Verizon working on CDMA network for simultaneous voice and data services

On 10.12.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Verizon Wireless is developing a new solution that will allow its CDMA subscribers to access voice and mobile data services at the same time.

According to reports, Apple is making an iPhone for Verizon’s CDMA network and that Verizon will launch the phone early next year, which would break AT&T Mobility’s grip on the popular smartphone.

The main difference between Verizon’s network and AT&T’s UMTS network is that AT&T subscribers can access voice and data services simultaneously in which Verizon lacks behind.

According to Biran Higgins, Verizon’s executive director for ecosystem development, the carrier is working on making its network capable of handling voice and data at the same time.

According to Brad Shewmake, a spokesman for the CDMA Development Group, a solution that will allow CDMA subscribers to access voice and data at the same time will be commercially available in the first half of 2011.  August 2009 the CDG announced that specification, called SVDO. The new service will allow CDMA2000 devices to access EV-DO packet data services while in an active 1X circuit-switch voice call.

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France Telecom buys 40% stake in Medi Telecom

On 09.22.10, In Mobile, By Editor

France Telecom has inked a deal to buy a 40% stake in Morocco’s second largest telecoms operator, M©di T©l©com for US$837 million, as the French telecoms giant seeks to improve revenue growth outside Europe. France Telecom will consolidate this stake into its accounts by way of global incorporation from the fiscal year 2015.

The other two shareholders, the state fund CDG and FinanceCom jointly brought Meditel stakes from Portugal Telecom and Telefonica last September for US$529.88 million each. The two shareholder companies are planning to float the company on the stock exchange last year were canceled at the time in favor of a trade sale.

According to St©phane Richard, France Telecom’s CEO, the acquisition of this stake in M©di T©l©com is the first concrete step in the new policy of expansion outside Europe, and contributes to the company’s stated aim of doubling revenues in Africa and the Middle-East over the next five years. The company is delighted to contribute to this strategic partnership, which can only strengthen M©di T©l©com’s profile as a dynamic and solid company.

France Telecom and the other shareholders have agreed to float M©di T©l©com on the Casablanca stock exchange in the short to medium term.

With over 10 million mobile subscribers and a market share of 37%, M©di T©l©com published sales of over US$ 615.98 million in 2009 with an EBITDA margin of 40% and an operational cash-flow of around US$173.53 million.

According to the company, on the deal date, France Telecom will also take over 40% of M©di T©l©com’s shareholder accounts, which amounts to around  US$103.32 million.

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MTS India joins CDMA Development Group

On 09.07.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), announced that it has joined the CDMA Development Group (CDG), an international consortium of CDMA service providers and manufacturers, application developers and content providers. Founded in December 1993, the CDG has more than 140 members worldwide, including operators, equipment vendors, application developers, content providers and other telecommunications companies that work together to ensure interoperability among systems while expediting the adoption of CDMA2000 wireless systems across the globe.

The association with CDG will help MTS to interact with industry decision makers and innovators from CDMA service providers and manufacturers worldwide, and will give critical insights into the CDMA technology, industry patterns, customer buying patterns and customer needs. MTS will be able to network with the pioneers of CDMA technology in this space and discuss industry trends, roadblocks and future technologies on the CDMA platform.

Making the announcement, Vsevolod Rozanov, President and CEO of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited, said, MTS India is currently launching CDMA2000 services very aggressively across different telecom circles of the country.‚  As a consortium of international CDMA service providers and manufacturers, CDG provides the right platform for MTS India to connect with the global CDMA community. We can share our experiences and also learn about new emerging technologies. Our participation in CDG also reinstates our long-term commitment to CDMA in India and ensures that the benefits of latest breakthroughs in CDMA technology can percolate through the diaspora of both the urban as well as the vastly untapped rural population of the nation.

 

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