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OnMobile buys Voxmobili (France)

  • September 13th, 2007
  • 12:36 pm

French personal mobile data management software company Voxmobili has been fully acquired by Indian VAS provider OnMobile for an undisclosed amount. The move enables OnMobile to strengthen its VAS data product offerings, boost its technical know-how and accelerate its position in the global telecommunication VAS industry. Through its purchase, OnMobile adds numerous international customers including Orange, Cingular-AT&, T-Mobile, Wanadoo and Turkcell. A definitive agreement has been signed between the two companies, and integration planning will start shortly.

Voxmobili has around 45 employees and has operations in Europe, North America, Middle East, Australia, and Eastern Europe. Its core products centre around synchronised address book and advanced phone backup onto secure network-based servers, and “mobile paparazzi”, allowing cell phone users to publish information, photographs and videos directly from their handsets to website and mobile sites. Voxmobili has deployed more than 21 platforms deployed worldwide, and has issued over 20 million licences for its products globally.

   

Spanish regulator asks govt to appeal Telefonica fine (Spain)

  • July 13th, 2007
  • 11:19 am

The Spanish telecoms regulator is calling on the Spanish government to appeal the record EU fine imposed on Telefonica. The European Commission ordered Spain’s ex-monopoly operator to pay EUR 152 million for abusing its dominant position in the ADSL market. At a meeting, the CMT decided the Commission decision encroached on its powers and threatened the powers of all national regulators. It asked the Spanish government to appeal at the European Court. The Commission’s ruling was after complaints by ADSL operator Wanadoo, now Orange. The CMT said “wholesale indirect [ADSL] access is a non-existent service in many member states and the European Commission has never demanded its regulation understanding that it is not determining in the competitive development of markets”.

   

Jordan Telecom rebrands fixed operations to Orange

  • July 4th, 2007
  • 10:52 am

Jordan Telecom has re-branded its fixed-line activities to Orange. Earlier the company already changed the name of its internet provider from Wanadoo to Orange. JTG Chairman Shabib Ammari said the switch to the Orange name follows the company’s move towards convergence and the integrated operator model. France Telecom owns 51 percent of Jordan Telecom.