Articles tagged with: Voip and Hsdpa

Mobile VoIP in Europe Unlikely to Achieve Mass Market Soon

­Fitch Ratings says today that mobile voip (voice over internet protocol) in the European telecoms industry is unlikely to achieve mass market take up for some time. However, as network quality improves, selective usage of mobile voip could start to impact operators' revenue from higher tariff services like international calls and voice roaming.  more

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Telefonica Conducts 1st Tests of LTE Network in Spain

Spain's Telefónica has conducted its first tests on a live LTE network, installed at its Demonstrations Centre in Madrid. These initial real demonstrations or tests consisted of a voip call, and a videocall using an LTE mini-network installed by Ericsson; a video conference, and data and images downloads at speeds in excess of 140 Mbps, around 10 times those possible with current 3G networks using HSPA technology.  more

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Emerging Markets Mobile Penetration to Rrise from 46% in 2008 to 95% by 2013

Mobile penetration rates are forecast to rise from 46% in 2008 to 95% by 2013 according to a new survey of 34 emerging market countries published by Tariff Consultancy. Already subscribers in the 34 countries total over 2.1 billion users (based on operator statistics as of mid-2008) which accounts for half of the worldÃ's mobile users (based on ITU estimates). By 2013 the 34 countries will have grown to 4.3 billion mobile users and will account for around two thirds of global mobile users  more

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