Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom could collaborate in UK
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have announced that they are now discussion a potential collaborative deal for the UK market.
The two companies could enter a joint collaboration which would make them the largest player in UK.
They are aiming to have an agreement in place by [...]
T-Mobile to charge for paper bill
T-Mobile is now informing their customers that hard copy of their bills would now cost them extra money.
The paper bills would cost USD 1.50 per month. Detailed bills would cost USD 3.50 per month.
Customers can switch to softcopies that can be delivered to their email Ids for [...]
Qwest Communications to exit wireless services market
Qwest Communications International has announced that they are going to exit from the wireless services market.
The company would discontinue their own branded wireless service later this year.
They would soon start advising their customers to move to a different service provider.
Since number portability is available in the [...]
NTT DoCoMo aims to launch LTE services by next year
NTT DoCoMo has announced that they are aiming to launch mobile services powered by Long Term Evolution technology in the Japanese market before the end of next year.
This network would replace the current 3G technology based High Speed Packet Access mobile network.
The company admitted that [...]
Sprint outsourcing network operations to Ericsson
Sprint Nextel has announced a major deal with Ericsson.
The US based mobile service giant announced that they are now transferring their day-to-day management of its network to Ericsson.
The deal would see Ericsson absorbing around 6000 Sprint workers.
The deal could be worth as much as USD 5 billion. [...]
Vodafone considering bidding for T-Mobile UK
Financial Times has reported that UK based telecom giant Vodafone is considering putting a bid for T-Mobile UK.
Vodafone might announce a bid or they might go for a joint venture with the rival company.
The company is probably aiming to get a bigger share of the UK market.
The report [...]
Vodafone Zoozoos fail to conquer Cannes
Vodafone took the Indian consumers with a mega surprise with the launch of their new marketing campaign featuring cute lovable characters Zoozoos.
The marketing campaign has been labelled a major success by analysts in the market.
However, it failed to impress the judges at the Cannes.
The campaign which ran [...]
SingTel AMPed mobile digital media service launched
SingTel is the largest telecom company in the South East Asia.
They are now collaborating with Universal Music to launch a new digital service for mobile users.
This new service has been named AMPed. It is designed to let the mobile users download music files and videos from the web.
They [...]
China Mobile Communications in a deal with Motorola
US based mobile phone maker Motorola has announced that they are signing a deal with China Mobile Communications.
Motorola would now provide the Chinese mobile service provider 310 million dollars worth of mobile telecommunications equipment and services.
Motorola said that the deal would last for one year and [...]
Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited posts a loss
Government owned telecom giant Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited has posted a net loss of Rs 83.8 crore for the fourth quarter that ended in March.
The company said that this was largely due to increased staff costs during the quarter.
This is a pretty disappointing performance considering MTNL had posted [...]
