Telenor has agreed to changes in its agreement to take a majority stake in Indian mobile operator Unitech Wireless. Under the terms of the new agreement, Telenor's initial investment will continue to be the previously agreed INR 61.2 billion (USD 1.2 billion). However, the Norwegian....
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Hungary's telecommunications regulator NHH has cancelled the tender for awarding a fourth mobile network licence. The NHH received bids from four companies, namely Digi, DreamCom Tavkozlesi, Invitel Tavkozlesi and Mobinet Tavkozlesi Projekt. The authority said that since the....
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Orascom Telecom posted a 7 percent increase in full-year net profit to USD 431 million, excluding one-time gains from divestments. The mobile operator reported net revenue of USD 5.33 billion, an increase of 13 percent. Its total subscribers reached 78 million at the end of 2008, up....
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The Swedish regulator Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) has approved an application submitted by the operators TeliaSonera, Swefour, Tele2, Telenor and 3 for the use of frequencies in the 900 MHz band. As a result, the entire frequency space available in the 900 MHz band will be....
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China Telecom has launched its 3G CDMA2000 trial services in Shanghai, writes Interfax. China Telecom aims to start 3G CDMA2000 commercial operations across China by mid-April. At the moment, only China Mobile has commenced 3G TD-SCDMA commercial operations, while....
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Volgens Mergermarktet overwegen enkele private equity firma's een overname van delen van Motorola en Nortel. Volgens een ingewijde zoekt Advent International investeerders om via een consortium de handsetdivisie van Motorola over te nemen en samen te voegen met bedrijfsonderdelen....
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Network planning and optimisation consultancy, Aircom International recently announced a contract with Croatian mobile operator Vipnet, to supply its OPTIMA Performance Management solutions across both the Core and Radio Access networks.The deal will act to standardise the Operational....
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Mongolian mobile network operator, Mobicom has announced the launch of the BlackBerry range of smartphones in the country. At launch Mobicom will offer customers the BlackBerry Bold smartphone as well as service plans for BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet....
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Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) has reported a 76 drop in full-year net profit to US$431 million, after one-off gains a year ago were stripped out. Excluding the one-offs, which had included the sale of its operations in Indonesia and Iraq, the firm posted a 7 percent rise in its full-year....
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Indian mobile phone manufacturer, Micromax says that it has secured a distribution deal with state-owned mobile network operator, BSNL for its 3G USB Modems. BSNL is currently rolling out its 3G network, and currently covers 11 cities - with the intention to cover approx 700 cities....
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Nigerian CDMA network, Starcomms has contracted with Israel based FTS as its interconnect billing provider. Starcomms deployed FTS’ Leap Interconnect to support its growing subscriber base, and to ensure accounting accuracy of its growing interconnect revenues.The new implementation....
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Nokia has announced plans to cut a further 1,700 jobs in the Devices and Markets units as well as in its Corporate Development Office and global support functions. Nokia says that it plans to reduce sales, marketing and technology management to match the pruned portfolio and global....
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Belgacom has announced that it is buying a stake of 40% in Tunz, a specialist in mobile payments, which also holds a European e-money license. Tunz was set up in January 2007 by Grégoire de Streel & Jean Zurstrassen, co-founders of Skynet & Keytrade Bank.Stijn Vander Plaetse....
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Aruba Networks has issued a statement announcing that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a preliminary re-examination report rejecting all claims of Patent No. 7,173,923, one of four patents asserted against Aruba Networks by Motorola in 2007. The patent was....
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According to the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog, the C905 is set to receiver an 8GB internal memory upgrade from the original 160MB. The rest of the specs will remain the same. All the more reason the shoot high quality photos with the....
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South African mobile phone operator MTN on Monday said it was launching a banking service on mobile phones in 21 African and Middle East countries where access to traditional banks is poor.We have launched this service in South Africa in 2005, Dare Okoudjou of MTN's mobile....
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The subscription period for Vodafone Qatar's initial public offering of shares will open on 12 April and close on 26 April, subject to final regulatory approvals. The company intends to offer 40 percent of its share capital and list on the Doha Securities Market in Qatar. A full prospectus....
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Indonesian mobile operator Telkomsel has signed a contract with Nokia Siemens Networks to expand its existing network coverage. The contract covers the supply, deployment and integration of WCDMA/HSPA radio access networks, as well as 2G base station sub-systems and services....
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America Movil's subsidiary Claro has launched mobile services in Panama, Mexican news agency Notimex reports. Claro initially scheduled its mobile service for roll-out in Panama by the end of 2008, but failed to install the antennas necessary for service provision. A company....
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US-based industrial group Access Industries has acquired CDMA operator Nordisk Mobiltelefon in Sweden. Nordisk Mobiltelefon, which offers voice and data services under the brand name Ice.net, covers 90 percent of Sweden using its Turbo 3G technology and delivers broadband....
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Uruguayan mobile carrier Ancel has launched i-mate products in Uruguay. i-mate has won the deal in partnership with local mobile phone distributor and vendor Laor. Ancel plans to initially offer the i-mate Ultimate products for corporate customers across the country. The Ultimate....
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Middle East and Africa mobile operator Zain has confirmed it acquired a 31 percent stake in Moroccan operator Wana for USD 324 million. The investment will provide Wana with financing to launch GSM services, after it won the country's third mobile licence. A unit of Moroccan....
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Malaysian mobile network operator, DiGi and Microsoft have started offering Windows Live Messenger (IM) to DiGi subscribers with a free two-month trial. Subscribers can access the service via mobile phones apart from desktop PCs, smartphones and PDAs.Dushyan Vaithiyanathan....
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Fujitsu has announced that, in collaboration with NTT DoCoMo, they have conducted successful field testing for Long-term Evolution (LTE), using 4x4 MIMO technology. The testing took place in the Special Ubiquitous Zone, an area of the northern Japanese city of Sapporo....
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Egypt's landline monopoly operator, Telecom Egypt (TE) has reported a ten-percent rise in full year profits for 2008 to EGP2.79 billion (US$492.2 million), driving largely by its 45% stake in Vodafone Egypt. However, the firm reported a drop in Q4 profits of 27.7% to EGP831....
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