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NeuStar Helps Leading UK Network Operator 3 to Launch Yahoo! Messenger
White Papers NeuStar helped the leading UK network operator to bring the popular Yahoo! Mobile IM is a technology whose time is now. Forward-thinking operators like 3 have seen the opportunity, seized it, and are reaping the rewards of additional data use and...
[April 16, 2009, 1:22]
Helping the UK's Leading Mobile Virtual Network Operator Achieve the PAS56 Business Continuity Standard
White Papers Working with Symantec Consulting Services, the UK's largest virtual mobile network operator developed and rolled-out a comprehensive Business Continuity Management (BCM) programme that is helping the company to protect its assets, brand, and...
[December 23, 2006, 0:00]
3G network operator announces jobs boost
News Last year Hutchison 3G won a licence to operate a high-speed mobile phone network, which is expected to launch towards the end of 2002. Six hundred new jobs are to be created in Scotland by Hutchison 3G, which is planning to base a customer care...
[November 14, 2001, 16:23]
Startup Spotlight: uSwitch.com gives you the power
News ZDNet readers looking to save money by changing their electricity or gas provider, or by moving to a different mobile network operator, might benefit from a visit to uSwitch.com. You can either search for the best tariff prices across all the...
[February 1, 2001, 16:20]
Blyk to fold into Orange
News The ad-funded mobile virtual network operator Blyk will cease to run its service and instead provide advertising technology to Orange, the companies announced on Monday. The company launched as a completely ad-funded mobile virtual network operator...
[July 28, 2009, 13:32]
Manx Telecom sets date for super-3G
News O2 has become the first UK network operator to officially adopt the high-speed mobile broadband technology HSDPA, the operator said today. T-Mobile, however, was the first UK network operator to make its plans for a rollout on the mainland explicit.
[October 20, 2005, 17:25]
Orange ramps up 3G network in north
News The mobile operator has announced it is moving to a new network infrastructure in the north-east of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, boosting the speed and reliability of 3G voice and data services in those regions and smoothing the way for...
[August 5, 2008, 9:04]
Wi-Fi operator launches automatic sign-on tool
News Wi-Fi network operator The Cloud has launched an automatic sign-on service that it hopes manufacturers will build into phones, portable media players and games consoles. While laptops and smartphones are obvious targets for the project, The Cloud...
[May 7, 2008, 17:27]
What is a MVNO?
White Papers This white paper describes about Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) which is a mobile operator that does not own its own spectrum and usually does not have its own network infrastructure. Instead, MVNO's have business arrangements with...
[November 6, 2003, 23:00]
Mobile firms mislead users wanting to move - report
News Many mobile phone users are being given inaccurate advice when they ask for information about switching to another mobile network operator. It found that 10 percent of inquiries about number portability -- where a customer keeps their existing...
[August 8, 2003, 14:40]
Vodafone considers charging for mobile spam
News Mobile network operator Vodafone is considering charging business customers for sending multimedia messages in an attempt to prevent its mobile messaging systems becoming clogged up with unsolicited junk mail.
[June 7, 2004, 17:50]
BA goes virtual with Vanco network deal
News British Airways has selected virtual-network operator Vanco to manage a portion of its telecoms infrastructure in a bid to drive down communications costs across the airline. We are confident that the Vanco virtual-network operator approach will...
[February 24, 2005, 15:55]
NTT DoCoMo hits 20 million subscribers
News The success of its mobile Internet service i-mode helped Japanese network operator NTT DoCoMo hit the 20 million subscribers mark on Sunday. It is expected to launch new services in May, and is likely to be the first mobile network operator launch...
[March 5, 2001, 10:48]
Microsoft launches smartphone assault
News Mobile phone network operator Orange and equipment maker Sendo have announced the first mobile phones featuring Microsoft's software, Windows Powered Smartphone 2002, at separate events in London. Microsoft's smartphone strategy emphasises...
[October 22, 2002, 16:58]
T-Mobile engages BT in Wi-Fi dogfight
News T-Mobile has become the latest Wi-Fi operator to offer network access at some of the UK's major airports, a move that turns the departure lounge into an important battle ground for the emerging UK Wi-Fi market.
[May 11, 2004, 15:50]
BT and Vodafone converge on Bluephone
News BT took the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) route after exiting the business when mmO2 was spun off in 2001. AT&T Wireless' assets - including its infrastructure and customers - were sold to GSM operator Cingular in a $47bn deal in February...
[May 18, 2004, 15:05]
O2 takes the mobile network indoors
News The mobile operator said on Thursday it will offer small mobile base stations to firms that experience poor mobile coverage in their offices. In accordance with this, neither Wi-Fi nor WiMax are high priorities for the mobile operator.
[November 16, 2006, 11:50]
Vodafone and O2 to share mobile masts
News Under the terms of the agreement, announced on Monday, the two operator groups will share network infrastructure in the UK, Germany, Spain and Ireland for the next decade. The operator said at the time that it anticipated cost savings of 25 percent...
[March 23, 2009, 16:08]
3 nears break-even mark
News 3, which in early 2003 became the first mobile operator to launch a 3G network , is expected to break even this year. However, while user numbers may be growing, the all-important monthly average revenue per user (ARPU) has slipped from March's...
[August 26, 2005, 9:55]
O2 scores its biggest-ever corporate contract
News The operator will be providing voice, BlackBerry and other mobile-data services for Network Rail, which owns and administers the country's rail infrastructure. Further details on the services O2 will provide to its new customer are not yet...
[February 21, 2008, 11:07]
