I mentioned in earlier posts about China Mobile and Tata Communications – well now it’s the turn of Deutsche Telekom: Deutsche Telekom substantially increased its customer numbers in the DSL and mobile communications areas in 2008. Successful plans such as the Call&Surf all-in packages, the Max mobile flat rates or the community service MyFaves in…
AlcaLu appoints senior staffer for LTE plans
Unstrung is carrying a very detailed article on the appointment of Mary Chan as the “President of End to End 4G/LTE Networks”. As we know, AlcaLu has been suffering a bit recently in the turbulent economy (as have many big players) – so it’s good to see that some positive statement are being made about…
UK: Vodafone to reduce number of handsets it offers
According to Mobile Today, Vodafone had a recent annual meeting at it’s HQ in Newbury, UK – where it told all the handset vendors it was consolidating its range. Standardisation of service and UE (user experience) was also intimated apparently. Vodafone have always required customisation from vendors – both on the hardware, and (especially) the…
UK: Mobile OpCos to keep 3G licenses, strings attached
An interesting story from Fierce Wireless – they are reporting that the UK Communications Minister may not force the UK operators to renew their 3G licenses, IF they agree to support the Goverment universal broadband plans. For those of you wondering that the universal broadband plans are, it is a mandate that everyone in the…
India still awaiting 3G…
telecomtiger.com takes an interesting look at the state of network infrastructure in India, in a recent article. Did you know that 3G isn’t deployed there yet? Whilst other markets are deploying 4G, it’s still waiting for 3G – who’d of thought…. Apparently the whole process is going through another review – with spectrum and cost…
NTT DoCoMo – turning off 2G in 2012
According to pcworld.com, NTT DoCoMo has said it will switch off it’s 2G network in 2012. DoCoMo was the first to launch 3G services in 2001, and released the last 2G phone in 2004 – so you can can almost visualise the curves in the finance graph that helped them decide! Another very persuasive stat…
Strictly Come Dances waltzes over to The O2 – in 2010!
“Se-ven!” – that’s one of the catchphrases of what has become an incredibly successful format for “celebrity reality TV” show Strictly Come Dancing … SCD has in the last few years become a bit of a “jewel in the crown” for the BBC, with it’s heady mix of professional dancers, celebrities, amazing costumes, guests, and…
Tata Communications also growing (net profit) rapidly!
China Mobile isn’t the only company that is growing either… Tata Communications TRIPLED it’s net profit last quarter, thanks to very strong growth in both data and voice. Tata is a global bandwidth provider, and it brought in $16.56mn for the quarter, which equates to 203% year-on-year. For those of you that are not so…
China Mobile – growing, and looking to get bigger!
At the recent World Economic Forum meeting, The giant China Mobile was in a particularly ebullient mood – it’s Chairman Wang Jianzhou said that the company is still growing despite the recession (impressive..), and is even looking at acquisitions! Given the dire state of some mobile-involved companies right now, I’d say the shortness of that…
eXpansys: Nokia N810 Tablet at £179.99!
All you UK readers that are looking for a Mobile Internet Device that isn’t a netbook, and that has a cool developer community for it, you may want to check out the Nokia N810 at eXpansys at the moment. This device has all the kit on board: Technical Details • Dimensions: 128x72x14 mm • Volume:…