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Belgacom to launch revamped internet packages (Belgium)

On 02.08.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Belgian operator Belgacom will launch its revamped internet offerings on March 1, 2010. Internet Start with 2 GB is the entry-level package; Internet Comfort with 8 GB is the standard package and Internet Favorite with 75 GB will be the heavier usage package.

EUR 18.90 per month will be charged for Internet Start with speeds at 2 Mbps, EUR 32.50 for Internet Comfort with 12 Mbps speed. Internet Favorite and Internet Intense will provide 20 Mbps for EUR 42.90 and EUR 56 respectively. Larger mailbox volumes of 1 GB will benefit all packages.

Additional volume could be bought by customers exceeding their data limits. with Start and Comfort customers paying EUR 1 per extra 1 GB and Favorite clients EUR 5 per extra 20 GB. Both new and existing customers can avail the new offering.

50% reduction in MTRs proposed by Belgian regulator

On 02.05.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: To increase competition in the wireless sector and reduce the cost of calls to consumers, the mobile network operators of Belgium has been asked by the country’s telecoms regulator, the Belgian Institute for Post and Telecommunications (BIPT) to halve mobile termination rates (MTRs). The operators have six weeks to respond to the regulator’s proposals.

50% cut in MTRs, far steeper than the 20% reduction has been recommended by the regulator. It is now widely expected that all three operators, Proximus (Belgacom Mobile), Mobistar and BASE, will appeal the decision.

Regulation of mobile interconnection rates had been proposed by BIPT in March 2006, and while the charges have been cut by around 50% since that date, the levels remain different for each of the three operators.

Tagged with: Belgacom • Belgium • BIPT • Europe • Interconnection Rate • LG • Mobile Termination Rates • Mobistar • MTRs • operator

China Telecom in talks with Palm to offer Palm Pre

On 08.31.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Telecom is reportedly in talks with Palm to offer Palm Pre smartphone in China, joining the race among mobile operators to add 3G subscribers by offering attractive handsets. Along with Palm, the operator is still in talks Research In Motion to offer BlackBerry.
China Telecom knows it needs good handsets to attract more 3G users, the representative said. Nokia also plans to launch a 3G handset with China Telecom this year, and Motorola may launch two, she said.
The Chinese operators are also planning to offer low-priced handsets to attract 3G subscribers. China Telecom and its distributors have ordered 4 million 3G phones from handset makers to sell in China, and most will be priced between 500 yuan ($73) and 1,000 yuan, the company representative said.

Tagged with: Chinguitel • Belgacom • CTM • GSM • Himachal Pradesh • Infrastructural Investment • Reliance Entertainment

China Telecom posts 28% drop in H1′09 profits

On 08.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Telecom, China’s third largest mobile operator, posted a drop of 28% in its H1′09 profits. Operating revenues stood at CNY 103.15 billion, and excluding the amortisation of upfront connection fees, the operating revenues were CY 102.55 billion, up 14.8% from CNY 89.35 billion in the H1′08.
H1 EBITDA dipped by 2.1% to CNY 43.34 billion from CNY 44.27 billion. Profit fell 27.5 percent to CNY 8.41 billion, versus a profit of CNY 11.61 billion in the year-ago period. The operator’s mobile subscriber base grew by 40.7% to 39.28 million.
In 2011, China Telecom targets 100 million mobile subscribers and 65 million broadband subscribers.

Tagged with: ASIA • Belgacom • Beze • China • credit cards • TV

Macedonia fails in latest bid to increase mobile competition

On 08.28.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Macedonian government has reportedly failed in its latest attempt to increase competition in the country’s mobile market. In a second bid to drum up interest, the Macedonian Agency for Electronic Communications (AEC) apparently solicited interest from 19 of the world’s biggest telecoms companies including Vodafone Group (UK), Telefonica of Spain, China Telecom, Telenor Norway and companies in India, Russia and South America. The AEC has requested them to place an auction for for two 3G mobile licences but none of the firms approached showed interest in investing in the country. The licence was offered at a reserve price of just EUR5 million (USD7.1 million).

Tagged with: Belgacom • Enforta • GSM • Mobile Backhaul • Perry LaForge • Skype • Turner • US ITC • Vsevolod Rozanov • WorldMate • Zain Kuwait

RCom & China Telecom complete the first terrestrial cable to directly connect China & India

On 08.27.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Reliance Communications and China Telecom have today announced the opening of the first direct terrestrial cable link between the Chinese and Indian domestic markets.
The Reliance Communications and China Telecom constructed cable was the first cross border terrestrial connectivity project to be planned between India and China, and was completed earlier this month. The cable passes through the inhospitable terrain of the Nathula Pass, linking Yadong in China to Siliguri in India. The cable will provide direct, enterprise class connectivity between all major Indian and Chinese locations as well as expanding high-bandwidth coverage to more rural regions and cities in both countries. Neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and even Pakistan and Bangladesh will also benefit in the longer term, through increased bandwidth availability and global termination options. (more…)

Tagged with: Bangladesh • Belarus • Belgacom • China • India • MobileOne • Pakistan • Sri Lanka • Telemig • Termination rates • Window mobile 6

China Telecom places order for 4Mn 3G mobile phones

On 08.26.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Telecom, one of the nation’s leading mobile operator, has reportedly placed an order of 4 million 3G mobile handsets with a number of domestic mobile phone makers, the biggest such order ever in China.
The order which is reported to be a multi-billion yuan order, includes 63 different customized models and will greatly expand China Telecom’s 3G handset portfolios and is expected to help it attract more users.
The 4-million customized handsets China Telecom ordered, bigger than its original plan of 3.6 million, are mostly priced in the 1,000 yuan (US$142.9) range and some are priced as low as 500 yuan.

Tagged with: Belgacom • China • FlatRate Tariffs • GSM • mobile television • Telenor Swden

China Telecom confirms introduction of BlackBerry and PalmTreo devices soon

On 08.25.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Telecom, the Chinese mobile operator, has reportedly confirmed that for the first time the operator will launch RIM BlackBerry and PalmTreo. It was in 2006, that China Mobile introduced that BlackBerry handset but was unable to promote the services strongly. With the advantages in the government and corporate markets, China Telecom is more suitable for BlackBerry’s promotion.

In addition, BlackBerry adopts the CDMA technology in its North America base camp and China Telecom operates the CDMA network in China, which is the basis of the two parties’ cooperation.

Tagged with: Chinguitel • Belgacom • Cell Phones • China • Idia • North America • Reliance Entertainment • VolGA

China adds 7.7Mn new mobile subscribers in July

On 08.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In July,there is a net addition of approximately 7.7 mln new mobile subscribers in China. Out of which, China Mobile gained 4.6 mln, pushing the operator’s total GSM subscriber base to 497.7 mln. In July, a total of nearly 1.1 mln subscribers used China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network services.China Unicom reports a total subscriber base of 141.1 mln, added fewer than 0.7 mln new GSM subscribers. China telecom added less than 2.5 mln CDMA subscribers to its kitty and reports a total subscriber base more than 41.7 mln, of the total new subscribers added in July.

Tagged with: Belgacom • CDMA • Cell Phones • China • credit cards • McDowell • T-Mobile • Tele2 • Telefonica

China Mobile posts 1.6% drop in Q2′09 profits

On 08.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Mobile, world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, has reported a drop of 1.6% in Q2′09 profits driven by slow economy, weak 3G rollout and rising competition. The operator is in competition with smaller rivals China Unicom and China Telecom which offer full range of services since last year’s restructuring process. These operators are aggressively entering the rural market as the urban market faces saturation.
China Mobile’s Q2′09 net profit stood at 30.1 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) as compared to 30.6 billion yuan in Q2′08.

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