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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

Related Tags: pyramid-research, mobile-data, 3, africa, 3g-network, global-mobile, cagr


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, laptop, modem, ev-do, security, usb


Mobile Data Revenue Will Double in Spain's Telecom Market by 2014

Despite Spain's pronounced economic slowdown, its telecom market will see mobile data revenue double within the next five years, driven by an uninterrupted expansion of mobile data and Internet-based services, according to a report from Pyramid Research.  more

Related Tags: orange, , mobile-data, eu, vodafone, pyramid-research, Spain


Study Finds Large Cost Savings for Migrating Heavy Data Users to Femtocells

..h it is a likely outcome of a femtocell deployment and has already been proven in other similar FMC product deployments. At a time when there is a great deal of interest surrounding managing the costs associated with the growing uptake of ‘unlim more

Related Tags: , eu, arpu, ict, tim, mts, hspa, ovi, iden, femtocell, 3, fmc, femtocells, ev-do, indoor, churn


Singapore Network Offers PrePay Mobile Data for Visitors

..bout paying additional charges for any excess data usage. To use the service, customers simply have to purchase the M1 Prepaid Broadband SIM card, slot it into their mobile broadband modems or data devices and enjoy connection speeds of up to 7 more

Related Tags: mobileone, m1, sim-card, prepay, mobile-data, lte, ovi, mobile-broadband-modems, modems, Singapore


Mobile phone usage relatively safe from spending cutbacks

When asked about what measures they would take if they had to reduce their personal expenditure in 2009, very few consumers said they would stop using their mobile phone or switch to a cheaper mobile service, but consumer electronics purchases will be hit much more severely, according to a survey of 2,400 consumers across France, Germany and the UK conducted by Canalys in March.  more

Related Tags: text-messaging, itu, gps, iden, vas, netbooks, personal, satellite, portable-navigation-device, maps, navigation, churn, music, France


Mobile broadband to be worth $137 billion by 2014

..lyst at Ovum and co-author of this research. "Operators can also expect a similar growth rate for handset users of mobile broadband services, but starting from a much larger existing base", explains Michele Mackenzie, principal analyst at Ovum more

Related Tags: asia-pacific, 3g, eu, arpu, driving, lte, ovi, ovum, iden, usb-modem, vas, opex, laptop, music, africa, usb


Femtocells Deliver 5-Times Speed of Macro Network in Operator Trials

..mily homes, townhouses, and apartments in urban, suburban and rural settings, to simulate the full-range of subscriber dwellings. Testing was run three times in each location to compare pure macro coverage, pure femtocell coverage and a combina more

Related Tags: 3g, mobile-data, rural, cdma, iden, femtocell, femtocells, indoor-coverage, ctia, testing, airvana, uplink, indoor, radio-frequency, 3g-coverage


Denmark's TDC Buys Local Broadband Provider

..re excited about Fullrates business concept that is extremely customer focused and very simple, as the company's success also shows. That is why we are very pleased that we have an agreement in place," says TDC's Managing Director and CEO  more

Related Tags: iden, tdc, Denmark


BSNL Launches 3G Services in 11 Cities

..e on its Sept 2007 contract win from India's BSNL - and says it achieved the country's biggest simultaneous launch of 3G services to date, across 11 major cities. As part of its roll-out strategy, BSNL plans to launch 3G services using WCDMA/HS more

Related Tags: 3g, mobile-tv, wcdma, cdma, hspa, ericsson, bsnl, partner, music, target, 3g-network, video-on-demand, India


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