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Russia's MTS Profits Down on Currency Losses - Delays Network Upgrades

Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has reported a 21% drop in 3rd quarter net profits to US$515.6 million, which the company put down to currency losses on its US dollar debt. Consolidated revenues were up 27% y-o-y to US$2.8 billion due to subscriber additions, rising voice traffic and vas adoption throughout the Group  more

Related Tags: edge, capex, hspa, moscow, mobile-telesystems, Russia


Caribbean 3G Services Revenues will Surpass the US$ 3.5 Billion Mark by 2013

A new report from Signals Telecom Consulting highlights the fact that the current crisis in global financial markets, the high levels of mobile tele-density and the limited number of inhabitants living in the majority of the Caribbean markets will force regional operators to seek out new revenue sources. Within this new competitive dynamic, broadband and value added service offerings will become a priority for operators in various Caribbean marketplaces.  more

Related Tags: t-mobile, wimax, roaming, signals-telecom-consulting, hspa, cdma2000, wireless-broadband, ev-do


Peru's Mobile Telephony to Surpass US$2.7 Billion in Revenues by 2013

Peru's Private Investment Promotion Agency (Proinversiƒ³n) plans to auction off 821 - 824 MHz and 866 - 869 MHZ radio-electric spectrum for Lima and Callao along with 25 MHz on C-band (1.900 MHz) nationwide. This bidding process is designed to increase the level of competition in the local marketplace as well as expand the availability of mobile coverage in the country.  more

Related Tags: mobile-tv, roaming, rural, mvno, signals-telecom-consulting, hspa, compete, personal, movistar, oi, cdma2000, adult-content, ev-do, claro, Peru


Colombia's Mobile Telephony Revenues Will Pass S$ 7.1 Billion by 2013

Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which takes a look at the mobile services market in Colombia with a focus on the vas offering of local mobile operators.  more

Related Tags: wimax, signals-telecom-consulting, hspa, mobile-broadband, movistar, tigo, Colombia


Mobile VAS Revenues in Brazil will Surpass $9.3 Billion by 2013

Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report focusing on the mobile vas market in Brazil, which highlights the fact that the slowdown in subscriber growth, the need to achieve positive returns on investment and the high mobile teledensity rates, which surpasses the 100% mark in cities like Brasilia and Salvador (Bahia), will trigger increasingly aggressive efforts by mobile operators to market Ring Tones / Music, Adult Content, Mobile TV and wireless broadband access.  more

Related Tags: iphone, mobile-tv, sms, virgin-mobile, mvno, signals-telecom-consulting, hspa, iden, nextel, cdma2000, vivo, ev-do, Brazil


Mexican Mobile Telephony Revenues Will Surpass $11.9 Billion Mark by 2013

Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which examines the Mexican mobile services market with a focus on the Value Added Services (vas) offered by local mobile operators. The report notes that the Mexican market is characterized by a vas offering focused on SMS services. The slowdown in subscriber growth and the development of 3G networks, however, will force operators to aggressively pursue a vas offering that is not focused on text messaging.  more

Related Tags: mobile-tv, sms, text-messaging, mvno, signals-telecom-consulting, hspa, compete, digicel, movistar, telcel, nextel, adult-content, millicom, value-added-services, Mexico


MySpace Signs Russian Mobile Deal

Russia's MTS has inked a deal with MySpace to provide direct access to the mobile internet version of MySpace from MTS's own mobile homepage. In addition, the companies are planning to launch an MTS-branded community on MySpace Russia website to drive usage and support the partnership.  more

Related Tags: social-networking, gsm-association, mobile-content, Russia


FOCUS: MTS ready to dump i-mode project

MOSCOW, July 31 (Prime-Tass) -- Having faced sinking average revenues per user (ARPU) for about a year, Russian mobile operators launched several projects aimed at enticing subscribers to use more income-generating non-voice services. While the jury is still out whether the Khameleon project of Russia?s second largest mobile operator VimpelCom and the MegaFon PRO project of the third largest mobile operator MegaFon are successful, Russia's largest mobile operator MTS has admitted that its i-mode project, introduced in September 2005, is a failure. MTS blamed the problems with this project on lack of mobile handsets. more

Related Tags: megafon, docomo, nec, java, svyaznoi


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