KPN has stated in its 1Q11 results that accelerated changing customer behaviour became visible in the cellco’s home market, the Netherlands, during the quarter. Specifically, KPN saw its SMS revenues fall ‘dramatically’ in 1Q11, according to CEO Eelco Blok, who told Reuters that SMS traffic declined 10% year-on-year in March 2011.
German operator E-Plus has claimed a first for a mature market, setting up an off grid base station powered by a combination of sun and wind.
German mobile operator E-Plus is to undertake a trial of TD-LTE technology, supported by the world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile. Chinese vendor ZTE will supply the infrastructure for the trial, which will use 2.6GHz spectrum acquired by E-Plus in spectrum auctions that concluded in May 2010.
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German mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Vistream said Friday it has tapped Chinese kit vendor ZTE to build it a GSM and UMTS core network to resell services over.
KPN’s German mobile unit, E-Plus, has outsourced almost its entire network to monster vendor Alcatel-Lucent. On Tuesday, the mobile operator tapped Alcatel-Lucent to manage the operational business divisions responsible for the operation, maintenance and deployment of its cellular network. The switchover will take place on March 1 and will allow E-Plus to concentrate on its [...]
Germany’s mobile phone job market is facing a shake up with cuts confirmed at mobile operator E-Plus and expected at handset manufacturer BenQ Siemens. Dutch carrier KPN, which operates the E-Plus network in Germany, said Thursday that it is to restructure to better challenge rivals in the German market. E-Plus will eliminate a complete management [...]
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