Vodafone Germany launches LTE technology in Dusseldorf (Germany)
Vodafone Germany, an innovative and integrated technology and services company, has commercially launched LTE network in Dusseldorf, allowing Vodafone customers internet surfing speeds of upto 50 megabits per second. As per reports, the company was required to first launch LTE services in the unserved rural areas before moving towards the urban regions. Vodafone has reportedly claimed that since it has fulfilled the conditions in North Rhine-Westphalia, it will now seek to develop new mobile technology in the cities and metropolitan areas.
Vodafone offers users a home broadband access at 50 megabits per second for $ 48 per month, with an option to surf at a speed of 7.2 Megabits per second outside their home for an additional $20. For the customers that want to access data via their mobiles, Vodafone offers mobile broadband access upto 50 Megabits per second for $82 per month.
Jazz Rally festival sponsored by Vodafone Germany
Vodafone Germany is sponsoring the Duesseldorf Jazz Rally. The company is the main sponsor for the event from 7th consecutive year.
As part of its sponsorship this year, Vodafone is launching a nationwide competition to find the best emerging jazz band. The winner will perform as the support band for Clueso at the festival on June 10 at the airberlin hangar 8 at Duesseldorf Airport before 5,000 fans.
Alcatel-Lucent teams up with Vodafone Germany
Alcatel-Lucent partnered with Vodafone Germany has developed an enterprise communication solution that enables efficient communications.
An integral component of the package is the Alcatel-Lucent Business integrated Communication Solution (BiCS). All the important functions of the communication solution are pre-installed on the BiCS platform and ready for immediate use. As a company’s requirements change, additional functions such as call centers can be added in a simple manner. The package, called Business PBX, is marketed by Vodafone Germany.
According to Guido Kissner, Vodafone Germany’s product manager for enterprise fixed-line marketing, they want to continue to grow faster than the market by better focusing on the needs of their enterprise customers than their competitors. The introduction of the Business PBX is an important step in this direction and expands their portfolio for business customers.
With Business PBX, mobile devices are included as full extensions and provide the same features as office phones. In addition, by connecting the Business PBX to the email system of the client, the contacts stored there can be directly accessed on any device. Similarly, faxes can be received or sent directly by email through an integrated fax server.
Andreas Grossheimann, account manager Vodafone at Alcatel-Lucent adds that they are very pleased to cooperate with Vodafone to shape the communications market and offer a unique package for enterprise customers in Germany.
Vodafone samples SIM-based corporate log-in product (Germany)
Vodafone Germany is sampling a pilot SIM-based security product for business customers at CeBIT that enables secure log-in to corporate networks by mobile phone.
The project works by turning a SIM card into a digital ID card to act as an electronic pass and key for access corporate data.
If employees want to log into the corporate network from their mobile phone, they are given an authentication request which they must confirm using their SIM card and PIN number. If both of these check out, access will be granted to the company network.
Vodafone Germany selects Amdocs OSS for its 4G LTE network rollout
Amdocs, the leading provider of customer experience systems, today announced that Vodafone Germany has selected Amdocs OSS (operational support systems) software to support the rollout of its 4G LTE (long term evolution) mobile network in order to increase the capacity and speed of data services it can offer to its customers. Vodafone Germany is Germany’s leading integrated communications company, serving more than 40 million customers with products and services for mobile communications, fixed network, data and broadband internet.
“Demand for new services and data consumption is growing rapidly,” said F. Grosschmidt, director of network support systems at Vodafone Germany. “With our LTE network we will be able to offer our customers exciting new high-bandwidth services and faster download speeds but we will need to optimize capacity management in order to realize the value of our network investment. Amdocs’ integrated OSS solution will enable us to quickly realize return on investment with faster time to market for new services, while reducing capital expenditure through better utilization of current and planned network capacity.”
The Amdocs OSS solution offers Vodafone Germany automated LTE network planning and rollout processes to speed network deployment at reduced operating costs. In addition, the Amdocs OSS solution will give Vodafone Germany complete and accurate visibility of its network assets. With an accurate view of its network capacity at any given time, as well as future planned network resources, Vodafone Germany will be able to plan for current and future network changes.
Amdocs has a long standing relationship with the Vodafone Group and has deployed OSS and BSS (business support systems) in a number of Vodafone’s operating companies including Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, and United Kingdom.
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Vodafone Germany selects Amdocs OSS for LTE network launch
Amdocs has announced that Vodafone Germany has selected its OSS (operational support systems) software to support the launch of its LTE-based 4G network.
Amdocs states that its OSS solution offers Vodafone Germany automated LTE network planning and rollout processes to speed network deployment at reduced operating costs.
According to F. Grosschmidt, Director of network support systems at Vodafone Germany, demand for new services and data consumption is growing rapidly. With their LTE network, they will be able to offer customers exciting new high-bandwidth services and faster download speeds but they will need to optimize capacity management in order to realize the value of their network investment.
Grosschmidt added that Amdocs’ integrated OSS solution will enable them to quickly realize return on investment with faster time to market for new services, while reducing capital expenditure through better utilization of current and planned network capacity.
In addition, the Amdocs OSS solution will give Vodafone Germany complete and accurate visibility of its network assets. With an accurate view of its network capacity, as well as future planned network resources, Vodafone Germany will be able to plan for current and future network changes.
Amdocs has a long standing relationship with the Vodafone Group and has deployed OSS and BSS (business support systems) in a number of Vodafone’s operating companies.
Vodafone Germany launches hybrid TV platform
Vodafone Germany has officially launched its hybrid television service, Vodafone TV. The service is based on the company’s Vodafone TV Center box. The service allows customers to receive analogue cable and digital satellite channels alongside Vodafone TV’s IPTV offering, Videothek, available over its DSL network.
The box, which comes with a 320GB hard drive, will automatically select the best possible reception.
The company’s starter package offers 50 television channels plus twelve High Definition (HD) channels. It is available as a triple-play package bundled with broadband access at download speeds of up to 16Mbps and unlimited calls to domestic fixed lines for US$54 per month.
Vodafone delays launch of German TV platform (UK)
Vodafone Germany, a subsidiary of UK-based telecoms group Vodafone has reportedly postponed the commercial launch of its new TV platform while the service undergoes consumer trials.
In July 2010 Vodafone Germany’s CEO Fritz Joussen had stated that the company would launch the new television service, known as Vodafone TV, by the end of the year. However, Vodafone has opted for an initial low-key launch in order to test the system with different platforms during real-time operations.
According to Vodafone spokesman Paul Gerlach, they have started Vodafone TV on 1 December 2010 with several hundred customers and will slowly transit the system into a regular service. Some customers have high-speed internet, others don’t have it, some have cable, and others have DTH satellite.
He added that the company also wanted to ensure that other areas are running smoothly such as billing. Gerlach didn’t want to disclose when Vodafone TV would enter the mass market. Industry sources suggest that the company is eyeing late January or early February.
Huawei bags one third of LTE contract
Huawei is the LTE market leader in terms of contracts signed, accounting for more than a third of the deals signed to date, according to reports. That’s more than twice as many as 4G deals as the nearest rivals, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens.
Certainly, the sizes of those deals are with developing market operators. When it comes to the dollars, Ericsson is still the global champion. Ericsson is also looking for some high-profile early deployments, such as the TeliaSonera’s network, which went live last December, and the first US LTE launch by MetroPCS last month.
Huawei has signed 18 contracts for commercial LTE deployments or 36% of the total – including deals with some major players including TeliaSonera, Vodafone Germany and China Mobile.
Twelve LTE networks have been deployed, with two tier one operators Verizon Wireless and NTT DoCoMo due to light up by year-end.
To this number add one more – Hong Kong’s CSL, which will reveal its 4G service isusing a network built by Huawei’s rival ZTE.
