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Articles tagged with: O2 and T Mobile
O2 Tops UK Mobile Broadband Speed/Latency Tests
The percentage of UK households relying entirely on mobile broadband for their internet access has more than doubled over the past year to 7% of the UK, with 17% using mobile broadband for at least some of their internet access needs. more
Related Tags: vodafone, ofcom, 3g, mobile-broadband, 3, orange, epitiro, 3g-coverage, UK
Three UK Might Have to Sell to a Larger Rival to Survive
Hutchison 3G UK (Three), the country's smallest of five mobile networks has warned that it may have to merge with another network operator if it is unable to secure sufficient radio spectrum in next year's 4G license auction. more
Related Tags: hutchison-3g-uk, digital-dividend, ofcom, vodafone, 4g, 3g-license, auction, orange, everything-everywhere, gsm900, 4g-license, UK
Telefonica o2's UK network has said that it has no plans to sell Apple's iPad 2, although it was the preferred network when Apple first launched the original iPhone in the country. Rival networks, T-Mobile and Orange (now a merged company) have confirmed that they will be selling the tablet computer when it is released later this month. more
Related Tags: apple-ipad, orange, ipad-2, UK
Czech Republic wireless subscribers to reach 14.7 million in 2013
The total wireless subscribers in Czech Republic will increase from 13.1 million in 2008 to 14.7 million in 2013, reports Canada based IE Market Research Corp. (IEMR). more
Related Tags: telefonica, base, iemr, Czech Republic
European Court Ruled Dutch Operators Colluded on Sales Commissions
The European Court of Justice has ruled that a single meeting can be used to presume that an illegal cartel exists between companies, and that local regulators are able to apply fines when that occurs. The ruling comes from an incident in 2001, when the five Dutch mobile network operators are accused of colluding to lower commissions paid their retailers. more
Related Tags: ben, kpn-dutchtone, vodafone, telfort, european-court-of-justice, court-of-justice, court, Netherlands
Virgin Mobile Tops UK Mobile Broadband Tests
The results are now available for the first Mobile Broadband Genie Road Trip Awards. The exercise directly pitted dongles provided by six of the UK's mobile broadband suppliers (o2, Orange, 3, T-mobile, Virgin Media and Vodafone) against each other on a 350-mile rail journey over two days. more
Related Tags: orange, 3, virgin-media, vodafone, 3g, dongle, 3g-modem, broadband-genie, cambridge, virgin, UK
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, mvno, vodafone, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, iphone, ict, eu, arpu, 3g, , tim, h3g, lte, 3m, virgin, UK
Starbucks Switching Wi-Fi Providers in UK and Ireland
Starbucks is to switch its in-store Wi-Fi service from T-Mobile to British Telecom, covering more than 650 Starbucks coffeehouses in the UK and Ireland. The first stores will have the service installed this week and the roll out will be completed by the end of the summer 2009. more
Related Tags: , wi-fi, iphone, roaming, starbucks, tim, bt, bt-openzone, UK
There is a Role for Challengers in the European Mobile Communications Market
The global economic downturn has taken its toll on industries across the globe, and the mobile and wireless communications industry is no exception. In the European market, which is highly saturated and competitive, mobile network operators (MNOs) are in a survival of the fittest battle to maintain and expand their market share. On the fringes of this battle are new entrants, challenging established MNOs to stay in the game. more
Related Tags: orange, sim, social-networking, eu, 3-uk, vodafone, mvno, tim, wind, lte, outsourcing, ovi, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, p4, virgin, UK
Active RAN Sharing Could Save Operators $60 Billion
A new study from ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 billion over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, eu, rural, vodafone, lte, abi-research, capex, telenor, 3, backhaul, tele2, infrastructure-sharing, opex, tower, antenna, telia, network-sharing
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