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Articles tagged with: Gprs
Telecom New Zealand International Completes GSMA IPX Trials
Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI) has completed a multi-operator global trial of the GSM Association IP eXchange (IPX) framework for IP-based network interconnect services - working with Veraz Networks. more
Related Tags: roaming, gsm-association, voip, telecom-new-zealand, telekom, New Zealand
Wireless Data Roaming Wins Gold During Beijing Olympics
With athletes and sports fans pouring in from all over the world to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, wireless data roaming turned in a gold medal performance according to data released today from data roaming exchange provider, Aicent. Data from AicentÃ's roaming eXchange services shows a surge in wireless data roaming traffic exceeding 40 percent over the same period of days the month before. This increase in roaming traffic resulted in more than 332 GB of data being exchanged between 225 mobile operators in 106 different countries on the Aicent network. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, roaming, cdma, vancouver, China
China Unicom Doubles First Half Profits
China Unicom has reported a doubling of its first half profits as the company nears the completion of its merger with landline operator, China Netcom. The company said that earnings for the six months through June 30 were RMB4.42 billion ($642 million), up from the RMB2.2 billion in the same period last year, and beating the average forecast of RMB4.18 billion from seven analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires. Revenues rose by 4% to RMB35.1 billion ($5.1 billion). more
Related Tags: sms, china-unicom, china-telecom, china-netcom, landline, seven, netcom, China
Unlimited Data Tariff from Digicel Barbados
Digicel Barbados has launched an unlimited data tariff for its contract subscribers. The Unlimited Data Plan will allow post-paid customers to pay a flat rate of $34.99 monthly, for data usage, instead of on a per kilo bit basis. more
Related Tags: customer-care, edge, Barbados
Hutchison 3G Italy Ordered to Suspend Debt Collection for 3G Data Charges
Hutchison 3G Italy has been ordered to suspend debt collection procedures against customers who are contesting their mobile data charges. The Italian Competition Authority issued the order after it launched an investigation to determine whether the operator had used unfair commercial practices regarding tariff plans for internet use. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, roaming, h3g, hutchison-3g, usb-modem, modem, Italy
Digicel Barbados has announced the launch of EDGE services on its network. DigicelÃ's head of marketing, Robert Chase, said the system, launched earlier this week, is an upgrade of the current gprs technology and that the mobile company is proud to be the first on the island to offer it. Chase noted: "Digicel recently launched this technology in St Lucia and it has gotten great reviews from our customers there". more
Related Tags: edge, digicel, Barbados
Wataniya Tests Fuel Cells as Power Supply for Base Stations
Kuwait based IT systems integration firm, Masiya says that it has completed a successful trial of a fuel-cell technology at mobile operator, Wataniya. The fuel cell systems were provided by a 3rd party, P-21, and the trial was carried out in one of the base stations of the Wataniya Telecom tower at Al Funtas. more
Related Tags: wataniya-telecom, base-stations, wataniya, fuel-cell, Kuwait
Vodafone Portugal Offers In-Flight Phone Calls
Vodafone Portugal has started making its mobile communications services available on board TAP (Air Portugal) aircrafts, following the signature of a roaming agreement with the operator OnAir. Initially, the service is available on a TAP aircraft (Airbus A319) connecting Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Madeira and the Azores with several European cities. more
Related Tags: mms, roaming, aircraft, air-france, Portugal
Motorola Picks Up Vietnamese GSM Expansion Contract
Motorola says that it has won contracts worth US$28 million with Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) Group for the expansion of the Vinaphone GSM network across 12 Northern provinces in Vietnam. more
Related Tags: rural, edge, motorola, Vietnam
Telstra Activates "3G Direct Tunnel" on its HSDPA Network
Australia's Telstra has activated an important new feature for the Mobile Packet Core network called 3G Direct Tunnel on their WCDMA/HSPA network. The equipment for this was provided by Ericsson. The 3G Direct Tunnel feature provides a direct connection between the 3G networks RNC (Radio Network Controller) and GGSN (Gateway gprs Support Node), hence capacity increase to Telstra's mobile packet core network. more
Related Tags: wcdma, core-network, hspa, telstra, direct-tunnel, Australia