The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has made a final decision on the question of mobile domestic roaming in rural areas. And the answer is still “no”. For those of you tuning in late, the Read more…
CSL says it is first mobile operator in Hong Kong to offer “In-flight Day Pass” to enable customers of its 1010 business branded service to use data roaming while onboard an airplane. The pass allows Read more…
iBasis announced that Telekom Malaysia’s mobile services arm webe has connected to the iBasis LTE Signaling eXchange (LSX). With this agreement, iBasis is now providing webe with a full roaming solution for 4G services, including Read more…
Despite robust subscriber growth, Asia’s MVNOs are facing an ARPU crisis and must offer a global footprint to be profitable – and survive. On the face of it, the segment is doing well with 137 Read more…
LTE data roaming traffic from Asia Pacific makes up just 6% of all such globally, according to a study released by Syniverse that analyzed inter- and intra-regional traffic across over 1,000 mobile operators in six key geographic Read more…
BICS has announced that China Unicom Global has deployed its Instant Roaming hub to provide customers with high-quality connectivity wherever they may roam. BICS’ Roaming Hub platform will help China Unicom Global offer worldwide roaming coverage Read more…
AT&T and China Telecom have signed a framework agreement to renew the 20-year authorization for Shanghai Symphony Telecommunications (SST) and focus on developing advanced solutions for multinational companies. SST is the joint venture formed by Read more…
Whenever I travel, typically the first thing I do when I arrive is buy a prepaid SIM card so I can have a data connection while I’m on the road. Like a lot of people, I Read more…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said that it is unlikely to mandate wholesale domestic roaming for mobile services in regional Australia because there’s no compelling reason to do so. Telstra is pleased – Vodafone Hutchison Read more…
The number of VoLTE subscribers will rise from 488 million in 2016 to 3 billion in 2021, overtaking OTT voice apps as operators reap the benefits from widespread 4G infrastructure roll-outs, says a new report Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s three state-owned telecommunications companies – China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom – plan to eliminate domestic roaming fees and offer pricing incentives to small and mid-sized enterprises, to encourage corporate Read more…
Sterlite Technologies’ telecom software division, Elitecore, has announced its next generation of Wi-Fi solutions at MWC17, including enterprise Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi global roaming, Wi-Fi calling and middleware for carriers and enterprises. The enterprise Wi-Fi solution enables Read more…
The head of Bharti Airtel and the GSMA kicked off MWC17 by declaring a war on mobile roaming charges that are hurting not only the industry’s revenues, but also its reputation. Sunil Bharti Mittal – founder and chairman Read more…
SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have jointly built and demonstrated what they say is the world’s first intercontinental 5G trial network that also supports federated network slicing for 5G roaming. SK Telecom and DT Read more…
The long, rocky and sometimes amusing road towards the abolition of roaming charges across Europe is nearing its end. Or so it seems. It has been nearing its end for some time. We reported, back when Neelie Read more…
More than 140 countries now offer LTE roaming services, with the number of operators offering such services increasing by over 150% in the past 12 months, according to new annual research from wholesaler and IPX Read more…
China Unicom Global (CUG) has signed direct bilateral IPX peering agreements with PCCW Global, Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) and Chunghwa Telecom to enable direct interconnection between their respective IPX networks. CUG says the IPX peering Read more…
The Hand-in-Hand Program (hi-H), a global telecom partnership platform initiated last year by China Mobile, has launched a multilateral roaming quality enhancement project with 14 mobile network operators, under which they will jointly optimize network Read more…
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