Rumours that Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 Austria is close to sealing a deal to acquire Orange Austria (previously One before being rebranded) for €1.4bn may be good news for the Austrian mobile sector which has seen fierce competition as four operators … View post >
AT&T’s announcement last week of a $4bn charge in respect of the $39bn take-over of T-Mobile USA indicates a high likelihood that the transaction will not go ahead. This is not necessarily good news for US consumers and shareholders. Telecoms … View post >
The launch of the latest Nokia Lumia smartphones could revive Nokia’s presence across Asia and China in particular, but will they come quickly enough? Both the Lumia 710 and 800 Windows phones are scheduled to be available in Hong Kong, … View post >
The French telecoms regulator announced at the end of last week that they have finished the 2.6GHz auction process begun in June. FDD Allocation (MHz total) Price (m€) €/MHz/POP Obligatory MVNO access Orance 40 287 0.110 Y SFR 30 150 … View post >
Interest in the industry regarding NFC and mobile payments is continuing to grow following the joint venture by Orange, Vodafone, O2 and T-Mobile, with the Google Wallet emerging as the latest major breakthrough. It will aide NFC to continue to … View post >
The troubles of T-Mobile go back many years and are related to inferior spectrum holdings: “We were late with 3G”, said Neville Ray, SVP, engineering and operations T-Mobile USA, in March 2009. Since then T-Mobile acquired spectrum in several auctions … View post >
Making money out of mobile payments was one of the drivers that drove the share prices of telecoms companies to stratospheric levels during the Dot Com boom. Ten years on and still no real progress has been made in relation … View post >
Today’s announcement that Google is to buy Motorola Mobility is an interesting development in the Smartphone operating system fight for market share. Earlier this year we had the announcement of the alliance between Nokia and Microsoft. Will the next step … View post >
According to a recent report from Telecompaper.com, MVNO subscribers represent almost one third of the Netherlands’ mobile market. This is clear proof that multi-branding and mobile wholesale are a good antidote to a saturated competitive market. By comparison, we estimate … View post >
The French telecoms regulator ARCEP announced the terms of the country’s 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum auction process in June. There are several noticeable features of the process: firstly the bands are being sold off sequentially with the 2.6GHz … View post >