Travellers in the Czech capital trams will have free internet access via Wi-Fi, confirmed City Transport in Prague for iDnes.
At first, the service will be launched in the new set KT8N2. The accees will be free for at least six months from the launch planned for 31 March.
Besides Wi-Fi, City Transport will install new LCD monitors in the trams, with information on services offered and city transport rules. The company is considering installation of new technologies also in older trams.
ECI Telecom, a global provider of next-generation network solutions, announced today that it was selected by CD – Telematika a.s. (CD-T) to develop and implement a national high-capacity next generation optical network across the Czech Republic. The new network will allow CD-T to significantly increase bandwidth capacity, better route data traffic on the network, and provide highly reliable services over resilient optical infrastructure spread country-wide.
CD-T currently operates over 3,500 km of fiber optic lines throughout the country, supporting the second largest IP Network in the Czech Republic. CD-T provides services to large customers such as Czech Railways and its subsidiaries, as well as many telecom operators, including the operator of the CESNET academic network and other public administration bodies.
Highlights:
CD-T, a leading carrier-of-carriers operator in the Czech Republic, is deploying a national wide optical network to enhance the quality and reach of services to its customers The network will be capable of delivering high-performance IP services, allowing CD-T to respond to growing bandwidth demands, as well as improving reliability and scalability of their service capabilities Deployment of CD-T’s nationwide optical backbone was concluded in record five weeks from start to finish, demonstrating the agility and flexibility of ECI’s 1Net framework. This project expands on the seven-year strong relationship between the two companies and underscores ECI’s proven experience in deploying optical backbones
Utilizing ECI’s XDM(R) Next-Generation Optical Networking Platform, CD-T will be able to extend its optical backbone to support greater bandwidth and capacity. The platform’s innovative design meets all the requirements of modern transmission networks in a single platform featuring:
40 x40Gb/s fully tunable channels Multi-degree WSS ROADMs, allowing for faster response to customer’s bandwidth demands and service needs as well as dramatically reducing the operational costs of the network Full OTN layer support resulting in service transparency, extended reach and end-to-end reliability. 80 x 40G/100G channel-ready, future-proofing the network for growth and capacity
Executive Perspectives:
“We selected ECI’s XDM solution for its field-proven reliability and the flexibility it provides as a future-proof platform, providing sufficient capacity for data-intensive services and enables us to better innovate and expand our offerings moving forward. Having established a strong mutual relationship during the seven years, we are confident in the company’s technological leadership and exceptional service support.” Jeronym Prochazka, Project Manager, CD — Telematika a.s.
“Carrier-of-carriers in today’s market require flexible and customized infrastructure solutions to address current and future business challenges. Our long-term experience in deploying next-generation optical backbones coupled with our comprehensive understanding of this market enabled us to quickly deploy the ideal network solution for CD-T and position them for future expansion.” Oren Marmur, Head of Optical Networking Line of Business, ECI Telecom
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About CD – Telematika a.s
CD-Telematika is a strong and stable company in the domestic market that provides its customers with complex telecommunications, telematic and ICT solutions and services. CDT owns and operates one of the most dense fiber network in CZ consist of 3500km dark fiber and more than 350 PoP’s in CZ.
CDT operates own DWDM, Ethernet, IP, MPLS and Voice services with a strong focus on Carriers and Wholesale partners. CDT is well established ICT partner for government and Railway sector in CZ. For more information, please visit www.cdt.cz
About ECI Telecom
ECI Telecom delivers innovative communications platforms to carriers and service providers worldwide. ECI provides efficient platforms and solutions that enable customers to rapidly deploy cost-effective, revenue-generating services.
Founded in 1961, Israel-based ECI has consistently delivered customer-focused networking solutions to the world’s largest carriers. The Company is also a market leader in many emerging markets. ECI provides scalable broadband access, transport and data networking infrastructure that provides the foundation for the communications of tomorrow, including next-generation voice, IPTV, mobility and other business solutions. For more information, please visit www.ecitele.com.
Certain statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or future performance of the Companies mentioned. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, product and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties as well as other risks.
Golden Gekko, Mobile marketing firm has finally revealed its share enabling consumers in eight countries across Europe to access local and commercial search information from over 3.6 million businesses listed with Yellow Pages owner European Directories by developing a free, cross platform mobile service.
The service can be accessed in eight countries which are Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Finland and Denmark and is available via the mobile web and a mobile application for iPhone and Java-enabled handsets, for the initial period.
To ensure universal accessibility, the additional operating systems and platforms will be added over time. Golden Gecko and European Directories are also offering the service on a white-label basis.
According to Carey Bunks, Group Vice President of Mobile at European Directories, the work they have done with Golden Gekko has delivered truly best-of-breed mobile Yellow Pages search applications and services that provide an excellent user experience, and has demonstrated an enormous uplift in usage and leads generation.
Vodafone Czech Republic achieved 49,000 net customers additions between July – September 2009, the largest quarterly growth in 2009. Net customer growth for January-September was 92,000 users.
The operator has over 2.984 million mobile subscribers as on 30 September, up 5.5 percent year-on-year.
Postpay subscribers stood at 1.54 million approx.
Mobile ARPU reported is CZK 522 or USD 30 approx.
Aside from key Stats: Vodafone CZ is promoting a free MMS offer where it will offer 77 free MMS messages per month for the next four months for its subscribers. Customers need to apply for the bundle, which will continue after the free period with a monthly fee.
O2 has revealed plans to test long-term evolution (LTE) of 3G technology in the UK within the next few months.
Telef³nica announced this week that it will do trials of the Long Term Evolution of 3G networks (LTE) within the next few months across UK, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Brazil and Argentina.
Telefonica’s O2 in the UK will be the first operator in the UK to carry out LTE trials. T-Mobile, Vodafone and Orange are all expected to follow O2′s lead in the future.
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE are supporting Telefonica’s initial technology trials, though it is still open to working with other suppliers.
LTE will allow Telef³nica to offer its customers peak mobile broadband speeds of up to 340Mbps ‘in ideal conditions’ and will also deliver more flexible use of its spectrum as well as boost network capacity.
Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria is considering legal action over Slovakia’s handling of a tender on a third mobile license, while another failed bidder, Slovak private equity group Penta Investments, has filed an appeal with the supreme state attorney asking for a revision of the tender awarded to Telef³nica O2 Slovakia.
Penta participated in the tender in consortium with Czech alternative operator Radiokomunikace under the name B Four. Penta spokesman Martin Danko told CBW that Penta filed the appeal because it’s convinced that the tender wasn’t conducted in accordance with the law (see CBW online news, Aug. 24, 2006). The Slovak Telecom Office (Tš SR) named Telef³nica O2 Slovakia the winner Aug. 2. Radiokomunikace declined to comment on the issue. “The tender wasn’t fair and transparent,” Danko said. The committee for evaluating the bids was composed of members who had clear conflicts of interest, he alleged. Furthermore, the committee members were changed during the tender – which is illegal – and the importance placed on each criterion wasn’t announced beforehand, Danko said. In its complaint, Penta also alleges that the Tš SR didn’t fulfill formal requirements when asking for bids and announcing the winner.
“The only way the [Slovak] telecommunication office can solve such serious accusations with dignity is to either cancel the tender or publish details of the applicants’ offers along with criteria and its quantification,” said Penta investment director Marek Ondrejka in a news release issued late Aug. 24. Penta is confident that its offer was the best and is ready to have its bid publicly compared to those of the other applicants, the press release said.
The Tš SR had stated that within four weeks of announcing the tender result it will issue the right to use the frequency spectrum to the winner, during which time the detailed license conditions and rollout plans will also be specified.
Last week, Mobilkom Austria asked the Tš SR not to allocate the GSM, UMTS and FS frequencies to Telef³nica 02 Slovakia and called on the regulator to repeat the tender for the third mobile license. “In our opinion, the tender wasn’t in accordance with the [Slovak] electronic communications law,” Erich Gnad, the company’s international operations department chief, told Slovak news agency SITA, adding that it wasn’t transparent or in line with standard norms.
The Slovak capital group Eco-Invest, which bid in a consortium with Mobilkom Austria, plans to use all options available under Slovak law to protect its interests, the group said in separate press release.
Telef³nica O2 Slovakia offered Sk 150 million (K?? 111 million/€ 3.97 million) for the 20-year license. B Four offered Sk 400 million and Mobilkom Austria Sk 250 million. The license includes the right to use frequencies GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 Mhz, UMTS and FS 29 GHz to provide telecommunication services in Slovakia – but experts warn that Slovakia won’t be an easy market for a new entrant. Apart from the relatively high mobile penetration, over 80 percent, in a fairly small market of 5.4 million people, any new third mobile operator will be taking on established mobile operators Orange Slovakia, a unit of France Telecom, and T-Mobile Slovakia, controlled by Deutsche Telecom. Orange Slovakia and T-Mobile Slovakia have 2.5 million and 2 million customers, respectively. Besides taking on the competition, the new entrant will have to invest an estimated € 1 billion over the next three years on roll out and network building, which won’t be easy due to the Slovakia’s generally hilly landscape and the Tatra mountain range, with peaks more than 2,500 meters high.
Source- http://www.cbw.cz
Technorati : Austria, Mobile, Mobilkom, O2, Slovakia, Telefonica
Ice Rocket : Austria, Mobile, Mobilkom, O2, Slovakia, Telefonica
