Samsung launches Anycall Clutch (SPH-W9500) for South Korean market

On 03.08.10, In Mobile Phones, By Editor

Samsung has launched a handset, Anycall Clutch (SPH-W9500) exclusively for South Korean market. Anycall Clutch looks like a variant of the S7070 Diva phone and has the same quilted back. The distinct feature of the model is its diamond-shaped home button.

The set is an all-touchscreen device with a 3.2-inch display, 3-megapixel camera with “3D motion picture feature”, 1.3-megapixel camera for video calls, 3G connectivity (HADPA), GPS, T-DMB mobile TV receiver, SOS function, Bluetooth, e-dictionary and a microSD expansion slot that works with cards of up to 16GB. The 960mAh battery offers enough charge for up to 8 hours of talk and 500 hours of standby time.

The TouchWIZ 2.0 of Samsung is used for all the interaction providing users with a quick way to access the key phone features as well as popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Lady UI is the name of the UI variant on the Clutch and it comes with preloaded widget for party planning and some diet assistant app.

The Samsung Anycall Clutch will be available in three shades including Silver, Pink and Black on KT for 600,000 won, which is about $523.

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Melita Mobile introduces cheapest mobile roaming rates in Malta

On 07.04.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:For the first time ever in Malta, Melita Mobile is introducing the cheapest mobile rates for roaming in EU countries after the Company decided to go one step further than mandatory EU regulations by setting its new roaming tariffs a year ahead of EU requirements and ahead of other local mobile operators.

Melita Mobile announced a significant reduction on all voice, SMS rates for roaming within EU countries. Calls made from any EU country to another, now cost 47 cents (VAT included) for the first 30 seconds and then on a per second basis. . Incoming calls on Melita Mobile cost 18 cents (VAT included) per minute while roaming in any EU country.

The reductions are applicable from 1st July. SMS rates have also been reduced to 13 cents (VAT included)whilst roaming in any EU country.
“Here’s another reason why mobile users should join Melita Mobile, especially those who travel very often. We are living up to our cheaper, simpler, better promise across all our mobile services and products to the extent of introducing even cheaper roaming rates ahead of EU requirements. According to EU obligations, we could have introduced our present roaming rates in 2010, however Melita Mobile chose to offer all its subscribers an even cheaper roaming service from now,” said Mr Daniel Galea, Melita’s Product Manager for Mobile services.

Besides having the cheapest mobile roaming rates for EU countries, Melita Mobile also offers 30% cheaper local call rates, a flat rate of 10cents per call to all Melita Mobile and Melita fixed-line numbers for the entire duration of all your calls, no time windows on pre-paid credit, per second billing and the convenience of a single monthly bill for all services.

Moreover, Melita Mobile offers the only reliable video calling services in the Maltese Islands at the same call rate as voice calls.
“The new roaming rates makes our roaming rates the cheapest in Malta” added Mr. Galea.

Melita offers a worldwide network of roaming services with some 600 third party mobile operators across the globe in over 200 countries, through an agreement with Italian giant Telecom Italia.

Roaming services are available both on Pay Monthly plans (by contract) and on Pre-Paid plans (by topping up).
“We have invested a lot of money to ensure that Melita Mobile subscribers have access to full mobile roaming facilities in any part of the world and we want to make sure that these facilities are offered at the cheapest prices,” said Mr Galea.

For further information on Melita Mobile, log on to www.melita.com

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Vodafone Malta eliminates time windows on pre-paid mobile phone cards

On 04.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Malta has eliminated time windows for the prepaid mobile cards with immediate effect. The move is driven by the introduction of pre-paid mobile cards without any time windows by the new entrant Melita Mobile at the time of service launch in February’09.
According to Vodafone Malta’s Spokesperson, the removal of time windows “came into effect at the beginning of our financial year”. “All Vodafone’s top up vouchers are and will be without a time-window,” she further said.
The spokesperson revealed that the strategic decision was based on how “a few numbers of customers had highlighted the need of an improved disconnection policy. In response, Vodafone looked into several other markets and introduced the simplest and most straightforward disconnection policy, that is, removing time-windows,”
Vodafone pre-paid customers could now perform “one chargeable event per year – for instance send an SMS – without the need to top-up after a few months with no credit,” the spokesperson explained.

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Melita Mobile launches per-second billing (Malta)

On 04.14.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Melita Mobile has launched per-second billing system. Melita had in 2006, introduced the per-second billing system for its fixed-line service and has now extended this concept to Melita Mobile. The system is applicable from 13 April for all its subscribers.

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Melita Mobile and Telecom Italia ink a worldwide mobile roaming deal (Malta)

On 01.28.09, In Mobile, By Editor

Melita Mobile tags along with Telecom Italia to offer worldwide mobile roaming services from the very first day it instigates operation i.e. February 1. With this agreement, Melita Mobile will have an access to nearly 600 third party mobile service provider present in across 200 countries. Melita plans to offer affordable international voice and video call tariffs, simple tariff for SMS and MMS, WEB and WAP browsing.
“We have invested €40 million to build a fully-fledged 3G mobile network using the best available next generation technology. Besides full nationwide coverage, we have also ensured that from Day One, Melita Mobile subscribers have access to full mobile roaming facilities across the world”, said Alison Bezzina, Melita Mobile Marketing Manager.
   

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Melita to launch commercial mobile service on 1Feb (Malta)

On 01.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor

Melita Mobile, Malta’s wireless licensee has proclaimed that Ericsson has completed a EUR40 million network deployment, and as a result will launch a commercial service on 1 February, becoming the island’s third cellco. According to Melita Mobile, it is the first mobile operator in the world to integrate HSPA into a cable platform.

CEO of Melita, Stephen Wright said, Melita plans to ‘rock the market’ with substantially cheaper prices for mobile usage. ‘Our promise to be cheaper is a long-term commitment and not just a limited time offer. Mr Wright further said, this is the first time that mobile users in Malta will experience the real benefits derived from the liberalisation of telecommunications.

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Melita Mobile kicks off services in Feb, invests $51Mn (Malta)

On 12.03.08, In Mobile, By Editor

Melita Mobile will begin its mobile telephony service in February after a US $51million investment. “Melita Mobile is offering cheaper call rates in a simple and transparent price structure. Melita Mobile will eliminate expensive monthly mobile bills and complicated tariffs, making it simple for customers to understand what they are paying for and to make use of the service,” the company said.

Stephen Wright, Melita’s Chief Operations Officer, said, “Our mobile network employs the latest 3G technology and will provide full nationwide coverage from day one. We have invested €40 million to build a fully-fledged 3G mobile network using the latest technology. We are not an MVNO and our promise to be cheaper is a long-term commitment, not just a limited-time offer. We are here to stay.”

Melita mobile numbers will start with the 77 prefix.

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