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Michelle Donegan
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Posted in June 2007

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T-Mobile Launches UMA in USA


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June 27, 2007 : T-Mobile launches the first unlicensed mobile access (UMA) service in the US and positions it as fixed/mobile substitution (FMS) to replace consumers' fixed-line phones

Operators Lose $6B Tax Rebate Case


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June 26, 2007 : European Court of Justice rejects operator claims that they can claim back more than $6 billion in taxes from 3G license fees

Vodafone's WiMax Creep


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June 26, 2007 : Vodafone has launched commercial WiMax services in Malta – other markets will follow as the operator bets on the technology for fixed broadband services

3 Group Seeks Spectrum Compensation


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June 25, 2007 : Europe's spectrum refarming policy to use 900MHz for 3G services could leave 3 Group at a competitive disadvantage, and the operator says regulators will have to provide compensation

Euro WiMax M&A Action


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June 20, 2007 : 2:05 PM -- The European WiMax scene was busy this week with marriages and divorces

Nokia Streamlines Structure


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June 20, 2007 : Nokia announces major reorganization in an effort to focus on growth in emerging markets and Internet and enterprise services

NextWave Buys Into More Euro WiMax


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June 19, 2007 : NextWave's European investment subsidiary Inquam Broadband continues on a European broadband wireless spending spree with a 65 percent controlling stake in WiMax Telecom

Orange Doubles FMC Customers


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June 18, 2007 : Orange's Unik UMA-based fixed/mobile convergence service is a hot commodity in France, but the operator will have to change its game to win customers in other European markets this summer

Carrier Scorecard: Vodafone


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June 13, 2007 : Vodafone reported annual revenues of £31.1 billion (US$61.3 billion) in 2006/2007, which is a 6 percent increase from the previous year

Make or Break for WiMax?


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June 13, 2007 : 3:00 PM -- International standard bodies could determine WiMax's fate this year

Battles Brew Over Mobile TV


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June 12, 2007 : As Italian operators argue over mobile TV subscriber numbers, other carriers oppose EC proposals for DVB-H to become a standard platform

MEM Sizzles on the Riviera


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June 7, 2007 : The Mobile Entertainment Forum's annual event in Monte Carlo was filled with optimism as many look to 2007 as the inflection point for the mobile Internet

Bebo's Hot to Trot in Mobile


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June 7, 2007 : Social networking goes mobile in the UK this month as Orange prepares to launch Bebo in the wake of Vodafone's MySpace service

Bazalgette's Mobile Dis-Content


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June 6, 2007 : Content owners say mobile operators must open their networks and simplify data charging. 'I hope the mobile industry doesn't think that DVB-H and mobile broadcast will rescue them,' says TV exec