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July 2, 2010

Broadband now a legal right in Finland

Broadband access is now a legal right to every citizen of Finland, under new legislation that came into effect Thursday. 
 
Finland’s new Universal Service Obligation (USO) requires every operator in the country to offer broadband connections of at least 1Mbps for anybody who requests one. 
 
And the government plans to ensure the va

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June 7, 2010

Nokia Siemens sees interest in LTE explode

In many ways, the roll-out of 4G has learned from the mistakes of 3G.

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February 9, 2010

US class action accuses Nokia of misleading investors

Finnish handset vendor Nokia claims that allegations of “securities fraud” filed against it in a US class action law suit on February 5 are “without merit.”
 
The complaint, filed in a US District Court, accuses Nokia of failing to disclose information about component supply shortages and manufacturing problems between Janua

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October 3, 2009

Hutchison 3G Austria modernizes its network for HSPA+ and LTE

Hutchison 3G Austria is modernizing its radio access network to be ready for HSPA+ and the next generation of mobile broadband, or LTE. At the same time this step will allow the operator to halve the energy consumption of its base stations. Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake this upgrade starting in autumn 2009.

“The demand for [...]

September 14, 2009

MegaFon reveals 3G suppliers (Russia)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Russian mobile operator MegaFon, announced Finland-based equipment vendor Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) as the winner of its tender for the right to supply and construct 3G networks for MegaFon. NSN is said to supply at least 60% of 3G node-B base stations for the operator’s upcoming network expansion.
Five firms, NSN, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and ZTE, [...]

August 20, 2009

EU plans investment of EUR 18Mn in 4G project in 2010

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The European Commission, EU, will make an investment of nearly EUR 18 million in research to boost LTE – 4G mobile networks. The funding will be used for research on the enhanced version of LTE, LTE Advanced. In countries like Finland, Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK LTE trials are going on. The [...]

August 14, 2009

Netherlands mobile subscribers enjoy cheapest mobile tariffs

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to a recent survey by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), the mobile susbcribers in Netherlands enjoy the cheapest mobile tariffs across the world. The survey compared the cost for an average user (780 phone calls, 600 text messages and eight multi-media messages) in 30 countries in August’08 and found prices [...]

July 17, 2009

Nokia’s quaterly profits drop by 66%

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Nokia, the Finnish handset manufacturer has posted a 66% drop in its quaterly net profits. The net profits for the manufacturer dipped to 380 million euros (535 million dollars) driven by fall in handset sales and lower prices. “Competition remains intense,” chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in a statement. “But demand in the overall [...]

Elisa posts 7% rise in EBITDA for Q2′09 (Finland)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Elisa, the Finnish mobile operator, has posted higher Q2 earnings in line with the anticipations, driven by tighter cost controls, and repeated its outlook for 2009.
EBITDA rose by 7% on a yearly basis to 116 million euros ($163.5 million). Net sales dipped by 5% to 355 million euros.
“Elisa will determinedly continue to stimulate demand [...]

July 6, 2009

Megafon introduces Half-price roaming promotion (Russia)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Megafon has introduced a roaming promotion dubbed as Half-price roaming for subscribers going on holidays. From the 1st of July till the 30th of September, 2009 MegaFon subscribers can use a special offer “Half-price roaming” allowing to make calls twice cheaper in a number of countries of mass tourism. Subscribers can make calls to [...]

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