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Swisscom to launch flatrate tariffs for subscribers from 17 Aug (Switzerland)

On 08.07.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Swisscom, the Switzerland based mobile operator, will reportedly introduce mobile flatrate tariffs for prepaid, postpaid and business subscribers from 17 August’09. The tariffs will offer free calls, free SMS/MMS and unlimited mobile internet access within Switzerland. The prepaid version is dubbed as Natel Easy BeFree and offers unlimited calls within Switzerland for CHF 2 per day; unlimited SMS/MMS for CHF 3 per day and unlimited mobile internet use for CHF 4 per day.

The fees will be charged only when subscribers make calls, send SMS or use internet that day. The postpaid versions are Natel BeFree and Natel Business One, both cost CHF 169 per month including unlimited calls, SMSs, and MMSs within Switzerland plus mobile internet access up to 2 GB per month at HSPA/UMTS speeds. After the limit is reached, the speeds are decreased to GPRS levels until a new month begins.

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Megafon offers “Multiphone” service to its subscribers

On 08.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MegaFon presents a new multipurpose service “Multiphone” for subscribers of Moscow and Moscow region to stay in touch, make calls and send SMS from any point of the world at favourable tariffs. Actually, “Multiphone” is an efficient addition to mobile phone for active Internet users.

To use the service, download the program from MegaFon web-site, install it on computer and register. Then you can make calls in any direction at reduced cost. For example, a call to another MegaFon-Moscow subscriber through computer from any point of the world costs just 25 kopecks per minute and 2 rubles 05 kopecks to subscribers of city and mobile networks of Moscow. Favorable tariffs are applied to international and intercity calls as well.

Users of “Multiphone” service can communicate with each other absolutely free of charge by using voice – or video calls. Besides, “Multiphone” is of wide additional functional starting from SMS up to background sound in course of communication (noise of water, applauds, digital signals and so on). The user can create and save contacts of interlocutors and group them.

“Multiphone” is available for any MegaFon-Moscow subscriber. The service is free form subscriber’s fee until August 31, 2009.

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Tata Indicom launches Global Data Roaming through Cyberpass (India)

On 07.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Tata Teleservices Limited India’s fastest growing pan India telecom service provider today announced the launch of Global Data Roaming in association with TataCommunications. Tata Communications has extended its global data roaming services to mobile customers through Cyberpass. Jetsetters can now avail of global data roaming with a single login internet access across 160 countries on Tata Indicom.

This first-of-its-kind roaming service will be available to Tata Indicom post-paid (mobile, Walky and data card) subscribers. Users can access the World Wide Webthough dial-up, broadband or from Wi-Fi zones, across the world, using a single login and password enabled by Cyberpass. Globetrotters can now stay on top of their mails, send large files and browse the internet with a simplified billing structure that allows cost certainty when they roam abroad. (more…)

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Euskatel launches mobile broadband promotion (Spain)

On 06.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Euskatel, the Spanish mobile operator, has introduced a mobile broadband summer promotion. At a subscription fee of of EUR 19.9, subscribers can avail for Euskaltel’s mobile internet service Konekta 1G for free until 31 August. Starting 1 September, the Konekta 1G service will be available for a monthly fee of EUR 30, with 1 GB for internet traffic included per month.
Corporate subscribers will receive free internet connection for their corporate network. The service will offer unlimited internet connection to browse the internet, access chat services, send emails and download data.

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Samsung launches S5233 ‘Star’ in Egypt

On 06.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the launch of its newest full-touch screen mobile in the Egyptian market – the S5233 also known as the Star. With this latest product, Samsung is able to enhance its position as a leading player in the hugely popular touch screen mobile market.

“The Samsung Star is a significant product in our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, bringing stylish designs and intuitive user interfaces. We are committed to strengthening our portfolio of full-touch phones by introducing a variety of handsets to suit every lifestyle,” said Mr. Duke Park, Samsung Cairo Branch Manager. “The Samsung Star will continue to bring the exciting experience of touch to mobile phone users and will further enhance Samsung’s leadership in the full-touch market.” (more…)

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Huawei & TeliaSonera demonstrate live LTE network (Norway)

On 06.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Netcom and Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies have launched the live commercial LTE network in Oslo, Norway. The LTE network will be demonstrated live in Oslo between a laptop PC with a 4G modem and public internet/intranet, included downloads of high resolution photos, music, movies and mobile business applications, at higher speeds than most fixed internet accesses currently available. Using the LTE MIMO and OFDM technologies, the download peak data rate can reach up to 150 Mbps in one LTE cell with multiple terminals.

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MTC Touch slashes MMS, CLIR & internet tariffs (Lebanon)

On 05.28.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTC Touch, the Lebanese mobile operator, has reduced the tariffs of selected Magic prepaid and Touch postpaid services. For Magic subscribers, MTC Touch offers a 33% reduction on the MMS service, from USD 0.45 to USD 0.30, in addition to offering the CLIR service to prepaid line holders for a monthly fee of USD 10.
Touch subscribers will also receive a 50% drop on the MMS service, from USD 0.40 to USD 0.20, a 50% discount on the monthly fee of the CLIR service, dropping from USD 20 to USD 10, and a 65% on the monthly fee of the Advanced CLIR service, dropping from USD 25 to USD 10. In addition, MTC Touch is reducing by 50 percent the monthly fee on the Missed Call SMS notification service, which has gone from USD 2 to only USD 1 per month. MTC Touch will further offer tariff reductions on Internet services for postpaid Touch subscribers.
Subscribers will have to pay a monthly fee of USD 10 for 50MB capacity, USD 15 for 120MB or USD 25 for 250MB. The price per additional MB has been slashed to 0.1 cent for all three services.

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Orange Moldova introduces reward programme, offers bonus points

On 05.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange Moldova has introduced a new reward programme, through which the operator will offer bonus points to subscribers with more than six months of service. Points are offered according to the monthly credit a subscriber uses to make calls, send text messages or access the internet. The bonus can be used to make on-net calls, to add prepay options, purchase SMS packages or to use Orange World. In order to receive the prepaid points the subscribers will have to register themselves by sending an SMS to a four-digit number. Each subscriber is offered 100 prepaid points when registering, while the rest of the points are attributed every month according to the amount of monthly credit used. Subscribers can obtain 80 points for MDL 50 credit used per month, 200 points for MDL 50-100, 500 points for 100-150 MDL, 800 points for MDL 150-250 and 1400 points for over MDL 250.

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Vodafone Spain launches lifetime offer on voice flat-rate tariff

On 05.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Spain has introduced a new services lifetime offer for its new subscribers who register for the mobile voice flat-rate tariff for EUR 29.90 per month. Under the promotion, Vodafone offers mobile flat-rate subscribers with up to 1,000 free minutes per month for voice calls to fixed-line numbers. In addition, subscribers who also opt for a residential internet line will receive a 40 percent discount on Vodafone’s 6 Mbps ADSL service, to EUR 19.90/month.
The promotion is valid until 31 July, but the operator plans to make the offer definitive, says Antonio Garcia-Urgeles, director of Vodafone Spain’s residential business unit.

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China Mobile plans an investment of CNY 600Mn to support 3G terminal devices

On 05.18.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Mobile reportedly plans an investment of CNY 600 million to support the research and development of terminal devices for TD-SCDMA, the domestically-developed 3G standard. According to an agreement, the company signed with nine mobile phone manufacturers and three chipset producers, the two sides would pour CNY 1.2 billion into the R&D project. The company said that the newly-launched R&D project will focus on the design of a flagship mobile phone model that supports broadband internet, and a more economical one whose market price will be under CNY 1,000. The telecommunication companies of China use different CDMA standards. Each will separately order terminals from different mobile phone makers which support their own standards.

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