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Game Analysis: Roaming Agreements
White Papers Roaming is a service that allows a subscriber of one operator to use the services of another operator when inside the latter? This paper concentrates on GPRS roaming though roaming is important also in GSM voice, SMS, circuit switched data, EDGE...
[June 28, 2004, 0:00]
Roaming Cuts May Lead To Coverage Black Spots
News The GSM Association, the trade body representing the mobile industry, believes impending cuts in roaming rates will see some customers plunged into coverage black spots. According to the association, 25 percent of roaming traffic will become...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
Wi-Fi Week: Roaming In The Dark
News Roaming outside the UK is even more problematic, and just as in the early days of mobile phones you shouldn't rely on it unless you have an explicit promise from a service provider. It's a safe prediction that universal roaming will eventually...
[January 29, 2004, 10:40]
Roaming Charges To Be Cut At Last
News Mobile roaming charges in Europe will drop, starting on 30 June when the new EU Roaming Regulation comes into force. EU telecom commissioner Viviane Reding said in a statement: "At last Europeans can breathe a sigh of relief as the EU Roaming...
[June 27, 2007, 8:32]
Roaming Rip-off Puts Travellers Off Phoning Home
News The high cost of roaming is putting Europeans off using their mobiles abroad, according to research from the European Commission, which found that eight out of 10 European travellers have been deterred from phoning home due to price.
[November 8, 2006, 10:19]
Roaming Legislation Inches Closer
Blog Viv Reding's proposed legislation to put a serious cap on roaming charges passed another stage today, as it was OK'd by the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament. We're not doing a story proper on this one, as it...
[April 12, 2007, 17:03]
Roaming At Low Cost With WiFi
Talkback The solution to low cost roaming is already available, just buy a dual SIP WiFi / GSM Handset. Use WiFi hotspots to make and receive calls and only use GSM when you are out of range of a hotspot. Also you can easily download your emails and Video...
[July 23, 2007, 10:23]
Roaming In The Third Generation Of Mobile Networks
White Papers The importance of roaming in third generation (3G) networks has been underestimated. Subscribers will expect total roaming - full access to all services everywhere. Furthermore, because 3G networks will be deployed gradually, roaming will be from...
[March 1, 2004, 23:00]
Roaming Rip-offs Set To Continue
News Businesses can look forward to high and confusing roaming rates when employees access mobile voice and data services abroad for some time to come, experts said on Tuesday. The costs for international roaming are difficult to predict because of...
[January 25, 2006, 12:10]
Roaming Of Advanced Telecom Services Through Semantic Annotations
White Papers This paper addresses the seamless service access with specific focus on roaming of advanced telecom services. Telecom networks provide voice and data connectivity in other countries, but advanced service roaming as e.g.location is not yet in place.
[August 7, 2007, 0:00]
Roaming And Service Management In Public Wireless Networks Using An Innovative Policy Management Architecture
White Papers This paper describes RSM-WISP, a new management architecture designed for WISPs to facilitate the implementation and management of the services they offer at the access side of the WLAN, and to manage roaming contracts between WISPs.
[August 23, 2006, 0:00]
Roaming Data Stirs Up Controversy
News A Web site has voluntarily removed information it posted about the roaming plans of Verizon Wireless customers, which some believe showed the carrier's coverage area is shrinking. According to messages on the chat board some participants noted that...
[August 16, 2002, 15:43]
Roaming Range: Understanding Wireless Headset Performance In The Real World
White Papers The distance that the headset and base station can connect with acceptable voice quality is called the roaming range. Major manufacturers of wireless headsets build their products around industry standards, making the performance relatively similar...
[March 11, 2008, 23:00]
EU Visitors May Face Roaming Price Hikes
News Visitors to Europe may find they have to pay increased roaming charges as a result of price caps being imposed on calls within the EU. What we are beginning to see here is the emergence of a two-tier market for roaming services," said Mark Newman...
[April 16, 2007, 17:05]
Asia-Pacific Pilots Wi-Fi Roaming
News Telstra and several Asian telecommunications carriers are understood to be preparing to launch a pilot of a roaming Wi-Fi service, encompassing networks in at least Australia, Singapore, China and Malaysia, from tomorrow.
[July 22, 2003, 8:57]
US Telcos Weigh Wi-Fi Roaming
News In addition, the two carriers haven't decided whether -- as with many cellular plans -- they will charge consumers roaming fees. Roaming gives cellular service providers a quick way to expand and take advantage of the popularity of Wi-Fi networking.
[July 22, 2003, 8:09]
Orange Roaming Rates Claim Another Victim
Talkback The Orange website on international roaming rates is very misleading I got stung for a £530 Orange bill, whilst using my SmartPhone in Egypt last year Had I known, I would have used an Internet Cafe for a fraction of the price
[February 7, 2006, 15:51]
Regulators Won't Act Over Retail Roaming Charges
News European telecoms regulators are continuing to argue that no intervention is necessary to curb retail mobile roaming prices, a policy that appears to put them at odds with the European Commission. The European Regulatory Group announced on Thursday...
[May 12, 2006, 16:55]
O2 Undercuts Rivals On Roaming Fees
News Mobile operator O2 has launched two roaming price plans, giving its UK customers cheaper overseas rates than any of its competitors and becoming the first network to allow frequent travellers to receive calls overseas for free.
[May 12, 2006, 13:45]
O2 To Cut Data-roaming Charges
News O2 is to cut its data-roaming rates, in a move that may placate some of its business customers enraged over the traditionally high charges. Data-roaming charges typically are several pounds per megabyte of data, and are structured in such a way...
[March 14, 2007, 12:21]
