O2, Movistar deal drops incoming charges when roaming
Telefonica is taking advantage of its new ownership of British mobile operator O2 to launch a roaming deal for British and Spanish customers. Under the My Europe High Roamer service, Spanish Movistar and British O2 customers now can receive free incoming calls when abroad. Customers with a Movistar contract will be charged EUR 10 a month to receive calls in 33 countries including Spain, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the UK, Sweden, Switzerland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia and Vatican City. O2 customers will be charged GBP 5 a month for the subscription, but will only initially be able to receive calls for free when they are in Spain. O2 has said in the first half of next year, customers will be able to receive free calls in at least 35 more European countries. Making calls abroad under the tariff costs GBP 0.25 per minute, which O2 says is a 70 percent discount on usual prices. SMEs are eligible for half-price subscription if they commit to O2 for twelve months.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Motorola acquires Symbol Technologies for $3.9 bln
Motorola, Inc. and Symbol Technologies, Inc. announced that the two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement, under which Motorola will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Symbol. The transaction has a total equity value of USD 3.9 bln on a fully-diluted basis.
“Motorola and Symbol share a common vision of providing enterprise mobility solutions. Symbol’s world-class product platform complements Motorola’s vision of seamless mobility and will be the core of Motorola’s enterprise group”, said Greg Brown, president of Motorola’s Networks and Enterprise business. “By combining our adjacent assets, expertise, customer and supplier bases and industry-leading products, we will together be a leading player in enterprise mobility”.
Symbol Technologies enterprise mobility products and solutions are proven to increase workforce productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the world’s leading companies.
On the other hand, Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by the vision of Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping their customers get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that they want and need.
The acquisition is subject to customary regulatory approval and the approval of Symbol’s stockholders, and is expected to be completed in late 2006 or early 2007.
Symbol’s authorized reseller in Cyprus, is DataTech Business Solutions, a provider of innovative value-based technology solutions in Enterprise Mobility, Content and Process Management.
Source- http://www.financialmirror.com
Technorati : Mobile, Motorola, Symbol Technologies
Ice Rocket : Mobile, Motorola, Symbol Technologies
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
