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[[ Financial ]]
Iusacell closes US$350mn exchange offer, consent solicitation
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17711.php
Mexican mobile operator Grupo Iusacell closed on June 1, as expected,
its exchange offer and consent solicitation to restructure a US$350mn
debt in the form of notes due 2006. ...
Russia's Utel to hike outgoing mobile calls by up to 14% after CPP
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17713.php
Russian mobile operator Utel, a subsidiary of Russian
telecommunications operator Uralsvyazinform, plans to hike tariffs for
outgoing calls from mobile phones by up to 14% following the
introduction of the Calling Party Pays (CPP) principle, Uralsvya
Swiss Upper House Rejects Swisscom Privatization
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17715.php
The Swiss upper house of parliament Wednesday voted against fully
privatizing former monopoly telecommunications company Swisscom,
following the lead of the lower house in May. ...
[[ Messaging ]]
BlackBerry Heads to Japan
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17720.php
NTT DoCoMo and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced that DoCoMo
will start marketing RIM's BlackBerry handheld devices to its
corporate customers from autumn 2006. DoCoMo will provide the devices
to further meet corporate users' needs for mobile b...
[[ Mobile Content ]]
Ericsson to host Centennial content download portal
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17712.php
US and Caribbean wireless and broadband provider Centennial Wireless
has selected Swedish equipment manufacturer Ericsson to integrate,
host and manage a mobile content service, Ericsson said in a
statement. ...
[[ Network Contracts ]]
Telenor Pakistan Upgrades Billing Platform
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17718.php
Azure Solutions has announced that Telenor Pakistan is to implement
it's Interconnect billing platform, Version 9 for its GSM services. In
addition, Telenor Pakistan will be upgrading its existing Azure
Interconnect system for its long distance inter...
[[ Network Operators ]]
Russia's Utel to hike outgoing mobile calls by up to 14% after CPP
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17713.php
Russian mobile operator Utel, a subsidiary of Russian telecommunications
operator Uralsvyazinform, plans to hike tariffs for outgoing calls
from mobile phones by up to 14% following the introduction of the
Calling Party Pays (CPP) principle, Uralsvya ...
Russia's Dalsvyaz restores network in 7 villages after earthquake
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17714.php
Russian telecommunications operator Dalsvyaz has restored fixed-line
communications in seven villages in the Koryak Autonomous District
that experienced earthquakes in the last two months, the company's
press office said Wednesday. ...
Soccer World Cup Roaming Bonus
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17722.php
Visiting supporters will spend a combined total of US$47 million on
mobile calls, text and video messages during this month's FIFA World
Cup, according to research from Informa Telecoms & Media....
[[ Personnel ]]
VimpelCom Confirms CEO May Leave,But Downplays Reports
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17708.php
Russian cellular operator Vimpel Communications, Wednesday confirmed
press reports that Chief Executive Alexander Izosimov may leave
following shareholder conflict, but tried to downplay it. ...
[[ Regulatory ]]
MTC available to review telephony concession contracts
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17709.php
Peru's transport and communications ministry MTC is open to hold
meetings with local operators to review their concession contracts
with a view to reducing rates, newspaper Gestión quoted MTC head Juan
Antonio Pacheco as saying. ...
EU Telecom CEOs Call For End Of Special EU Regulations
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17716.php
The European Commission should move to accept the phasing-out of
special controls on Europe's incumbent telecommunications giants, the
chief executives of leading telecommunications companies said
Wednesday. ...
[[ Reports ]]
Mobiles Continue to Affect Fixed-Line Revenues
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17719.php
Lower prices have not stopped the decline of Central and Eastern
European fixed-line telephony markets. According to a new study by
IDC, in eight CEE countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia),...
Service Providers to Invest $10 Billion in IMS
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17721.php
Twelve months ago, ABI Research described IP Multimedia Subsystem
(IMS) as a jet engine that would power telecom markets to a new
level. A year later, and ABI says that assessment still holds true,
and IMS is on the verge of commercial reality. Accor...
[[ Statistics ]]
Siget: Mobile penetration reaches 35%
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17710.php
Mobile penetration in El Salvador has reached 35%, or 2.4 million
users, becoming one of the highest rates in Central America, local
newspaper El Mundo reported, citing statistics from the country's
telecoms regulator Siget. ...
Russia's MegaFon northwest branch user base up 10% year-to-date
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17717.php
The subscriber base of Russia's third largest national GSM mobile
operator MegaFon in the Northwest Federal District increased 10% since
January 1 to over 6 million people as of Tuesday, the company's branch
in the district said in a press release We...
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