Articles tagged with: 3 Uk and Roaming

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, vodafone, teliasonera, capex, ovum, t-mobile-uk, tim, eu, ran, yoigo, 3, tele2, opex, network-sharing, passive-network, 3g-coverage, 2g

---

UPDATE: EU Calls For 70% Cut in Mobile Call Handling Fees

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- European mobile operators face a 70% cut in the fees they charge each other for passing on calls from competing networks under draft guidelines published by the European Commission Thursday that led to sharp criticism from the industry.  more

Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, prepay, european-commission, viviane-reding, gsm-association, termination-rates, sharp, 3, hutchison, andrew, termination-fees, union, termination, frankfurt

---

EU Sets July Deadline for Data Roaming Cuts

BARCELONA -(Dow Jones)- European mobile phone operators must cut how much they charge customers for sending texts or downloading data while traveling abroad by July 1 or incur regulation, the European Union's telecommunications commissioner warned Monday.  more

Related Tags: mobile-data, european-commission, viviane-reding, o2, telefonica, text-messages, hutchison, hutchison-whampoa, text-message, mobile-world-congress

---