iBasis’s Premium Voice service to be used by MTS Russia

On 12.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia’s largest mobile operator will use iBasis, a KPN affiliate Premium Voice service to complete international calls for its customers. Through this interconnection, MTS joins
more than 1,000 carrier customers from all segments of telecom that use iBasis for all or part of their international voice service.

The premium voice will provide MTS with very high quality worldwide voice termination through a single connection to the iBasis global network. The transfer of Caller Line Identifier (CLI) to mobile and fixed destinations is also guaranteed along with international roaming support worldwide.

Currently, Eastern Europe and Central Asia are rapidly growing region for mobile telecommunications services and with mobile service penetration exceeding 125% and annual growth rate of 14.5 percent, Russia is the fourth largest mobile telecommunications market in the world. The interconnection with iBasis will strengthen Russia’s position in the year to come.

At present, MTS is a leading provider of mobile communications in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus and has 96 million mobile customers and annual revenue of $10 billion.

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KPN Q3 revenues flat, profit up slightly (Netherlands)

On 10.30.07, In Mobile, By Editor

Dutch operator KPN reported third-quarter revenues unchanged from a year earlier, at EUR 3.037 billion. The figure includes EUR 30 million from selling real estate; revenues were otherwise down 0.7 percent. EBITDA improved slightly, to EUR 1.220 billion versus EUR 1.998 billion a year earlier, helped by the Dutch and German mobile activities, while net profit grew to EUR 355 million from EUR 342 million. KPN repeated its outlook for the full year, for flat annual sales, versus a decline of 0.7 percent in the first nine months, while EBITDA is also expected unchanged in 2007, after a 0.1 percent drop in the first nine months. The outlook excludes the recent acquisitions of Getronics and iBasis. Free cash flow is expected to exceed EUR 2 billion this year, while capex will come in at the low end of the previously estimated range of EUR 1.6-1.8 billion.

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