MTN denies bribery allegations by Turkcell (Iran, Africa)

By Editor on April 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The bribery claims alleged by Turkcell on the MTN Group, saying that the South African group bribed officials in Iran for telecom licences have been denied by MTN. According to reports, Phuthuma Nhleko, former chief executive officer of MTN Group Ltd., has said that he can state quite categorically that during his tenure as group CEO of MTN, no bribes were authorized or paid by the MTN Group to any South African or Iranian government officials to secure the mobile license in Iran. He added that the allegations made by Turkcell are far-fetched and without foundation.

Nhleko also said that MTN’s conduct was not unlawful or corrupt and MTN was certainly not in a position where it could influence or fetter the decisions made by the South African government or any other sovereign state.

As reported by Wireless Federation earlier, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS alleged in a lawsuit that the MTN Group Ltd. had bribed officials, arranged meetings between Iranian and South African leaders, and promised Iran weapons and United Nations votes in exchange for a license to provide mobile-phone service in the Islamic Republic. Turkcell is seeking $4.2 billion in damages through this claim.

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Non-text mobile data services getting popular (USA)

By Editor on December 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to the latest consumer study by the Parks Associates’, 40% of the more than 70 million U.S. broadband households with a mobile phone service have adopted non-text mobile data services.

ARPU drivers like mobile TV and music have been eclipsed by mobile Internet and e-mail services indicating need for the carriers to offer practical” services first to the mobile service users. Carriers can also deploy popular web activities as revenue-generating data services due to 10 percent increase in mobile social networking and navigation services.

According to Director of Health and Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates, Harry Wang, the strong growth rate during the past two years in the usage of mobile Internet, social networking, e-mail, and navigation indicates eagerness in consumers for mobile applications offering convenience and loaded features.

Wang added that Smartphone will penetrate more than 30% of broadband households in US in 2009. Carriers will target these 20 million households to market their mobile data services.

Filed under Mobile · Tagged with ARPU, Broadband, e mail services, Harry Wang, internet, Mobile Applications, Mobile Data Services, mobile internet, Mobile Phone Service, Mobile Product, Mobile TV, North America, product research, rate, smartphone, Social Networking, USA, WEB, web activities

BSNL plans massive expansion in mobile services

By Editor on August 15, 2006 · Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug. 24 (UNI): The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., (BSNL) has floated a tender for procurement of 63.5 million mobile telephone lines with the aim of achieving the largest ever expansion, IT and Communication Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, said today.

“The capacity expansion of BSNL alone in the next two to three years will be equivalent to the capacity expansion of all the private players put together,” Maran said in the Rajya Sabha.

Answering a supplementary, he said with the implementation of the capacity expansion, not only the coverage of mobile telephony would increase, but the quality of service would also improve.

Members belonging to different parties, including the treasury benches, complained about the poor quality of mobile phone services by the MTNL and BSNL.

Senior CPM member, Sitaram Yechuri, went to the extent of asking the Minister whether the government companies were not installing communication towers so that the private operators could flourish.

Source- http://www.hindu.com/

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