News analysis
Sonus attempts to gain femto edge
There seem to be a few bets being placed on femto cells at the moment, and one of them is coming from those companies that play in the IP core/ SIP space.Key here is
Orange wants 80% of all sales to be Signature devices
Orange wants 80% of the devices it is shipping by the end of 2008 to be within its Signature range. Currently, around 50% of the models available with Orange fall within its Signature range, accounting
Marketing gap signals need for investment
Telecoms companies across the board need to at least double the resources they fling at marketing, according to Mike Cransfield, who heads up the telecoms research department Ovum. Although Cransfield admitted that mobile operators are ahead of their
GSMA calls for regulatory backing at 900MHz
Wants regulators to allow 3G at lower frequencies
The GSMA has used a report, commissioned from Ovum, to call for regulators to allow the 900MHz waveband to be refarmed for UMTS usage.
Spanish arrest mobile virus suspect
Spanish police said on Saturday they have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of creating and spreading over 20 different variants of the Cabir and Commwarrior worms, which attempt to infect mobile phones running the Symbian operating system.
fring hopes for cellular VoIP future
Adds Windows Mobile to client list
Mobile VoIP company fring (yes, lower case, and another name that ends –ing) has added Windows 5.0 and 6.0 devices to its list of compatible handsets. fring users (or
phling! to launch with Euro operators
Mobile social music network streams tracks direct from your own PC
With mobile music such a hot topic with the imminent launch of the iPhone and Omnifone’s splashdown in Norway, here’s an interesting application from Oxy Systems. phling!
Orange enters Austrian market with One purchase
Updated with Telekom Austria reaction
FT Orange and private equity firm Mid Europa have announced that they will buy third placed Austrian mobile operator One from its existing shareholders €1.4 billion. Mid Europa will own a controlling stake