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Telenor and TeliaSonera gain spectrum for LTE in Denmark
TeliaSonera and Telenor have bought spectrum in the 800MHz band to extend their LTE services in Denmark European operators TeliaSonera and Telenor have secured spectrum to roll out LTE services across...
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Vodafone and 3 in Irish network sharing deal
The two operators are expected to establish a joint venture Mobile operators 3 and Vodafone are set to embark on a network sharing agreement in Ireland. A source close to the deal told Telecoms.com...
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The Candy man can
Ed Candy, Group CTO, 3 Back in 2006, in a high profile bid to differentiate itself from the pack and drive uptake on its WCDMA network, 3UK launched a flat-fee model for mobile internet access. It may...
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Keeping the edge
Mock Pak Lum, chief technology officer, StarHub Mock Pak Lum, chief technology officer at Singaporean quad-play operator StarHub is fairly new to the business. Installed in the role for ten months now,...
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Cultural and integration problems hamper network sharing deals
Cultural and integration problems can present challenges to operators embarking on network sharing deals Operators embarking on network sharing deals are being challenged by cultural and integration...
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Vodafone, KPN to share cell sites in Netherlands
KPN and Vodafone Netherlands plan to share mobile tower sites from September Mobile operator Vodafone struck another infrastructure sharing deal this week, this time in the Netherlands where its local...
View ArticleIrish net-share agreement: cost savings for Vodafone, survival for Three
Network sharing agreements are becoming more common, as the cost of carrying mobile traffic increases and MNOs have to fight harder for profit. Three in particular has been very active in making these...
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Maxis and Redtone sign LTE netshare deal in Malaysia
Malaysian telcos Maxis and Redtone have signed a 4G network sharing deal Malaysian network operators Maxis Berhad and Redtone have entered into an infrastructure and spectrum sharing agreement as part...
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One Vision
Stephen Bye, CTO and VP technology development, Sprint Nextel Stephen Bye, CTO and vice president of technology development at US operator Sprint Nextel, is relatively new to the firm, having been...
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Operator CTO Interview Series
Over the past few weeks we interviewed the Chief Technology Officers of several high profile operators to find out what keeps them awake at night. With many carriers juggling several generations of...
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Trust games
A network should last for decades and will require many revisions and upgrades in its lifetime Over the last several years, the vendor landscape has changed dramatically. Once familiar silhouettes of...
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The Wizard of Oz
Hugh Bradlow, CTO of Australian operator Telstra Q: How can operators deal with data usage that rises so much faster than revenue? There are a number of strategies that people are adopting to try to...
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Operators looking to wifi offload but vendors’ solutions still lacking
Ovum has conducted an operator survey on wifi offload Mobile operators are looking past the negative revenue implications of using wifi offload due to concerns over the sheer growth of data traffic....
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EC calls on operators to share unlicensed spectrum more efficiently
The EC wants operators to share white space and spectrum between designated bands more efficiently The European Commission (EC) has called on mobile operators in the region to share radio spectrum more...
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O2 and Vodafone get go-ahead for UK net share
O2 and Vodafone's UK network sharing deal has been approved by the UK's regulatory authorities The UK businesses of Telefónica and Vodafone have been granted permission by the country’s regulatory...
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AT&T and T-Mobile team up in hurricane crisis
Hurricane Sandy is causing destruction across the East Coast of the US US operators AT&T and T-Mobile USA have allowed customers heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy this week to roam across their...
View ArticleLay your bets
#2 – Regulators to allow increased operator consolidation – and save LTE in Europe Northstream predicts that during 2013 European regulators will increasingly accept operator consolidation in order to...
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Huawei scores managed services deal with 3UK
Huawei has won a managed services contract in the UK Chinese equipment vendor Huawei scored a significant coup on Monday, winning a managed services contract with Hutchison-owned 3UK. The Chinese firm...
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NSN, IBM push intelligence to the edge
Operators can pushing processing capabilities out to the network edge Infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks and IT giant IBM focused on moving intelligence to the network edge on Monday with the...
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Vodafone and Orange to co-invest in Spanish fibre depoyment
Vodafone and Orange will co-invest €1bn in deploying FTTH in Spain The Spanish subsidiaries of operator groups Vodafone and Orange will co-invest in fibre to the home (FTTH) deployment in Spain, the...
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