www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Bharti Airtel Lanka, according to the CEO, Amali Nanayakkara, will make an investment of US$ 120 million in its Sri Lankan operations. Airtel has already made an investment of US$ 250 million on its first phase, CEO reportedly unveiled.
Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. will start operations in the Eastern province within the next three [...]
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Nearly 950 workers will be laid off as a part of Vodafone Ghana’s compulsory redundancy programme. The lay-off to be implemented at the end of November will affect all departments and could also lead to the closure of non-core departments.
Under the programme three month basic salary will be offered for each year served. According [...]
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Spanish telecoms regulator CMT has given approval to a cut in mobile termination rates by 40-50% which will be implemented gradually over two and a half years from October.
The regulator reportedly said that in the case of dominant operator Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange the cut will be 40%, while the reduction will be [...]
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 2degrees, the upcoming operator in New Zealand, is eyeing a slice of the roaming market, wherein foreign operators pay the operator to allow their subscribers to use mobile phones while roaming in New Zealand. The operator will target international tourist as a key part of its sales strategy.
Chief commercial officer Bill McCabe says 2degrees [...]
Japan’s second largest telecommunications company, KDDI has put into operation a Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) platform from Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the world’s largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics. The Active EDW will serve as the data retrieval and analysis platform that KDDI uses to perform multi-faceted analyses of [...]
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Softbank Corp, the Japanese mobile operator, has reported Q1′09 net income of JPY27.4 billion (USD288 million), up 41.4% year-on-year after the company slashed costs and achieved a slight increase in revenue of 2.9% to JPY666.3 billion. The company said the rise profit for Q1 was boosted by lower procurement costs for its e-commerce business [...]
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to the Government of India, the mobile operators across the nation have together added 12.05 million new mobile subscribers in June. Data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India showed India had 415.25 million mobile users in May.
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Qtel is offering Shahry Value Pack customers the lowest international call rates ever enjoyed in Qatar or the wider region.
Qtel is enhancing the value offered by Shahry Value Packs, which enables customers to make international calls using their monthly free minute allowance. As a result, effective call rates with Shahry Value Packs are now [...]
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the Russian mobile operator, has agreed to pay USD1.28 billion for a controlling stake (51%) in Moscow-based fixed line carrier Comstar United TeleSystems. The transaction, which equates to USD5.98 per share, is scheduled to be completed between MTS and Sistema AFK, parent of both MTS and Comstar, on 5 August.
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTN Rwanda is all geared up to launch its 3G services across the nation, Yvonne Manzi Makoro, the cellco’s senior marketing officer reportedly said. Makoro to local media said, the technology is already up and running, but a commercial launch of the service will happen in the near future, although no specific date was [...]