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Articles tagged with: Sim
Botswana Reminds PrePay Subscribers to Register Details by Year-End
Botswana's telecoms regulator has warned that the vast majority of prepay sim cards have yet to register their ownership details before a cut-off deadline at the end of this year. According to the Botswana Telecommunications Authority's Public Relations Officer, Twoba Koontse, just 267,113 subscribers have registered their details. more
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T-Mobile UK - G1 Sales to Hit 100,000 as New Features Launch
T-Mobile has announced that UK sales of its Android based smartphone, the G1, are set to reach 100,000 in just six months since launch. The mobile operator also confirmed that it will launch its second Android-based device later this year. more
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Africa, Middle East to Lead Mobile Broadband Subscriber Growth by 2012
..es in much of the region means that its Internet market is now on the brink of a similar makeover as when the advent of mobile communications famously and dramatically transformed AME's voice telecommunications sector," she adds. The regi more
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Krusell's Top-10 Handset Sales Chart for April
.. as the Nokia 3109 takes the no. 1 position this month. We all know that most people who buy a smart phone or a more expensive device prefer to protect it with a case. Now also phones in the lower price range frequently shows up on our list. Th more
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Cost of Supporting Mobile Broadband is Eroding Subscriber Profitability
Mobile broadband services are more expensive to support than any other wireless service and are endangering subscriber profitability for many mobile network operators concludes a new study from WDSGlobal. The study found that the cost to support mobile broadband products and services is up to 200% greater than the cost to support traditional wireless products such as mobile phones. This means that despite revenue uplift from increased data usage, actual subscriber profitability often remains unchanged and sometimes even worsens. more
Related Tags: wdsglobal, 3g, usb-modem, customer-care, hspa, ovi, tim, ict, arpu, mobile-broadband, laptop, modem, ev-do, security
Nokia Cuts 450 Jobs in Mobile Services Division
..ound 450 staff redundant worldwide. "The planned changes are aimed at improving and simplifying the user experience of Nokia services, increasing opportunities for third party developers and other partners to create compelling services, and more
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Majority of MENA Telcos Not Affected by Economic Downturn - So Far
..tions industry in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) shows little inclination to be pessimistic, according to the results of a recent study from the consulting company Detecon International. More than one-third of the industry managers more
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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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Verizon Communications Quarterly Profit up 5.3%
..the Alltel acquisition. Service ARPU decreased 0.3 percent from the similar period a year ago, to US $50.74 . Total data ARPU grew by 20.8 percent to US $14.16 . On a pro forma basis, service ARPU increased 1.1 percent, and total data ARPU more
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Starent Networks Sees 32% Jump in Q1 Profits
.. quarter results included $4 million of non-cash stock-based compensation expenses compared to similar expenses of $3.4 million in the first quarter of 2008. Excluding the impact of stock-based compensation, non-GAAP net income for the first qu more
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