3G Licence

Zain Malawi gets 3G Licence.

On 11.13.09, In Mobile, By Editor

MACRA has awarded a 3G licence to Zain Malawi, which is expected to enhance high-speed wireless internet access.

Zain marketing director, Enwell Kadango confirmed that discussions that started between the company and MACRA since 2006 has finally borne fruit as its licence conditions have now been changed.

“3G is the telecommunication hardware standard and general technology for the mobile networking superseding 2.5G system which will now allow speed in data processing,” said Kadango who added that Malawi is taking after most developing countries that are using this technology.

Currently Zain Malawi is about to finish its equipment installation across the country which will be compatible with the new system which offers fast downloading speeds of between 2-8mbps.

Malawi’s Zain CEO Fayaz King said 3G would also allow users to watch television besides connecting to the internet and make video calls.

TNM Limited Zain’s competitor in the market got the licence sometime back but it is only now that the company has been testing it.

Zain marketing director, Enwell Kadango confirmed that discussions that started between the company and MACRA since 2006 has finally borne fruit as its licence conditions have now been changed.

“3G is the telecommunication hardware standard and general technology for the mobile networking superseding 2.5G system which will now allow speed in data processing,” said Kadango who added that Malawi is taking after most developing countries that are using this technology.

Currently Zain Malawi is about to finish its equipment installation across the country which will be compatible with the new system which offers fast downloading speeds of between 2-8mbps.

Malawi’s Zain CEO Fayaz King said 3G would also allow users to watch television besides connecting to the internet and make video calls.

TNM Limited, Zain’s competitor in the market got the licence sometime back but it is only now that the company has been testing it.

Tagged with: 3G • 3G Licence • CEO Fayaz • Internet Access • MACRA • Malawi • Mobile Network • telecom • Wireless • wireless internet • Zain Malawi

Entel Movil intends to deploy 276 new base stations by March 2010 (Bolivia)

On 08.06.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Entel Movil reportedly plans to deploy 276 new base stations by March 2010. The telco anticipates to have a total of 1,057 base stations in operation by that date, giving coverage of 90% of the population in the Oruro, Tarija and Pando departments, and overall coverage of 75%. The cost of the infrastructure expansion is estimated at BOB500 million (USD72.75 million). Presently, the telco covers approximately 2,600 rural municipalities, and it is anticipated to add a further by the end of this year.

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MTS intends to become pan-India mobile operator

On 07.27.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTS, the CDMA based mobile telephony brand of Sistema Shyam Teleservices, is intending to become a pan-India mobile operator by expanding coverage by 2010.
The operator at present operators in six telecom circles across nation and now it anticipates to enter more circles over the next few months, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd Chief Operating Officer (TN and Kerala) Srinivasa Rao Saripalli, reportedly unveiled. With the expansion, the company hopes to achieve a ’significant’ subscriber base. “After the pan-India operation, our subscriber base should be significant,” he said.
Saripalli further said the company had aggressive growth plans and would soon launch it’s wireless internet services, mobile cards and various value-added services.

On GSM mobile technology, he said people prefer GSM because of it’s ‘legacy’. CDMA is the latest technology and mobile connections’ growth is dependent on it, he claimed.

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Telecel confirms USD40 million network expansion programme (Zimbabwe)

On 07.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telecel has reportedly confirmed that it is going ahead with a USD40 million network expansion programme. The operator intends to gain around one million subscribers by year-end, up from its current total of 350,000.

The report said that funding for the project was coming directly from Orascom, which has dispatched technicians to Harare to work on the first phase of the network project which is expected to be completed by September, in partnership with equipment providers Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei Technologies. The smallest telco of the country, which is 49% owned by local investors, has also specified that it is not prepared to sell part of the company to a foreign investor, denying recent reports that MTN of South Africa could be lining up a takeover bid.

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BSNL’mega tender’ hits another roadblock (India)

On 07.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s (BSNL’s) ‘mega-tender’ for 93 million GSM lines has hit another blockade, after internal vigilance officials at the operator raised concerns over the prices quoted by Ericsson and Huawei.

According to a report, both the Swedish and Chinese vendors have quoted more than INR7,000 (USD144.6) per 3G line and INR3,000 per 2G line, with the latter price not including IT, software, billing solution or passive infrastructure; by comparison BSNL’s previous contract for the rollout of new lines was awarded at a cost less than INR4,000 per line including all cellular infrastructure components.

Although, industry figures have said it is unfair to compare previous tenders with BSNL’s latest, noting that in this current phase of expansion vendors will be required to provide seven years of network maintenance compared to three for previous tenders. It is understood that vigilance officers have been told that negotiations are continuing with Ericsson in a bid to reduce the price.

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Verizon Wireless expands network in Easton (USA)

On 07.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: US mobile network operator Verizon Wireless has announced it has activated a new cell site near Easton, Ohio.

According to the company, the new cell site improves coverage: east along State Route 604 from just east of County Road 57A to State Route 585; south along State Route 57 from Milton Road to just north of Pleasant Home Road; southeast along State Route 585 from State Route 94 to State Route 57; and south along State Route 94 from State Route 604 to just north of Pleasant Home Road.

The company also said it invested more than USD160m in its Ohio network in the first half of 2009.

For more information, please visit www.verizonwireless.com

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Gabon Telecom unveils expansion plans (Gabon)

On 07.08.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Gabon Telecom has unveiled network expansion plans for the remainder of the year at its fixed line unit and mobile subsidiary Libertis. According to a media report, the current investment programme is aimed at rolling out additional ADSL DSLAM equipment, modernising switches (including eleven DSLAM switches), deploying 30 additional fixed-wireless CDMA base stations in areas with low population density, and increasing Libertis’s number of GSM cell sites from 139 at end-June 2009 to 200 by the end of 2009. It has recently built an SDH transmission backbone linking Franceville-Libreville, Boue-Oyem, Four-place-Lambarene and Mouila-Tchibanga, and the group has also introduced new platforms for international internet, voice and SMS traffic.

Tagged with: 3G Licence • CDMA • Cell Phones • kajeet • Libercom

Econet starts network deployment worth $200Mn (Zimbabwe)

On 07.02.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has reportedly started employing mobile network equipment worth USD200 million through contracts with Ericsson of Sweden and China’s ZTE. The installation of base station and core network equipment is scheduled to be in July and December, with expansion and upgrades in northern parts of the country being carried out by Ericsson and southern regions the responsibility of ZTE, and the rollout cost split approximately 50/50 between the two vendors.

Econet said that the infrastructure consignment represents only 15% of its planned rollout to take its GSM network capacity to five million users by the end of 2010. Presently, Econet is selling more than 30,000 new pre-paid ‘Buddie’ lines per week, whilst post-paid contracts are freely available on demand.

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MetroPCS reveals $5 international calling plan (USA)

On 06.25.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Metro PCS has unveiled $5 international calling plan. With this plan the subscribers will be able to make unlimited international calls for $5 a month, the latest push by the no-contract, flat-rate cellphone-service provider to put price pressure on its larger rivals. Its subscriber base count has grown by record amounts the past three quarters, helping drive the company’s U.S. expansion.

The subscribers will be able to make unlimited international calls to more than 100 countries, including more than 1,000 destinations, without any additional charges.

Tagged with: 3G Licence • Alcatel-Lucent Managed Solutions India • Charges • USA • Wataniya International

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