Articles tagged with: Sim Card and Roaming

Accuris Networks Offers SIM Based Wi-Fi Account Authentication

­Accuris Networks says that it has developed a SIM-based account verification allowing devices to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots while roaming overseas.  more

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SIM Based Steering for Roaming Subscribers

­Evolved Intelligence says that it has launched a SIM based roaming steering solution. This system recognises when a subscriber roams onto a foreign network and automatically downloads an updated preferred network list onto the SIM.  more

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Solar and Wind Power Brings Mobile Phones to Kenyan Village

As part of the Millennium Villages project, Ericsson and operator, Zain have built a green-powered site in the remote village of Dertu in northeastern Kenya. Using a combination of wind and solar power addresses the two key deterrents to building telecommunication infrastructure in remote areas: operating costs and power supply reliability.  more

Related Tags: sim, solar-power, itu, wind, ericsson, zain, villages, health, solar, africa, emergency, Kenya


Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn

2009 will undoubtedly be a tough year for many global economies. However, despite uncertain forecasts, messaging company, Acision believes that the changing economic landscape will present many revenue opportunities for service providers. Based on the 2008/2009 New Year SMS figures alone, Acision predicts messaging and its associated revenues will continue to soar globally despite the economic downturn.  more

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Bahrain Issues New Instruction for Roaming Mobile Subscribers

Bahrain's telecoms regulator has issued an order to the country's telecoms networks requiring them to offer more information about roaming costs when customers are overseas. As soon as the home network is aware that a customer is roaming overseas, they will be required to send a free SMS to their customer with details of the roaming costs for the country they are in.  more

Related Tags: sms, vodafone, zain, customer-care, text-message, auction, mtc, Bahrain


StarHub Offers "Thin SIM" to Bypass Roaming Call Costs

Singapore's StarHub is launching a pre-paid product called EZ Travel SIM, that will allow inbound roaming travellers to access StarHub Mobile pre-paid services from the same mobile phone that is fitted with a regular SIM card from their home mobile network operator.  more

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India's RCom Trying to Build an International MVNO Network

India's Reliance Communications (RCom) is reported to be planning a global MVNO platform which could create a "single network" spanning 57 countries. The Economic Times reported that the company has already set up a team of staff to investigate the proposal.  more

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Global Mobile Phone Subscribers to Reach 4.5 Billion by 2012

According to MIC (Market Intelligence Center), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, global mobile phone subscribers hit 3.1 billion in 2007, thanks mainly to the continuing increase of prepaid subscribers with double SIM cards and corporate clients in the US and European markets. With the global mobile phone penetration rate reaching approximately half of the global population, growth momentum of global subscribers is expected to slow down after 2008.  more

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