Tore Johnsen resigns as the CEO of Total Access (Thailand)
Total Access Communication PCL has announced that Chief Executive Tore Johnsen has resigned and will leave the company on Feb. 28.
According to the company, it has named Jon Eddy Abdullah as the new Chief Executive, effective March 1.
As per the compnay’s statement, Johnsen, who will also relinquish his director’s post, has accepted a position as Chief Executive of Grameenphone Ltd., a Telenor subsidiary and currently the largest mobile telecommunications operator in Bangladesh in terms of revenue, coverage and subscriber base. Abdullah was Chief Executive of Telenor Pakistan Pvt Ltd, Chief Operating Officer in Malaysia’s Maxis Telecommunications Bhd, and Chief Technology Officer at Malaysia’s DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd.
CAT permits DTAC, True 3G trials expansion (Thailand)
CAT, the board of state-owned Telecom has approved plans for private sector mobile operators Digital Total Access Communication (DTAC) and True Move to expand their number of cell sites for 3G operations in the 850MHz frequency band.
DTAC and True currently provide wireless services under build-transfer-operate (BTO) allowances granted by CAT, and are required to pay a percentage of their revenues to the government-owned telco.
According to CAT’s board, True Move may construct 1,400 additional cell sites and DTAC 1,220 more sites to expand trial 3G mobile services.
The new announcement comes after DTAC petitioned the government last month to intervene in what it described as unfair treatment by CAT.
According to DTAC Chief Executive, Tore Johnsen, CAT had only allowed DTAC 36 sites for its HSPA trial service while True Move had over 600 sites.
Nokia and Telenor Pakistan sign network expansion and managed services frame agreement
Telegeography writes…Nokia and Telenor Pakistan have announced that they have extended their existing frame agreement on GSM radio network equipment and services until the end of 2009. Over the three-year period, Nokia will deliver more than 2,000 base stations and continue to plan, build and manage the radio network in close association with the cellco. The cooperation aims at increasing Telenor Pakistan’s network coverage and capacity in most of Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan Administered Kashmir and northern regions of Pakistan, including the capital Islamabad. ‘The continuing co-operation with Nokia enables us to quickly roll out a high-quality radio network while reducing our operating expenses,’ said Tore Johnsen, CEO of Telenor Pakistan.
