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Articles tagged with: Sim and 3G
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, usb-modem, customer-care, hspa, ovi, tim, ict, arpu, mobile-broadband, laptop, modem, ev-do, security, usb
Fitch Downgrades Deutsche Telekom on Guidance Revision, Weak Operating Results
..ures have so far been confined to Poland only. However, given similarities in DT's business models in CEE markets and common macroeconomic issues, Fitch believes pressures in other regional markets are likely to follow. DT's liquidity remains st more
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3 UK to Scrap Top-Up Fee Requirement for Skype Users
Hutchison 3G UK (3 UK) has announced that it will offer unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and instant messages at no charge to anyone with a 3 sim card. Starting from next month, there will be no data charges or top-up fees for either contract or pay-as-you-go customers who use Skype on 3's UK network. Anyone with a 3 UK branded Skype-enabled handset will be able to buy a 3 sim and talk as much as they want to other Skype users without ever having to pay another penny. more
Related Tags: skype, 3-uk, hutchison-3g-uk, voip, sms, social-networking, , hutchison-3g, 3, email, churn, top-up, UK
Nokia Shows Off 3rd NFC Capable Mobile Phone
.. waving the device in front of a contactless terminal enables quick payment and simple ticketing services. "The launch of the Nokia 6216 classic SIM-based NFC handset is a great step forward for payment and ticketing services," says A more
Related Tags: nokia, nfc, near-field-communication, gsm-association, itu, eu, , sim-card, tim, near-field-communications, gsm, taxes, microsd, fm-radio, music
UK Consumers Rate Voice and SMS Costs More Important than Mobile Data Services
..ould look to move their mobile provider to downsize their bills, whilst a similar percentage would look to transfer to pre-pay services to limit costs. Cost is key for customer purchasing decisions; the three most important for consumers is han more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-data, social-networking, opencloud, , itu, ovi, mobile-internet, UK
Just Under 3 Billion SIM Cards Shipped in 2008
..ents, architectures and services. On the web: SIMallianceSIMalliance members are: Datang, Eastcompeace, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Incard, Oberthur Card Systems, Prism, Sagem Orga, SanDisk, Watchdata and Wuhan Tianyu. more
Related Tags: simalliance, sim-card, s@t-browser, datang, eastcompeace, gemalto, giesecke-&-devrient, incard, oberthur-card-systems, prism, sagem-orga, sandisk, watchdata, wuhan-tianyu, , asia-pacific, nfc, ovi, ota, memory, smart, smart-card
Vodafone Rebrands its Ghana Subsidiary
..ational funds of a number of the traditional areas. I look forward to announcing similar initiatives in due course." Vodafone Ghana, originally the Post and Telecommunications Department of the Civil Service, went through several transformations more
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World's First Femtocell Standard Published by 3GPP
.. fixed broadband networks and in set-top boxes and will allow mobile operators to simplify deployment and enable automated remote provisioning, diagnostics-checking and software updates. The standard also uses a combination of security measures in more
Related Tags: privacy, edge, lte, core-network, mts, ovi, femtocell, 3gpp, femto-forum, femtocells, umts, interoperability
Caribbean & Latin America - CDMA Enters its "Sunset" Phase
The technology story in the Caribbean & Latin America (CALA) region is simple: most US based technologies are in full retreat, while the international GSM/W-CDMA standards are proliferating. During the quarter, the number of customers connected to AMPS, TDMA and CDMA systems declined by 4.4m overall, bringing the number of disconnections so far this year to 19.9m, or 5.2% of the starting base. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, ict, rural, tim, cdma, iden, gsm, vivo, latin-america, tdma, caribbean
Consumer Demand Steady for iPhone, BlackBerry - But What About the Palm Pre?
..new model. Beyond existing Palm owners, the Pre also shows the potential to attract customers from some competitors, particularly Sanyo (3%) and HTC (3%). Bottom Line. Clearly, for the first time in more than two years we are picking up more
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