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The cost of exclusivity

The cost of exclusivity

O2 UK was conspicuous by its absence from the list of carriers offering Nokia’s next flagship device – the N97. Could this be because of its exclusive relationship with Apple?

HTC wants to be consumer Hero

The HTC Hero

Taiwanese handset vendor HTC has made the clearest indication yet that it sees its future as being a consumer brand as well as a supplier of white label or operator-specific handsets.

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Thomas Noren, head of LTE Product Development at Ericsson Networks

Thomas Noren, head of Product Line LTE at Ericsson’s Networks business unit talks to telecoms.com about his confidence in the future that LTE will bring.

Spinvox lands Latin American deal with Telefónica

Spinvox gets Latin rhythm

UK-headquartered speech to text specialist Spinvox has signed a deal with Spanish carrier Telefónica that will see its text voicemail service made available to Telefónica’s entire Latin American customer base. The carrier has almost 125 million customers in the region.

Chinese to dominate infrastructure market, says CSL CEO

Tarek A. Robbiati, CEO of Hong Kong's CSL

The chief executive officer of CSL, Hong Kong’s first-placed mobile carrier, has predicted that Chinese vendors will come to dominate the global mobile infrastructure market.

Asia-Pacific subs to grow by 25 per cent in four years

25% growth in four years will still leave headroom

Informa Telecoms & Media (ITM) has released forecasts that show annual mobile service revenues in the Asia Pacific region will increase by more than 16 per cent from the end of this year to US$326.37bn by end-2013, with growth powered by the twin engines of rising mobile subscriptions and greater usage of data services.

Vivendi named as Zain suitor in Nigerian press

Local reports suggest Zain could be about to strike a deal on its African portfolio

Nigerian newspaper Business Day has named French telecoms carrier Vivendi as the firm looking to build a deal with pan-MEA mobile operator Zain, after reports emerged last week that the Kuwaiti firm was looking to offload its African operations.

DoCoMo brand to debut in India

The new brand is set to launch later this month

Indian carrier Tata Teleservices (TTSL) is to launch a GSM service this month under the brand of Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, which holds a 26 per cent stake in TTSL.

UK mobile broadband performance 75% slower than advertised

Pedal nowhere near metal for mobile broadband

A five-month research project by customer experience management specialist Epitiro has found that real-life UK mobile broadband speeds reach, on average, only 24 per cent of the headline data rates advertised by carriers as maximum available throughputs.

MTN, Bharti resume merger talks

Bharti and MTN re-establish discussions

Merger talks between India’s largest carrier, Bharti Airtel, and pan-MEA operator MTN have been restarted a year after they were last abandoned. The news comes in the wake of the carriers each announcing that they have broken the 100 million subscriber barrier.