Articles tagged with: Vodafone and Teliasonera

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, lte, at&t, orange, -telefonica, verizon, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, nokia--siemens-networks, nokia, samsung, sony-ericsson, broadband, interoperability

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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The case for network sharing gets stronger

Opinion piece by Emeka Obiodu, senior analyst at Ovum

With a mature market, declining voice revenues and now the economic downturn, the argument for European mobile network operators (MNOs) to share their networks has never been stronger. Although there have been several network-sharing initiatives, what is needed is a more coherent commercial and regulatory framework across the EU to make network sharing the norm rather than the exception.  more

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TeliaSonera's Unit Yoigo to Launch EUR0.08/Min Call Plan

MADRID -(Dow Jones)- Yoigo, the Spanish mobile phone unit of Sweden's TeliaSonera, said Monday the company will launch a EUR0.08 a minute price plan for calls in Spain, in a move to grab market share from rivals.  more

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