Azercell Concludes G?RS/MMS Agreements with Operators in Hong Kong and Bulgaria
Azercell Telecom, a mobile operator, has concluded GPRS/MMS agreement with Sunday???, Hong Kong, and Mobitel???, Bulgaria, operators, Trend reports.
This is the third GPRS/MMS roaming agreement with Hong Kong and the second one with Bulgaria, which Azercell Telecom??? concluded. Therefore, the subscribers of Azerbaijan’s mobile communication leader could already use GPRS roaming services of Hong Kong CSL Limited and Smartone-Vodafone??? and Bulgarian Globul???.
So far Azercell has signed G?RS/MMS roaming agreement with 58 operators in 29 countries.
Source- http://www.trend.az
Mobiltel reports 4 million mobile subscribers in Bulgaria
Telekom Austria Group’s Bulgarian mobile subsidiary Mobiltel has reached the 4 million subscriber mark on 14 September. The company also announced that within the next days Mobiltel will launch HSDPA modems on the Bulgarian market within the framework of its Vodafone partnership. The HSDPA modem allows fast internet connection and mobile data transfer of up to 1.8 Mbps.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Technorati : Bulgaria, Mobile, Mobiltel, Vodafone
Ice Rocket : Bulgaria, Mobile, Mobiltel, Vodafone
Vodafone, Sweden’s HIG3 join Iran’s intl. roaming network
TEHRAN – Vodafone from the UK and Sweden’s HI3G have been added to Iran’s international roaming list.
Subscribers to these mobile phone operators can use the services offered by the Mobile Company of Iran as of Monday September 18. Since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21), 16 other foreign mobile phone operators, including companies from Bulgaria, Tunisia, China, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Luxembourg, Cyprus, and the Netherlands, joined Iran’s intl. roaming network. The list now includes more than 160 operators from 65 countries.
Source- http://www.zawya.com
Technorati : Iran, Mobile, Sweden, UK, Vodafone
Ice Rocket : Iran, Mobile, Sweden, UK, Vodafone
Germanos revenues up 25% in H1
Greece-based telecoms retailer Germanos reported first-half sales up 25.4 percent from a year ago to EUR 538.8 million. Retail sales improved 12.9 percent to EUR 284.2 million, while product distribution sales rose 42 percent to EUR 214.9 million. Operations outside Greece accounted for 30 percent of sales, up from 25.8 percent a year ago, with especially stores in Romania and Bulgaria growing strongly. EBITDA amounted to EUR 43.5 million, up 5.2 percent, while net profit jumped to EUR 143 million from EUR 27.7 million a year earlier on the back of divestment gains. Germanos is in the process of selling its retail activities to Greek mobile operator Cosmote.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Technorati : EBITDA, Germanos, Greece, Mobile
Ice Rocket : EBITDA, Germanos, Greece, Mobile
Telekom Austria net profit up 74% in Q2 on Mobiltel takeover
Telekom Austria reported second-quarter net profit up 74.6 percent from a year ago to EUR 130.9 million, driven by the company’s takeover of Bulgarian mobile operator Mobiltel and lower depreciation and amortisation charges. Revenues increased 16 percent to EUR 1.169 billion, with a 33 percent rise in mobile sales to EUR 710.9 million helping to offset a 1.9 percent drop in fixed-line revenues to EUR 519.3 million. EBITDA rose 20 percent to EUR 477.5 million. Telekom Austria expects full-year revenues to grow 5 percent and annual EBITDA up 10 percent, while the company raised its forecast for operating and net profit and now expects annual growth of more than its previous outlook of 20 percent. For the period 2005-9, the company predicts a CAGR of 2 percent for revenues, 2.5 percent for EBITDA and 13 percent for net profit. Telekom Austria also expects a reduction in net debt and higher dividend for the year.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Technorati : Austria, Mobile, Telecom
Ice Rocket : Austria, Mobile, Telecom
Bulgarian wireless carriers at odds over mobile number portability
Bulgaria’s 3 wireless telecom operators have clashed over the approach that should be taken to subscribers changing carriers that want to keep their mobile phone number, it transpired after the Communications Regulation Commission adopted the rules for the mobile number portability. The service should be available from January 1, 2007. A year later, the carriers should have a joint database with all numbers that have migrated between cellular networks. According to Greek-owned Globul, one obstacle facing the rollout of the new service is the position of rival Mobiltel which is insisting that each telecom carrier should establish its own database. This means incoming calls to a Mobiltel number that has moved to another network will have to be routed through the Mobiltel network first, adding to the call tariff, said Globul. Creating a joint database is costly option that will take at least a couple of years, said Telekom Austria-owned Mobiltel. The telecom regulator is urging the carriers to adopt both approaches to ensure the service is up and running by January 1, 2007. The carriers have so far been mute on what extra-cost add-ons the new service will have for the end-user. Globul estimates the cost per operator at a six-figure amount in euro. That is in sharp contrast to Mobiltel’s estimates which range between 8- to 9-figure sums. The adoption of mobile number portability by other markets has shown that no more than 10% of existing subscribers take advantage of the service
Source- http://news.dnevnik.bg
Technorati : Bulgaria, Mobile, Wireless
Ice Rocket : Bulgaria, Mobile, Wireless
