Sunday, October 5, 2008

Cell News

Vodafone Signs Tower Sharing Deal with NZ Communications
New Zealand's 3rd mobile operator, NZ Communications says that it has inked a deal with Vodafone to rent space on up to 116 of the rival operator's towers....more
Asian Roaming Charges May be Halved
International roaming charges may be reduced by up to half throughout the Asian region if a proposal from Malaysia's Communications Minister, Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor is accepted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)....more
Israel to Permit Trials of VoIP over Wi-Fi
Israel's Ministry of Communications has granted NSR (1996) Ltd a special license for conducting a marketing experiment to examine the provision of domestic fixed telephony services using VoIP via Wi-Fi hotspots....more
Trading Standards Officers Raid Mobile Phone Retail Shops
Trading standards investigators from the UK's West Sussex County Council have recently visited fourty-two mobile phone retailers in the county and had to issue warnings about retail law to nearly half of the shops....more
Violations of Workers' Rights Reported in Asian Mobile Phone Factories
The mobile phone industry is often presented as a clean, unproblematic industry, but a report from the lobbying group, makeITfair claims that this is not the case....more
Hong Kong to Auction Off Broadband Wireless Licenses
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has invited applications for Hong Kong's Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licences - which are generally expected to be used to provide WiMAX services....more
T-Mobile Loses Personal Data of 17 Million Customers
T-Mobile Germany has admitted to losing the personal data belonging to its 17 million customers. The theft, which has only just been revealed occurred back in early 2006, and involved telephone numbers, dates of birth, addresses and email addresses....more
Ugandan leader commends technocrats for ICT ingenuity
The Uganda Communications Commission on Friday marked its 10 years of existence at a symposium at the Serena Hotel in Kampala during which President Yoweri Museveni commended the technocrats whom he said were the driving force in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for their ingenuity....more
Tough Economy Prods Chip Merger Activity
With the slow economy and many analysts expecting chip sales and profits to decline this year and much of next, some analysts expect a wave of mergers in the industry....more
Verizon Eyes a Bid for Debt Financing
Verizon Wireless will try to raise $20 billion in new debt by year-end to close its purchase of Alltel, despite the worsening credit crisis, says an analyst....more

source : cellular-news.com

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