Vodafone to invest $699.25 mn in Romania
Vodafone Group CEO, Vittorio Colao has announced that the company is planning to invest over $699.25 million in Romania in the next five years at a meet.
Vodafone Romania officials stated that the meeting’s subject was the evolution of the telecommunications sector in Romania and its prospects. Among the projects, the aforementioned investments will go into a concerning network operation centres that will provide technical services to both Vodafone Romania as well as Vodafone units in other countries.
Vodafone has also shown its interest into a future collaboration for the use of US$117.47 million in EU funds for the expansion of its broadband internet infrastructure in areas that lack broadband connectivity in Romania, the so-called white areas.
Indotel’s development plan for 2009 released (Dominican Republic)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: An investment of approximately USD31.8 million will be made by Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel), a mobile operator based in Dominican Republic, on 14 initiatives shooting from its
‘Biennial Plan of Development Projects 2009-2011.’
According to the project, which will be benefitted from the funding, broadband will be installed in 100 schools across the country. The plan schemes also include roll out of fibre-optic networks in unserved regions, along with the development of Wi-Fi networks for access in public places, projects for training information and communication technology (ICT) and Community Technology Centres (CTC)
According to Jose Rafael Vargas, head of Indotel, the second phase of the Rural Broadband Connectivity project is the most important one, has an estimated budget of DOP157 million and will last for two years.
The purpose of the Rural Broadband Connectivity project is to bring the rural sector on par in terms of access to Information Society and Communication with the urban sector.
TMN reaches 750,000 clients with Mobile Broadband
Portugal Telecom’s mobile operator, TMN, has announced it has 750,000 clients with 3G and 3.5G equipment, representing 15 percent of the total (5 million), and giving it the leadership of the mobile broadband market in Portugal. Mobile TV, video calls, video sharing and broadband connectivity for wireless internet access are some of the services made available by TMN thanks to the new technology.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
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