Orange moots 3G delay
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Handsets better for cooking than talking
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VoIP company suffers "delays," the second glitch in two weeks. Those affected are told to reboot their adaptors.
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EU deal for low frequency 3G delayed European mobile operators will have to wait a while before they can deploy 3G technology into 900 and 1800 MHz, thanks to a power struggle between the EU Commission and its Parliament.â¦
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The struggling European navigation system Galileo faces yet another delay with a three-month postponement of its second satellite launch, a press report said Monday.
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JUST HOW MANY times can you &#39;soft launch&#39; a product? Well, Orange has already launched Talk Now - its Push-to-Talk (PTT) service â-wice this year.
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Operator pipped to new business Orange has bucked the broadband market growth trend to report a net loss of 4,000 customers in the last three months of 2007, despite a high-profile TV advertising campaign*.â¦
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Business & money: Â· Weather-related delays rose by 500,000 minutesÂ· Regulator may impose fine over signalling upgrade
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Vodafone Group Plc and Orange SA are to follow up on their 3G network sharing agreement in Spain with the news that both operators intend to reach a similar agreement for the UK.
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Ofcom promises to think about it The GSM Association, trade body of the mobile phone industry, is calling for regulators around the world to allow the use of 3G technology in the 900MHz band.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - The U.K. is considering letting mobile phone operators run 3G (third-generation) services on frequencies reserved for 2G services, a change that could mean better 3G coverage and lower costs for the public, the government's telecommunications regulator said Thursday. The move by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) follows the expected relaxation of a longstanding European Union (E.U.) restriction on how certain frequencies could be used. A consultation period started on Thursday and runs through Nov. 29. Other European countries are undertaking similar moves to liberalize their 2G spectrums, according to a spokesman for the GSM Association (GSMA), a trade group for mobile phone operators. A 1987 E.U. directive restricted use of the 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrums second-generation services based on the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) standard, which at the time was intended to foster growth of mobile communications across Europe by ensuring a large market for common hardware. The European Commission has proposed allowing 3G in those spectrum ranges: It says the original directive is now stalling growth of 3G services. The proposal should become policy by the end of the year once it is approved by the European Parliament and the E.U. Council of Ministers, according to the Commission. Operators across Europe have been running 3G services in the 2100MHz frequency band for several years. But opening up the 900MHz spectrum is key, as the lower frequencies allow better penetration of buildings, Ofcom said. The signals also carry further, so in rural areas fewer mobile phone masts are necessary: Ofcom estimates that high-quality mobile broadband Internet services could be provided with 10,000 fewer sites per operator. In turn, consumers should see lower costs for 3G services, the Commission has said. Finland and France are already trialing 3G services in the 900MHz band, the GSMA spokesman said. Market analyst Ovum estimates 300 million people will have 3G connections in Western Europe by 2012 if 3G is deployed at 900MHz and 2100MHz. That's compared to only 235 million connections if 3G is restricted to only 2100MHz. About 50 million have access to 3G today. Operators will likely want to continue using the 2100MHz band, as it has a higher traffic capacity than the 900MHz band, and so is better for urban areas where there are more users. In the U.K., Vodafone Group and O2 (UK)Â use the 900 MHz spectrum but only for 2G services. Ofcom is suggesting letting the other operators, Three, run by Hutchison 3G UK; T-Mobile International; and Orange, to have access to that band. The spectrum would be auctioned, with Ofcom awarding licenses as soon as 2009 and services starting by 2010, the regulator said. Ofcom is also looking at removing some technology-specific restrictions from the 1800MHz and 2100MHz bands, which could happen next year.
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Orange announced the commercial availability of Talk Nowâ¢, Europeâs first advanced Push-To-Talk service. Over the last nine months, Orange has engaged in customer trials across Europe to develop and refine
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The T3G upgrade of Telecom&#39;s nationwide mobile network cost 40 million New Zealand dollars (US$28 million) and took about four months to build, the company says.
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But more will break - it's normal The three - yes, just three - seabed telecoms cables which were broken in two (only two) recent incidents are expected to be fixed by next week, according to the operating companies. The ongoing tinfoil-hat frenzy that has followed the outages may take longer to die down.â¦
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Orange data users spend a day disconnected The Orange mobile phone network lost its data connectivity yesterday over most of the country, though the exact scale of the problem remains unknown. Users started losing their GPRS connectivity from about 10.00 in the morning, and network services were only restored in the early hours today â though the cause of the problem remains a mystery.â¦
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Orange data users spend a day disconnected The Orange mobile phone network lost its data connectivity yesterday over most of the country.â¦
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Does this down-and-out telecom have any juice left?
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Silky smooth Updated Ladies and gentlemen, will you please welcome the O2 Cocoon, the mobile phone network's latest 3G media phone with a stylish white clamshell casing that manages to look cool without aping the iPod.â¦