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Articles tagged with: Hutchison 3G and Teliasonera
EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007. more
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GSMA Launches Mobile Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse
The GSM Association, the global trade association for mobile operators, has launched the Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content to obstruct the use of the mobile environment by individuals or organisations wishing to consume or profit from child sexual abuse content. While the vast majority of child sexual abuse content is today accessed through conventional connections to the Internet, there is a danger that the broadband networks now being rolled out by mobile operators could be misused in the same way. more
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The fourth quarter of 2006 was an interesting one for the Spanish market, as it saw the first new mobile network launch since that of Amena (now Orange Espana) in January 1999. TeliaSonera's "Yoigo" (Xfera Moviles as was) managed to a attract a total of 24k customers to its service by the end of 2006 after a month of operations, claiming 3.6% of the net additions in Q4 2006 and a market share of 0.052% by the end of the period. more
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Spain's New Entrant Faces Hostile Conditions
The Spanish market is now over 100% penetrated and a fourth network operator, TeliaSonera's "Yoigo" has just launched as a new competitor, last Friday 1st December 2006. This is either the act of a foolhardy management or a sign that 100%+ doesn't imply any kind of barrier to entry or any real degree of maturity. What kind of market environment does the new entrant face? more
Related Tags: yoigo, movistar, national-roaming