HiWire Joins Mobile DTV Alliance
The Mobile DTV Alliance (set up to promote DVB-H in the US) has finally convinced HiWire to join, which is good because before then it just looked like a shill for Modeo. Scott Wills, president and COO of Hiwire will serve on the Board of Directors. HiWire is a division of Aloha Partners, the nation’s largest 700 MHz spectrum owner, with 12 MHz of channel capacity in all of its markets???. This spectrum will be used to deploy a DVB-H mobile TV network, with the first market (Las Vegas) planned to be up and running by the end of the year.
Source- http://www.moconews.net
DoCoMo & Intel design cellphone to run multiple operating systems
According to iTWire, NTT DoCoMo has developed, with Intel, specifications for mobile phone that is able to switch between different operating systems and their associated applications.
… “One use of the technology will be to enable companies to install an original browser and scheduler, and set an internal security policy for the terminal while allowing individuals to install their own games and other software in the alternative, open domaing, without risk of compromising corporate data or applications.”
Source- http://www.textually.org
Comstar to acquire Hellas On Line, Attica Telecom
Russian operator Comstar has agreed to acquire 51 percent in Greek ISP Hellas On Line from Intracom Holdings. The takeover will be conduced via a capital increase at Hellas On Line, paid for in cash by Comstar. The acquisition will follow Hellas On Line acquiring Greek rival Attica Telecommunications, announced by Attica’s shareholder Pantechniki. The price for the Attica takeover still depends on the outcome of due diligence. Shareholders of Attica will get thre right to particpate in further capital increases at Hellas On Line. The companies expect to finalise the deals in November, pending regulatory approval.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Reliance moves to net profit on strong mobile growth
Indian operator Reliance Communications moved to a net profit in the fiscal second quarter thanks to strong growth at its mobile operations. The net result was a profit of INR 7.02 billion versus a loss of INR 190 million a year earlier. Revenues rose to INR 35.26 billion from INR 25.22 billion, and EBITDA jumped to INR 13.53 billion from INR 4.27 billion. Growth was driven by the mobile division, where sales rose 44 percent year-on-year to INR 25.74 billion. Reliance kept its mobile revenue per minute stable at INR 0.77 per minute, while adding 3.5 million mobile customers in the quarter for a total of around 26 million or 20.5 percent of the Indian market. Prepaid customers accounted for over 94 percent of new additions in the period. Mobile EBITDA increased 82 percent to INR 5.10 billion. In the fixed market, Reliance increased the number of access lines to 425,000 from 322,000 at the end of the previous quarter, while on-network buildings rose 49 percent over the same period to nearly 270,000.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
