Mobile operator strategies - 19/09/06

Telkomsel (Indonesia) starts offering 3G services using some 300 base stations.

Vodafone will offer from 2008 femto cells for sale in New Zealand. A base station will cost $385m. It reports more than 10m subscribers in Europe for its Passport roaming service.

Megafon (Russia) plans to cut investments by 15% to 20% next year.

India has issued temporary low-power 3G spectrum licences for 3G trials.