slovakia reported that revenues have grown by almost 40% year-on-year in local currency in Q1. With the net addition of 40,000 in Q1′09, the subscriber base totaled to 365,000 at the end of March, up by 27.3% a year ago. This rise is attributed to 58.8 % year-on-year growth in contract subscribers [...]
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Orange Romania posts a dip of 14.1% in Q1 revenues
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange Romania posts a dip of 14.1% to EUR 264 million, in Q1 revenues, in comparison to EUR 307 million in Q1 2008. The operator ended March with 10.118 million subscribers, sliding from 10.355 million at the end of 2008 but up from 10.010 million in March 2008.
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Simply introduces promotions for May (Germany)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Simply, a subsidiary of German mobile service provider Drillisch, has introduced promotions for May. It offers starter packages for EUR 3 instead of EUR 9.95 including a Sim card with EUR 3 call credit, until 18th May. New simply easy or simply partner subscribers can avail this promotion. In addition, all new subscribers using [...]
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Orange Slovakia loses 11,000 subscribers in Q1′09
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange Slovakia has posted a drop of 0.6% in Q1′09 revenues year-on-year to EUR 201 million, compared to EUR 202 million in 2008. Annual growth has reportedly been sluggish and the operator has lost 11,000 subscribers in Q1. The operator’s total subscriber base at Q1′09 end reached 2.863 million, dipping from 2.927 million at [...]
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Life:) extends ‘Call twice cheaper’ promotion, targets ‘Free life:)’ subscribers (Ukraine)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Life:) mobile operator of Ukraine extends the ‘Call twice cheaper’ promotion aimed at ‘Free life:)’ subscribers. Under this programme, subscribers will receive double the amount for each top-up of UAH 35 or 50 until 2010, meaning that for a UAH 35 account refill, a subscriber is sent UAH 35 into the main account and [...]
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