Vodafone to roll out MiFi mobile broadband hotspot
Vodafone has confirmed plans to deploy the MiFi mobile broadband hotspot in three markets but may face a challenge in marketing the hard to explain device.
German carrier Deutsche Telekom said Thursday it will merge its domestic mobile and landline businesses into a single company, to increase its competitiveness in its toughest market.
The Motorola Droid, unveiled last week as the first Android-powered handset to use the version 2.0 firmware, is on its way to Europe under the guise of the Motorola Milestone.
Vodafone has confirmed plans to deploy the MiFi mobile broadband hotspot in three markets but may face a challenge in marketing the hard to explain device.
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.
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Pan-European carrier Telefonica has announced plans to merge its German fixed and mobile operations under the single brand of Telefonica O2 Germany.
The rumours were true. Vodafone, the world’s biggest operator by revenues, and pan-European carrier Telefonica, owner of the O2 brand, are sharing network infrastructure across Europe.
German mobile operator, T-Mobile International, is to lose its chief technology officer, Joachim Horn, at the end of March.
T-Mo, which is owned by German incumbent Deutsche Telekom, said Horn is leaving to pursue a “new professional opportunity” outside Germany.
During his five year tenure at T-Mobile, Horn is largely credited with the large scale network [...]
German carrier Deutsche Telekom reported a decent set of third quarter results on Thursday, although analysts expressed some concern about its US operations.
For the quarter, adjusted net profit climbed 12 per cent year on year to Eur1.18bn from Eur1.05bn last year, while net revenues decreased 1.5 per cent year on year to Eur15.4bn.
T-Mobile’s domestic operation [...]
German wireless operators Vodafone and O2 launched an m-payment service Friday, allowing users to make direct debit payments from their handset.
The mpass service can be tied to a user’s debit account, so they can make online purchases just by entering their mobile number and PIN.
Before the purchase is cleared, users will receive a follow up [...]