Archive for February, 2010
Telecom CEO Refuses To Resign
New Zealand Herald
Faced with four network failures in two months which have already seen two managers lose their jobs, Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds is determined he won’t be the third. Dr Reynolds today faced up to the public to say “enough is enough” after the XT mobile network south of Taupo went down again [...]
Bharti May Sell Shares to SingTel
Wireless Federation
Shares of Bharti Airtel might be sold to Singapore Telecommunications by the operator to partly fund its purchase of Zain’s African assets and avoid taking on too much debt. According to SingTel, it is premature to talk about funding as the transaction is subject to ongoing discussions, due diligence and customary regulatory approvals and [...]
EVDO Network Launched In Pakistan
Wireless Federation
Evo wireless broadband service based on EVDO Rev A network technology has been launched by Pakistan operator PTCL. The service offers download speeds up to 3.1Mbps and the average speeds vary from 300Kbps to 500Kbps for downlink and 200 Kbps to 400Kbps for uplink.
Topics: broadband, EVDO, launch, Pakistan, PTCL
Telecom CEO Blames XT Outages on Alcatel-Lucent
New Zealand Herald
In a press conference this afternoon Dr Reynolds said he has told Alcatel, its XT technology partner, that “enough is enough” and has put them on notice.
Sorry is not good enough anymore
- Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds
Topics: New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, outage, Paul Reynolds, telecom, XT
Heads Begin To Roll At Telecom XT
3News, New Zealand
Telecom New Zealand CTO Frank Mount is the first employee to lose his job after Telecom suffers another outage of their wireless network.
Topics: New Zealand, outage, telecom, Telecom New Zealand, Telecom XT, wireless
Latest XT Outage May Spark Government Intervention
3News, New Zealand
3News coverage on Telecom XT’s latest service outage in New Zealand. Concern over the network’s reliability sparks call in some circles for government intervention.
Topics: New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, outage, telecom, XT, XT network
“Breaking News” On Broken Telecom XT Network
OneNews, New Zealand
OneNews reports on the latest Telecom XT outage. Customers across New Zealand lose wireless service once again. It’s the fifth such outage since Christmas.
Topics: New Zealand, outage, telecom, Telecom XT, XT network
Latest XT Service Outage Update
This just in, from Telecom:
XT UPDATE: 6.15AM – ALL SITES RESTORED
Telecom advises that services have been restored to all cell sites that
were affected by yesterday’s outage on the XT network from Taupo
southwards.
The network remains under close observation.
Telecom also announced that chief executive officer, Paul Reynolds, will
host a briefing on XT in Auckland on Tuesday afternoon, [...]
Telecom’s XT Fails AGAIN – Alcatel-Lucent Chief Resigns
Stuff.co.nz
Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds will today front up over the latest failure of its XT mobile phone network as the boss of the company that built the network resigns. Steve Lowe, Alcatel-Lucent’s New Zealand managing director, announced his departure yesterday – as the XT network failed for thousands of Telecom customers south of Taupo [...]
Warning: Telecom, Internet Use Can Lead To Death
Monsters and Critics.com
The Hamas commander killed in Dubai last month probably made himself easier to track down because he telephoned his family about his travel plans and made those plans online, a senior member of the organization said Saturday.
Topics: telephone, Middle East News, phone, Middle East, Israel, telecom
Simplest International Calling Plan Ever?
TMC.Net
Qatar Telecommunications, (Qtel), a leading telecom services provider in Qatar, has launched a new, two-zone standardised rate for all international calls. Two simple geographical zones which determine call rates will enable customers to keep track of call minutes and rates.
Topics: Qtel, Qatar, telecom, International calls
MTN Exiting South Africa?
Wireless Federation
No confirmation or denial has been given by mobile operator MTN regarding its plans to abandon SA in favor of Dubai, a location closer to its higher revenue earners.
Topics: Dubai, MTN, South Africa
PCCW Chairman Richard Li’s Home Raided
Straits Times
POLICE have raided the home of Mr Richard Li, the chairman of Hong Kong telephone firm PCCW, as part of a probe linked to the failed privatisation bid of the company last year, the South China Morning Post said.
Topics: China, telecom, Hong Kong, PCCW, Richard Li
Japanese Carrier Willcom Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Wireless Federation
Bankruptcy petition has been announced by Japanese mobile phone company Willcom. Japan’s fourth-largest provider of mobile phone and wireless data services has been burdened with heavy debts, and has been struggling to expand its subscriber base amid fierce competition in the wireless market.
Topics: bankrupt, Japan, phone company, Willcom, wireless
The Problem With Google Voice
One of the problems with Google Voice (and really any unified communications platform) is helping would-be users figure out why they need it. Is there really something so fundamentally wrong with today’s paradigm of a phone line, caller ID, voice mail/answering machine? The answer is: probably yes. But helping a customer understand exactly what is [...]
Bharti Says It Will De-Leverage Books
Financial Express
Bharti Airtel is looking at de-leveraging its books within 3-4 years after it acquires Zain’s African operations at an enterprise valuation of $10.7 billion. The road map for de-leveraging its combined balance sheet will have many components, including roping in global private equity investors at a later stage.
Topics: Zain, Malaysia, Singapore, telecom, SingTel, [...]
Windows Phone 7 Is A Balancing Act, According To Analyst
ZDNet, Asia
Microsoft, with its new mobile OS, needs to tread the fine line between control and allowing manufacturers freedom to tailor the platform to their needs, according to an analyst.
Topics: Asia, Windows Phone 7, Microsoft, telecom
Bangladesh Set To Hold “Beauty Contest” For 3G License
Wireless Federation
The 3G licenses in Bangladesh will be awarded via a qualitative ‘beauty contest’ procedure rather than a straightforward monetary auction. The announcement has been made by Bangladesh’s telecom minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju who made it clear that the state did not want to repeat mistakes made in the country’s WiMAX auctions, where license prices [...]
WiMax Phone Launching by Summer 2010 Says Sprint
In a recent interview with Forbes, a Sprint spokesperson said that the company plans to launch a WiMax-equipped phone by the end of June. That date is several months sooner than Clear (Sprint’s WiMax network parter) has told Phone Scoop that such a device would be available.
Topics: WiMax, Sprint
1 Gbps Broadband Soon To Be Everywhere In Netherlands
ReggeFiber, in partnership with Dutch incumbent KPN, will make 1 Gbps the standard connection speed for all FTTH customers. The company currently has more than 300,000 customers and is on target to grow to a million subscribers.
Topics: FTTH, broadband
