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3 Mobile to buy o2 Network

Hutchison Whampoa  a company which most of the UK will not know is the company behind Three mobile (networks or 3UK).  European Reseller first became aware of this company in 2000 when they over spent on the new spectrum auction all players looked ahead to the future and saw gold. They therefore took risks and made high bids, incurring large debt, raising an unprecedented  £22.5 billion (GBP).

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At a time when finance was counted in millions and not billions.

Compare this with the recent 4G auction when bidding was cautious, with the auction raising £2.34bn, £1bn less than the UK Treasury had hoped.

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Italtel and Exprivia Partner to offer Iintegrated ICT in Italy

This agreement follows ten years of collaboration and forms a joint bid for telecom infrastructure, OSS monitoring systems and IT solutions for service providers and enterprises, with first commercial results already acquired through a number of IT contracts

Italtel, an Italian telecommunications and all-IP communication company , has partnered with Exprivia, another Italian company which is a, technology services and IT solutions company offering consultancy,  have signed a partnership agreement to strengthen their presence in the domestic Service Provider market.

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The partnership will allow the companies to pool skills in order to create a joint commercial penetration plan for the Service Provider market.

Italtel and Exprivia will propose a joint offer which will integrate their expertise, products and services in Operational Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS), with typical IT components.

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Researchers Created Smartphone Battery That Charges In Only One Minute

Stanford University student  Ming Gong has revealed an  Aluminium Battery which only requires one minute to charge.

Last year, we reported Worldwide shipments of smartphones are expected to reach 234.5 million units in 2015, a modest year-over-year increase of 2.1% from the number of phones shipped in 2014.

 As smartphones becomes the essential must have item, the demand for longer-lasting batteries will continue to increase. Now  researchers at Stanford University are building an aluminum-ion battery prototype that speeds up the charging times. Scientists have built a flexible aluminium battery which they say could be a cheap, fast-charging and safe alternative to current designs.

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BT takes a MVNO Deal

BT is the latest  MVNO deal, albeit probably on a temporary basis,  BT’s mobile service runs over the EE network, as until the acquisition is completed the two remain separate companies. Its first foray into the market is three SIM only 4G mobile tariffs.

There are three data bundle options of 500MB, 2GB, and 20GB, all coming with unlimited text messages, which emphasises the move towards a data Hungary consumers , with minute allowance from 200 minutes to unlimited, all on a 12 month commitment. All three  plans are available to BT broadband customers at a monthly price £5 below the price offered to non-BT broadband customers, and the cheapest option, at £5 a month for BT customers, represents the lowest monthly charge for 4G plan available on the UK market. Although this cheapest rate is only available to a limited group (existing BT broadband customers), the higher prices that are available to everyone are still competitive. £10 a month for 500MB is slightly cheaper than with EE itself, for example, although EE’s £12.99 a month for 500MB includes more talk minutes than BT’s offer. It is also important to note that you do not need to be the bill payer to take advantage of the £5 a month discount – anyone from a BT broadband household can take advantage of these deals, and multiple SIM cards can be collected on one bill, or billed separately according to preference . In summary, the offer is competitive but not crazily so (as some recent media speculated it might be)

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Predictions for Telecom Industry Change

Ofer Razon, of Pontis explains his predictions to European Reseller

Today’s digital landscape has created fresh challenges and opportunities for telecom service providers to reach their customers.  Mobile operators have seen the rise of a significant barrier that prevents the enhancement of the ever-critical provider/customer relationship and minimises the establishment of true brand loyalty. Providers usually engage when they have something to sell, will answer your calls – after a rather lengthy wait - in case of a major issue, but otherwise all interaction will be based on mass e-mails or texts that organise each customer into a large segment. The individual is lost, and the particular needs that they have are of secondary importance to the ability to squeeze as many customers as possible into easily targeted general categories.

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Gamma Launches Converged FTTC Broadband service

Gamma launches new Converged FTTC Broadband service

This latest addition to Gamma’s portfolio combines business-quality voice and high-speed internet access on Fibre-to-the-Cabinet  Broadband service.

This is a great selling opportunity within the channel for resellers and dealers, enabling stronger ongoing relationships with their customers and enjoying significant financial rewards.

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Apple are to Invest €1.7 Billion in New European Data Centres

 

State-of-the-art facilities in Ireland and Denmark will run on 100 percent renewable energy

 

Apple have announced a €1.7 billion plan to build and operate two data centres in Europe, each powered by 100 percent renewable energy. The combined footprint of the two data centres will equal some 332,000 square metres (3.5+ million square feet), the facilities, located in County Galway, Ireland, and Denmark’s central Jutland, will provide Apple’s online services including the iTunes Store, App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri for customers across Europe.

 

Apple are moving further and further towards green technologies and cooling techniques, both sites are expected to operate on 100% renewable energy.“We are grateful for Apple’s continued success in Europe and proud that our investment supports communities across the continent,” Said Tim Cook. “This significant new investment represents Apple’s biggest project in Europe to date. We’re thrilled to be expanding our operations, creating hundreds of local jobs and introducing some of our most advanced green building designs yet.”

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Shipping - Apple Closes the Gap on Samsung

Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Top 1.3 Billion for 2014

Strong end-user demand and an ever growing release of models have propelled smartphone volumes to new record levels this quarter and for the year. According to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.2 million units during the fourth quarter of 2014 (Q4 2014), resulting in 28.2% growth when compared to the 292.7 million units shipped in Q4 2013 and 11.9% sequential growth above the 335.3 million units shipped in Q3 2014. For the full year, the worldwide smartphone market saw a total of 1,301.1 million units shipped, up 27.6% from the 1,019.4 million units shipped in 2013.

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Top Connect Completes Acquisition of TravelSIMshop.com

Telecoms firm Top Connect today announces that it has completed the acquisition of Austrian-based TravelSIMshop and has transferred its users to the TravelSim brand, a subsidiary of Top Connect.

If you want to be part of the Telecom Revolution you can open your own MVNO 

The acquisition adds more than 120,000 customers to TravelSim's growing customer base, offering a roaming service, TravelSim claims more than 5 million regular users comprising travelling business executives and holidaymakers.

Most of TravelSIMshop.com's customers are based in Western Europe, and the company's headquarters is based in Vienna, Austria.

"We are delighted to welcome TravelSIMshop into our family of companies and this has been a very natural transition for both organizations," said Max Rivshin, CEO of Top Connect.

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CLX partners with major mobile operators in France

CLX Networks, a global enterprise messaging company has partnered with all the major mobile operators in France to strengthen its mobile messaging service in one of Europe’s key markets. Enabling its client base access to the whole of France, adding cross carrier short-codes to its existing service portfolio for both outbound and inbound messaging services in France.

France currently has 4 mobile networks, Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free all of which are licensed for GSM and UMTS. Before the launch of Free Mobile in January 2012, the number of physical mobile phone operators was very limited.

The average number of received enterprise SMS per subscriber in France is around four text’s per month. The French enterprise text market has a double-digit growth so France is one of the biggest potentials in Europe in terms of market growth.

 

18-24 year olds Completely Lost with out Smartphones

A study of 2,000 smartphone users has revealed that the younger demographic struggle the most when without an internet connection, with 50 per cent of 18-24 year olds admitting that they would feel “completely lost” if they are out and about and could not get online.

According to a new survey conducted by Telenav GMBh, the German  developer of Scout - a free sat nav app which includes offline functionality, nearly a third of respondents in the 18-24 age bracket say that they would have little use for a smartphone that didn’t have an internet connection, which is not surprising considering that they were born in the digital age  and 37 per cent say they use an internet connection on their handheld more than any other feature, including making calls this however did not distinguish between 3G, 4G and WI-FI.

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New Handset from Lenovo for India

Chinese company Lenovo has launched S850, a new dual-sim phone  Android smartphone in India. first  unveiled at the Mobile World Congress, the phone will be available July 30  starting at a price of Rs 15,499 ( £150).

The Lenovo S850 sports a 5-inch 720p display. It is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6582 quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM, and comes with 16GB internal storage. It sports a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera, and is backed by a 2,000mAh battery. Weighing 140gram, the 8.2mm thick phone runs Android 4.4 KitKat. It will be available in pink, white, and dark blue colour variants.

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MVNO roaming SIM

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Become a Roaming SIM Card Dealer (MVNO)

(Mobile Virtual Network Operators )         Investment £8,000 - £15,000

An MVNO buys Mobile Phone airtime and services at wholesale rates.

Virgin Mobile or Tesco Mobile are examples of a MVNO

We offer a flexible model allowing you to set up as a Telecom providor as a Reseller or Dealer of Roaming SIMs and UK outbound low cost calls. Set up for niche markets selling SIM’s to your customers and provide low cost outgoing calls for niche markets “Ethnic markets”, business travellers & holiday makers.

Earn revenue whilst your customers save money on mobile calls in the UK and abroad.

Roaming SIM card’s that work in over 200 countries on 550+ networks around the world.

Flexible model allowing you to set up as an MVNO for Roaming SIMs and niche markets.

Become a Roaming SIM supplier and provide low cost calls for niche “Ethnic” markets

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Pontis Launches New Contextual Data Service Solution For CSPs

 

News from Ra’anana, Israel

 Allowing Operators to Increase Revenues from Data Services by 15% through Increased Data Service Adoption, Monetization and Customer Experience

Pontis’ new solution uses a unique analytical model to build the "data profile" of each customer and automatically engage in a personalized manner. With full integration to DPI and PCRF network systems, the new Pontis solution enables CSPs to execute personalized actions that leverage the real-time context of each individual customerincluding customer engagement, product activation and price plans, and applying dynamic network policies such as zero-rate data.

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Telco consolidation in Europe

Telco consolidation in Europe, National mergers in mobile, and regional in cable. Waiting for cross-border mega-fusions.

In its latest report dedicated to " Telco consolidation in Europe", IDATE presents its analysis and approach of the deterioration of Europe's telecommunications services markets, urging operators to consider different means of consolidation, with a view to achieving economies of scale and/or increasing market share.

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Who will own Blackberry

Google, Intel and Germany’s SAP are among a group of technology giants weighing takeover bids for BlackBerry, the once “Must have” Canadian gadget maker.

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Travel safely and "Know Before You Go on your trip"

Here at European Reseller GeoSIM we know the importance of being prepared when you travel, especially with low cost telephones whilst traveling.

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Smart Phone Eco-ATM launched in Washington

Smart Phone Eco-ATM launched in Washington

Sales of used smartphones are expected to reach $5 billion by 2015 and this market is quite lucrative with used-phones market stretches from the Philippines to Brazil. In Brazil, consumers are willing to pay as much as $1,000 for a new iPhone 5,

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BYOD Survey

TheiPhone and iPad as well as increased mobility of workforces is forcing a shift in the way that companies operate on a day-to-day basis.

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