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Articles tagged with: Vodafone and Lte
Standards Based Solution for Voice and SMS Services Over LTE Announced
A gang of telecoms companies have jointly defined the preferred way to ensure the smooth introduction and delivery of voice and SMS services on Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks worldwide. The companies involved are AT&T, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon, vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. more
Related Tags: sms, at&t, orange, -telefonica, teliasonera, verizon, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, nokia--siemens-networks, nokia, samsung, sony-ericsson, broadband, interoperability
Vodafone Germany Testing Huawei Supplied LTE Equipment
vodafone Germany and Huawei are to start joint test gauging the performance of LTE in the Digital Dividend radio spectrum - 790-862MHz. The test will be based on Huawei' s end-to-end solutions and both parties will form a joint working group for conducting the test. more
Related Tags: huawei, digital-dividend, radio, Germany
Vodafone Sees Loss of UK Market Share and Lower ARPUs
The UK added over 3m new mobile connections during 2008, to take the total base to 75.75m, equivalent to 124% penetration. The market is one of the most competitive in Europe, if not the world, with five established MNOs and several MVNOs, of which the most successful are Virgin and the increasingly ambitious Tesco. more
Related Tags: tesco, virgin-mobile, mvno, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, t-mobile, iphone, o2, ict, eu, arpu, 3g, , tim, h3g, 3m, UK
EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007. more
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Gartner Says: Carriers Will Struggle Without Major Innovation and Change
Shifts in customer demand, a changing competitive landscape, a weak economy and new government policies will shape carrier strategies during 2009 and 2010, according to Gartner. Carriers will struggle to maintain and grow their market position in this shifting landscape, and success will demand investment strategies that are aligned with the pace of recovery in each country and region. more
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Softbank to Report $748 Million Loss on CDO Debt Obligations
Japan's Softbank Corp, which operates the country's smallest mobile network says that it will report a JPY 75 billion (US$748 million) loss on CDO's which were used to insure against defaults on the debt it took out to buy vodafone's Japanese operations. more
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There is a Role for Challengers in the European Mobile Communications Market
The global economic downturn has taken its toll on industries across the globe, and the mobile and wireless communications industry is no exception. In the European market, which is highly saturated and competitive, mobile network operators (MNOs) are in a survival of the fittest battle to maintain and expand their market share. On the fringes of this battle are new entrants, challenging established MNOs to stay in the game. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, sim, social-networking, eu, 3-uk, mvno, o2, tim, wind, outsourcing, ovi, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, UK
Active RAN Sharing Could Save Operators $60 Billion
A new study from ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 billion over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, base-station, eu, rural, o2, abi-research, capex, telenor, 3, backhaul, tele2, infrastructure-sharing, opex
Big Three Working on LTE Use in Unpaired Radio Spectrum
China Mobile, Verizon Wireless and vodafone have jointly announced that they have taken significant steps in developing LTE technology, following yesterday's LTE FDD/TDD Convergence Summit at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. more
Related Tags: base-station, eu, qualcomm, china-mobile, verizon-wireless, ericsson, verizon, base-stations, seven, td-lte, chipset, interoperability, bandwidth
Verizon Announces LTE Deployment Plans - Going Live in 2010
Verizon's CTO, Dick Lynch has outlined the company's plans to roll out an LTE upgrade for its wireless network. Lynch announced that Verizon Wireless has selected Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent as primary network vendors for its initial LTE network deployments. These two vendors are expected to build the underlying infrastructure that will enable Verizon Wireless to become the first wireless company to offer commercial LTE-based service in the United States, starting in 2010. more
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