Tele2 expanding 3G coverage (Latvia)

On 01.25.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Tele2 Latvia has revealed that it has begun construction of a new type of base station in its regions of operation.

According to the company, it has started to launch the new equipment, which includes remote radio units, across a number of districts, with the first five up and running in: Aizpute, Bikstos, Mersraga, Roja and Ugale. It will look to extend the reach of its 3G network in the Kurzeme region, and has claimed that the new hardware will allow it to speed up the extension of its footprint while also allowing for significant cost savings.

Tele2′s UMTS network currently offers customers access to downlink speeds of up to 10.2Mbps, while upload rates are capped at 2Mbps.

During the coming year the cellco aims to boost download speeds on the wireless network to 21Mbps, while 3G coverage is expected to reach 90% by end-2011.

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ZTE launches 1000th base station for Ncell (Nepal)

On 01.05.11, In Mobile, By Editor

ZTE Corporation has launched 1000th base station for Nepal’s mobile operator Ncell. The base station, which is based on ZTE’s BTS solution, was installed for Nepal-based mobile operator Ncell.

According to Yang Jintao, CEO of ZTE Nepal, ZTE solution will not only solve the network coverage in remote areas for Ncell with its new generation green compact BTS, but also reduced TCO due to its cost-effectiveness.

The ZXSDR BS8908 multi-carrier outdoor micro base station was small in size, lightweight, low in power consumption, and made optimal use of solar panels which consume less solar power than needed for the ordinary panels used by most base stations, reducing construction costs at some areas of Nepal and resolving supply difficulties of remote sites.

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Vodafone to Pay $37,400 for Base station Damage

On 10.13.10, In Mobile, By Editor

­Vodafone’s Maltese subsidiary has been ordered to pay damages to the insurance firm after a lightning strike hit one of its towers and damaged the building it was mounted on. The Vodafone antenna was struck by a lightning bolt during a storm in February 2002, which was installed on the Millenia building in Marsa, Malta.

The lightning bolt travelled down the cables and caused damages cost at US$37,400 to the building it. The damages were covered by Vodafone’s insurance with GasanMamo, but the insurance company later sued Vodafone claiming that Vodafone’s precautions were not adequate against damage.

An expert confirmed in court that Vodafone had installed an earthing system, this was not adequate in the case of lightning strikes.

The Justice Joseph Azzopardi, affirmed Vodafone had taken a risk and had to pay for the damages as well as interest on the insurance payment.

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Everything Everywhere planning to sack 1,200 staff in a restructuring exercise

On 10.05.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Everything everywhere is not going right for the entity ‘Everything Everywhere’ created by merger of Orange and T-Mobile in UK. Orange and T-Mobile earlier created ‘Everything Everywhere’ based on network sharing agreement to combine their network to create a network that is bigger than both Vodafone and O2 to give both the brand a distinct competitive edge.

Consumers though will not be affected as the two brands will continue to operate as different service providers. The merger is about infrastructure sharing that will allow subscribers of the operators roam across both networks i.e. some 18,000 antenna towers and Base Stations. The network claims to cover 99.6 percent of population with 3G capabilities by 2014.

The recently declared Q2 results however presents a different perspective as for the three months ended June 30, Everything Everywhere posted an 18.5 per cent fall in operating profits and a revenue decline of 5.3 per cent. To make things even worse the consumer KPIs have also plunged taking ARPU to US$ 57.18 a month

Everything Everywhere is playing orthodox to resolve the problem – Sack a portion of staff that falls under Duplication of Roles” across the merged entity. Sources confirms that some 1,200 i.e. 7.4% of the workforce will be affected by the decision.

The representative confirmed that company needs to ensure that they are operating with maximum efficiency, effectively serving the two brands while removing any unnecessary duplication from the business and, above all, making sure that they are set up to deliver for the future. It is therefore regrettable that some roles will need to be removed from the combined business.

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China Mobile H1 revenue increased by 8%

On 08.19.10, In Mobile, By Editor

China Mobile reportedly recorded a 4.2% year-on-year raise in first half net profit to US$ 8.488 billion, earnings per share reached US$ 0.4226.Operating revenues in the same period increased to 7.9% year-on- year to US$ 33.843 billion, of which revenue from value-added services accounted for 29.5 percent.
EBITDA rose 6.1% to US$ 17.170 billion, giving a margin of 50.7%. The company’s voice traffic rose 20 % from a year ago to 1.664 trillion minutes. In the first half of the year, the minutes of usage (MOU) and average revenue per user (ARPU) of China Mobile reached 520 minutes and US$ 10.602 per month.
The number of users of China Mobile’s voice services increased by 31.76 million in the first half of the year to total 554 million.
Data and value-added services also continued to grow. Data service revenues grew to US$ 4.491 billion from US$ 3.357 billion last year, while SMS revenue slowed to US$ 3.799 billion from US$ 3.755 billion.
According to China Mobile, its 3G network had reached 115,000 base stations and it expects to have 200,000 by year-end, covering 238 cities in China.

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Telefonica tests LTE calls with Alcatel-Lucent in Latin America

On 02.16.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The first call has been successfully made by Alcatel-Lucent in LTE lab tests, Telefonica is conducting in Latin America. The maturity and benefits of the LTE mobile broadband technology is being analyzed by Telefonica with these tests.

The first tests using Alcatel-Lucent’s LTE platform, including base stations, transmission equipment, Evolved Packet Core (EPC), as well as professional design and integration services in combination with devices from LG Electronics were delivered in Telefonica’s labs.

700 MHz and 2.6 GHz frequencies will be used in the second phase of the field tests to assess LTE’s performance in terms of coverage and capacity, supporting the delivery of new mobile multimedia applications, such as high-definition video streaming, mobile gaming, high-speed file transfers and video conferencing.

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Local vendors lose out again as eMobile signs Huawei

On 08.15.06, In Mobile, By Editor

The rollout of Japan’s newest W-CDMA nationwide mobile network by eMobile, the new mobile subsidiary of leading DSL wholesaler eAccess Ltd, is gathering pace and causing not a few surprises and disappointments among vendors.
eMobile announced late in July that it had selected Huawei Technologies from 15 global vendors as a second prime network vendor to work alongside Ericsson, which in March was awarded the contract for the nationwide core network and the 1.7-GHz radio network in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

Huawei will start by deploying networks in Sapporo and Sendai. This is the first contract for Huawei or any Chinese network vendor in Japan, and it means that Japanese vendors have completely lost out on this pioneering 3.5G network business worth $3 billion to $4 billion. “The choice of Huawei was an extraordinary shock to Japanese vendors,” eMobile and eAccess CEO Dr Sachio Semmoto told Wireless Asia.
Japanese vendors are not the only shocked and disappointed vendors. Lucent Technologies was passed over yet again. One year ago Lucent appeared to be in pole position with eAccess after working on apparently successful trials combining HSDPA and Lucent’s IMS. Lucent was presented as eAccess’ partner in several high profile PR social and events.
Among the reasons cited for the selection of Huawei by eAccess are its strong product development skills, quality management systems in IP technology and small base stations.
eAccess has done an impressive job of fundraising for the new venture. eMobile now has equity and debt financing totaling 363 billion yen ($3.16 billion). The companies are planning to offer seamless IP-based fixed and mobile services with data services starting in March 2007 and voice services following in Spring 2008.
Putting up a state-of-the-art nationwide mobile network, of course, is costly and eAccess will struggle to reach the 85% coverage required by the government within five years under its present business-financing plan, even though the network will be IP-based.
NTT DoCoMo spent $20 billion on its W-CDMA network and Vodafone Japan around $10 billion on its latest network. From this perspective, it is easy to understand the decision to partner with Huawei, which has risen quickly by combining advanced technology with low prices.
eMobile’s ambitious strategy contrasts sharply with IP Mobile, Japan’s other mobile start-up, which announced that it has secured just over 4 billion yen to build its network. Non-Japanese vendors have also secured a significant part of the contracts so far awarded by IP Mobile.

Source- http://www.telecomasia.net.

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