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Operators want 3G handset for the masses
Talkback Fine, but are the operators going to mge the 3G service available throughout the country?
[October 17, 2006, 12:01]
Operators tardy with New Year texts
News The UK's four major mobile phone operators all badly failed their customers this New Year, according to the latest research into delivery delays and outright failures. Other users have contacted silicon.com with similar tales of woe involving all...
[January 6, 2004, 9:15]
Operators blame roaming charges on handset subsidies
News Mobile operators have denied claims that roaming fees within Europe are too high, suggesting that the charges are necessary to recoup the cost of subsidising handsets. The industry has spent the last year trying to fend off regulation from the...
[February 23, 2007, 11:49]
Operators hit back at EC data-roaming threat
News The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents mobile operators, says prices are already falling and that any move to intervene in this market by regulators could stifle innovation and stunt the development of new data offerings for roaming.
[February 12, 2008, 8:00]
Operators call foul on EU roaming charge initiative
Talkback Also if the operators are bringing in all these options for their customers to make their roaming calls cheaper by up to 30 - 40 % they wont mind the regulatory officials brining in laws forcing them to cut 40% off the costs of roaming calls...
[April 4, 2006, 11:58]
Operators want fewer new mobile masts
News Leading mobile operators have said they want to cut down drastically on the number of new base stations they deploy. NGMN is an alliance of mobile operators, academics and manufacturers trying to co-ordinate their progress towards future mobile...
[March 6, 2008, 14:38]
Operators ally for mobile IM
News Some of the world's biggest mobile operators are joining forces to make instant messaging services interoperable amongst their collective customers. The operators have agreed to charge mobile IM users for outgoing messages but incoming messages...
[February 15, 2006, 7:45]
Operators in talks over dual-mode Nokia handset
News Nokia is in talks with a number of UK operators who are looking at rolling out its "dual-mode" GSM/Wi-Fi phones, a spokesperson for the Finnish handset giant has revealed to ZDNet UK. According to the spokesperson, "several [UK operators] are very...
[July 28, 2006, 14:00]
Operators call foul on EU roaming charge initiative
Talkback The mobile phone operators only have themselves to blame. Anyone familiar with the industry has no doubt that roaming charges are a clear example of profiteering. The industry has had years to put it's own house in order and to self-regulate.
[March 30, 2006, 17:25]
Operators cautious over Skype-Nokia tie-in
Blog Mobile operators have delivered mixed reactions to the news that Nokia will be preinstalling Skype on its N97 smartphone. The deal means putting software onto those devices that allows free calling and instant messaging over Wi-Fi or the cellular...
[March 2, 2009, 15:25]
Operators demand larger broadband price cut
News BT's decision to cut the price of its Datastream products doesn't go far enough, according to rival operators who are calling on Oftel to take action against the telco. On Wednesday, BT announced a 70p per month cut, or almost 8 percent, in the...
[May 8, 2003, 12:41]
Operators want 3G handset for the masses
News Mobile network operators from around the world have endorsed a plan to develop a low-cost 3G handset, in the hope of extending the technology's reach. The 12 operators backing the scheme — including Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, Hutchison (3 in the...
[October 16, 2006, 11:55]
Operators abandon faster-porting group
News UKPorting, which includes the big mobile and fixed-line operators and operates under the auspices of Ofcom, voted on Wednesday that it need not continue its work for now. This will mean the continuation of operators behaving like desperate lovers...
[September 25, 2008, 17:44]
Operators set out new roaming fees
News UK mobile operators have outlined their revised European roaming tariffs after the rates were capped by the European Commission. That decision, in turn, followed a lengthy and frequently ill-tempered battle between Viviane Reding, the commissioner...
[July 19, 2007, 12:24]
Operators want RFID in phones
News Mobile phones could have moved a step closer to being used as credit cards, car keys and concert tickets, after operators around the world said they would work together on the technology. The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents operators...
[November 20, 2006, 15:57]
GSM or CDMA: The Commercial and Technology Challenges for TDMA Operators
White Papers This white paper reviews and discusses the options open to TDMA/IS-136 network operators for migrating to third generation (3G) wireless technologies. In particular, it addresses the suitability of CDMA2000 1X (formerly called CDMA/IS-95-C, CDMA...
[March 2, 2004, 11:19]
Mobile operators denounce spam
News GSM Europe (GSME), an interest group within the GSMA, which represents hundreds of mobile operators around the world, has warned mobile spam isn't only irritating to individuals but threatens operators in terms of network overhead and poor PR.
[July 24, 2003, 8:56]
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 defensive over 3G auctions
News Mobile operators have reacted defensively to the prospect of spectrum auctions which could lead to renewed competition in the UK's 3G market. It is six years since the original 3G auctions, for which the mobile operators paid a total of £22.5bn.
[December 14, 2006, 12:40]
UK operators won't charge for received calls
News Following suggestions by Europe's telecommunications chief that she would not oppose mobile operators that wanted to charge their customers for receiving calls, all the UK's operators have denied wanting to do any such thing.
[June 18, 2008, 12:32]
