Articles tagged with: 3G and Roaming

Singapore Demands Higher Levels of Service from 3G Networks

Singapore's telecoms regulator, the IDA has announced that it is raising the minimum quality of service (QoS) standards for 3g mobile services in phases with effect from April 2012. more

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Indian Government Challenges Tribunal on 3G Roaming Agreements

India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has questioned whether the country's telecom tribunal, the TDSAT has the authority to investigate the 3g roaming agreements between the mobile networks. more

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3G Services at 900Mhz Approved for Finland-Russia Border

Finland and Russia have agreed on how to coordinate the use of the 900Mhz frequency band in mobile communications. As a result, 3g networks operating in the 900 band can be constructed near the border, too, which will improve the availability of high-speed data connections in these areas. more

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Mobistar Profits Up Despite Price Pressures

Belgium based Mobistar has reported a slight rise in first-quarter revenues of 2.5% to reach EUR 371.2 million (US$483.8 million) - although its customer base rose by 6.4% over the same period. The company said the disparity was determined in part by the continuing price pressure in a highly competitive market, by the regulatory decisions (lowering of the mobile termination rates in May and July 2008) and a reduced activity in the business market. more

AT&T Sees Surge in Wi-Fi Connections

AT&T has reported dramatic growth in the number of Wi-Fi users and connections. The US firm reported Wi-Fi connections totaled 10.5 million in the first quarter of 2009 - more than triple the 3.4 million connections in the first quarter of 2008, and more than half AT&T's 20 million total Wi-Fi connections for all of 2008. more

Deutsche Telekom Issues Profits Warning - May Write Down T-Mobile Value

Deutsche Telekom has issued a profits warning, and now expects adjusted EBITDA in 2009 to be 2 to 4 percent below last year. The company is now expecting to post EBITDA in the range of EUR18.7 billion - EUR19.1 billionn (US$24.7 billionn) after an initial forecast of EUR19.5 billion. more

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Vodafone Gets Tango'd

Vodafone has signed a partnership deal with Luxembourg mobile network operator, Tango - replacing a contract with rival operator LuxGSM which recently expired. Vodafone said that the partnership strengthens the existing relationship between Vodafone and Belgacom, Tango's parent company. more

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China Mobile Seeking Roaming Deals in Taiwan

China Mobile says that it is in talks with Taiwan's three mobile networks to offer roaming services between the networks. China Mobile's chairman, Wang Jianzhou said: "I think we will work closer with Taiwan mobile phone operators to improve the mobile phone communication services across the strait," more

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148 Million Mobile Data Roaming Subscribers This Year

Travellers have long been familiar with the roaming services available for cellular voice calls. Now that 3g networks are widely deployed, similar roaming functions are being made available for data services including MMS and mobile Internet access. Explored in a new ABI Research Brief, these arrangements are already generating revenues in the billions of dollars. more

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Thailand's AIS Plans $1.78 Billion Spend on 3G Network

Thai operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS) plans to invest 60 billion baht (US$1.7 billion) over three years on its 3g network - once the 3g licenses are formally awarded. more