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Cellular-News for Tuesday 22nd November 2005


Cellular-News (dailydigest@cellular-news-mail.com)
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:34:58 -0600

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[[3G News]]

O2 Optimizes its Irish 3G Network
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14925.php

Actix has announced that O2 Ireland has selected it's 3G performance
engineering solutions, backed by Actix training and engineering
services, to optimize its 3G network. O2 Ireland cited the maturity of
Actix' solution including its ability to handl...

[[Financial News]]

Sprint Nextel To Buy Alamosa Holdings For $4.3 Billion
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14919.php

Sprint Nextel Corp. agreed to buy Alamosa Holdings Inc. for about $4.3
billion, including the assumption of about $900 million of debt. ...

EU Antitrust Chief: Unsure She Will Review Telefonica-O2
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14921.php

European Union antitrust Commissioner Neelie Kroes Monday said she
hadn't decided whether she or one of her peers would review Spanish
firm Telefonica SA's $31.4 billion takeover bid for O2 PLC. ...

[[Handsets News]]

LG Heads Up Mobile Device User Satisfaction Index
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14927.php

Strategy Analytics has published a report which analyzes mobile device
buyer satisfaction across 20 critical product attributes in the US and
W. Europe. LG owners reported the highest satisfaction ratings in 17
out of 19 categories in Western Europe ...

Motion Sensitive Phone for Vodafone
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14929.php

Vodafone Japan says that it has completed development of the Vodafone
804SH, a new 3G model by Sharp, which will be marketed in Japan from
mid-January 2006. The 804SH is a Mobile Wallet ("Osaifu-Keitai")
compatible handset with an embedded Mobile Fel...

[[Interviews News]]

FOCUS:France Telecom CFO To Pitch Change In Cash Policy
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14920.php

France Telecom is looking to give more money to shareholders to
address a credibility gap that's caused the company's stock to lag the
sector. ...

[[Legal News]]

Ukraine's court rejects tax service's claims against Ukrtelecom
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14923.php

Ukraine's Kiev Arbitration Court has rejected the State Tax Service of
Ukraine's back tax claims worth over 800 million hryvnas against
national telecommunications company Ukrtelecom, Ukrtelecom's press
office said Monday. ...

[[Mobile Content News]]

Crazy Frog Cleans Up its Subscription Services
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14926.php

Jamster, the company responsible for "that annoying thing" -- namely
the Crazy Frog ringtone franchise has announced the roll out of a new
global brand campaign, simplified subscription plans and a parental
control service. The brand campaign launched...

[[Network Contracts News]]

Virgin Mobile Secures Distribution Deal
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14928.php

Virgin Mobile USA has signed an agreement to expand its handset
distribution from 700 7-Eleven stores to 5,300 locations
nationwide. Virgin Mobile is a joint venture between Sir Richard
Branson's Virgin Group and Sprint, and has more than three milli...

[[Offbeat News]]

People Hoard Skinny Jeans and Cellphones
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14924.php

A new report has found that nearly half of those surveyed (45%) said
they were hoarding old cell phones in their homes. But when asked if
they knew they could recycle their used rechargeable batteries and old
cell phones, almost three-quarters (71%) ...

[[Regulatory News]]

Russia's Reiman sees caller-pays principle regulations soon
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14918.php

All necessary regulations for the introduction of the Calling Party
Pays (CPP) principle in Russia are expected to be approved in early
2006, Russian IT and Telecommunications Minister Leonid Reiman said,
ITAR-TASS reported Monday. ...

[[Statistics News]]

China Unicom Adds 1.22 Million Subscribers In October
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14917.php

Mobile-phone operator China Unicom Ltd. said Monday it added 1.22
million subscribers in October, bringing its total customers to 125.37
million. ...

Retailer Euroset sees 87% mobile penetration in Russia by year-end
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14922.php

The penetration of mobile services in Russia is expected to reach 87%
by the end of the year, Russia's largest mobile handset retailer
Euroset said in a report released Monday. ...

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