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Continuing my news track from around the world, it’s great to see that ETC (the only Mobile Operator in Ethiopia), has announced the launch of 3G services in Addis Ababa. The Operator will run a Prepay services on WCDMA at 384kbps. Coverage is going to be growing across the city, with additional services like MMS and Voicemail launching too.
As I said above, it’s always nice to see countries which are perhaps behind the curve in some technologies making leaps forward – levelling the playing field if you like, at least to some extent. Ironically, in many developing countries, cellular is the only kind of telecoms network you’ll find – whereas most of us are used to our landline (though we are using them decreasingly if research is to be believed), a substantial number of people have never known landline services…
[Via: telegeography.com]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
