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Articles tagged with: 3 Uk
3 UK to Scrap Top-Up Fee Requirement for Skype Users
Hutchison 3G UK (3 UK) has announced that it will offer unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and instant messages at no charge to anyone with a 3 SIM card. Starting from next month, there will be no data charges or top-up fees for either contract or pay-as-you-go customers who use Skype on 3's UK network. Anyone with a 3 UK branded Skype-enabled handset will be able to buy a 3 SIM and talk as much as they want to other Skype users without ever having to pay another penny. more
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There is a Role for Challengers in the European Mobile Communications Market
The global economic downturn has taken its toll on industries across the globe, and the mobile and wireless communications industry is no exception. In the European market, which is highly saturated and competitive, mobile network operators (MNOs) are in a survival of the fittest battle to maintain and expand their market share. On the fringes of this battle are new entrants, challenging established MNOs to stay in the game. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, sim, social-networking, eu, vodafone, mvno, o2, tim, wind, lte, outsourcing, ovi, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, UK
Arqiva named as principal cell site partner for 3G network integration project
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the network joint venture between T-Mobile UK and Hutchison 3G UK, has selected Arqiva as its strategic partner for the provision of cell sites. Under the terms of the 10-year agreement, Arqiva will provide MBNL with 5,100 sites and Arqiva will have exclusive marketing rights for site sharing services on a further 2,500 sites. more
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Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Ericsson Expands 3G Netowork Management Contract in the UK
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by 3 UK and T-Mobile UK to integrate and manage their 3G radio access networks (RAN), has selected Ericsson to provide managed services to complete the consolidation of their 3G infrastructure. Under the terms of the contract, about 220 T-Mobile staff have transferred to Ericsson. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, nokia, base-station, rsa, ericsson, t-mobile-uk, mobile-broadband, ran, 3, backhaul, infrastructure-sharing, play, UK
Hutchison 3G UK Expands its Mobile TV Services
UK mobile operator, 3 UK has announced the launch of a new mobile TV section of the portal called 3 on Demand. The new area, which is managed by Mobix Interactive, brings a host of new content together with all of 3's streaming TV channels (3 Live) and the existing Sky mobile TV offering. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, mobile-internet, 3, UK
Mobile Dating Revenues to Approach $1.4bn by 2013 as Event-based Charging Models Proliferate
A new Juniper Research report has found that new revenue streams from event-based charging and advertising will help to push the value of the mobile dating and chatroom market to nearly $1.4 billion by 2013, part of a burgeoning user-generated content (UGC) market that will reach $7.3 billion by the same time. more
Related Tags: juniper-research, social-networking, vodafone, wind, 3
The case for network sharing gets stronger
Opinion piece by Emeka Obiodu, senior analyst at Ovum
With a mature market, declining voice revenues and now the economic
downturn, the argument for European mobile network operators (MNOs) to share
their networks has never been stronger. Although there have been several
network-sharing initiatives, what is needed is a more coherent commercial and
regulatory framework across the EU to make network sharing the norm rather than
the exception.
more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, roaming, vodafone, teliasonera, capex, ovum, t-mobile-uk, tim, eu, ran, yoigo, 3, tele2, opex
Ericsson to manage 3G RAN operations for T-Mobile and 3 UK
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by Hutchison 3G UK (3UK) and T-Mobile UK to manage the integration of both operators' 3G radio access networks (RAN), has awarded Ericsson a four-year managed services contract for the operation and maintenance of the consolidated network. more
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Home broadband Still Twice as Fast as Mobile Broadband
The difference between mobile broadband and fixed broadband speeds is growing according to new research by broadband comparison site, Broadband-Expert. Fixed broadband services are now, on average, twice as fast as mobile broadband. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, mobile-broadband, bt, 3, UK