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Articles tagged with: Wind and Eu
Fitch: European High-Grade Telecoms Maintain Good Liquidity
..an TMT group. "Many telecom companies have been keen to take advantage of the open window by securing early refinancing flexibility even though financing costs have escalated." Recent demand for telecom paper has remained strong as mos more
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Telecom Italia Mobile Lost 1.5 Million Customers in 2008
The Italian market lost a total of 135k customers over the year, with net losses in Q2 and Q4 trumping the smaller net gains in the other two periods. The year closed with a total base of 88.58m, compared to 88.72m, while penetration dropped from 152.6% to 152.4%. more
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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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Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Technologies to Close the Gap With Fixed Broadband
..ploying 3G long-term evolution (LTE). Many operators will leapfrog from HSPA to 3G LTE, as the window of opportunity for HSPA Evolved is insignificant when compared to 3G LTE. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that by 2013, there will be more
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Dell Reported to be in Talks for Chinese Smartphones
Dell Computers, which has been rumoured to be entering the smartphone market for several years, is now hotly rumoured to be in talks with China Mobile to launch its first range of handsets in the country. The company has been apparently rebuffed by several operators who considered prototype handsets as bland an uninspiring. However China Mobile is thought to be keen on the models presented to it. 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
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Future sharing opportunities for Mobile Network Operators
..ll have already been largely realised. The result will be a dwindling number of physical mobile networks, until some markets at the forefront of this trend are left with just one mobile network, including the RAN, backhaul and even transport ele more
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Turning Soldiers' Helmets into a Wireless Mesh Network
..identify the window that a rifle is firing through even when the rifle is completely inside the building, the technique preferred by trained snipers. These tests were performed with sensors in fixed locations. One of the problems with using a more
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Nokia Smartphone Sales Fall as RIM, Apple, Samsung Take Market Share
In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7 per cent on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global sales of smartphones for 2008 reached 139.3 million devices, up 13.9 per cent compared with 2007. more
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European telecoms operators in strong position to ride out recession
..period.The current economic situation has opened a window of opportunity for telecom operators, being more resilient than internet and systems competitors. The existing infrastructure and commercial assets of telecom operators will more
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