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Articles tagged with: Wind and Vodafone
Three Bidders for Italian 3G Radio Spectrum
Italy's Ministry of Economic Development has announced that three of the country's four incumbent operators have submitted bids for additional 3G radio spectrum. Telecom Italy, Vodafone and wind have submitted bids, but Hutchison 3G Italy (3 Italia) chose not to, despite requesting tender documents. more
Related Tags: telecom-italy, hutchison-3g--italy, 3-italia, hutchison, Italy
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
Related Tags: telecom-italia-mobile, tim, h3g, eu, arpu, 3g, , ovi, Italy
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
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, sim, social-networking, eu, 3-uk, mvno, o2, tim, lte, outsourcing, ovi, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, UK
ZTE Aims to be a Top-5 Phone Manufacturer This Year
China's ZTE is close to breaking into the top-5 of global handset manufacturers after it saw handset shipments jump by 40% in 2008 to reach 45 million units, according to the Taiwan based DigiTimes publication. The company had set itself a target of gaining a top-5 placement by 2011, but did accept that shrinking market share in competitors could bring that date forward. more
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Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?
The market for Western European converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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In Global Telecoms, Emerging-Market Players Take Pole Positions
..icrosoft. The calculation of the SPI, which is based on a five-year moving "window" of data, enables consistent comparison of shareholder returns by adjusting for the volatility of returns, differences in local interest rates, and merge more
Related Tags: sim-card, deutsche-telekom, microsoft, gps, china-mobile, verizon, orascom-telecom, chunghwa-telecom, bharti, comcast, bharti-airtel, maroc-telecom, oi, tracfone, smart, starhub, orascom, play
Mobile Dating Revenues to Approach $1.4bn by 2013 as Event-based Charging Models Proliferate
A new Juniper Research report has found that new revenue streams from event-based charging and advertising will help to push the value of the mobile dating and chatroom market to nearly $1.4 billion by 2013, part of a burgeoning user-generated content (UGC) market that will reach $7.3 billion by the same time. more
Related Tags: juniper-research, social-networking, 3-uk, 3
Vodafone, Sony Ericsson Join Google Phone Alliance
The Open Handset Alliance - which develops the Google backed Android operating system for smartphones - has announced fourteen new members, including Sony Ericsson and Vodafone. more
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