Articles tagged with: 3 and Roaming
Cross-group tariffs: good PR but not much else
..s not taken off en masse since then? Apart from Vodafone, 3, Zain, MTN, Cable & Wireless and Globacom, operators are not falling over themselves to offer cross-group tariffs. In our report Cross-group tariffs: an inconvenient option we expl more
Related Tags: zain, one-network, zain-group
Commerce Commission defers decision on national roaming investigation
..rent state of the mobile market that suggest there may be a case to commence a Schedule 3 investigation into designation of the national roaming service," said Paula Rebstock, Commerce Commission Chair. "These concerns primarily involve the p more
Related Tags: tim, ovi, commerce-commission, national-roaming, New Zealand
Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn
..ding to Acision's figures, global SMS traffic increased by 30 percent over the New Year period compared to the same period last year. Revellers sent a mind blowing number of more than 55 billion text messages with 31 billion of these being proc more
Related Tags: sim-card, mms, mobile-messaging, sms, social-networking, arpu, twitter, ict, edge, driving, acision, outsourcing, mobile-broadband, personal, dongles, mobile-advertising, text-messages, backhaul, smart, billing, opex, laptop
The case for network sharing gets stronger
..arly, since December 2007, T-Mobile UK and 3 UK have had a partnership where they share access to their RANs in the UK as part of their cost-cutting measures. Vodafone and TIM have also been sharing their passive network infrastructure in Italy more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, 3-uk, vodafone, teliasonera, capex, ovum, t-mobile-uk, tim, eu, ran, yoigo, tele2, opex
U.S. Telecom and Cable Credit Profiles to Weaken in 2009
.. a nine-month increase of 1.2 million, will continue and, along with economic pressure and satellite competition will lead to an increase in basic subscriber losses for cable MSOs to 1%-1.5% of the total subscriber base in 2009. Wireless compet more
Related Tags: arpu, rsa, verizon-wireless, verizon, alltel, compete, fcc, verizon-communications, satellite, level-3, embarq, federal-communications-commission, fitch, centurytel, centennial-communications, USA
iPass Mobile Broadband Network Expands to Scandinavia
Wi-Fi roaming provider, iPass announced a partnership agreement with 3 Scandinavia, part of the Hutchison Whampoa 3 Group of companies, which will provide iPass customers with access to its 3G network in Sweden - including mobile data in-bundle roaming into Denmark. Under the terms of the agreement, iPass will integrate 3's HSDPA and HSUPA network into its iPass Mobile Office service, which unifies remote and mobile connectivity across more than 160 countries. more
Related Tags: ethernet, wi-fi, mobile-data, hsupa, mobile-broadband, hutchison, hutchison-whampoa, billing, ipass, hsdpa, 3-scandinavia, Sweden
UK Wi-Fi Provider Halves Monthly Subscription Rates
..d Comfone. These add to the 6,600 UK, Europe and Americas hotspots, announced on 3 October 2008.Swisscom Hospitality Services, which goes live later this quarter, provides access in 223,000 rooms at more than 2,000 major UK and European hotels more
Related Tags: wi-fi, swisscom, landline, bt, meteor, bt-openzone, wireless-broadband, hotspots, wlan, fon, railway, UK
Zain half-year 2008 results, surpasses 50m customers milestone
..eeding 50 million. For the first half of 2008, Zain Group recorded consolidated revenues of US$3.488 billion, an increase of 26% compared to H1-2007. The company's consolidated EBITDA increased by 20% for the same period to reach US$1.305 billi more
Related Tags: zain, one-network, zain-group, jordan, borders, catalyst
UPDATE: EU Calls For 70% Cut in Mobile Call Handling Fees
..ot;Call termination markets in the E.U. need a regulatory plumber. Over the next 3 years, I expect greater consistency and coordination to bring the costs for mobile phone calls down by around 70% from the current level," Reding said. Mob more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, prepay, european-commission, viviane-reding, 3-uk, gsm-association, termination-rates, sharp, hutchison, andrew, termination-fees, union
Experimental Phone Network Uses Virtual Sticky Notes
..as a telescope lens providing real-time information about its environment to any of the 3 billion mobile phones worldwide," said Romit Roy Choudhury, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in Duke's Pratt School of E more
Related Tags: wikipedia, privacy, gps, battery, seven, duke-university, airport

