Bharti Airtel is apparently going to restructure in the next month or so, as it looks beyond just voice for revenues. Further divisions are being expected in the company’s business units to encompass things like m-commerce, the InterWeb, and SMEs. Bharti also has a Broadcast TV division, which apparently may be spun off into…
Tanla Mobile selected by AEG Live to provide mobile registration for Michael Jackson’s comeback tour
Following on from the Media frenzy that was the announcement and sale of tickets for Michael Jackson’s final shows in the UK, we have some Mobile-related news dovetailing in to it… Tanla Mobile was selected as AEG Live’s partner to provide a mobile short code and be involved in a mobile direct response campaign…
BSNL to offer 3G USB Modems
BSNL, the state-owned mobile network operator in India, is going to start taking 3G USB modems from Micromax – this follows the ongoing rollout of 3G services, currently covering 11 cities (but due to cover up to 700 in the coming months!). Micromax has both HSDPA and HSUPA variants of it’s modems to offer…
Could Vodafone and O2 share network-share across Europe?
Reuters is reporting today on what a Spanish Newspaper (called ‘Expansion’) has said regarding network sharing. If you recall, O2 and Vodafone are supposedly considering a network share in the UK, but, apparently this could (and I say could, not will) extend to a number of European countries in which both Operators are already…
UK: London Underground delays mobile phone coverage plan in the Tube
London Underground has decided to delay a plan to run mobile phone coverage on the “Tube” (subway), apparently due to a lack of “credible proposals” from suppliers. Gadzooks, wonder what that could mean? Well read on and you shall find out! There was supposed to be a trial last year, which interestingly would have been…
Fujitsu gets some frightening speeds out of LTE!
Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo have announced successful trials of LTE 4×4 MIMO – resulting in speeds of approximately 120Mbps! Say what?! The testing took place in a “Special Ubiquitous Zone” (?), which correlates to an area of the Japanese city Sapporo. Fujitsu and DoCoMo have been working since 2006, producing base stations for LTE…
Vodafone Qatar turns on network
Vodafone Qatar has now thrown the switch on it’s new network, adding an initial 100 customers, followed by another 900 today. The actual network turn-on occurred on March 1, but since then Vodafone has been adding tranches of customers who where selected via special promotions. Apparently the feedback from the first 100 users is…
Ericsson building network out for Turkcell
Ericsson has signed a contract with Turkcell to be the main supplier for WCDMA(3G) and HSPA (3.5G) services. This means that from a customer proposition perspective, Turkcell will be able to roll out Mobile Broadband services across Turkey – something that we now is a major cash-cow. The agreement extends to a complete e2e…
Toshiba announce P10 and S10 pocket camcorders – nice!
Setting aside Mobile phones that have HD recording (Samsung Omnia HD anyone?) for a moment, Toshiba has just announced two devices that are pretty mobile – they call them Pocket camcorders. Camcording has seen some price compression in recent times with the Flip range being announced, but Tosh have gone one better and aimed…
Apple TV getting set for games?
As we all know from a lot of reported news, Apple has had mucho success with games on the iPhone – and it looks like they might be extending that to Apple TV in the near(ish) future…. CNET is reporting that a set of patents filed at the USPTO shows a wireless controller for…