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Articles tagged with: Mvno
Tune Talk Confirms MVNO Launch in Second-Half 2009
Malaysian mvno, Tune Talk expects to start commercial services in the second half of this year, said its chief executive officer, Jason Lo. In a statement, the company said that the service would run on Celcom's network and would be aimed at the youth market, with call costs subsidised by advertising. more
Related Tags: tune-talk, celcom, axiata-group, Malaysia
TelstraClear Considering Flipping MVNO Back to Vodafone
New Zealand mvno, TelstraClear is reported to be considering another network flip and switching back to Vodafone from Telecom New Zealand. The move is thought to be due to Telecom's decision to block resellers from accessing its WCDMA network until 2011 - leaving them selling access only on the legacy CDMA network. more
Related Tags: telstraclear, telecom-new-zealand, vodafone, landline, partner, New Zealand
Lebara Mobile Recruits 200 Extra Staff
Low cost mvno, Lebara Mobile has announced the creation of 200 new jobs, including 55 at a new multi-lingual customer services centre sited near its London base in Tower Hill. To meet the needs of its diverse customer base, customers' calls can be answered in one of 12 languages by Lebara's customer services team, which has grown substantially over the last year. more
Related Tags: lebara-mobile, london, tesco, UK
Mobile VoIP Poses a Huge Challenge for Traditional Mobile Voice Providers
Mobile portal voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offered by third-party application-based providers poses a huge and direct challenge to the US$692.6 billion global mobile voice market, according to Gartner. The research firm predicts that over time traditional network-based mobile carriers face the real prospect of losing a major slice of their voice traffic and revenue to new non-infrastructure players that use VoIP. more
Related Tags: voip, gartner, wimax, lte, wi-fi, partner, 4g
France Telecom 1st-Quater Down on French TV Costs
France Telecom has reported a 4.4% drop in first-quarter profits due to costs incurred by its French television services. EBITDA was down 4.4% on a comparable basis, at EUR 4.3 billion. The EBITDA margin dropped 1.7 points from the first quarter of 2008. more
Related Tags: france-telecom, orange, France
DoCoMo Full-Year Profits Down 3.9%
Japan's NTT DoCoMo has reported a dip of 3.9% in its full fiscal year profits to reach ¥471.9 billion (US$4.93 billion), compared to ¥491.2 billion in the previous year. The average expected by analysts had been a rise in profits to around ¥499.5 billion, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report. Operating income saw a slight rise to ¥831 billion due to a decrease in cost of equipments resulting from decreased number of handsets sold. more
Related Tags: docomo, tim, itu, arpu, 3g, Japan
Brazil Leads Lat-Am in Deployments, Connections and Demand for WiMAX and 3G Services
Signals Telecom Consulting has issued a commentary which notes that as from 2010 Brazil will account for the greatest number of WiMAX accesses in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, a position that it will keep in the medium term. Signals expects that the setting of regulations for the use of the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands, plus the tendering of new bands, will provide a strong impulse to this technology in Brazil. Signals foresees the entry into the market of large-scale operators such as Telefónica (via TVA), which will use WiMAX to expand its area of operation outside Sao Paulo, and SKY (DirecTV), among others, which will join the current efforts being made by Embratel and Neovia. Signals expects that operators will carry out their own development to be able to add their own last mile. more
Related Tags: wimax, 3g, signals-telecom-consulting, mobile-number-portability, wi-fi, rcom, mts, hspa, ovi, iden, virgin-mobile, ict, rural, itu, telefonica, number-portability, Brazil
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: ministry-of-communications, mirs-communications, 3g-license, wimax, iden, motorola, 3g, mirs, Israel
Vodafone Sees Loss of UK Market Share and Lower ARPUs
The UK added over 3m new mobile connections during 2008, to take the total base to 75.75m, equivalent to 124% penetration. The market is one of the most competitive in Europe, if not the world, with five established MNOs and several mvnos, of which the most successful are Virgin and the increasingly ambitious Tesco. more
Related Tags: tesco, virgin-mobile, vodafone, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, t-mobile, iphone, o2, ict, eu, arpu, 3g, , tim, h3g, lte, 3m, UK
Tesco Expanding UK Mobile Phone Business
The UK's dominant grocery retailer, Tesco is to expand the number of its in-store "phone shops" which promote its own-brand mvno products. The company is reported to be aiming to have 100 of its phone shops by the middle of next year, up from around 50 at the moment. more
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