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April 1, 2012

The CMT will arbitrate telecommunications

Filed under: Mobile Phone,Operators,Technology — admin @ 8:49 pm

Major changes ahead in the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT), the national governing this sector.

According to the draft Law on Establishment of the National Markets and Competition (CNMC), which has had access The Economist, the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society (SETSI) will be intervening in relations between operators, a function currently carried out by the CMT.

It is not the only function that the referee lost the telcos. Will also manage the registration of operators (the database in which all companies are registered in this sector) and the control of numbering plans and rights to use numbers, addresses and names of companies, such and advances the business daily.

To make matters worse, when you create the CNMC, will be the Ministry of Industry shall determine the cost of universal service (the services that are guaranteed to all end users regardless of their geographical location).

Also manage the Universal Service Fund and National contributions shall correspond to the operators.

Was established in 2006
The WCL was created in 1996, during the process of liberalization of telecommunications as a public body independent regulator of electronic communications markets.

The board makes decisions that are made ​​5 counselors, Vice President and President (Bernard Lawrence). Meanwhile, the secretary has a voice but no vote.

Today its headquarters are in Barcelona, ​​although initially he was in Madrid. The move came in 2005.

March 28, 2012

Renounces the grant Vodafone mobile phones to attract customers

Filed under: Mobile Phone,Operators,Technology,Vodafone — admin @ 8:47 pm

“It’s a big step and will be analyzed in detail.” Francisco Roman, chairman of Vodafone, made the remarks when he met a few weeks ago the decision to movistar, its highest competitor, leaving the mobile subsidy model to attract customers through portability.

In addition, this manager also added in relation to this matter: “What in good times was valid, no longer works.”

And Shameel Joosub, CEO of Vodafone, said at the time: “The period of amortization of the terminals is very short and prices continue to rise.”

At these words the sector was assumed that Vodafone was going to take a decision similar to that of Telefónica and it will be soon, according to known movilonia.com by an internal source of this operator.

The exact date in which Vodafone will officially announce this measure is not defined yet, but will be within a few weeks.

It shuffles the April 1, which is the day that begins the fiscal year of this company, but could be delayed for a few days later.

“Cheating will lead to an impasse”
The situation is not surprising as the president of the Spanish subsidiary of Vodafone, Francisco Roman, comes long argued that the current model is unsustainable subsidies.

In September 2011, during the XXV Meeting of Telecommunications held at the University Menéndez Pelayo, this manager said the grant smartphone “is a trap that will lead to an impasse,” and also said that “ballasted weight the income statement. ”

Last year the 3 major carriers (Movistar, Vodafone and Orange) allocated 1,600 million euros to commercial practice, representing about 25% of the costs of these companies and represents about the same amount allocated to the deployment of their networks.

Fall in revenues
Vodafone’s accounts in Spain show a significant deterioration in the fiscal quarters.

According to information provided by the company itself about the last quarter of 2011, income from services show a decline of almost 9%.

Under these circumstances, Vodafone has had to raise a number of cost containment measures that affect the whole staff, consisting of more than 4,000 direct employees in Spain.

Among other measures, the company will hold a temporary ERE 2 weeks and cut the variable pay by 10%.

Longer residence commitments
Moreover, in order to maximize subsidies smartphone Vodafone decided to lengthen the periods of commitment to stay.

From February 1 to receive a terminal that has a financial support of this company is to accept a contract for 24 months.

Furthermore, since Vodafone chains periods to its customer base, so that in some cases are tied to 36 months.

April 26, 2011

Nokia Symbian will continue to pursue

Filed under: Mobile Phone,Nokia,Operators,Symbian,Technology — admin @ 10:53 pm

Despite the agreement between Nokia and Microsoft, the vice president of Forum Nokia and the developer community, has announced that the Finnish brand will continue to invest in Symbian.

Furthermore, in an open letter listing the reasons why developers should not leave the company or Symbian or Qt, among them is the guarantee that a large number of Nokia will be launched during this year and next with Symbian as operating system also ensures the inclusion of process improvements.

Also, new, there will be a OTA update, which will include enhancements to the software, user experience etc. The most important thing is that Symbian will remain one of the alternatives for Nokia, even after the release of Windows Phone terminals 7, since Symbian OS is the ultimate in countries like India, China or Russia.

April 11, 2011

Telstra HTC Z Desire

Filed under: HTC,Mobile Phone,Operators,Technology — admin @ 10:51 pm

This month of April brings some news about the operators, in particular, Telstra. During the next month, will include in his catalog Desire Z. HTC smartphone

This terminal has a slider design with a QWERTY keyboard, plus super LCD screen size 3.7 inch, 5 megapixel camera and HSPA +, WiFi and GPS connections. Besides all this, including the latest version of HTC Sense.

It must maintain a stay of 18 months or in the absence of 24 months at the rate of 4. For portability, will cost 189 euros at the rate of 8, 89 euros at the rate of 6 to 0 euros at the rate of 4. It will also be available for new high, with prices of 229 euros at the rate of 8, 189 euros at the rate of 6 and 89 euros at the rate of 4.

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