Gambia’s Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) has confirmed that it will block all unregistered mobile SIM cards which remain at the 15 June deadline which it has set for the country’s mandatory user registration scheme. Director general of PURA, Abdoulie Jobe, explained that unregistered users will at that date be unable to use voice services, although they will continue to be able to send and receive text messages, until an unspecified date when their account will be deactivated
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TRA reduces raft of Batelco’s wholesale charges
Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has issued an order setting ‘fair and reasonable’ charges for regulated wholesale access and interconnection services offered by Batelco to alternative operators, modifying the incumbent telco’s previously published terms in its Reference Offer for 2012. Amongst the charges being reduced are: bitstream and wholesale DSL broadband access (by between 2% and 26%); interconnection links (30%-50%); domestic leased lines (up to 46%); international leased half circuits to Gulf countries (28%-68%), and to Southeast/East Asia, Europe and the USA (41%-45%).
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TCRA says MNP to start ‘soon’
Prof John Nkoma, the director general for the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA), says that the government has approved regulations to allow mobile number portability (MNP) in the country.
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Kabel Deutschland set to acquire Tele Columbus?
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has allegedly fought off competition from Deutsche Telekom (DT) and US firm Liberty Global Inc (LGI) for the purchase of regional cableco Tele Columbus, according to Financial Times Deutschland, as reported by news agency Reuters. Kabel Deutschland will likely have to make concessions to competition authorities in order to pave the way for regulatory approval of the deal, the report added, citing an industry source.
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Robi must pay all licence renewal dues; precedent set for other operators
Bangladeshi mobile operator Robi Axiata has been ordered by the High Court to pay all dues related to the renewal of its mobile operating licence, after losing a case against the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
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TRAI lowers proposed CDMA spectrum price, but not GSM; Norwegian minister questions further investment in India
The Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has agreed a small concession in its proposals regarding the re-auction of spectrum and licences, in response to widespread industry protests and claims that costs to end users would more than double if the TRAI’s original proposals were brought into practice. As previously noted by CommsUpdate, the TRAI had suggested increasing the reserve price for frequencies by as much tenfold in some circles and bands
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ST’s revenues fall 3.5%
Slovak Telekom (ST) has reported that in the first quarter of 2012 its consolidated revenues fell by 3.5% year-on-year to EUR206.2 million (USD267.0 million), which it blamed on regulatory factors and a highly competitive, mature telecoms market. Group EBITDA was down 8.8% at EUR86.1 million, while the group’s total mobile customers decreased by 2.1% in twelve months to 2.31 million at 31 March 2012, with post-paid subscribers falling by 0.5% to 1.45 million, although smartphone penetration continued to climb to reach 75% of ST’s total mobile user base
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Egypt to offer MVNO concession within three months?
The introduction of a fourth player to Egypt’s wireless sector is reportedly closer to taking a step towards reality, with the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) indicating that it is preparing to accept tenders for a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licensee. According to a report by Ahram Online, the watchdog aims to form a committee and define the necessary regulatory framework for the introduction of virtual operators within three months.
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No new licences on offer in Zimbabwe
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has revealed that it has no plans to issue new fixed line or mobile telephony licences, despite interest from a number of foreign firms, Telecompaper reports. The regulator says the government would have to alter legislation to permit new players to enter the market, which is currently served by one fixed operator – TelOne – and three cellular providers – Econet Wireless, Telecel and NetOne.
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Bezeq reveals net profit increase in 1Q12, despite lower cellular revenues
Israeli fixed line incumbent Bezeq has revealed a 43% year-on-year increase in net profit for the first three months of 2012, despite recording an almost 6% dip in revenues for the period. In the quarter ended 31 March 2012 the telco saw consolidated turnover fall to ILS2.74 billion (USD720 million), down from ILS2.91 billion in 1Q 2011, with the operator noting that the decline was mostly attributed to reduced revenues from cellular services, which were ‘negatively influenced by regulatory changes enacted in 2011’. Indeed, in the quarter under review the company’s mobile unit, Pelephone, recorded a total turnover of ILS1.24 billion compared with ILS1.45 billion in the year-ago period, with service revenues down from ILS949 million to ILS834 million, a decline which ‘stemmed primarily from tariff erosion as a result of more intense competition and from the transition to multi-minute and SMS packages’
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