CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update

******************************** PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents The CommunicationsDirect Daily Update For March 27, 2007 ********************************

Defies EU in New Mobile Termination Fees

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The United Kingdom's telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has announced new mobile wholesale termination charges for the country's five mobile operators that could lead to annual savings of up to 500 million pounds (US$981.88 million) for consumers. The new charges are geared towards enabling the companies to recoup some of the licence fee ...

BT Signs MVNO Deal With Vodafone Espana

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The United Kingdom's leading fixed-line group, British Telecom (BT), has signed an MVNO contract with Spain's number-two mobile network operator, Vodafone Espana. The company plans to launch commercial operations in mid-2007. Significance: The move will enable BT to enter the Spanish mobile market as a virtual network ...

Survey: Voice Call Revenue Slipping Away

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A survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd. revealed more than 80 percent of industry executives believe voice calls will not be the primary revenue source for communications carriers within six years and more than half think it will happen within the next four years. The survey, which was conducted on behalf of Oracle and ...

Yahoo Seeks Content for Mobile Service

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SUNNYVALE, California -- Yahoo Inc. is recruiting other Web sites to help make its mobile search services more useful for consumers and advertisers, marking another step in the Internet portal's push to build a lucrative sales channel beyond the personal computer. Web sites that want their content listed in Yahoo's ...

AlcaLu Lands $6B Deal

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Alcatel-Lucent has scored a mega contract with Verizon Wireless worth $6 billion over three years. The contract is good news for Alcatel-Lucent because Verizon Wireless has effectively given the new company a vote of confidence by choosing to extend its standing relationship with Lucent to the newly merged entity ...

CTIA: WiMax in the Air

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- CTIA Wireless -- There's a definite whiff of WiMax in the air down here in the Magic Kingdom. Major vendors such as Motorola Inc. and Siemens AG are firming up their mobile strategies for the wireless broadband technology. Operator Sprint Nextel Corp. is expected to add more color to its WiMax ...

Vonage Pouts: We're Still Alive 'n Kicking

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Vonage, sent reeling by its patent suit loss to Verizon, the injunction arising out of that ruling and a massive sell-off of its shares on Friday, this morning made a major attempt at damage control, with CEO Mike Snyder issuing a statement that to paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of Vonage's death have been greatly ...

Qualcomm Opens the Door to Mobile User-Generated Content

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Qualcomm announced today a new chip that it says will drive down the cost of mobile broadband while increasing speeds. The QSC6085 for CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A promises to deliver more than 10 times the speed of EV-DO Rel. O-up to 1.8 Mbps on the reverse link and 3.1 Mbps on the forward link-to better support advanced mobile capabilities, ...

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