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Articles tagged with: Roaming and Eu
Court adviser says EU roaming cap law is valid
The EU was entitled to cap roaming rates in 2007 as network operators pocketed huge profits but resisted less drastic ways to cut the sky-high costs of using mobile phones in Europe, the EU advocate general said Thursday. more
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Roaming Spending Caps Could Lead to Higher Revenues for Operators
A report commissioned by messaging aggregator, Acision shows that the EU roaming legislation coming in to force today will be widely embraced by consumers since currently only 12% use their mobile abroad as much as they do at home. more
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Mobile operators are resiliently beating the recession
..avvy to fret about the fall in roaming revenues from business travellers when the EU can force roaming prices down easily", says Obiodu. "On many occasions where an operator has complained about the recession, it is possible to show a correspon more
Mobistar Profits Up Despite Price Pressures
..ssure due to the slowdown in economic activity, but also because of a decrease of the roaming revenues in the business segment. The group reported net profits down 12.5% to EUR 60.1 million (US$78.3 million) for the quarter. This decrease is more
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European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges
..nary 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 mob more
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Deutsche Telekom Issues Profits Warning - May Write Down T-Mobile Value
..uot; Monthly ARPU at T-Mobile USA fell, partly as a result of lower roaming revenues due to the decrease in traveling. The roll-out of the 3G network, on the other hand, and increased expenditure for new customer business and retention lead to more
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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
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Europe Votes to Reduce Roaming SMS and Mobile Data Costs
..ustry Committee, gave strong support to the European Commission's proposals to reduce consumer roaming charges for sending text messages and downloading data in the EU. The Commission proposed in September 2008 to make sure that consumers in th more
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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
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Fitch Ratings Puts Digicel Debt Ratings as Stable
..igicel consolidated revenues are generated by international roaming services in USD. Despite this, the ratings incorporate sovereign risks including transfer and convertibility risks associated with investments in Jamaica, Haiti and Trinidad &a more
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