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Bulgaria's Mobiltel gets licence for
third-generation mobile network

Bulgaria's Mobiltel gets licence for
third-generation mobile network 03/30/2005 09:24 PM
Servihoo.com Mar 30 2005 9:52PM GMT

Bulgaria's Mobiltel gets licence for
third-generation mobile network (AFP)

Bulgaria's Mobiltel gets licence for
third-generation mobile network (AFP) 03/30/2005 08:46 AM
AFP - Mobiltel, biggest mobile operator in Bulgaria, obtained a licence to set up the country's first 3G mobile network, a spokesman for the communications regulation authority announced.

Mar 30, 2005 11:02 AM GMT - UPDATE 1-
Mobiltel Wins 3G Licence in Bulgaria for
40 Mln Euro

Mar 30, 2005 11:02 AM GMT - UPDATE 1-
Mobiltel Wins 3G Licence in Bulgaria for
40 Mln Euro 03/31/2005 02:37 AM
See News Mar 31 2005 4:36AM GMT

Mar 30, 2005 12:56 PM GMT - UPDATE 2 -
Mobiltel Wins 3G Licence in Bulgaria
with 40 Mln Euro Bid

Mar 30, 2005 12:56 PM GMT - UPDATE 2 -
Mobiltel Wins 3G Licence in Bulgaria
with 40 Mln Euro Bid 03/31/2005 02:38 AM
See News Mar 31 2005 4:34AM GMT

Mar 30, 2005 10:16 AM GMT - Mobiltel
Wins Bulgaria UMTS Licence for 40 Mln
Euro

Mar 30, 2005 10:16 AM GMT - Mobiltel
Wins Bulgaria UMTS Licence for 40 Mln
Euro 03/31/2005 02:37 AM
See News Mar 31 2005 4:39AM GMT

Bulgaria to Auction Two 3G Mobile
Operator Licenses

Bulgaria to Auction Two 3G Mobile
Operator Licenses 07/22/2004 01:03 PM
Bulgarian news network Jul 22 2004 3:55PM GMT

SingTel mobile crowned Asian Mobile
Operator of the Year

SingTel mobile crowned Asian Mobile
Operator of the Year 06/17/2004 12:10 AM
Channel NewsAsia Jun 17 2004 3:45AM GMT

Mobiltel wins UMTS tender in Bulgaria

Mobiltel wins UMTS tender in Bulgaria 03/31/2005 07:59 PM
DMeurope.com Mar 31 2005 11:30PM GMT

Bulgaria Puts Forward 3G Mobile Licenses

Bulgaria Puts Forward 3G Mobile Licenses 09/24/2004 09:29 AM
novinite.com Sep 24 2004 12:58PM GMT

Russia's first operator-brand mobile

Russia's first operator-brand mobile 05/19/2004 09:01 AM
Europe in Brief MTS unveils S-680

Austrian Wi-Fi Operator Acquired by
T-Mobile

Austrian Wi-Fi Operator Acquired by
T-Mobile 12/02/2003 12:34 AM
T-Mobile Austria is acquiring the 300-hot-spot strong Metronet.at (press release is in German): T-Mobile is continuing to expand its international presence through acquisition of Metronet. T-Mobile has partnered with Metronet on roaming since 2002. Metronet is the fourth-largest European WISP, according to their press release. "This deal is therefore bringing us a large step closer to the international objective of providing W-LAN around the entire globe," explains Dr. Georg Pölzl, Managing Director of T-Mobile Austria. T-Mobile Austria charges €7.95 per hour, €15.95 for three hours, or €24.95 for 24 hours. This is enormously higher than the same rates charged by T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile customers can pay via SMS at €1.99 per 15-minute unit, but the service is currently free to subscribers....

France gets first virtual mobile
operator

France gets first virtual mobile
operator 06/14/2004 05:06 AM
Cheaper texts ahoy

TV licence needed for TV-to-mobile
services

TV licence needed for TV-to-mobile
services 06/24/2005 04:04 PM
Depends

Mobile data to fuel operator growth

Mobile data to fuel operator growth 01/17/2004 10:46 PM
Lift in shift

Croatia to take offers for third mobile
phone operator (AFP)

Croatia to take offers for third mobile
phone operator (AFP) 04/26/2004 10:31 AM
AFP - Croatia is set to get a third mobile telecommunications operator for which the country will publish an international tender in the coming weeks.

France to get first 'virtual' mobile
phone operator in July (AFP)

France to get first 'virtual' mobile
phone operator in July (AFP) 06/11/2004 08:09 AM
AFP - The German group Debitel is to become in July the first 'virtual' mobile phone operator in France, offering its services over a competitor's existing network, the company and French partner SFR revealed.

Parliamentary panel nods to Kuwait's
third mobile operator (AFP)

Parliamentary panel nods to Kuwait's
third mobile operator (AFP) 05/30/2004 11:47 AM
AFP - Kuwait parliament's financial affairs committee has approved draft legislation calling for a third mobile telecommunications company in the oil-rich emirate, the committee chair said.

French mobile operator SFR to launch
UMTS service in May

French mobile operator SFR to launch
UMTS service in May 02/10/2004 10:27 AM
AFP via Yahoo! Feb 10 2004 1:56PM GMT

French mobile operator SFR to launch
UMTS service in May (AFP)

French mobile operator SFR to launch
UMTS service in May (AFP) 02/10/2004 09:26 AM
AFP - French mobile telephone operator SFR announced it would launch its UMTS, or third-generation (3G) service in France, beginning with corporate clients in May and the public in June.

Corporate subscribers can account for as
much as 35% of a mobile operator’s
revenue

Corporate subscribers can account for as
much as 35% of a mobile operator’s
revenue 08/08/2004 02:05 AM
[PRWEB Aug 8, 2004]

Russian mobile operator to pay final tax
claims bill (AFP)

Russian mobile operator to pay final tax
claims bill (AFP) 12/30/2004 08:06 PM
AFP - Russia's second largest mobile telephone firm VimpelCom has decided to pay the tax demands of over 17 million dollars for 2001, but may appeal the estimate, the company said in a statement.

Telecoms regulator backs off plan for
fifth 3G mobile licence

Telecoms regulator backs off plan for
fifth 3G mobile licence 07/14/2004 07:15 PM
The Standard Jul 14 2004 10:37PM GMT

Recording Industry To Sue Mobile Phone
Operator Over MP3 Playing Phones

Recording Industry To Sue Mobile Phone
Operator Over MP3 Playing Phones 06/03/2004 01:45 PM
Back in April we had what we hoped was an April Fool's joke: that the Korean music industry had forced mobile phone operators to make their MP3-playing mobile phones destroy MP3s. The plan was originally to force the phones degrade the quality of MP3s, but eventually a plan was worked out to force the phones to delete any MP3s after 72 hours. Apparently, none of this was enough, and the industry is now looking to sue. With all the success of both broadband and wireless technologies in Korea, it's amazing that an industry could be so backwards to believe that they can actually grow a market by breaking the applications that people want.

Finnish mobile operator offering free
bl0gs to all subscriber

Finnish mobile operator offering free
bl0gs to all subscriber 04/14/2005 06:22 AM
Saunalahti is offering a free weblog to all its GSM subscribers. You can update your weblog using MMS messages, Nokia Lifeblog or internet.

SaunaBlog. I like that name.

However, they seem to have lifted the entire description of what a blog is directly from Wikipedia without attribution, which, as far as I can tell, is a GNU FDL violation. Wikipedia.fi has more.

Also, looking at a sample blog, it seems that they are claiming copyright on anything that anyone writes on their own blog, and apparently they're not making you even agree on a license before you use the service. This is simply wrong - you simply cannot assert copyright on something that you don't own. If you write a blog, you own its content - regardless of who hosts it.

Saunalahti seems to be pretty lax about copyright issues. This will bite them in the ankle, I'm sure.

UAE's Etisalat wins Saudi's second
mobile phone licence (AFP)

UAE's Etisalat wins Saudi's second
mobile phone licence (AFP) 08/10/2004 03:44 AM
AFP - A consortium led by the United Arab Emirates' Etisalat has been awarded the second mobile phone licence in Saudi Arabia's lucrative market, the official SPA news agency reported.

Turkcell signs deal for Iran mobile
network, still to pay licence fee (AFP)

Turkcell signs deal for Iran mobile
network, still to pay licence fee (AFP) 09/23/2004 01:40 PM
AFP - Turkcell, Turkey's biggest mobile phone operator, said that it had signed a licence agreement with Iran to set up the first Iranian private mobile phone network conditional on paying a 300-million-euro (366-million-dollar) licence fee.

Motorola Israel to supply fixed mobile
car phones to European operator

Motorola Israel to supply fixed mobile
car phones to European operator 07/08/2004 12:21 PM
Israel Business Arena Jul 8 2004 2:50PM GMT

First European operator launch signals
new phase for Macromedia's mobile
expansion

First European operator launch signals
new phase for Macromedia's mobile
expansion 08/05/2004 12:21 PM
PMN Publications Aug 5 2004 3:41PM GMT

No. 3 mobile operator Polkomtel first to
launch full UMTS offer in Poland

No. 3 mobile operator Polkomtel first to
launch full UMTS offer in Poland 09/03/2004 04:23 AM
Interfax Information Agency Sep 3 2004 7:53AM GMT

Bulgaria industry: Mobitel wins first 3G
licence

Bulgaria industry: Mobitel wins first 3G
licence 04/08/2005 01:04 AM
Economist Intelligence Unit Apr 8 2005 3:26AM GMT

The Mobile Technology Webl0g - "Location
Based Services and all about Mobile
Marketing" - Porn 4 UR Mobile

The Mobile Technology Webl0g - "Location
Based Services and all about Mobile
Marketing" - Porn 4 UR Mobile 03/29/2005 04:35 PM
CARNIVAL OF THE CAPITALISTS .. week's edition

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Syria's No. 1 Mobile Operator Deploys
Actix' Wireless Performance Engineering
Solution

Syria's No. 1 Mobile Operator Deploys
Actix' Wireless Performance Engineering
Solution 09/07/2004 02:26 PM
ECTA Portal Sep 7 2004 5:05PM GMT

Poland's #1 mobile operator, PTC,
awarded license to enter wireless
Internet market

Poland's #1 mobile operator, PTC,
awarded license to enter wireless
Internet market 12/30/2004 04:54 AM
Interfax Information Agency Dec 30 2004 9:40AM GMT

Russia's second-largest mobile phone
operator reports final 2001 tax bill

Russia's second-largest mobile phone
operator reports final 2001 tax bill 01/01/2005 12:33 PM
Canadian Press Jan 1 2005 3:17PM GMT

T-Mobile buys world's fourth biggest
Wi-Fi provider

T-Mobile buys world's fourth biggest
Wi-Fi provider 12/02/2003 01:55 AM
Snaps up Metronet

Bridgewater Systems Announces Solution
to Support Mobile Virtual Network
Operator Business Model

Bridgewater Systems Announces Solution
to Support Mobile Virtual Network
Operator Business Model 06/30/2004 02:48 AM
[PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

SK-Earthlink Links South Korean Mobile
Operator, Earthlink Networks

SK-Earthlink Links South Korean Mobile
Operator, Earthlink Networks 02/01/2005 09:13 PM
Mobile operator SK Telecom and Earthlink Networks launch 3G/Wi-Fi combo firm: Sky Dayton is the CEO of SK-Earthlink, a new MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) that will sign up end users with the promise of integrated Wi-Fi and third-generation cellular data networks for voice and data through a single handset. Dayton founded Earthlink and Boingo Wireless. SK Telecom provides service to 18 million customers in South Korea, and their sister company in the SK Group, SK Teletech, makes advanced handsets for domestic use and internationally to China, Israel, Kazakhstan, and Taiwan. Dayton said in an interview today that SK Telecom offers a remarkable array of handsets including units with hard drives, five megapixel cameras, and satellite television broadcast receivers. "Not all those things are going to be applicable in a US market," Dayton said. The service will attempt to leverage the growing availability of 3G networks with the increased ubiquity of Wi-Fi hotspots. Dayton says that although handsets and service plans won't be available until as late as the end of 2005, that generally SK-Earthlink would focus on allowing its customers to make voice calls from home Wi-Fi networks, Wi-Fi hotspots, and 3G cellular networks. They would also leverage Wi-Fi alongside 3G in offering advanced data and entertainment services, although he did not mention specifics. "We think there's a big group of Internet savvy early adopter" consumers in the US who want this but can't get it, he said. SK-Earthlink may use Boingo's platform as the base on which they develop hotspot relationships--Dayton will have an arm's length involvement in that decision--but Boingo will certainly also continue to sell to other carriers regardless. Other reports note that SK-Earthlink will use CDMA technology, SK Telecom's flavor, which ties them closely in the U.S. to Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS, the only two remaining CDMA carriers here. Verizon has already deployed a significant portion of their ambitious EVDO network offering speeds of hundreds of kilobits per second, and Sprint PCS is committed to higher-speed offerings than its current 1xRTT rate that compares to modem speeds. At the same time, Verizon Wireless said recently that 3G will trump Wi-Fi, a sentiment that baffles Dayton. "Wi-Fi is an unstoppable force," he said. "It's like trying to deny there's a big elephant in the room." Both technologies "are great individually, but if you put them together" they allow the best connection wherever a user...

The Virtual Mobile Virtual Network
Operator From 7-Eleven

The Virtual Mobile Virtual Network
Operator From 7-Eleven 04/27/2004 05:27 PM
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are nothing new. Virgin, both in the UK and the US, has been quite successful creating their own mobile phone carrier, despite not having a network of their own, but simply handling the branding and management, while leaving all the technology issues to a network operator partner. So far, most MVNOs seem to be targeting the youth market (often with "pre-paid plans"), and considering just how lucrative that market seems these days, it's no surprise that plenty of others want into the market. However, operating the whole MVNO is probably a lot of work, so now we're getting to the point where you have virtual MVNOs (VMVNOs) who will do all the work for a company, and simply slap their brand on the final product. That seems to be what's happening with convenience store 7-Eleven, who has announced plans to sell pre-paid mobile phones and service under the "Speak Out" brand - though, all the work appears to be done by Ztar Mobile. Other retailers are quickly expected to follow. Wal-Mart is at the top of the list, with Costco and Home Depot also apparently considering their own mobile phone offerings. The idea is to target younger users, or those with bad credit histories, who can simply pick up a phone at the store, and use it until their minutes run out, at which point they can top it up again - back at the store, of course.

AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in
Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile
Community ‘MonAmi’ on Iraq’s First GSM
Mobile Network

AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in
Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile
Community ‘MonAmi’ on Iraq’s First GSM
Mobile Network 04/09/2005 03:48 AM
AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities announced today that its mobile friend finder service MonAmi is now available to customers in Iraq. [PRWEB Apr 9, 2005]
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