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Mobile phone operators show off their figures
News Arguably the latest mobile research conducted by Oftel re-enforces the perception that services offered by the UK's big four are much-of-a-muchness, but it also provides consumers with a rare tangible evaluation of operators' comparative service...
[October 5, 1999, 11:48]
UK mobile phone fee cuts will hurt operators
News On 1 June, 2004, Ofcom, the telecom regulator in the United Kingdom, ordered reductions in the fees mobile operators (Vodafone, O2, Orange and T-Mobile) charge for terminating calls on their second-generation (2G) networks.
[June 8, 2004, 12:10]
Hutchison 3G tipped to buy mobile phone group
News It denies that this is a serious problem, saying that it can devote all its efforts to a successful 3G launch, rather than being distracted by other issues such as GRPS -- the so-called 2.5G service that other operators are using as a transition...
[December 17, 2001, 11:39]
News Burst: Oftel issues Christmas warning to mobile operators
News The Oftel Director General last night announced that he has demanded to see the plans the four UK mobile phone companies have put in place to cope with the Christmas demand. The surge of demand in 1998 left the mobile phone companies struggling to...
[October 29, 1999, 11:14]
Mobile operators 'at odds' over roaming fees
Talkback Why can't the cell phone itself display in the lower right corner how much will be billed in total in x days? Including subscription fees and everything else. That would also make it very easy to randomly inspect the correctness of the figures...
[March 20, 2006, 21:21]
Mobile operators 'at odds' over roaming fees
Talkback When, for the about the price of a cheap cell phone, you can buy a neat handheld unit that does Bluetooth/WLAN and VoIP; can drop onto the net at any Internet cafe worldwide and call home with zero call charges; the writing is on the wall.
[March 27, 2006, 9:13]
MP slams mobile operators for 'profiteering' prices
Talkback The Government charged phone companies £bns to obtain 3G licences. The prices may be a rip-off but it's a bit rich coming from an MP.
[November 17, 2005, 12:44]
UK mobile phone companies will cope with Christmas frenzy
News I am pleased that the mobile operators are taking the matter very seriously. In October, director general of Oftel David Edmonds demanded to see the plans operators had to cope with the rush, following collapsed networks last year.
[December 1, 1999, 16:23]
Mobile operators urged to focus on enterprise
News Greater use of femtocells and picocells, better enterprise tariffs and expanded mobile email are just some of the ways mobile phone operators could try to lure corporates as they look to increase their revenues from business customers.
[July 19, 2007, 8:13]
Google: Mobile operators want to block our apps
News One of Google's senior executives has criticised mobile phone operators for trying to prevent their users from accessing Internet applications. Chris Sacca, head of special initiatives at Google, revealed on Monday that operators have lobbied the...
[November 24, 2006, 11:43]
Mobile operators reap savings from Ofcom
News Regulator Ofcom has saved the UK's mobile operators hundreds of millions of pounds per year — and the watchdog is hoping some of the cash will find its way back into consumers' pockets. Now Ofcom has reduced the amount operators can charge another...
[March 28, 2007, 10:14]
Mobile operators take DRM biscuit
Leader Mobile telecoms operators are in pain. How unfair, cry the operators. If the operators want to avoid that, they have to first get their own bakery in order. When they have millions of users ready to consume, the operators will have a strong case to...
[April 5, 2005, 14:15]
Mobile operators merge their networks
News Two of the UK's mobile operators are to merge a large part of their 3G phone networks. This means it will be quicker for the two operators to extend their networks, and it will make it more economical for them to provide coverage in rural areas...
[February 8, 2007, 16:25]
Mobile operators respond to EC ticking off
Blog This just in from the GSMA - the organisation that represents mobile operators. The organisation's Mobile World Congress conference is in full swing in Barcelona and amid all the talk of new platforms and paradigm shifts, the EC's competition...
[February 11, 2008, 13:44]
Mobile operators angered by latest roaming proposals
News European mobile operators have nothing to fear from impending roaming tariff regulation if they remain competitive, a spokesperson for the European Commission has said. While acknowledging that the move would be "painful" for mobile operators, he...
[June 13, 2006, 16:40]
Rupert Goodwins: Mobile phone viruses are coming
News This is the mechanism most users know as text messaging -- a way of passing notes of up to 160 bytes or so to be displayed on a friend's phone -- but is also used by network operators to send applications, security updates and other information to...
[June 8, 2000, 15:06]
Mobile phone campaigners welcome court ruling
News This Court of Appeal ruling, though, could change this -- and could put the onus onto mobile phone operators to prove that masts are safe. Campaigners fighting against the erection of mobile phone masts in north London are celebrating a high court...
[June 28, 2002, 17:20]
Mobile operators attack 'stifling' EC legislation
News A conglomerate of IT industry players, mobile operators and content providers has added its voice to the debate surrounding the European Commission's attempts to regulate online broadcasting. If we overload them with ads, customers will go...
[July 26, 2006, 13:10]
Mobile operators to offer Wi-Fi via BT
News BT believes this will appeal to mobile phone operators, ISPs and other telecoms operators, who will be able to buy capacity on Openzone and then sell it on it to their customers. Of the UK's mobile network operators, T-Mobile has made the greatest...
[September 29, 2003, 14:20]
Mobile phone makers hunt for 3G solution
News Mobile phone makers and network operators are in the process of building the infrastructure to operate 3G services. Mobile phone makers are being forced to consider radical approaches to microprocessor design to deal with the difficulties of making...
[May 14, 2002, 13:37]
