Articles tagged with: Ministry Of Communications
Israeli Operators Required to Offer Benefits to Existing Handset Owners
Israel's Ministry of Communications has ruled that customers who buy their mobile phone from a 3rd party supplier should be entailed to the same operator benefits as customers who buy their handsets from approved suppliers. more
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Over 600,000 Mobile Numbers Ported in Israel Since MNP Introduced
Over a year and a half since number portability plan was implemented in Israel, 607,000 mobile subscribers and 418,000 fixed subscribers have switched companies, reports the Ministry of Communications. more
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Israel Debates Permitting MVNOs in the Market
Israel's Knesset, or Parliament is debating plans to permit the launch of MVNOs in the country. The Economic Arrangements Bill, being debated by the Knesset Economics Committee, accompanys the state budget and includes a clause to permit MVNOs in the country. more
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Israel Consults on Possible 3G Spectrum Auction
Israel's Ministry of Communications is to hold a public consultation to decide how to allocate a batch of unused 3G radio spectrum. The move has been prompted by a request from MIRS Communications after it was earlier blocked from bidding for WiMAX licenses. more
Related Tags: mirs-communications, 3g-license, wimax, iden, mvno, motorola, 3g, mirs, Israel
Afghan Wireless in Shareholder Dispute
A lawsuit has been filed in London's High Court in a US$400 million shareholder dispute over the ownership of the Afghanistan based mobile phone network, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC). more
Related Tags: tim, delhi, federal-communications-commission, afghan-wireless, partner, new-jersey, new-york, Afghanistan
Israel to Permit MVNOs into the Market
Israel's Ministry of Communications has announced that it is to permit the use of MVNOs in the Israeli market. The Ministry said that several companies have already expressed their interest, with regard to all the different models existing in the world, including full MVNO. more
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Azerbaijani Operator Improves Network Coverage
Azerbaijan based mobile operator, Azerfon (trading as Nar Mobile) says that it has installed 93 new base stations in the capital and regions in order to increase quality of the network since the beginning of this year. The bulk of the improvement was focused in the capital city, Baku where 52 new base stations were sited. more
Related Tags: base-station, cdma, base-stations, gsm, azerfon, Azerbaijan
India Delays 3G License Auction - Again
The troubled auction of 3G licenses in India has had another set-back today after a terse note was posted on the Department of Telecommunications' website stating simply that the auction date has been postponed. No reason has been given, or any indication of when the matter will be resolved. more
Related Tags: wimax, 3g-license, department-of-telecom, 3g-licenses, India
Israeli Operators Switch to Per-Second Billing
All the Israeli operators have switched to per-second billing, following a decision announced in 2005 by the Ministry of Communications. The move replaced the 12-second billing used so far. more
Wataniya Reports 64% Increase in 3rd Quarter Profits
Kuwait's National Mobile Telecommunications (Wataniya) has reported a 64 percent jump in 3rd quarter profits to KWD 25.59 million (US$95.56 million), compared with KWD 15.61 million a year ago. more
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