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Telia upgrades LTE to 100Mbps
(Telecompaper) Swedish mobile operator Telia is upgrading its mobile broadband base stations in central Stockholm to deliver speeds of 100 Mbps...
Govt launches educational campaign over mobile calling costs
(Telecompaper) A new campaign aimed at teaching young people to better manage their money, especially in regards to mobile phones, will be launched by Princess...
Amadeus introduces SMS service for travel agencies in Oman
(Telecompaper) Airline services provider Amadeus announced the launch of Amadeus SMS in Oman. The web-based tool allows travel agents to update their customers with their latest travel itinerary via SMS...
Vodafone Greece offers Albania calls option
(Telecompaper) Vodafone Greece introduced a new offer for customers calling Albania. Until 31 May, they can buy a bundle of 40 minutes of calls to Vodafone Albania lines for EUR 5...
Wind Hellas offers fixed minutes bundle for EUR 5
(Telecompaper) Greek mobile operator Wind Hellas introduced a new option for prepaid customers, offering 120 minutes for calls to fixed lines for EUR 5. The bundle is valid for 30 days from activation...
NMa begins informal probe into operator rates
(Telecompaper) Dutch competition regulator NMa has begun an informal investigation into telecom rates, after viewing figures from the Dutch statistics bureau CBS, Webwereld reported...
Visual Fan invests in dual-Sim mobile phone
(Telecompaper) Romanian-based Visual Fan, which manufactures and sells electronic products under the brand Allview, will invest around EUR 200,000 in 2010 in...
Pakistan ends Jan with 95.4 mln mobile subscribers
(Telecompaper) Pakistan ended January with 95.4 million mobile phone users, down from 97.57 million in December 2009, according to figures from market regulator PTA...
Lebara sponsors YouTube's live cricket streaming
(Telecompaper) UK ethnic MVNO Lebara Mobile and Brylcreem have been signed as launch sponsors of YouTube's live streaming of cricket's Indian Premier League (IPL), NewMediaAge reported...
Vodafone Ireland rolls out HSPA+
(Telecompaper) Vodafone Ireland's new director of networks Santiago Tenorio said Vodafone has begun upgrading locations in Dublin city centre with mobile broadband at speeds of 14-16 Mbps over HSPA+...
MTN Irancell grows subscriber base 45% to 23.3 mln
(Telecompaper) Mobile operator MTN Irancell recorded subscriber growth of 45 percent in 2009 to 23.26 million customers at year-end increasing its market share to 40 percent...
Omnitel reports 82% increase in data volume
(Telecompaper) Lithuanian mobile operator Omnitel announced that data volume on its network reached 1.3 billion MB in 2009, up by 82 percent year-on-year...
Bakcell introduces new data card
(Telecompaper) Azerbaijan mobile operator Bakcell introduced its new data card. The Bakcell Data Kart enables subscribers to access mobile broadband via PCs or notebooks using USB ports...
MTN Syria subscriber base hits 4.2 mln
(Telecompaper) MTN Syria increased its subscriber base by 20 percent last year to 4.249 million...
LG Electronics launches GW620 smartphone in Lithuania
(Telecompaper) LG Electronics is launching the LG GW620 Android handset in Lithuania this month. No recommended price for the smartphone was disclosed yet...
Vodafone wants higher 3G levies on Tata Tele, Rcom
(Telecompaper) Indian operator Vodafone Essar has alleged that Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices have already launched 3G services and, therefore,...
SFR to launch Messenger handset on 16 March
(Telecompaper) French fixed and mobile operator SFR will launch the Messenger Edition 251 by SFR handset on 16 March, writes Les Mobiles...
MTC subscriber base up 27.3% to 1.28 mln
(Telecompaper) Namibia mobile operator MTC increased its active subscriber base by 27.3 percent last year to 1.28 million. Growth was slower than the 35.7 percent increase in 2008...
Ralink, TrendChip sign merger agreement
(Telecompaper) Taiwanese wireless chipset products provider Ralink Technology and Taiwanese broadband access chipsets provider TrendChip Technologies announced that...
Comtex picks InfiNet for Rio de Janeiro security project
(Telecompaper) Brazilian video surveillance service provider Comtex has selected InfiNet Wireless to deploy a high-capacity backhaul network for video surveillance and security across the city of Rio de Janeiro...




