3UK launches Disney on Demand

On 03.18.10, In Mobile Marketing, By Editor

On Demand Group and The Walt Disney Company UK have agreed a deal to provide subscribers with on-demand access to entire episodes of hit television shows via 3 UK’s first ever mobile TV subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service.

Under the terms of this deal, Disney will offer hundreds of episodes to subscribers on the 3 network in the UK, including ABC Studios award winning live action series ‘Lost’, ‘Desperate Housewives’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and more.

According to the CEO of On Demand Group, Tony Kelly, the company is pleased to help one of the world’s premier media companies to create its presence in a new medium. He is of the opinion that  the Walt Disney Company UK’s arrival on 3 mobile demonstrates the tremendous potential for fully managed on-demand services that offer full control to subscribers however they chose to watch.

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Orange UK signs new MVNO deals with three partners

On 03.17.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreements have been signed between British mobile network operator Orange UK and its three new partners- Unicom, Catalyst and Axis Telecom. The three companies have been secured on the Orange Partner Platform via Transatel, Orange’s mobile virtual network aggregator (MVNA).

The initial target of 80,000 existing customers with its new wireless services has been expected from fixed line provider Unicom. Mobile voice offerings are expected from Catalyst through partners targeting specific demographics including students, ethnic minorities and SMEs.

The deal will be used by Axis Telecom to offer mobile voice to its 14,000 residential and business customers. The three MVNOs are expected to launch commercially by the mid-2010.

According to Marc Overton, Vice President of Wholesale, Business Development & Partnerships at Orange UK, Orange has very ambitious plans to become the network partner of choice for new and existing MVNOs and with the deal, it is on its way to achieve this but the ambition is to have twenty new MVNOs on the Orange network by the end of the year which again clearly demonstrates that there are untapped opportunities for telecoms services across business and consumer sectors.

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Vodafone delays the launch of Nexus One (UK)

On 03.17.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The planned release of a contract version of the HTC-manufactured Nexus One smartphone on Vodafone has been delayed till the middle of next month, due to unknown reasons.

While the Android-based handset can be easily availed from Google for around £360, what potentially is adding to both delays and cost in the form of import tax and VAT, is the availability of unlocked contract-free version from the USA.

Earlier it was planned that handset will be made available on various Vodafone contracts starting at £35 per month. No explanations regarding the delay have been made by the company despite the fact that by releasing the Nexus One in April, it will clash with HTC Legend, another HTC-manufactured Android-based smartphone.

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International Rescue launched on iPhone

On 03.16.10, In Mobile Marketing, By Editor

UK-based fleet tracking, traffic and navigation provider, Trafficmaster has launched the first ever international mobile phone travel emergency and concierge service. Under this a user will be offered 24/7 access to a team of travel experts located in more than 40 countries, who will be available in case of an emergency.

Travellers can now get connected to Trafficmaster personal assistants in the UK at the press of a button. These assistant have exclusive access to in-country local teams and will be able to provide a liaison between the user, the police, British embassies, border controls and emergency services.

Apart from this, they will also help in locating a restaurant or a hotel or cash machine. The calls will be charged at normal UK landline rate.

According to Trafficmaster Chief Executive, Tony Eales, following on from launching International Rescue on Blackberry, Symbian and Windows-based mobile phones, the company is delighted to be able to offer this on iPhone. It is a fantastic service that offers peace of mind, security and local knowledge to all travelers.

The application costs £20 a month or £65 for an annual subscription. It can be downloaded from the Apple App Store, or from the Trafficmaster website.

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O2 Ireland to increase activities in fixed line segment; aims to target SME & large business

On 03.12.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Activities in the Republic’s fixed line segment has been planned to be increased O2 Ireland, backed by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica through the launch of a range of products targeting the SME and large businesses markets.

The aim of the firm is to deliver a so-called ‘one stop shop’ for a firm’s fixed and mobile communications requirements and for this O2 is introducing a bundled fixed line and broadband tariff plan. These plans include free calls to O2 mobiles and free local, national and UK landline calls for EUR49.99 (USD68.07) per month.

According to O2 Ireland business sales director Alan Brown, research shows that customers want the ‘one stop shop’ bundled solution that will meet all of their communications requirements, mobile and fixed, with one monthly bill and to that end, O2 has invested significantly in a new systems infrastructure to deliver this seamless service to its customer.

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Vodafone UK’s confirmation on job cuts faces Union’s anger

On 03.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone announcement to cut 375 jobs in the UK has met with severe anger and disappointment from the trade unions. The union has expressed its concern that despite assurances from Vodafone that the losses would only affect back-office jobs, customer-facing jobs would be affected.

Vodafone has been contacted by the Prospect union for professionals to express serious concerns about the lack of consultation about the job losses and it has been brought out in the report that without any notice and without any redundancy consultation, the workers were being asked to leave the business.

According to Prospect National Officer Steve Thomas, this was a disgraceful way to treat workers, especially some very long serving and loyal members of staff.

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Vodafone UK remains silent on job cuts

On 03.09.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Plans for around 500 job losses in the UK unit of Vodafone have been reported as a part of a stepped up cost-cutting programme. The network’s headquarters in Newbury has the most predominant chances to expect this job cut.

However, any such claims has been dismissed as “highly speculative” by the Vodafone spokeswoman. 500 redundancies in the UK were announced by the company last year as part of an earlier £1 billion cost cutting exercise. Since then, the deadline for achieving the cuts has been brought forward besides doubling the target to £2 billion.

According to the media reports, the problem Vodafone have got is that it is so bloated, it has tons of people and they have to cut – it is absolutely essential.

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Mobile ticketing becomes popular in UK

On 03.04.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Over 600,000 mobile boarding passes has been processed by mobile ticketing supplier, Trinity Mobile, sent out via mobile text messages in 2009, up from 50,000 in 2008. Mobile phone technology to scan barcodes directly off all mobile phone screens is used by the company and is customers include Austrian Airlines and British Midlands Airways (BMI).

According to Rob Clegg, Commercial Director at Trinity Mobile, the massive growth in mobile ticketing is completely driven by the consumer’s need for the fastest, easiest and most affordable way to get tickets and the company’s technology has proven to deliver these enhanced customer services efficiently, securely and cost effectively, and has the added benefit of being environmentally friendly.

Besides delivering more quickly with cancellations, mobile ticketing also reduces the costs related to issuing paper boarding passes and even the cancellations and re-issues are managed almost instantly.

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EC conditionally approves Orange UK/T-Mobile UK merger

On 03.03.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The recent speculations regarding the grant of conditional approval for the merger between the UK subsidiaries of France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom has been confirmed by the European Commission (EC).

Under the conditions for the deal, Orange UK and T-Mobile UK are required to enter into a joint network sharing agreement with Hutchison 3G UK in order to ‘ensure there remains sufficient competitors in the market’.

A quarter of combined spectrum in the 1800MHz band is also required to be sold by the new enlarged company.

However, consumer rights groups have opposed the approval citing it to be too quick and without the involvement of the UK regulator.

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Russia’s MTS customer base rises 7.1% in 2009

On 03.03.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With an increase of 7.1% year-on-year, the consolidated customer base of Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) group reached 97.81 million, up from 91.33 million. Even the flagship domestic operation of the company had 69.3 million customers at year-end, up nearly five million from a year earlier.

However, a decline in the customer base has been faced by MTS in its Moscow market from 14.9 million at end-2008, to 13.6 million a year later. While growth was recorded in all MTS markets, only one international market, MTS Ukraine saw its customer base falling from 18.12 million to 17.56 million year-on-year.

The cellco’s operations in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus ended 2009 with 7.07 million, 1.76 million, 2.07 million and 4.56 million customers respectively.

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