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Manx Telecom sets date for super-3G
News The technology will be launched in conjunction with O2's local subsidiary, mobile operator Manx Telecom, and Lucent on 1 November. O2 is promising its Manx customers mobile connectivity of up to 1.3Mbps, with a theoretical maximum of up to 14.4Mbps...
[October 20, 2005, 17:25]
Manx Telecom sets date for super-3G
Talkback Ah yes, O2's famous 3G trials. Lots of aerials built, but over the past years, no live service. Maybe this time will be different. However, I bet O2's subsiduary will still be charging roaming fee's onto the O2 network as for 2G.
[October 20, 2005, 22:51]
Manx Telecom sets date for super-3G
Talkback At £3 per MB to download, you could run up £5 per second bills with this! Wow, they must be pleased!
[October 20, 2005, 19:12]
First European Super 3G network launched
News Manx Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of O2, has formally launched what it claims is the first commercial HSDPA network in Europe. Although pricing is nominally the same as Manx Telecom's existing wireless data services — with the heaviest user...
[November 8, 2005, 16:10]
Manx switches on first Super 3G
News Manx Telecom on Tuesday switched on Europe's first commercial super-3G service, delivering 1.3 Megabits-per-second (Mbps) to mobile users on the Isle of Man via a data card. The service, run by Manx Telecom — a subsidiary of soon-to-be-acquired...
[November 2, 2005, 15:25]
Europe's first 3G network goes live
News Europe's first 3G mobile network was permanently switched on on Wednesday as Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of BT off-shoot mmO2, began trials on the Isle of Man. First trials will be limited a small number of users, said Manx Telecom, with dates for a...
[December 5, 2001, 18:02]
Super-3G breaks records - and the bank
Talkback Manx Telecom's prices range from 60p to £3 per megabyte — so at the maximum theoretical data rate and the top tariff, you could be paying £5.40 a second, £320 a minute, £14m a month. Most HSDPA tests show an achievable average throughput of between...
[October 24, 2005, 16:19]
mmO2 'super' 3G due next summer
News Manx Telecom, mmO2's subsidiary telco on the island, ran the first tests of regular 3G services outside Japan in 2001, but never turned that into a full commercial service, deciding instead to switch it off.
[December 9, 2004, 15:45]
Super-3G breaks records - and the bank
Leader Isolated by water and puffins, it's a nicely contained test bed for new ideas while its solitary mobile phone provider, Manx Telecom, has a monopoly that lets it try out ideas with little risk to its owner, O2.
[October 21, 2005, 14:25]
Faster is good but smarter is better for 3G's future
Leader Nevertheless, it hosted Europe's first operational 3G network, and now Manx Telecom - part of O2 - is promising a similar spectacular, this time with High Speed Packet Download Access (HSPDA). Also known as 3.5G - but not by Manx Telecom - this is...
[June 13, 2005, 13:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's wireless broadband again, only this time it's the far more corporate O2/Manx Telecom showing off the far more ready-to-eat HSDPA system that they've attached to a 3G network. Irish sea" (a quote that Manx Telecom chief executive Chris Hall is...
[November 11, 2005, 17:30]
I-mode success drives NTT DoCoMo towards early 3G
News Chris Hall, managing director of Manx Telecom, who is running the mmO2 (formerly BT Wireless) 3G trial on the Isle of Man admitted that the European mobile industry must learn from the success of i-mode.
[September 26, 2001, 11:10]
Isle of Man snubs iSoft
News The island's telecoms company, Manx Telecom, is a subsidiary of O2 and Alcatel-Lucent. The Cisco-based IP telephony network is managed by Manx Telecom, which will shortly roll out a next-generation carrier network across the island — roughly...
[March 23, 2007, 12:19]
Super-3G breaks records - and the bank
Talkback Manx Telecom (the O2 subsidiary) has it's own mobile operation called "Pronto". It was all promoted with lots of PR, but the poor Manx punter never was able to use the system. So Manx punters again are poor Manx punters.
[October 22, 2005, 12:07]
BT makes successful 3G video call
News BT is working in partnership with Manx Telecom whose managing director Chris Hall said said that the successful video call was a key step in the process of building a 3G network on the island. BT Wireless has announced that it made a successful...
[June 28, 2001, 16:36]
Isle of Man gets 60Mbps wireless network
News The nature of the technology means that organisations can access high speed Internet services without having to wait for new cables to be laid or roads to be dug up -- and most significantly, they are no longer reliant on Manx Telecom, the...
[February 2, 2004, 11:40]
VoIP is no threat, says BT
News The Isle of Man government says it is planning to install VoIP across the public sector there, with the help of Cisco, Dimension Data and Manx Telecom. According to James Enck, European Telecom analyst/global telecom strategist at Daiwa Securities...
[November 29, 2004, 16:35]
3G licensees face new cash crunch
News British Telecom subsidiary Manx Telecom, on the Isle of Man, said this week it is on track to launch 3G services next month -- making it the first to do so. In the same week that Japan's NTT DoCoMo announced it would delay its full rollout of 3G...
[April 25, 2001, 13:36]
Dell to deliver Super 3G with Vodafone
News In November, the first HSDPA network in Europe was launched on the Isle of Man by Manx Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of O2. Dell is to start selling laptops with HSDPA wireless broadband using Vodafone's network in the UK, France and Germany...
[January 24, 2006, 14:45]
Truphone to pursue T-Mobile court case
News Because some of these numbers were originally obtained from Manx Telecom — the rest are standard UK-based mobile numbers and, therefore, unaffected — T-Mobile will not include calls to such numbers in its users' call bundles.
[July 17, 2007, 15:31]
