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Articles tagged with: Sim Card and Tim
Indonesia's XL Loses 1 Million Customers
Indonesia's PT Excelcomindo Pratama (XL) has reported a drop in its subscriber base by around a million customers during the first quarter. The company put this down to a decision to raise the purchase price of its prepay SIM cards. more
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T-Mobile Develops Tiny Embedded SIM Card
T-Mobile USA has announced a first-of-its-kind embedded SIM for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions. Nearly the size of a head of a pin, the durable embedded SIM withstands challenging environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and motion to deliver reliable wireless connectivity. more
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Nokia Shows Off 3rd NFC Capable Mobile Phone
Nokia has shown off its third fully integrated Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile phone, the Nokia 6216 classic. The new arrival is Nokia's first SIM-based NFC device which enables operators to build NFC services on to the SIM card. The Nokia 6216 classic is expected to start shipping in the third quarter of 2009 in select markets with an estimated retail price of EUR 150 before taxes and subsidies. more
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Tanzania to Require SIM Registration
Tanzania's government has joined the growing trend for countries to require all PrePay SIM cards to be registered with the network operators, citing the usual reasons of crime and terrorism. The Minister for Communication, Science and Technology, Prof. Peter Msolla, said the government would soon table a bill in the National Assembly for the establishment of a Central Equipment Identification Register (CEIR). more
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Lat-Am Operators Pushing On-Net Traffic
According to a report from Signals Telecom Consulting, one strategy implemented by a variety of operators in different American mobile telephony markets has been to encourage communications within their own networks or "On Net". In order to accomplish this, these operators have developed differentiated rates structures for communications originated and ended on their networks. The objective is to encourage the concept of "community". The implementation of this policy can be seen in promotional campaigns carried out by Movistar in Argentina, Chile, Peru, etc. more
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Oi to sell unblocked GSM handsets
Brazilian mobile operator Oi plans to start selling unblocked GSM handsets this week, the company said in a statement. more
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Unicel makes sole bid of US$45mn for GSM license in São Paulo
Brazilian phone company Unicel do Brasil Telecomunicações made the sole bid of 93.8mn reais (US$45mn) for a GSM mobile license in the greater São Paulo metropolitan area, news service Agência Estado reported the country's telecoms watchdog Anatel as saying on Tuesday. more
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