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Articles tagged with: Eu and Sms
Mobile operators are resiliently beating the recession
..cult to maintain repayment on dollar or euro denominated debts and to fund new network investment. The report warns that going forward mobile operators have to get back to worrying about competition and regulation, as these are the mai 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
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European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges
The european Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, has voted to approve new rules on SMS and mobile data charges when roaming. The Parliament also voted for further cuts in the price of mobile phone calls while roaming in another eu country. The present cap for a mobile phone call made abroad will progressively drop from euR0.46 to euR0.35 per minute by July 2011, and from euR0.22 today to euR0.11 for mobile calls received while roaming abroad. more
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P2P mobile messaging to reach $106bn by 2014 - but revenues to decline in some sectors
Mobile messaging revenues are set for measured growth over the next five years, as market forces take effect. SMS, MMS, mobile email and IM traffic volumes will continue their inexorable rise, but the IP evolution is resulting in disruptive business models, increased competition from the Web and commoditisation of established services. more
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EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
..Cosmote, Deutsche Telekom Group, Go Mobile, Hutchison 3G Europe, Jamba!, Mobile Entertainment Forum, Orange Group, KPN, SFR, Telecom Italia, Telefonica Moviles, Telenor, TeliaSonera and Vodafone. More companies have signed since then: Tele2, Mo more
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Communicating with more than words
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Testing Adverts Inside SMS Messsages
..ontent itself, it will not compete with its own customers, giving it a trusted 'vendor-neutral' position. This will enable mBlox to serve both content publishers and advertising networks equally, complementing its existing business services. C more
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UK Operators Drop Processing Fees for Charity Premium Text Messages
..se Climb. Both donation lines close at midnight on 31 March 2009. Emma Freud, Trustee of Comic Relief, said: "The spirit of the entire mobile industry has taken our breath away. We believe receiving every penny from texts donated by the p more
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Europe Votes to Reduce Roaming SMS and Mobile Data Costs
Yesterday evening the european Parliament, through a vote in its Industry Committee, gave strong support to the european Commission's proposals to reduce consumer roaming charges for sending text messages and downloading data in the eu. The Commission proposed in September 2008 to make sure that consumers in the eu do not have to pay more than €0.11 per roamed SMS in the eu (excluding VAT) - a proposal endorsed yesterday by the Parliament's lead Committee on the new roaming legislation. At present, SMS roaming charges in the eu are on average €0.28 per roamed SMS and can go up to over €0.80 in some countries. more
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Out There Media mobile advertising reach breaks 100 million consumer barrier
Mobile advertising agency, Out There Media says that it now reaches over 100 million subscribers through partnership agreements with 15 network operators across 14 european countries, via Mobucks its mobile advertising market place. Of these 38 million are exclusively available through Out There Media. In line with its international expansion, February also saw it open a new office in Sofia, Bulgaria. more
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