| Telekom Malaysia picks up stake in Spice Telecom
07/11/2007
Another major Malaysian telecom company is entering the Indian telecom market by acquiring stakes in existing private telecom players in the Indian market. Malaysia`s No. 1 phone company Telekom Malaysia Bhd has announced their plans to buy 49 percent of India`s Spice Telecom Ltd. It is their latest venture to expand their presence in the Asian countries. Telecom Malaysia is a government owned... |
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| Boost Mobile and Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Announce Exclusive Global Mobile Telecommunications Sponsorship and Content Licensing Partnership
07/11/2007
IRVINE, Calif. & COOLANGATTA, Australia(BUSINESS WIRE)March 20, 2006Boost Mobile®, a lifestylebased telecommunications brand that develops and distributes wireless communications products for the youth market, and the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), the world governing body for the sport of surfing, today announced a threeyear global exclusive strategic partnership. Under the... |
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| New phone card makes talk even cheaper in Bahrain
07/11/2007
A new prepaid international calling card that is said to offer the most competitive rates currently available in Bahrain has been launched on the market.NorthStar Communications Director Jubran Abdulrahman (right) and Operations Manager Samuel Thomas display the new cards. The StarTalk card uses VOIP (Voice Over Internet Prototcol) technology to offer the cheapest rates available in the... |
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| Reliance Infocomm faces rough weather
07/11/2007
(New Delhi, May 15, 2005) Suddenly, it seems to be pouring on Reliance Infocomms party. It is testing time for Indias largest mobile operator in terms of number of subscribers. The financial projections go haywire. Lower than expected average revenue per user (ARPU) and a subscriber base falling short of projections resulted in the change in the company`s calculations. While the Government of... |
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| European Telecom Operators Look to Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) to Offset Declining Traditional Revenues
07/11/2007
LONDON, March 21 /PRNewswire/ With the ongoing deregulation of the European telecommunications market and the subsequent entry of alternate service providers, incumbent telecom operators are witnessing a sharp decline in revenues from traditional business streams. Technologies such as voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and broadband over cable modem are further contributing to this trend and to... |
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| FTC Vows to Stop Illicit Sale of Cell Phone Calling Records
07/11/2007
An entire industry of companies offering to provide purchasers with the cellular and land line phone records of third parties has developed, the Federal Trade Commission told a Senate committee. The agency is currently investigating companies that appear to be engaged in telephone "pretexting," as the sale of consumer telephone records is called, according to Lydia Parnes, Director... |
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| Charges for Bogus Collect Calls on Hold
07/11/2007
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has halted a massive fraudulent billing scheme that has collected more than $25 million in bogus collect call charges from hundreds of thousands of consumers.The FTC charged three companies and their principals with deceptive and unfair billing practices for cramming the unauthorized billing of charges on phone bills since at least... |
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| Study Warns Cell Phones Could Cause Airliner Crash
07/11/2007
There are worse things than sleeping with your dog. Sleeping with your cell phone, for example . Jeannine of Plymouth, N.C., was rudely awakened the other night by the frantic barking of her sons Labrador Retriever, who was sharing the bed with Jeannines 15yearold son and his Motorola cell phone. The cell phones battery overheated during the night, setting fire to the bed. "The dog pulled... |
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| Phone Card Marketing Plans Get Close Look
07/11/2007
To head off potential fraudulent marketing schemes, state regulators are investigating several companies efforts to mass market phone cards. Companies such as Destiny Telecomm International Inc., Oakland, Calif., and startup Fox Telcom Inc., Memphis, Tenn., are undergoing the investigations by regulators in such states as Alabama, North Carolina and Michigan. Dennis Wright, an associate... |
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| Florida Investigates Fake Caller IDs
07/11/2007
Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has issued investigative subpoenas to a website company that allegedly sells calling cards that allow parties to display fraudulent numbers on caller ID, a practice known as "spoofing." Crist said spoffing allows stalkers, identity thieves, home intruders, telemarketers and possibly worse, to hide their identity when making calls to consumers.One... |
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