Deutsche Telekom results: T-Mobile USA in recovery
Deutsche Telekom’s results for the first quarter of the year show a decline in net profit of more than 50 per cent year on year and a 1.1 per cent reduction in revenue. Net profit fell from €480m to...
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Ofcom seeks to lower UK mobile termination rates yet again
The UK communications industry regulator – Ofcom – has announced proposals designed to further reduce mobile termination rates; the wholesale prices mobile operators charge other operators for...
View ArticleUK operators reportedly reject network sharing
Despite growing demand for better mobile coverage in rural Britain from the public and the government, UK carriers have rejected national network sharing, an idea trumpeted by the Culture, Media and...
View ArticleTelcos missing out on massive OTT profit opportunity, claims research
UPDATED 09:00 25 Sep 2014* Mobile comms consultancy Northstream reckons European telcos are missing out on over €2 billion in potential profits that could come from effectively partnering with Internet...
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EE TV introduces quad-play with a mobile angle
EE has once more piled competitive pressure on rival UK operators with the launch of EE TV, thus becoming the first UK mobile network owner to offer quad-play services. The EE TV box allows subscribers...
View ArticleRTX launches Fast Pay carrier exchange settlement service
UK wireless exchange outfit RTX has launched Fast Pay, a system designed to speed up payments between users of its global carrier exchange service. The service allows operators to buy and sell voice...
View ArticleAstellia research identifies customer satisfaction misconceptions
New research commissioned by French network intelligence outfit Astellia has identified a gulf between what mobile customers expect in terms of customer care and what operators think they can get away...
View ArticleSouth Korea to add fourth mobile operator
The South Korean government has decided having just three mobile operators doesn’t create enough competition, so it will select a fourth within the next year. According to the Ovum WCIS, SKT is the...
View ArticleOperators call for lighter regulation to help fight OTTs
A group of European operators, including Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and KPN, have written to the President of the European Council urging lighter touch regulation to help them compete with...
View ArticleOfcom launches mobile coverage checker tool
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched a free online tool designed to help people check the quality operator coverage in their area. The tool uses data provided by the operators – EE, O2, Three and...
View ArticleElitecore announces African carrier wifi win
Wifi service management platform company Elitecore Technologies has announced an as yet unspecified network equipment provider has chosen it as a partner for African projects to enable carriers to...
View ArticleOracle partners BT in UK cloud push
Oracle has announced a new partnership with BT as the company continues its efforts to redefine its offering and penetrate the cloud computing market segment. Through the new partnership customers will...
View ArticleThree expands free roaming in spite of potential Brexit dangers
Three has announced customers will now be able to experience free roaming in an additional 24 countries from September, pre-empting Brexit concerns over roaming charges. One area which has yet to be...
View Article28% of operators already have commercial LTE-A offering
New research from the Global mobile Suppliers Association, GSA, has stated 521 operators have commercially launched LTE, LTE-Advanced or LTE-Advanced Pro networks around the world. According to the...
View ArticleApple partnership is music to our EEars
EE has unveiled its latest initiative to captivate the UK market, offering a free six month subscription new and upgrading EE customers from September 1. The scheme will be available for pay monthly...
View ArticleAre telcos ready for the second industrial revolution?
Imagine you could predict the future, how would you use your power? Would you make millions or inform the telco industry how digital will impact telcos in five years? Speaking at the Managed Services...
View ArticleStruggling with profits, just open a bank says Orange
Orange has taken an alternative route to combating the profitability challenge endemic to the telecoms industry – it started a bank. Since the normalization of the internet and the power offered to...
View ArticleJio continues to cause headaches for competitors in India
Jio has continued its assault on the Indian telco market by extending its freebies offer through to 31 March 2017. The company entered the fray in September with an offer which raised eyebrows...
View ArticleOperators face data cost-revenue crunch in 2017 – report
Veteran telecoms industry analyst Tom Nolle reckons this is the year the cost of delivering data becomes greater than the revenues derived from doing so, according to a Light Reading report. This bleak...
View ArticleEurope finally moves to level playing field for OTTs and telcos
At long-last the European Commission (hereafter known as the Gaggle of Red-tapers) has outlined its plan to address the regulatory imbalance between telcos and OTTs in Europe. The draft Regulation on...
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