Previous
Invention is not the mother of necessity
Blog Everyone from the chipset manufacturers to the operators was there, and perhaps some progress was made (see our FAQ on the subject here). Speaking of operators, nul points to the chap from Orange who was complaining that customers have to learn...
[January 19, 2007, 9:43]
Industry approves Oftel's unbundling price
News The telecoms watchdog announced Wednesday it would enforce a ceiling of £250 on the price operators will pay to take over one customer's line. Oftel intends that the final wholesale prices to operators should be set at a level which will encourage...
[August 18, 2000, 14:20]
Bidders for 3G licenses announced
News Nine potential new entrants to the market joined the UK's four existing wireless network operators. The prospect of one or more new mobile operators and the increased competition and innovation that this will bring is good news for UK consumers...
[January 13, 2000, 14:12]
Zingo goes south of expectations
News Zingo, the pioneering taxi-hailing service that uses mobile-phone positioning data to hook up potential passengers with GPS-equipped London taxis, has proved to be less popular than its operators had hoped.
[March 12, 2004, 8:35]
Spectrum Analysis for Future LTE Deployments
White Papers LTE (Long Term Evolution) promises to deliver an unrivalled user experience with ultra fast broadband and very low latency and at the same time, a very compelling business proposition for operators with flexible spectrum bandwidth, smooth...
[May 21, 2008, 1:01]
Sendo tweaks its image with flagship smartphone
News UK mobile phone maker Sendo is hoping its newly introduced Sendo X flagship smartphone will give multimedia messaging the extra nudge it needs to turn into a money-spinner for network operators. At the Sendo X launch in London on Wednesday, the...
[November 27, 2003, 10:20]
EC refuses to relax 3G rules
News The European Commission has urged member states not to relax the rules governing third-generation mobile phone licences or to return any of the money spent on 3G licences by mobile operators, despite lobbying from the hard-pressed mobile phone...
[June 12, 2002, 15:38]
GPRS Script Generator
Downloads GSG contain presets for many mobile network operators around the world and can build customized Modem Scripts in few clicks. For network operators not listed in GSG, many options are available to help the find the correct parameters for a...
[July 24, 2007, 8:00]
Oftel wades into DSL row
News A major storm has been brewing in the Spectrum Management Forum -- set up by Oftel to discuss issues around DSL and unbundling of the local loop -- between BT and rival telecoms operators. Oftel has been getting its teeth back in in recent weeks...
[June 13, 2000, 16:24]
Wi-Fi: Getting more for your money
News But in their rush to secure prime sites for their networks, operators have been slack in addressing interoperability between their different systems. This is likely to include mobile phone operators -- whose 3G network plans may be threatened by...
[July 9, 2004, 17:10]
3G rollout threatened by mast protests
News The rollout of third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks in the UK may be hampered by public protests against mobile masts, as Parliament considers a proposal that could make it harder for operators to get planning permission for 3G base stations.
[April 19, 2002, 17:33]
Multi-Area MPLS/GMPLS Interoperability Trial Over 14-Vendor Packet/TDM/ROADM/OXC Network
White Papers This framework not only enables network operators to simplify the development of network control functionality in their network management systems, but also opens a vista to deploy resilient and reliable networks.
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
Mobile Data Card - Watch those bills!
Blog Comment A report in today's (22/10) Times suggests that the game might be up for the mobile operators. Trouble looming for the operators - they are going to struggle to find a revenue channel as lucrative as data as they try and pay off their 3G overdrafts.
[October 22, 2007, 15:43]
O2 to cut data-roaming charges
News The European Commission has threatened action against the operators, but O2 denied that the pressure caused the change. And, while mobile operators have started to make drastic reductions in voice-roaming charges, data costs remain high.
[March 14, 2007, 12:21]
Satellite Backhaul Optimization for GSM and UMTS With Cisco RAN Optimization Solution
White Papers The Cisco RAN Optimization solution allows wireless mobile operators to reduce their operating expenses (OpEx) while providing additional bandwidth over satellite backhaul links. This solution business case explains the business benefits and the...
[September 11, 2009, 3:12]
Half the UK to be surfing in a year, predicts AltaVista
News Search engine turned ISP, AltaVista, predicts that half the UK's population will be online in the next year following Oftel's ruling to force BT to offer flat rate services to other operators. Instead Mitchell is confident users will get a high...
[June 5, 2000, 15:50]
Experts blast telcos for slow Euro DSL rollout
News Although most of Europe's PTOs (Public Telephone Operators) tested DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) some time ago, commercial offerings did not begin to appear until the middle of this year. Moore thinks that unbundling the local loop -- where PTOs...
[November 18, 1999, 11:30]
Ofcom warns O2 over slow 3G rollout
News When five operators bought 3G licences in 2000 for a total of £22.5bn, Ofcom required them to deliver services to 80 percent of the population before the end of 2007. Four operators — T-Mobile, Orange, 3 and Vodafone — have met that obligation.
[February 27, 2008, 12:37]
BT's Net monopoly ends Wednesday
News The telecoms watchdog has ordered BT to give rival operators access to its network following a complaint from WordCom that BT's own unmetered service, SurfTime, was anti-competitive. The ruling means competing operators will be able to offer...
[May 31, 2000, 14:06]
VoIP vs evil roaming costs
Blog In the wake of 3's abolition of roaming charges, the CEO of internet telephony provider Coms (nope, me neither) has issued a rather triumphalistic statement about how it's all the result of operators "feeling the squeeze" from VoIP.
[January 22, 2007, 16:49]
