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Articles tagged with: Number Portability
FCC: Landline number move should take 1 day, not 4
The Federal Communications Commission is telling landline phone companies that they now have to act faster when their subscribers want to move their phone number to a rival service. more
Related Tags: fcc, landline, USA
Contract Awarded for Spanish Mobile Number Portability
The Spanish mobile operators are reported to have awarded a contract to local form, Indra to manage their mobile number portability platform from February 2010. The contract is worth €4.7 million over a three year period. more
Related Tags: indra, cmt, mobile-number-portability, telefonica, vodafone, orange, yoigo, Spain
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, mvno, ict, rural, itu, telefonica, Brazil
Econet Denies MTN Interest in Kenyan Network
Econet Wireless Kenya, which trades under the Yu brandname, has refuted local media reports that South Africa's MTN has offered US$450 for a stake in the company. The reports are "rumors," Chief Executive Officer Srinivasa Iyengar told reporters in Nairobi. The story emerged in Kenya's Standard newspaper. more
Related Tags: orange, lte, mtn, mobile-number-portability, iden, vas, safaricom, telkom, essar, celtel, econet-wireless, partner, econet-wireless-kenya, essar-telecom-kenya, yu, Kenya
Just a few days after apparently announcing plans to hire 500 extra staff this year, Vodafone Turkey has announced 260 job cuts as part of a corporate restructuring. The job cuts came as part of "an organizational overhaul" and to increase efficiency, the company said in a statement. more
Related Tags: avea, eu, vodafone, mobile-number-portability, turkcell, vodafone-turkey, Turkey
Econet Kenya Signs Up 200,000 Customers in 3 Months
Econet Wireless's newest network, in Kenya is reported to have signed up 200,000 subscribers since it launched last November - and is aiming for one million customers by the middle of the year. Econet Wireless trades under the Yu brand in the country. more
Related Tags: orange, eu, lte, mobile-number-portability, safaricom, telkom, essar, celtel, econet-wireless, econet-wireless-kenya, yu, Kenya
Econet Wireless Secures Kenyan Network Rollout Funding
New entrant into the Kenyan mobile market, Econet Wireless (trading as Yu) has secured the Sh 35 billion (US$450 million) loan necessary to fund its network rollout. The deal had been delayed by two months after Econet reported difficulties finding credit during the current global economic downturn. more
Related Tags: orange, lte, mobile-number-portability, safaricom, telkom, essar, celtel, econet-wireless, econet-wireless-kenya, Kenya
Lat-Am Telecoms Operators Well Places to Maintain Credit Ratings
Fitch Ratings has issued a report on Latin America Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) industry, which indicates that most of the companies in the TMT sector within the region are well positioned to maintain stable credit profiles, aided by strong cash generation, low to moderate leverage and favorable debt maturity profiles. more
Related Tags: itu, fitch-ratings
Macedonia Offers Additional 3G Licenses
Macedonia's telecoms regulator, The Agency for Electronic Communications has announced plans to award three additional 3G licenses through a public tender. The licenses will be valid for just ten years - which is shorter than is usual for most countries which tend to award fifteen-year licenses. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g-license, mobile-number-portability, mts, cosmote, umts, Macedonia
Market Liberalization Driving Turkish Market Growth
A new study from Reportlinker is noting that largely driven by the government initiatives aimed at the liberalization and privatization of the sector to introduce competition, the Turkish telecom sector has shown tremendous growth in past few years. Coupled with this, the favorable demographics of the country, together with rising disposable income and a desire to avail hi-tech telecom services, are propelling the domestic telecom market. more
Related Tags: wimax, mobile-number-portability, iptv, Turkey