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Articles tagged with: Wind and Orange
Turkish Operator Deploys Wind-Powered Base Station
Turkish mobile network operator, Avea has deployed what it says is the first hybrid wind-powered base station in the country. The new 6kW wind turbine was manufactured by Scottish firm Proven Energy and installed by Turkish resellers Girasolar. 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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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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Smart Phones Ring in Healthy Growth in 2009 Despite Mobile Meltdown
Although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, smart phones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1 percent in 2009, iSuppli is predicting. iSuppli's optimistic forecast for global smart phone unit shipments calls for 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1 percent from 173.6 million in 2008. A more pessimistic outlook calls for growth of only 6 percent this year, reaching 183.9 million units. more
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Kenya's Safaricom Boosting Indoor Mobile Coverage
.. optimized in every corner of the building and users donÃ't have to flock to the windows or go outside to make calls. Also important from a business perspective is the systemÃ's ability to provide Internet access through usersÃ' mobile phones w more
Related Tags: rsa, 1800mhz, safaricom, telkom, celtel, windows, indoor-coverage, Kenya
Viviane Reding Welcomes French Plans to Lower Mobile Termination Rates
..rget date by which they should equal the costs of an efficient operator in the next regulatory window that starts in 2011. "I strongly welcome ARCEP's proposal, as I am convinced that truly cost oriented termination rates will be of great b more
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Wind Powered Recharge "Tent " for Mobile Phones
Orange UK has announced the launch of a freestanding wind powered mobile phone charging station for attendees of the infamous Glastonbury music festival later this month. At over 7 meters in height, the free standing REcharge Pod is a self sufficient unit that supports a wind generator and solar panels and can charge up to 100 mobile phones simultaneously. It is estimated that the Orange REcharge pod will charge thousands of mobile phones over the course of the 3 day festival. more
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