www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In its bid to end landline phone monopoly in Serbia, euro1 million ($1.45 million) has been offered by Norway’s Telenor ASA to acquire the license to become Serbia’s second landline telephone ope[Content protected for Silver members only]
January 16, 2010
January 15, 2010
Bangladeshi mobile market grows despite slow ‘09
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With an annual rise of 17 percent, 7.79 million subscribers were added by six mobile phone companies in Bangladesh. However, this has been the lowest growth rate since 2005. The lower growth rate has been at[Content protected for Silver members only]
January 14, 2010
Uninor’s subscribers list reached 1.2 million mark
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Uninor’s subscribers list reached 1.2 million marks in the eight telecommunication circles in India where its GSM services are available. Uninor is a joint venture between Indian real estate Company Unitech and Norway’s Telenor Group.
On December 3, the company launched its service in the circles Uttar Pradesh west, Uttar Pradesh east, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, [...]
January 13, 2010
Ericsson and NSN picked by TeliaSonera for LTE roll-out
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: TeliaSonera has contracted Ericsson and Nokia Siemens to roll out its LTE networks in Sweden and Norway. Ericsson has been selected as the sole supplier of the common core network as well as providing LTE radio access and NSN is required to cover LTE radio equipment, LTE network management systems, and LTE multi-vendor integration [...]
December 28, 2009
Ericsson selected as primary vendor for 2G/3G network rollout by Mobile Norway
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobile Norway, the joint venture formed by Tele2 Norge and Network Norway has selected Ericsson, a Swedish vendor as the main vendor for the roll-out of a new 2G/3G mobile network in Norway. Mobile Norway plans to roll out a network covering 75% of the population in the ‘coming years’.
There has not been any [...]
December 20, 2009
TeliaSonera delivers a surprise LTE Christmas gift
TeliaSonera’s commercial launch of its LTE networks in Stockholm and Oslo is a fillip to its global image as well as those of suppliers Ericsson and Huawei. However, we hope the service’s marketing doesn’t repeat the failings of early 3G launches.
December 19, 2009
Huawei to deploy LTE network for Tele2 and Telenor Sweden
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: For the supply and deployment of network equipment and modems for the launch of so-called ‘4G’ Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband services, Net4Mobility, a joint venture of Tele2 Sweden and the Swedish unit of Norway’s Telenor has contracted Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies.
The goal of the venture is to make LTE available to 99% [...]
December 5, 2009
Roaming charges on Vodafone reduced by 50% in India
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Adding a new spice to the latest tariff war in the world’s fastest-growing cellular market, India, Vodafone Essar, reduced its roaming charges by more than 50% besides offering the option for per-second pulse.
The pay per second plan launched by TATA DoCoMo has made the other operators to join the war. Some are even coming [...]
December 4, 2009
Norwegian firm Telenor enters India with 29p per minute plan
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Moving one step ahead of the pay per second system, Norway-based firm Telenor, entered Indian market with 29 paise per minute plan under the brand name Uninor. The company has tied up with India’s Unitech Group and will be launched in seven circles — UP (East), Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, UP (West) [...]
Norwegian firm Telenor enters India with 29p per minute plan
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Moving one step ahead of the pay per second system, Norway-based firm Telenor, entered Indian market with 29 paise per minute plan under the brand name Uninor. The company has tied up with India’s Unitech Group and will be launched in seven circles — UP (East), Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, UP (West) [...]
