Tower dispute in Noida causes serious inconvenience (India)

On 02.04.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Stern reactions came from mobile phone companies in India after authorities shut down hundreds of allegedly illegal towers and left tens of thousands of users in Noida suffering cut-off calls and no reception.

Dispute over whether these towers had been built on private properties where commercial activity is banned lead to the closing of 300 towers across Noida, a booming satellite town outside the capital New Delhi.

According to T.R. Dua, director general of the Cellular Operators Association of India, the action taken by the Noida authorities is totally arbitrary and uncalled for.

Allegedly illegal towers have sprung up across India and have increasingly become the center of disputes between giant mobile phone companies such as Vodafone and local authorities.

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BT monopoly to be ended to deliver superfast broadband

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to deliver “superfast” broadband to the majority of Britain’s homes by 2017, the Conservatives claimed to loosen the grip of BT on the local telephone network besides using a parts of the BBC license fee.

According to shadow chancellor George Osborne, the Conservatives would support changes to the regulatory framework, adding that private investors being allowed to pay for better cabling would encourage competition.

3.5% of the license fee currently used to pay for digital switchover could be diverted to pay for broadband expansion in case the market fails to deliver them. The party also feels that UK can be the first leading European country to have speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps) by using “market-based solutions”.

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Europe telecom sector to see signs of recovery

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Some signs of recovery are expected to be seen in the fourth-quarter results from European operators even though the regulatory drag on revenue is set to persist. Foreign exchange is expected to be a major driver with the dollar rally boosting Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone.

The theme of the telecom sector in Europe will remain the same namely mergers, acquisitions and cooperation agreements and more deal is expected to come after the merger of Orange and T-Mobile in the U.K.

According to the analysts, European telecoms operators have two options, either to postpone investments further to remain focused on free cash flow and preserve the financial flexibility that an uncertain environment requires, or use the financial flexibility created in the sector in 2009 to upgrade both fixed and mobile networks to repurpose the old voice model.

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O2’s UK iPhone customers doubled to 2m

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Due to its exclusive deal with Apple, the iPhone customers of Telefonica SA’s U.K. business O2 has doubled to 2 million customers over the past year.

The deal also increased sales, customers and average revenue per user, and catapulted the operator ahead of rival Vodafone Group PLC into first place.

The iPhone is O2’s best-selling device, and sales have shown no signs of dipping since the two year exclusive iPhone deal expired in September.

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Microsoft adds multi-touch to its mobile phone OS

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The latest mobile phone operating system by Microsoft has been provided with many multi-touch capabilities but at the same time it has been devoid of games capabilities. The detail of Windows Phone v6.5.3 is a part of Microsoft’s plans to evolve its Windows Phone 6.5 OS.

Horizontal scroll bar, drag and drop capability, faster web-page loading, improved memory management, and smoother operation of pan and flick navigation functions are some of the other upgrades to the platform.

NET CF 3.5, and SQL CE 3.1 are included in runtime tools and the OS will also be compatible with Arabic.

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25% stake to be sold by ER-Telecom (Russia)

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 25 percent stake in Russian cable operator ER-Telecom is planned to be sold by its shareholders, however, the name of the potential investors has not been divulged. The capital injection is expected to help finance the company’s planned USD 500 million in CAPEX for the coming five years.

Plan for an IPO is also on the cards. The operator is active in 12 cities and plans to invest RUB 2 billion this year to expand to five more cities and a network footprint of 900,000 households.

According to the CEO of the company, Andrey Semerikov, the consolidation trend in the industry appears to be over with the focus on organic growth and the company would not shy away from any potential negotiations. There are rumors that big three operators in the market and Svyazinvest are interested in acquiring ER-Telecom.

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Mobilicity brand unveiled by Dave Wireless in Toronto

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The planned service launch this spring by Canadian operator Dave Wireless in Toronto has been named as Mobilicity, based on its focus on simplicity, for city-based customers.

Simple, unlimited plans with handsets from the likes of RIM and Nokia will be offered by Mobilicity with no minimum contract terms.

A design firm Verse Group created the corporate identity and the service will roll out in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa later this year.

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Vodafone improves outlook for the fiscal year to March

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Annual adjusted operating profit of GBP 11.4-11.8 billion has been expected by Vodafone Group against GBP 11.0-11.8 billion for November, thus improving its outlook for the fiscal year to March. Due to the working capital improvements, the outlook for free cash flow was increased to GBP 6.5-7.0 billion from GBP 6.0-6.5 billion. A free cash flow of GBP 5.8 billion was generated by the company in the first nine months of the year.

The revenue increased by 10.3 percent to GBP 11.5 billion and service revenues went up 11.0 percent to GBP 10.7 billion for the fiscal third quarter to December. Vodafone exceeded GBP 1 billion in quarterly data revenues for the first time, an increase of 17.7 percent year-on-year on an organic basis and even the data users now exceed 30 million thus making up 11 percent of service revenue.

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1.4 million Ovi Maps already downloaded

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: About 1.4 million Nokia’s Ovi Maps application has been downloaded since January 21 after the service was made available for free. First million downloads have been cleared by the vendor within a week, and is averaging one download every 24 seconds.

Nokia’s maps are most popular in China, followed by Italy, UK, Germany, and Spain. With the Ovi Maps getting embedded in all new smartphones shipped, the service is likely to get even more popular next month.

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Multi-touch added to Nexus One

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A number of new features including multi-touch capability, a pinch-to-zoom mechanism for the phone’s web browser, gallery and maps, via an over-the-air software update, have been added by Google in its Nexus One device.

Some 3G connectivity problems that users had been experiencing has also been fixed after the update besides making Google Goggles augmented reality software available by default from the apps menu. The update will roll out gradually, and will not be available for most users until the end of the week.

Google Maps software include synching of user-selected starred map items between handset and computer, and a new night mode for Google Navigation which will automatically adjust the brightness of the screen at night for easier viewing.

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