List of All Telecom News
| Rogers Communications to Increase Cable TV and Broadband Pricing
17/02/2009
A number of companies are using this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain to announce their own mobile software marketplaces, in hopes of duplicating the success of Apple’s “App Store.”Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, unveiled the Windows Marketplace yesterday, saying that the ability to purchase and download software would bring Windows-based smartphones to... |
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| Microsoft, Nokia, O2, and Orange to Launch Competing Mobile Software Stores
15/02/2009
Wireless carriers around the world continue to develop a wide range of advanced mobile data applications, hoping to make up from lower voice ARPU (average revenue per user). Text messaging, however, is still the most popular data service, by far.Seen as simple, reliable, and ubiquitous, SMS messaging is a preferred method of communication for hundreds of millions of customers. Because of this,... |
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| Telus Reports 5% Increase in Fourth-Quarter Revenue
14/02/2009
Canadian telecommunications giant, Telus Corp., has reported a 5% increase in fourth-quarter revenue, due to ongoing growth in its wireless and data businesses.The company’s profits came in at $285 million (or $0.90/share), down from $400.1 million in the last three months of 2007. Operating income increased, however, if you take into account a one-time $143 million tax gain in the 2007... |
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| Bell Mobility to Launch Palm Treo Pro and BlackBerry Pearl Flip Smartphones
12/02/2009
The vast majority (84%) of of Wi-Fi users are interested in citywide Wi-Fi services, and a surprisingly large percentage (56%) say they would be willing to pay for it just like any other public utility, according to a recent survey by Devicescape, a wireless application vendor.The international poll of 2700 Devicescape customers found that laptop and smartphone users are coming to expect Wi-Fi... |
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| Laptop & Smartphone Users Prefer Wi-Fi to 3G; Willing to Pay for Citywide Wi-Fi
09/02/2009
The Australian subsidiaries of Vodafone and Hutchison (aka ‘3′) have announced plans to merge into a 50/50 joint venture, offering wireless services primarily under the Vodafone brand name.The combined company will hold a 25% to 27% share of Australia’s wireless market. Analysts expect this consolidation to reduce costs and promote efficiency in the face of a global economic... |
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| Rogers Wireless Brings HP iPAQ 910 to Canadian Smartphone Users
06/02/2009
Mobile messaging revenues will continue to increase throughout 2009, according to Acision, the world’s leading processor of text messages.A staggering 55 billion text messages were sent worldwide on New Year’s Eve alone, up 30% from last year, despite the weaker global economy. This demonstrates the strong position of SMS messaging, which remains the preferred method of mobile data... |
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| Acision Expects Text Messaging Growth to Continue, Despite Economic Downturn
05/02/2009
American wireless carriers will continue adding subscribers at a healthy rate despite the global economic slowdown, according to a Strategy Analytics report.Researchers expect overall wireless revenue to grow at a rate of 3.9% in 2009, down from 7.5% in 2008. The hit to revenue will be caused by lower ARPU (average revenue per user), as carriers compete to serve the needs of low-income and... |
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| U.S. Wireless Market to Continue Growing, as Carriers Step Up Competition
03/02/2009
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is making good on a promise to mandate enhanced 911 services on mobile phones, by requiring carriers to track the location of all 911 calls by Feb. 1, 2010.“The safety and security of Canadians will be greatly improved as a result,” said Konrad von Finckenstein, in a statement yesterday. “With more than 20... |
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| CRTC Sets February 2010 Deadline for Enhanced 911 on Mobile Networks
30/01/2009
ATB Financial, an Alberta-based bank, has reached a deal with Telus Corp. that will allow customers to conduct financial transactions on their mobile phones.Telus is launching a 90-day pilot project to test the service, which will then be made available to all ATB customers. Users will be able to check their account balances, view recent transactions, or transfer funds using wireless messaging... |
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| Telus to Launch ATB Mobile Banking Service
27/01/2009
America’s third-largest cell phone provider, Sprint Nextel, is cutting approximately 8,000 jobs, or 14% of its workforce, in an effort to reduce expenses in response to the deepening recession.The company, which has been struggling to remain competitive since acquiring Nextel Communications in 2005, expects to save $1.2 billion a year as a result of the layoffs. Some analysts and investors... |
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