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Warid Bangladesh renamed as Airtel Bangla

On 02.08.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Warid Telecom (Bangladesh) whose 70% stake was acquired by Indian telco Bharti Airtel will be renamed Airtel Bangla Ltd and will be operational under this name by the end of this month.

The acquisition has been approved by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) while the investments plan has been submitted under which Bharti is set to pay off Warid’s debts of BDT2.3 billion (USD33 million) to local financial institutions along with massive network expansion under an initial BDT21 billion budget.

According to the BTRC, Warid telecom launched in May, 2007 signed up almost three million subscribers by end-December 2009.

Qtel says interested in PT’s stake in Meditel (Qatar, Morocco)

On 08.31.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Qtel, the Qatari mobile operator, reportedly said that it has interest in Portugal Telecom’s stake in Moroccan mobile operator, Mobitel. Bankers are working on financing to back bids for a potential 64.4% stake in Meditel.
Portugal Telecom owns 32.2% stake in Meditel is up for sale along with Spain’s Telefonica’s 32.2%. ‘Qatar Telecom confirms its interest in the process initiated by Portugal Telecom SGPS SA regarding the sale of their stake in Medi Telcom, Meditel,’ the firm said in a statement.
‘The intentions of the remaining shareholders in Meditel are still unclear, and, as such, Qtel will continue to monitor the situation until the facts becomes clearer,’ the statement said.

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Orange & RIM introduce BlackBerry Curve 8520 in Spain

On 08.31.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace) and features a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone will be available from Orange Spain in frost. (more…)

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Orange acquires UK digital ad network Unanimis

On 08.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange Group has reportedly acquired UK digital advertising network Unanimis. The combination of the Unanimis premium advertising network with Orange’s mobile and internet assets will enable advertisers, buyers and media agencies to reach over 71.5% of the UK online population and over 66% of the online population across the UK, France, Spain and Poland.
Unanimis will reportedly continue working under it’s brand name and will be a part of the Orange Group Advertising Network. The acquisition will boost Orange’s presence in two of Europe’s three main digital advertising markets – France and the UK.

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RIM launches BlackBerry Curve 8520 in Spain

On 08.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone for customers in Spain. The handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, is expected to be available from wireless carriers in Spain in September.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone that will come to the Spanish market in two attractive colors – black and frost. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace) and features a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go. (more…)

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EU plans investment of EUR 18Mn in 4G project in 2010

On 08.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The European Commission, EU, will make an investment of nearly EUR 18 million in research to boost LTE – 4G mobile networks. The funding will be used for research on the enhanced version of LTE, LTE Advanced. In countries like Finland, Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK LTE trials are going on. The commercial launch of services will be made in Sweden and Norway in H1′10. In September 2009, the EC will roll out negotiations on the details with project consortia, including the flagship Artist4G that builds on the achievements of the Winner projects and unites 4G industry and researchers from Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK. The new projects are scheduled for launch in January 2010.

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Mobily expands 3.75G coverage in Western region (UAE)

On 08.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobily’s 3.75G High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) coverage now always more and more people in the Western region to connect to the Internet, make video calls, or benefit from the world of iphone content, according to a statement issued by the company Sunday.

Close to the coast, expansion of 3.75G coverage included Rabegh, Turban, Al Khormah, Al Muwaih, Haddad Bani Malek, Al Sudairah, Asfan, Thahban, Thuwal, Bahra, more towards the hills, customers in Al Hada, Bani Saeed, AL Kamel, Al Sail Al Kabeer now have speeds that rival those of customers in major cities. All in all, 3.75G HSPA service reaches 326 cities, regions and areas in the Kingdom, covering 75% of the population. (more…)

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Netherlands mobile subscribers enjoy cheapest mobile tariffs

On 08.14.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to a recent survey by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), the mobile susbcribers in Netherlands enjoy the cheapest mobile tariffs across the world. The survey compared the cost for an average user (780 phone calls, 600 text messages and eight multi-media messages) in 30 countries in August’08 and found prices varied from $11 to $53.
Netherlands was followed by Finland and Sweden with lowest tariffs. The highest prices were paid in the US, Canada and Spain.

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Spain ends June with 51.68Mn mobile lines

On 08.13.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Spain has lost 54,141 mobile lines in the month of June, taking the total number to 51.68 million, up 4.2% since June’08, reports telecoms regulator, CMT. The drop in lines has been driven by an adjustment of nearly 161,000 lines made by Orange in the prepaid segment. Over the last three months, MVNOs won 50.60% of the total new additions, Vodafone covered 28.70%, Yoigo accounted for 19.41% and Movistar for 7.18%, while Orange lost 5.89% in the period. Mobile penetration reached 112 lines per 100 inhabitants, versus 107.4 in June’08.
384,838 mobile phone numbers were ported in June, up by 19.3% versus the same period last year. Yoigo and the MVNOs saw a positive balance in portability, while Movistar, Vodafone and Orange registered a negative balance. Yoigo won 23,671 users and the MVNOs added 15,023 ported customers.

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Telefonica selects Olista’s Mobile User-Experience Platform (Spain)

On 08.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telefonica, Spain’s leading mobile operator, has selected Olista’s mobile user-experience platform to improve its customers’ experience when using Telefonica’s data services.

With social media content and value-added services as key strategic tools for driving revenue and reducing churn, Telefonica chose Olista’s technology to promote increased subscriber usage of its mobile internet premium services, both encouraging customers to successfully use the services and ensuring that the services work every time on any device. (more…)

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