Aircel launches 3G service in Chennai (India)

Aircel has launched its 3G services in Chennai with an aim to increase mobile internet penetration.

According to Aircel Chief Operating Officer, Gurdeep Singh, 3G will collapse all barriers. It will revolutionize entertainment since it is a highly interactive medium and bandwidth will not be a constraint. The pan-India operator has won 3G licences in 13 telecom circles across India and will be launching 3G services in the remaining circles by mid-March.

He added that they will launch the 3G services in 11 circles by first week of March and the remaining circles in the middle week of March.

Wataniya finally launches in West Bank.

Wataniya Mobile finally began operations after months of disputes with Israel. This will break Paltels monopoly and is likely to drive down prices.
Qtel owns 57% of Wataniya Palestine and the remainder is owned by  the public Palestine Investment Fund. Wataniya has invested USD 100 Million already and a further $700m is planned over the next decade.
Current penetration in the west bank is only 35% which Wireless Federation expects to go up rapidly following the launch of Wataniya. Paltel currently has 1.5 million Palestinian subscribers.
Wataniya said it has received only 3.8MHz of bandwidth from Israel, instead of the 4.8MHz that had been promised. Without this Wataniya will not be able to launch 3G services.

Wataniya Mobile finally began operations after months of disputes with Israel. This will break Paltels monopoly and is likely to drive down prices.

Qtel owns 57% of Wataniya Palestine and the remainder is owned by  the public Palestine Investment Fund. Wataniya has invested USD 100 Million already and a further $700m is planned over the next decade.

Current penetration in the west bank is only 35% which Wireless Federation expects to go up rapidly following the launch of Wataniya. Paltel currently has 1.5 million Palestinian subscribers.

Wataniya said it has received only 3.8MHz of bandwidth from Israel, instead of the 4.8MHz that had been promised. Without this Wataniya will not be able to launch 3G services.

Mobile Centrex: Teles deploys it at T-mobile Austria

TELES has announced the successful installation and launch of its Mobile Centrex solution at T-Mobile Austria.  The TELES Mobile Centrex solution enables T-Mobile Austria to offer SME customers a complete solution that fulfills both their land line and wireless telephony requirements at a competitive price. Using the service enables the SME’s manager to better control their expenses by both turning CAPEX to OPEX and matching the OPEX with the actual corporate size.

“Using the TELES Mobile Centrex solution we can address the large SME market with a complete, new and unique service that enables our customers to benefit from economic efficiency while, simultaneously, improving the quality of their telephony solution,” said Bela Virag, Executive Vice President of Business Marketing at T-Mobile Austria.  “At the same time, we can increase our penetration and generate new revenues with business customers.”

Leveraging the TELES Mobile Centrex solution enables mobile service providers to offer the complete replacement of an in-house PBX with a centrally hosted and managed solution including a software based attendant console for use with standard GSM phones as well as auto attendant service, ad-hoc conference service, voice mail and user presence functionality.

“The successful launch of the T-Mobile service is an important milestone in our strategy to supply worldwide wireless service providers with advanced telephony solutions that enable them to address the SME market with new, attractive services,” said Eyal Ullert, CO of Sales and Marketing at TELES.

Using the system’s browser-based Customer Self-care interface, the user can independently manage and configure their service, relieving the mobile service provider of basic, repetitive and costly maintenance.

TELES will be presenting its Mobile Centrex solution at the Barcelona GSM Mobile World Congress.