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Articles tagged with: Eu and Vodafone
Fitch: European High-Grade Telecoms Maintain Good Liquidity
.. oversubscribed and seen a tightening in pricing guidance. European incumbents, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, Telecom Italia, KPN, and Portugal Telecom along with mobile operator Vodafone have successfully tapped the capital markets to refinanc more
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Telecom Italia Mobile Lost 1.5 Million Customers in 2008
The Italian market lost a total of 135k customers over the year, with net losses in Q2 and Q4 trumping the smaller net gains in the other two periods. The year closed with a total base of 88.58m, compared to 88.72m, while penetration dropped from 152.6% to 152.4%. more
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Vodafone Sees Loss of UK Market Share and Lower ARPUs
The UK added over 3m new mobile connections during 2008, to take the total base to 75.75m, equivalent to 124% penetration. The market is one of the most competitive in europe, if not the world, with five established MNOs and several MVNOs, of which the most successful are Virgin and the increasingly ambitious Tesco. more
Related Tags: tesco, virgin-mobile, mvno, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, t-mobile, iphone, o2, ict, arpu, 3g, , tim, h3g, lte, 3m, UK
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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Mobile Data Revenue Will Double in Spain's Telecom Market by 2014
Despite Spain's pronounced economic slowdown, its telecom market will see mobile data revenue double within the next five years, driven by an uninterrupted expansion of mobile data and Internet-based services, according to a report from Pyramid Research. more
Related Tags: orange, , sim, mobile-data, mobile-broadband, pyramid-research, Spain
Vodafone to Expand Ringback Tone Deal into Emerging Markets
Vodafone has signed a deal with India based OnMobile to offer ringback tones in its emerging markets. Currently, millions of Vodafone Essar customers in India use OnMobile's ring back tone service, which will be rolled out across Vodafone's other emerging markets from the Spring. more
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Tower Sharing Could Save $8 Billion Over 5 Years in MEA Region
Delta Partners has published a white paper about the potential of network sharing in the MEA region. The paper notes that there are currently over 200,000 mobile network towers in operation across the Middle East and Africa, in which operators invest annually between 10-20% of their revenues to rollout new sites or upgrade existing sites. Operators continue to make large investments in order to upgrade technologies and capacity as well as population coverage, especially in rural Africa. 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, 3-uk, mvno, o2, tim, wind, lte, outsourcing, ovi, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, UK
Active RAN Sharing Could Save Operators $60 Billion
A new study from ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 billion over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, base-station, rural, o2, lte, abi-research, capex, telenor, 3, backhaul, tele2, infrastructure-sharing, opex
Verizon Wireless Joins Global Mobile Applications Joint-Venture
US network operator, Verizon Wireless is to join the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) established by China Mobile, Japan's Softbank and Vodafone (which co-owns Verizon Wireless) to help accelerate the uptake of mobile technologies on a mass-market scale. more
Related Tags: omtp, driving, tim, china-mobile, verizon-wireless, verizon, softbank, joint-innovation-lab, weather, gsma, billing, widgets, USA