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PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents
The TelecomDirect News Daily Update
For March 16, 2006
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Vodafone Live! Hits 10 mil. Users
http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/100/17118?11228
Some respite has arrived for embattled mobile giant Vodafone,
with the company announcing a milestone user figure for its 3G
service two weeks ahead of target. In a press release, the
company revealed that it had set a 31 March 2006 target to reach
the 10 million-user mark when it launched 3G services in
November...
Orange- and Vodafone-Backed X-Pay Wins Support
http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/100/17116?11228
x-Pay -- a mobile payment model backed by Orange and Vodafone --
has garnered the backing of leading mobile content enabler
Bango. In a statement yesterday, Bango said that it will support
the model and has already worked out a detailed plan on how to
make it a trusted and universal mechanism for paying for mobile
internet content....
GAO Report Finds Delays in E911 Upgrades
http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/110/17112?11228
NEW YORK -- Despite an end-of-2005 goal to equip all emergency
dispatch centers with the ability to locate a cell phone user who
dials 911, a congressional report finds that some states will
need another five years or more, while others may never reach
full availability. The Government Accountability Office, the
investigative arm of...
FCC Proposes New Fines for Indecent TV
http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/130/17110?11228
WASHINGTON -- The government is renewing its crackdown on
indecent television, proposing a total of $3.9 million in new
fines while upholding its $550,000 fine against CBS stations for
the Janet Jackson breast exposure at the Super Bowl. The biggest
proposed fine issued Wednesday by the Federal Communications
Commission was for $3.6...
Iliad Profits From Triple Play
http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/140/17105?11228
Anyone who invested in alternative French operator Iliad
(Euronext: ILD - message board) when it floated on the Paris exchange
at Euro 16.30 in January 2004 has the right to feel pretty smug
today. (See Investors Go Mad for Free Shares.) The company, which
derives 80 percent of its revenues from triple-play service provider
Free , saw...
Iliad Profits From Triple Play
http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/110/17104?11228
Anyone who invested in alternative French operator Iliad
(Euronext: ILD - message board) when it floated on the Paris exchange
at Euro 16.30 in January 2004 has the right to feel pretty smug
today. (See Investors Go Mad for Free Shares.)The company, which
derives 80 percent of its revenues from triple-play service provider
Free , saw its...
Mobile Spending Up in Central/Eastern Europe
http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/100/17101?11228
Despite turbulent times in Central and Eastern Europe, the region is
ripe for increased mobile spending, according to a new report coming
out of IDC. In total, 11 markets in the region posted spending growth.
In total, the 11 markets recorded a 13.5 percent increase in spending
in 2005 to $15.12 billion. IDC predicts that total should...
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