Tag: "GSM"

Number of Mobile Operators’ Subscribers Up to 55.6 Million

In July, the number of subscribers of Ukrainian mobile operators rose by 1% or 0.56 million to 55.61 million.

Antitrust agency to decide on review of Kyivstar and VimpelCom merger within one month

Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee (AMC) will decide within a month on whether the merger of Russia's OAO VimpelCom and Ukraine's CJSC Kyivstar GSM into Vimpelcom Ltd. Holding is in line with Ukraine's national competition legislation, AMC Chairman Oleksiy Kostusev has said. 

Number of Mobile-Telephone Operators’ Subscribers in Ukraine Down by 0.4% to 54.8 Million in April

In April, the number of subscribers of Ukrainian mobile-telephone operators fell by 0.4% or 0.22 million to 54.83 million.

New GSM Base Station and Antenna Combination Doubles Capacity

Nokia Siemens Networks’ new base station and antenna combination doubles GSM network capacity by improving spectrum efficiency and network performance. Nokia Siemens Networks today unveiled its new offering that optimizes existing GSM network investments as well as new deployments. Communications Service Providers (CSPs) can now boost their GSM base station capacity by up to 100% within their existing spectrum to support drastically increasing subscriber numbers and provide a better mobile experience.

Nokia Siemens Networks Gears up to Exploit Digital Dividend

Operators will soon be able to extend the reach of mobile broadband services by exploiting the “Digital Dividend” radio spectrum becoming available as countries switch from analog to digital terrestrial TV. Ahead of the digital dividend spectrum auction currently underway in Germany, Nokia Siemens Networks has begun production of its LTE-ready Flexi Multiradio Base Station radio frequency modules for 800 MHz. The 800 MHz frequency band is particularly attractive for deployment in rural areas due to its greater reach, enabling operators to meet their mobile broadband access targets cost efficiently.

Number of Mobile-Telephone Operators’ Subscribers in Ukraine Down by 0.5% to 55.1 Million in February

In February, the number of subscribers of Ukrainian mobile-telephone operators fell by 0.5% or 280,000 to 55.090 million.

Number of Mobile-Telephone Operators’ Subscribers in Ukraine up by 0.1% to 55.4 Million

In January 2010, the number of subscribers of Ukrainian mobile-telephone operators rose by 0.09% or 50,000 to 55.370 million, compared to December.

Ukrtelecom, Kyivstar Agree on National GSM-Roaming

Ukrtelecom, a Ukrainian large telecommunications company, and Kyivstar, a mobile communications company, signed a national GSM roaming agreement.

NCRC has not suspended the GSM license for life:)

The National Commission for Regulating Communications (NCRC) has ordered mobile operator Astelit (TM life:) to provide the Commission and the State Communications Inspectorate information about it's base stations by March 5, 2010.

Alcatel-Lucent’s SDR-module gives operators to support any mix of 2G GSM, 3G UMTS and LTE

Alcatel-Lucent announced the introduction of a new radio module, based on software defined radio (SDR) technology, that gives mobile service providers the flexibility to support any mix of 2G GSM, 3G W-CDMA/HSPA+ and long term evolution (LTE) services simultaneously.