Articles tagged with: Roaming and Text Messaging

Lower Wireless Costs by 30% Without Compromising Enterprise Mobility

.. line items related to domestic voice, long distance, international roaming, text messaging, phone features, and related taxes and surcharges, wireless invoices have steadily grown in their size and scope. "With a well-tuned wireless expen more

Related Tags: sim, mobile-messaging, mobile-data, smartphone, smartphones, location-based-services, taxes, cell-phone


UK Sees 25% Jump in Mobile Internet Use Over Past 12 Months

..te further growth and with predicted lower roaming charges, this will also drive usage. The MDA expects to see SMS growth of around 30% in 2008. New operator pricing combined with new function-rich, internet enabled devices such as the iPhone  more

Related Tags: mms, sms, mobile-data, driving, text-messages, mobile-internet, mobile-data-association, mda, true, UK


UPDATE: EU Plans Law to Cut Cost of Text Messaging Abroad

..the average price of SMS roaming services in the E.U. has declined by 18% in the last year," said Tom Phillips of the global trade group for the mobile industry, GSMA. The proposal "threatens to choke growth and stifle competition,&quo more

Related Tags: sms, european-commission, viviane-reding, sharp, text-messages, mobile-internet, borders


EU Mobile Data Market Growing Rapidly Driven By Spread of Mobile Broadband

..ices. Moreover, AT Kearney estimates that the average retail price of data roaming, which enable travellers to access multimedia services using a mobile phone or laptop, fell by 25 per cent in the year to April 2008 in the EU and that EU data  more

Related Tags: wi-fi, intel, mobile-email, mobile-data, gsm-association, eu, blackberry, european-union, landline, 112, gsma, union, email


Telekom Austria CEO Accuses EU's Viviane Reding of Communist Tendencies

.. calls from EU telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding for more cuts in overseas roaming costs, specifically n text messaging and data tariffs. Mr Nemsic, who was born in the former Yugoslavia, said the Commission's moves to establish retail pri more

Related Tags: eu, telekom-austria, boris-nemsic, option, Belarus


UPDATE: Vodafone Beats Revenue Guidance, No Sign of Slowdown

.. on roaming fees in Europe, plus the effect of the Bersani Decree in Italy, the company managed to grow its revenues in most of its markets and was helped by some favorable exchange-rate fluctuations," said Emeka Obiodu, telecoms analyst  more

Related Tags: asia-pacific, mobile-data, verizon-wireless, european-union, verizon-communications, arun-sarin, hutchison, union


Telefonica and O2 Lowers European Data Roaming Tariffs

Telefƒ³nica has announced cuts in its data roaming tariffs of up to 40% within Europe. The company says that consumers in Spain, the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic and Ireland will benefit from cuts of more than 40% in data roaming prices, while the cost of sending a text message home from anywhere in the European Union falls to a maximum of ¢â€š¬0.32 + taxes. For business travellers, a new roaming bundle provides worldwide access to data at a price equivalent to ¢â€š¬1 per megabyte (MB) - subject to a minimum spend of ¢â€š¬50 per month.  more

Related Tags: prepay, o2, eu, movistar, text-message, laptop, union, bill-shock, UK


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