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Articles tagged with: Mobile Data and Roaming
Mobile Operators Missed Out on Summer Holiday Revenue
Two-thirds of Brits who have been on holiday abroad this year and have an Internet-enabled phone (67 percent) did not use data services when holidaying abroad this summer, according to YouGov research commissioned by Openet. more
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TeliaSonera Sales Up on Currecy Gains - Profits Flat
TeliaSonera has reported that its first-quarter sales increased by 11.5% to SEK 27.2 billion (US$3.25 billion), thanks largely to currency fluctuations. EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, increased 13.7 percent to SEK 8.8 billion (US$1 billion). more
Related Tags: teliasonera, itu, , tim, iden, Sweden
European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges
The European Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, has voted to approve new rules on SMS and mobile data charges when roaming. The Parliament also voted for further cuts in the price of mobile phone calls while roaming in another EU country. The present cap for a mobile phone call made abroad will progressively drop from EUR0.46 to EUR0.35 per minute by July 2011, and from EUR0.22 today to EUR0.11 for mobile calls received while roaming abroad. more
Related Tags: european-commission, eu, viviane-reding, sms, , iden, european-union, text-message
148 Million Mobile Data Roaming Subscribers This Year
Travellers have long been familiar with the roaming services available for cellular voice calls. Now that 3G networks are widely deployed, similar roaming functions are being made available for data services including MMS and mobile Internet access. Explored in a new ABI Research Brief, these arrangements are already generating revenues in the billions of dollars. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, mms, eu, rural, driving, abi-research
Thailand's AIS Plans $1.78 Billion Spend on 3G Network
Thai operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS) plans to invest 60 billion baht (US$1.7 billion) over three years on its 3G network - once the 3G licenses are formally awarded. more
Related Tags: 3g, eu, advanced-info-service, dtac, 3g-license, 900mhz, tot, 3g-licenses, testing, Thailand
Telekom Austria Selects Radcom's Service Assurance Solution
Radcom says that Telekom Austria has selected its Omni-Q solution to monitor and troubleshoot their national GRX network service. The GRX (GPRS Roaming Exchange) is used to transmit data roaming and interworking traffic between IP networks of GSM mobile operators, allowing their subscribers to use home network mobile data services abroad. more
Related Tags: eu, telekom-austria, gsm, telekom, Austria
Lower Wireless Costs by 30% Without Compromising Enterprise Mobility
Aberdeen Group has released a report on enterprise use of wireless expense management (WEM) that outlines how businesses can use technology solutions to save money and understand their wireless bills. more
Related Tags: sim, mobile-messaging, smartphone, text-messaging, smartphones, location-based-services
Starhome predicts data roaming usage increase - average of 35-45 percent
Roaming services provider, Starhome has predicted that solutions that stimulate roaming traffic and add new data subscribers will be in high demand in 2009. These solutions will increase individual mobile operators' revenues by up to 40 percent, and operators offering this solution can increase their data roaming usage by an average of 35-45 percent, said Starhome personnel. more
Related Tags: iphone, ict, telecom-italia-mobile, telecom-italia
Vodafone 3rd-Quarter Sales Up On Sterlings Decline
Vodafone has published its interim results - and reported that its third quarter sales rose 14 percent - driven largely by currency fluctuations and rising revenues from India. Sales in the three months ending Dec 31st. were £10.47 billion (US14.9 billion), compared to £9.16 billion (US$13.1 billion) a year ago. Ignoring currency changes caused by a sharply declining UK Sterling and acquisitions, sales would have fallen by 1 percent. more
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Recession Hits European Mobile Spend
Growth abandoned the West European cellular market in Q3 2008, as the global recession hit mobile spending patterns, according to a report issued by Strategy Analytics. While mobile data revenues continued to perform well, the voice market took a turn for the worse around the globe. more
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