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Showing posts with label Vodafone. Show all posts

Competition, Ericsson, Kiwi's and Relish - Start your #telecom week with the news you need

Start your week in telecom with a round up of top stories from Total Telecom.

Kicking off the proceedings with Ericsson who last Tuesday predicted an LTE uptake gap between Europe, North America - the most read story of the week.

Second ranking was the proof that there is clearly news more important than football to come from Brazil as Telefonica and Telecom Italia clash over the Spanish incumbent reportedly still pushing for break-up of TIM Brasil.

Third on the hit list is the news that Vodafone New Zealand is to trial 4G small cells in July whilst fourth was the report that the GSMA chief, Anne Bouverot, sees more consolidation ahead but warns against strict remedies, whilst 3 cannot see cost benefit of cross-border M&A in Europe.

Finally relishing it's position in the top 5, UK Broadband claims consumers and SMEs are wasting £193 million per year on unwanted landline rental fees.

For a more complete roundup read Mary Lennighan's Friday Review: Telcos find plenty of room at the hotel 'can't afford ya'

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Look whose coming to #CarriersWorld - over 80 companies confirmed

That's right, more than 80 companies have already confirmed their participation in this years's Carriers World conference, organised by Total Telecom. Here's a selection of those coming to Europe's leading #wholesale event:
Carriers World 2013 Participants
There's still time for you to get involved as a delegate, sponsor, or book one of our new networking pods.

Carriers World takes place at the fantastic Jumeirah carlton Tower in London's Knightsbridge - just round the corner from Harvey Nichols (so bring your credit card!)

Find out more about the leading speakers and fantastic networking opportunities on the website www.totaltele.com/carriersworld




























































Monday #Telecom Headlines

The latest headlines from +Total Telecom to start your week:

France Telecom reaffirms interest in growing West Africa footprint
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478732&mail=929

Vodafone's +BlackBerry users suffer outage
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478731

Telefonica Digital makes first big Wayra investment
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=478726

Reporter's notebook: +International CES lacks spark
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=478721

+Deutsche Bank says tech IPOs could see slow start in 2013
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=5&ID=478720

Most read stories currently on the website:

Fresh low-cost iPhone rumours predict 2H launch
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478697

Buying out Vodafone from Verizon Wireless is feasible - Verizon CEO
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478636

Catch up on the week:

Friday Review: No dice
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478727


Telecom Genius or Could Do Better?

So did you take our telecom quiz before Christmas? All the answers were in the End of Year Review, but for those who didn't quite manage to wade their way through it, here's the easy way to the results.


So how did you do? Were you one of the 77% who doesn't know what level mobile penetration has reached in Africa? Or one of the 33% who think Huawei will be the most successful traditional network infrastructure vendor in 2013? (According to Ovum they won't be!) Were you one of the 12% who thought Simon Moutter has taken over at Telefonica? Or perhaps most surprisingly one of 40% who think Vodafone used this image in their advertising....


Check out the answers, and if your honest response is that you could have done better, why not register for the Total Telecom Daily Newsletter It's totally free and will help make you a telecom genius by the end of 2013!

Monday Headlines: #Telecom News to Start Your Week

Top #news stories you should read from Total Telecom:

    Vodafone reorganises enterprise division, accelerates C&W integration
    http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=478109
      Satellite operator casts doubt on Europe's broadband targets
      http://totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=478000
        Joyn interoperable in Spain
        http://totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=478045
          Big Euro telcos could save up to €2bn a year each from net sharing
          http://totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=478006
            Friday Review: Gauging interest
            http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478102&G=2&C=1&Page=0

            Also, don't miss...


            Total Telecom+ November issue, including:

                      • Spectrum Strategies - CDMA 450
                      • Technology Trends - Vectoring
                      • Regulation - Sticky WCIT
                      • Statistics - Prime numbers



            Growing Strong: The Global 100 Operators Report 2012
            http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=477941

            Acceptance Speech: CEO of the Year 2012 #WCA12

            On Tuesday Vittorio Colao of Vodafone was named CEO of the Year at the World Communication Awards. You can view his acceptance speech here.

            The other major winners of the night were Orange Business Services and Telstra Corporation. OBS won several awards, including being named Best Global Operator for an amazing fifth time, retaking the trophy from BT.




            Read about all the winners here

            Final 5 named for CEO of the Year #WCA12

            Voting has now closed for CEO of the Year for the 2012 World Communication Awards and the winner will be one of the following five:



            Osman Sultan, CEO, du (Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co)







            Stéphane Richard: France Telecom-Orange 









            Ernest L. Cu: Globe Telecom








            Lowell McAdam: Verizon Communications 










            Vittorio Colao: Vodafone  







            The winner will be revealed at the World Communication Awards, in London, on the 13 November 2012.

            Top 10 Global #Telecom Operators


            The annual Global 100 Operator report published by Total Telecom is the definitive who's who guide to the largest telecom operators in the world.


            This year the Top 10 saw two go up, one go down and seven stay the same, the most significant being the rise of six places by América Móvil into the top 10.


            The complete Top 10 list looks like this:
            1. AT&T
            2. NTT
            3. Verizon
            4. Deutsche Telekom
            5. Telefónica
            6. China Mobile
            7. Vodafone
            8. France Telecom
            9. América Móvil
            10. KDDI
            You can download the entire Global 100 from Total Telecom


            Of course revenue and profit is not the only measure of success, and this year we've seen different approaches rewarded, including:


            AT&T (#1) CEO, Randall L Stephenson named CEO of the Year at the World Communication Awards (view his acceptance video)


            BT Global Services (#15) named Best Global Operator at the 2012 World Communication Awards


            Singtel (#28) named the Users Choice at the 2012 World Communication Awards (find out more about the Gap to Winner report to see how you measure up to Singtel)


            Vodafone (#7) named the most valuable brand in telecom in our annual ranking of the 500 most valuable brands in telecoms.


            It will be interesting to see how the winners shape up in 2012...

            Voda announces UK femtocells launch

            Vodafone will roll out femtocells in the U.K. this summer, it emerged on Tuesday.

            The mobile operator plans to launch the home base station technology from 1 July, a source told Total Telecom this morning.

            A press release from Vodafone duly followed. The operator plans to charge £160 for a home femtocell, known as the Vodafone Access Gateway, or charge for the box on a monthly basis, at £5 per month. The femtocell will also be added to a number of tariff bundles starting at £15 a month.

            Click here for more information.

            Handset suicide

            Franco Bernabe had a point when he pointed out the folly of subsidising handsets recently, Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao, said on Tuesday at the Q&A session following his company's full-year results presentation.

            But as for subsidising handsets being tantamount to committing suicide for a mobile operator, as Bernabe apparently suggested... Colao is not so sure.

            "In Italy we have a bit of a theatrical approach to life. I will try to make sure he doesn't commit suicide. I will give him a word of comfort," Colao said of his fellow countryman.

            Vodafone will look at the handset question, "device by device, country by country," Colao said.

            "I think [Bernabe] has a point, but I don't think he should commit suicide," he added.

            Indeed, Vodafone Italy performed well in the year to 31 March, unlike a number of Colao's other European operations, which together dragged down Vodafone's group revenues and profits.

            Most notably, the mobile operator took a £5.9 billion impairment charge for the last year, £3.4 billion of which was related to its ailing Spanish operations. For more on that story, see Total Telecom - Voda writes down £5.9bn as European ops suffer.