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Latest Telecoms News from Bulgaria
Bulgarian Operator to Test Mobile Banking and Payments
Bulgarian mobile network operator, Globul has started a pilot project for the development of a service for bank payments via the mobile phone....
Related Tags: globul, mobile-banking
Bulgarian Operators to "Educate" the Public About Phone Tower Safety
Bulgaria's three mobile network operators have agreed to develop a joint communication strategy aimed at informing the public on the safety of mobile base stations and aerials, it was reported after a work meeting of the chief technical officers of the three companies....
Related Tags: globul, base-stations, vivacom, mobiltel, base, three
Bulgarian Operator Launches HSPA+ Upgrade
Bulgaria's M-Tel says that it has launched a HSPA+ (HSPA Evolution) upgrade to its network, offering peak mobile data download rates of up to 21Mbps...
Related Tags: m-tel, hspa+, hspa-evolution, mobiltel, broadband
Bulgarian Operator Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal
Bulgaria's courier and logistics service, M&BM Express has signed an exclusive agreement to resell mobile services for BTC and its mobile phone subsidiary, Vivatel in its 34 offices across the country....
Related Tags: vivatel, btc, presence
Globul Doubles Mobile Date Download Speed
Bulgarian mobile operator, Globul is to be the first operator in the country to offer mobile download speeds of 14.4 mbps in its 3G network via a HSPA upgrade....
Related Tags: globul, hspa, umts
Telekom Austria Quarterly Profit Drops by a Third
Telekom Austria Group has seen a five percent drop in first-quarter revenues to US$1.6 billion primarily due to lower revenues in the landline division. Net profits dropped by 34% to US$116.2 million. ...
Related Tags: telekom-austria-group, velcom, telekom-austria, telekom
Mobile Advertising launched in Bulgaria by M-Tel and Out There Media
Bulgarian mobile network operator, M-Tel has signed a deal with Out There Media to offer mobile advertising services on its Vodafone Live branded mobile internet portal. ...
Related Tags: eu, vodafone, mobile-advertising, m-tel, vodafone-live
Europe Calls on Bulgaria to Lower its Mobile Termination Rates
The European Commission has asked the Bulgarian telecoms regulator, the CRC, to take action to further reduce mobile termination rates that operators charge to connect the call of another operator's customer....
Related Tags: european-commission, viviane-reding, eu, termination-rates, arcep, mobile-termination-rate, mobile-termination-rates
Intracom Wins Bulgarian GSM Network Contract
Intracom Telecom says that it has signed a $19.8 million contract with the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company, for the turn-key construction of telecommunication infrastructure works of its GSM network....
Related Tags: intracom-telecom, gsm
Telekom Austria Mobile Subscriber Base Nudged 18 Million in 2008
Telekom Austria has reported that its mobile Communication customer base grew by 15.2% in 2008 from 15.4 million customers at the end of 2007 to 17.8 million customers at the end of 2008, with all mobile operations contributing to this subscriber growth....