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Articles tagged with: GSM Association and GSMa
GSMA Supports Thai Government's Move to Open 3G Auction
The GSM Association has welcomed and supported the Thai Government initiative to license the 2100MHz spectrum band for 3G Mobile Broadband. The GSMA urged the government to proceed with the license auction without delay. more
Related Tags: 3g-license, broadband, play, Thailand
Argentina Planning Higher Taxes on Mobile Phone Imports
The GSM Association (GSMA) says that it is concerned about plans to raise taxes on mobile phones in Argentina. The bill seeks to extend internal taxes on mobile handsets to a 17% nominal rate for imports and/or sales which are not produced in the Tierra del Fuego special economic zone. more
Related Tags: gsm, tax, Argentina
Dialog Telekom Chooses GSMA's PathFinder Service
Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom has signed up to the GSM Association's PathFinder Service, a GSMA-managed service operated by NeuStar that provides the missing link for operators as they make the move to all-IP mobile networks, tackling critical issues around routing, interoperability, number resolution and service and revenue assurance. By automatically translating phone numbers into IP addresses, PathFinder will help Dialog Telekom to facilitate the delivery of a wide variety of new feature rich IP-based services as well as ensure quality of service. more
Related Tags: dialog-telekom, pathfinder, neustar, gsm, partner, telekom, Sri Lanka
GSMA Claims 4 Billionth Mobile Phone Connection
The GSM Association today announced that the mobile world has celebrated its four billionth connection, according to Wireless Intelligence, the GSMA's market intelligence unit. They expect to reach a staggering six billion connections by 2013. more
Related Tags: intel, mobile-broadband, gsm
Telecom New Zealand International Completes GSMA IPX Trial
Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI) says that it has successfully completed the GSM Association (GSMA) Phase 2 IPX trials for telephony services interworking and IP performance testing within a global multi-operator test community. more
Related Tags: roaming, hutchison-3g, telecom-new-zealand, cdma, telekom-austria, hutchison, telekom, ncc, New Zealand
Sucessful Trials of SIP-I for Voice Calls on GSM Networks
The GSM Association has completed successful trials of voice calls based on the SIP-I protocol between core networks supplied by Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks. Hosted by TeliaSonera in their Finnish and Swedish laboratories, the trials are a significant step towards the use of SIP-I to control the transmission of packet-based voice between mobile networks. more
Related Tags: teliasonera, core-network, nokia-siemens-networks, chief-technology-officer, siemens, interoperability
European Mobile Broadband Services Jeopardised By Regulation
EuropeÃ's mobile industry is cutting back spending on new networks and services as a growing regulatory burden from the European Union puts profitability under pressure - claims the GSM Association. To justify the imposition of retail price caps, the European Commission has claimed that mobile operators are making excessive profits, but the European mobile industryÃ's return on capital employed (ROCE) was just 9% in 2006 compared with more than 20% in software, pharmaceuticals and several other sectors, according to management consultancy A.T. Kearney. more
Related Tags: mobile-email, european-commission, roaming, eu, european-union, tickets
EU Mobile Data Market Growing Rapidly Driven By Spread of Mobile Broadband
Usage of mobile data services, which enable people to access the Internet, email and other multimedia on the move, is growing rapidly in the European Union as mobile broadband networks proliferate and prices fall. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, intel, mobile-email, mobile-data, roaming, text-messaging, eu, blackberry, european-union, landline, 112
Romanian Operator Orders Anti-Fraud Platform
Comptel has announced that it will deliver its Roaming Management Solution for Cosmote Romania. Cosmote Romania selected Comptel to deploy the solutionÃ's Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange (NRTRDE) functionality, aimed at preventing mobile roaming fraud. more
Related Tags: roaming, cosmote, comptel, Romania
GSMA Picks LG Phones to Lead HSPA Promotions
The GSM Association (GSMA) has announced that a panel comprising of nine operators has selected two mobile phones developed by LG Electronics as the winning products to spearhead its GSMA's Horizon Phone initiative - which aims to promote HSPA services in the 850Mhz band. more
Related Tags: telenor, telefonica, hspa, lg, entel, telstra, lg-electronics, rogers