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Articles tagged with: National Roaming
New Zealand Regulator Wont Investigate Costs of National Roaming Deals
New Zealand's Commerce Commission says that it will not be launching an investigation into expanding regulation of national roaming agreements. The Commission added though that it will reconsider the matter after it has finalised its investigation into whether mobile termination access services (MTAS) should be subject to regulation. more
Related Tags: new-zealand-commerce-commission, mobile-termination-rates, New Zealand
Investigation into New Zealand's National Roaming Costs
New Zealand's Commerce Commission says that it is to start an investigation into whether regulation of the national mobile roaming service should be extended to include price. This announcement coincides with today's release of the Commission's draft report on its investigation into mobile termination access services. more
Related Tags: commerce-commission, mobile-termination-rates, New Zealand
Serbia's Vip Mobile Passes 1 Million Subscriber Mark
The Telekom Austria Group has announced that Vip Mobile, its Serbian mobile subsidiary has reached the 1 million subscriber mark only 20 months after the start of its operations. more
Related Tags: roaming, vodafone, tim, mts, telekom-austria, telekom-austria-group, telekom, Serbia and Montenegro
Commerce Commission defers decision on national roaming investigation
New Zealand's Commerce Commission says that it is deferring its decision on whether to investigate extending the regulation of the national mobile roaming service to include prices. The Commission has been considering whether there are reasonable grounds to commence an investigation. more
Related Tags: roaming, tim, ovi, 3, commerce-commission, New Zealand
UK Publishes Proposals to Introduce Mobile Roaming for 999 Calls
The UK's telecoms regulator, Ofcom says that it is planning to introduce automatic national roaming between the five mobile network operators for calls to the emergency networks. The regulator said that at the moment, mobile calls to emergency numbers can only be connected if the caller's own network is available in the area. This is a particular issue in remote areas and means that in some parts of the UK - particularly in Scotland and Wales - emergency mobile calls cannot be connected from certain mobile networks. more
Related Tags: eu, roaming, ofcom, UK
Vodafone Signs Tower Sharing Deal with NZ Communications
New Zealand's 3rd mobile operator, NZ Communications says that it has inked a deal with Vodafone to rent space on up to 116 of the rival operator's towers. The company has delayed its launch several times citing problems with securing locations for its base stations, so the move should help accelerate its network rollout. more
Related Tags: base-station, roaming, 3g-license, vodafone, nz-communications, base-stations, commerce-commission, New Zealand
Telefónica O2 Slovakia Says Now Operating 800 Base Stations
Telefónica O2 Slovakia says that it is now operating more than 800 GSM base stations, meeting a condition of its operating license. Its network is currently covering by signal 88 percent of population, which is nearly 2-times more than required by the license. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, roaming, 3g-license, o2, siemens, Slovakia
Further Delays for New Zealand's 3rd Mobile Network
New Zealand's third mobile operator, NZ Communications has again delayed its network launch - this time until late next year. The operator's most recent plan was to launch its network this coming October, but a report in the Business Day newspaper said that the company has only built 50 of the required 400 base stations it needs to launch services. more
Related Tags: roaming, huawei, 3g-license, nz-communications, commerce-commission, New Zealand
3 Italy Extends National Roaming Deal with Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia says that it has renewed its national roaming contract with Hutchison Whampoa's 3 Italia to provide 2G coverage for the operator. The contract is worth EUR280 million (US$440 million) over four years. Telecom Italia and 3 Italia have also struck a new SMS interconnection deal. more
Related Tags: roaming, telecom-italia, 3-italia, Italy
Orange and Cable&Wireless Announce National Roaming Deal
Orange UK and Cable&Wireless have announced a five-year partnership deal that will see Cable&Wireless enterprise fixed mobile convergence customers using the Orange mobile network for national roaming. more
Related Tags: orange, roaming, hutchison-3g, fixed-mobile-convergence, fmc, hutchison, UK