Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 23, 2009
IF THE father of electromagnetism, Michael Faraday, could be transported into the 21st century, he would no doubt be awestruck by the iPhone. After five hours of tapping its touch-screen to browse the internet, make calls, play games and determine his location via satellite-positioning, he might also find himself a little puzzled. Why, with all [...]
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 23, 2009
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) yesterday (19 Mar ‘09) signed a Tk 280 crore deal with South Korea’s KT Corporation to install the latest internet backbone in a bid to provide high-speed broadband services. The deal was designed to implement a project titled “Internet Information Network Expansion” for BTCL, which will jointly be financed [...]
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 23, 2009
Revenue of Banglalink, the second largest mobile operator in the country, increased by about 50 per cent to US$28.8 million in 2008. “We have achieved this growth by … launching innovative products,” said Naguib Sawiris, chairman and chief executive officer of Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH), parent company of Banglalink. The revenue growth was driven by [...]
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 23, 2009
Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) has reported a 76 drop in full-year net profit to US$431 million, after one-off gains a year ago were stripped out. Excluding the one-offs, which had included the sale of its operations in Indonesia and Iraq, the firm posted a 7 percent rise in its full-year results. Full-year revenues rose by [...]
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 23, 2009
Dhaka Telephone Company Ltd, a public-switched telephone network (PSTN) operator, has introduced a nationwide optical fibre network to ensure smooth operation with clear sound. “In the last four years we invested about Tk 3.0 billion (300 crore) to provide services to our subscribers most efficiently,” said Md. Haroon Al Atahar, general manager of technical division [...]
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 23, 2009
TheBangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has assured struggling PSTN operators that it would stop mobile phone companies from cutting off interconnectivity between the two technologies for non-payment of arrears and resolve the problems related to interconnection charges. The assurance came from a meeting on Monday between BTRC Chairman Zia Ahmed and the Association of PSTN [...]
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 16, 2009
Dialog Telekom’s Q4 08 report provides another example of how mobile telecoms growth in the developing world seems to have defied the economic downturn from a consumer perspective: the Sri Lankan market leader posted a record quarterly gain of 531k, more than 200k higher than its previous best. This took its total customer base past [...]
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 12, 2009
BSNL, the Indian mobile operator, has launched its online recharge service for its prepaid subscribers. The BSNL prepaid subscribers who have an access to internet banking facility can request for this service after registering themselves to this facility using their mobile phones. Source: Wireless Federation
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 12, 2009
According to a new report by Ovum, reaching and profitably serving low-income users will be one of the biggest challenges for the mobile industry in emerging markets. The report outlines three critical areas operators must consider in serving this market and provides guidance on profitability strategies for operators, through an examination of best-practice strategies in [...]
Posted by: Hadi uz Zaman on: March 12, 2009
MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries – for cell phones and other devices – that could recharge in seconds rather than hours. The work could also allow for the quick [...]
