- The launch is on for New Zealand’s 2degrees mobile operator, now set for August 5th, according to the National Business Review, with the cellco having signed on 50K+ customers, thanks to a SIM card promo.
3ple-Media’s results from its annual survey reveal the top multimedia issues facing mobile operators are subscriber perceptions of cost and the relevance of multimedia content services on offer. 78 percent of subscribers say they see their mobile operator as most like an ISP Provider (trusted with connectivity issues). This represents a 12 percent increase on last year’s findings. The growing public perception of the operator evolution towards multimedia service providers is in line with operators’ own perceptions: 82 percent of AsiaPac operators and 72 percent of EMEA operators see themselves as most like ISP Providers. The emergence of mobile multimedia has clearly made itself felt in the last 12 months, with 45 percent of all survey participants saying they already receive free, relevant mobile multimedia on their phones. This marks a significant leap up from last year’s figure of 15 percent saying the same. Year-on-year, the EMEA region registered the strongest growth with a 36 percent increase. The enthusiasm for mobile multimedia is unquestionably strong but the spectre of global recession has modified the conditions in which the opportunity can thrive. The issue of cost, or more specifically, the perception of cost, is highlighted as one of the central challenges.
Cordys, a provider of software for business process innovation and Cloud orchestration, has launched an innovative service to enable telecom operators, application, and communication service providers and outsourcers to provide their own Cloud Services for business customers of any size. The Cordys Process Factory In-A-Box is a new service that comes with an initial solutions gallery with popular MashApps, the Google Apps special environment, development tools, and specialized Cordys Operation Support for developing this service. Cordys technology enables the orchestration of multiple services and applications in the Cloud, and their “on the fly” integration with other applications, without the need for programming or complex Application Programming Interfaces (API’s). This creates a disruptive competitive advantage for Service Providers who want to go beyond Software-as-a-Service to a complete Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) business model.- The Ericsson cellco has signed with Econet Wireless Zimbabwe in order to expand its network to encompass five million subs by year’s end, according to the Zimbabwe Chronicle, with Ericsson committing to increasing capacity as Econet continues to plan its 3G rollout for a few clients next month in the country, with Company projections claiming entire country network coverage by 2011.
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New digital television services from broadcasters were displayed for members of Congress and Administration officials at an event on Capitol Hill today. The event also marked the switch from analog to digital broadcasting of all of the full-power television stations in the United States. ION Media Networks, other Washington-area broadcasters, and the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) showcased the latest in HDTV and new free digital channels, and previewed the launch of mobile digital television. These services can be broadcast simultaneously from each digital broadcast station. Also participating were a range of organizations that support the digital transition for consumers and technology companies that are enabling the new generation of digital television (DTV) services. - Al Rai, the Kuwati daily paper, is reporting the largest single shareholder in Zain Group, the Kuwait Investment Authority, is contemplating the sales of is 24.9 percent ownership of the mobile operator, should they be offered a serious bid, with some reports claiming the UAE’s Etisalat may well be interested in glomming onto a 51 percent share of the cellco — KIA also appears to be de-investing itself of a number of local Kuwaiti firms.
- The 5 percent stakes in Greece’s telco OTE may not, after all, be sold to Deutsche Telekom, which was the original plan to assist in slicing the country’s national debt, this according to Imersia, the financial daily.
- Telint (Telmex Internacional) of Mexico has garnered year-on-year consolidated net profits of 126 percent, having separated from Mexico’s Telmex back in December of 2007, with segment leaders being payTV, Internet access, and local services.
- Time Warner has grabbed from Google that firm’s 5 percent stakes in AOL for USD283 million, according to a regulatory filing that occurred yesterday, giving the company a 100 percent holding of AOL shares, with a complete company separation expected by the close of 2009, with AOL become a publicly listed standalone company.
- Telco Verizon is looking at a decrease in profits of 7.2 percent for Q2 of 2009, to USD3.16 billion, although revenues increased 11.3 percent in the three month period, but thanks to operating expenses increases of 14.6 percent, the loss is registered and the Company’s customer base for wireline fell to 34.3 million, down from 38 million one year earlier — total mobile subs for Verizon now total 87.7 million, with 1.1 million new net wireless customers as of June 30th.
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