Articles tagged with: Sms and Eu

Mobile operators are resiliently beating the recession

..olely because of the recession." The report projected the three key mechanisms of how the recession affects mobile operators: The threat to the number of revenue generating customers has yet to materialize as operators are generally still g more

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Mobistar Profits Up Despite Price Pressures

Belgium based Mobistar has reported a slight rise in first-quarter revenues of 2.5% to reach EUR 371.2 million (US$483.8 million) - although its customer base rose by 6.4% over the same period. The company said the disparity was determined in part by the continuing price pressure in a highly competitive market, by the regulatory decisions (lowering of the mobile termination rates in May and July 2008) and a reduced activity in the business market. more

European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges

The European Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, has voted to approve new rules on sms and mobile data charges when roaming. The Parliament also voted for further cuts in the price of mobile phone calls while roaming in another EU country. The present cap for a mobile phone call made abroad will progressively drop from EUR0.46 to EUR0.35 per minute by July 2011, and from EUR0.22 today to EUR0.11 for mobile calls received while roaming abroad. more

P2P mobile messaging to reach $106bn by 2014 - but revenues to decline in some sectors

Mobile messaging revenues are set for measured growth over the next five years, as market forces take effect. sms, MMS, mobile email and IM traffic volumes will continue their inexorable rise, but the IP evolution is resulting in disruptive business models, increased competition from the Web and commoditisation of established services. more

EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies

..reporting mechanisms. The agreement was first signed by Bouygues Telecom, Cosmote, Deutsche Telekom Group, Go Mobile, Hutchison 3G Europe, Jamba!, Mobile Entertainment Forum, Orange Group, KPN, SFR, Telecom Italia, Telefonica Moviles, Tele more

Communicating with more than words

ICT is all about communication but it has never provided the semantic richness offered by the non-verbal cues that typically pepper face-to-face conversation. Thanks to European researchers, that is about to change. more

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Testing Adverts Inside SMS Messsages

sms aggregator, mBlox is launching an ad-insertion pilot that will test the effectiveness of inserting advertisements in the 'dead space' of commercial sms messages. The advertisements will be used to offset the cost of content for service providers sending an sms, reducing the cost of delivering messages. It is also anticipated that this service will enable the viability of additional services, such as specific entertainment, local news and communities' alerts. more

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UK Operators Drop Processing Fees for Charity Premium Text Messages

The UK's main mobile network operators, 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin and Vodafone have jointly agreed to waive their processing charges for premium sms messages - when used by the Red Nose Day charity appeal. more

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Europe Votes to Reduce Roaming SMS and Mobile Data Costs

Yesterday evening the European Parliament, through a vote in its Industry Committee, gave strong support to the European Commission's proposals to reduce consumer roaming charges for sending text messages and downloading data in the EU. The Commission proposed in September 2008 to make sure that consumers in the EU do not have to pay more than �0.11 per roamed sms in the EU (excluding VAT) - a proposal endorsed yesterday by the Parliament's lead Committee on the new roaming legislation. At present, sms roaming charges in the EU are on average �0.28 per roamed sms and can go up to over �0.80 in some countries. more

Out There Media mobile advertising reach breaks 100 million consumer barrier

Mobile advertising agency, Out There Media says that it now reaches over 100 million subscribers through partnership agreements with 15 network operators across 14 European countries, via Mobucks its mobile advertising market place. Of these 38 million are exclusively available through Out There Media. In line with its international expansion, February also saw it open a new office in Sofia, Bulgaria. more

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