Skip to Content »

Telcos may have to pay fine for unverified users (India)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 2:13 pm

According to a media report, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is considering penalties for all telcos that have not verified their subscribers. DoT’s sets up an internal committe to determine penalties and plans to impose fines of up to Rs.5,000 per unverified user.
The DoT is considering three different fines to come into force after April 2009:

  • Rs.1,000 per unverified user will be applicable for those telcos whose verification rate is over 95%
  • Rs.5,000 for operators with a verification rate of 90%
  • Rs.10,000 for those below the 90% cut-off.

Fines can only be imposed after endorsement of the proposals by the Telecom Commission.

Vimpelcom to sell iPhone 3G in Russia

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 1:48 pm

Second largest mobile phone operator of Russia, Vimpelcom said that it had signed a distribution deal with Apple to sell iPhone 3G in Russia. According to the company, “Vimpelcom proclaimed that it has signed an agreement with Apple to bring iPhone 3G to Russia, expected later this year”.

Live mobile TV by T-Mobile Netherland soon (Netherland)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 1:36 pm

T-Mobile Netherlands proclaimed that it will launch a live streaming mobile TV service next month for its UMTS/HSDPA network users. Subscribers will receive five channels, Nederland 1 and 3, RTL 4, SBS 6 and MTV Music as well as the cellco’s internet service Web & Walk, for a monthly fee of EUR14.95.

Starcomms revenues up 101% y/y (Nigeria)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 1:27 pm

According to a local media report, Starcomms has posted revenues of $150 million for the first six months of 2008, up 101% year-on-year and in line with its growth projections. The company had 1.55 million subscribers, up from 624,000 twelve months previously. Starcomms projected a net loss of NGN197 million this financial year but in 2009 it aims to sway into profit.

Ericom revenues up by 4% (Ireland)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 12:53 pm

Irish telco Eircom posted full year results for the period ended 30 June 2008, which shows that revenues rose 4% to USD3.03 billion. EBITDA rose EUR698 million. Rise in earning was driven by a strong performance from the company’s wireless division Meteor. Due to the growth in  subscribers and usage revenues rose by 24% to EUR481 also earnings million were up by 78% at EUR116 million. Total number of subscribers reaches to 983,000 at the end of June, Post-Paid subscribers  stood at 123,000, up 23%. With the higher proportion of post-pay subscribers and increased subscriber activity ARPU lifts 4% for the twelve-month period to 30 June 2008.

Aveo to bid for Turkish 3G tender (Turkey)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 12:37 pm

Aveo confirms that it will compete in the tender for Turkish 3G. Earlier the tender lacks competition where dominant operator Turkcell was the only applicant to submit a bid. Telsim, begs second position in terms of mobile subscribers and Avea, were gloomy of their chances of competing effectively in the Turkish 3G market, arguing that holding the tender before the introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) unfairly benefited the market leader. The date for introducing MNP has since been brought forward to 13 November that will hopefully paved the for a fully competitive 3G auction.

Venezuela telecom revenues leap 28.83% in Q2

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 11:58 am

Second quarter results shows growth in Venezuela income which is generated by telecommunications services. The income grew by 28.83 percent reaching USD 2.6 billion. According to a report, Investments during the period amounted to USD 236.9 million. At the end of June, there were 93 mobile phone lines per 100 inhabitants.

Statistics shows that

  • No. of mobile subscribers reaches 25.87 million
  • Mobile traffic moves up by 27.91 percent
  • SMS increases by 11.47 billion

Wireless Mobile Telecom Wireless News

Community Telephony for low income class by MTN (South Africa)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 11:16 am

MTN instigated its community telephoning with 650 telephone boxes spread across five states. The company’s Brand Manager (Xtraconnect), Mrs Saidat Lawal-Mohammed, said that the project was designed for the low income class that cannot afford to buy and maintain handsets. Lawal-Mohammed said the community phone is at  discounted rates, as the company is set to make telephone available to all Nigerians at a pocket-friendly rate, adding that to call  any network through the line costs only N22 per minute and 37 kobo per second. Customer can a get a SIM card which allows accessibility to the service for as low as N150, and buy recharge cards for as little as N100 for a wide range of opportunities enjoyed by  mobile handset users, including voice and text messaging, she added.

Nokia Siemens to vend its 51% stake in Dasan Network (South Korea)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 10:58 am

Nokia Siemens has approved to sell its stake in Dasan Networks. Dasan Invest, Dasan TPS, Skylake and certain individual Korean investors will acquire all of Nokia Siemens 56.13 percent stake in Dasan Networks, giving the Korean investors 60.83 percent of the shares of the company. The remaining shares are held by various shareholders. This agreement enables Dasan Networks to act as an independent provider of networking services selling its products through direct sales channels in its core markets of Korea and Japan and to continue its collaboration with Nokia Siemens Networks in other markets. Nokia Siemens is planning to continue its close cooperation with Dasan Network through an original equipment manufacturer and original design manufacturer agreement.

Nokia leads nearly 40% of the world’s mobile phone market (Finland)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 10:31 am

According to the latest figures, Nokia rules nearly 40% of the world’s mobile phone market. Report reveals that Nokia sold 12.4 million mobiles in the second quarter of 2008. It is beleived that Nokia has the best portfolio in the market to deal with the slowing economy. It is quite well known that western population is burdened with inflation, Nokia is offering mobile phones at a ultra low cost to developing countries which is attracting the buyers. A report forecasts that Nokia sales to increase in the second half of 2008 because of its touch-screen device that will now be more high mid-tier than high-tier. Samsung and LG have both increased their market share by two per cent but Motorola and Sony Ericsson have been less competitive. Motorola’s market share dropped by 4.5 per cent since last year while Sony Ericsson’s decreased by 1.4 per cent. Moreover Motorola lacks 3G and hot applications such as GPS and good-quality internet browsing. The company is refurbishing its strategy to increrase the sales may have to cut prices as it lacks good features.