Mobile operator strategies - 10/03/07

Hutchison 3G UK is launching a new range of free-to-access ad-supported content for customers on its Planet 3 portal.

France has launched 3G licensing race for the fourth WCDMA UMTS license worth €619m. The deadline for submissions is 31 July.

DT has dropped the GSM/WIFi T-One service. Surprising!!!

O2 Ireland is starting a mobile TV service trail with 350 users in Dublin.

SFR (France) will introduce a fixed-broadband access service in April and provide quad play service including mobile services.

Orange is introducing enhanced features for its Unik GSM/WiFi terminals: the handsets will be from now able to transmit VOIP through Orange hotspots and no more only through the home LiveBox; it also introduced the GPS-enabled SPV M650 handset, and a Flash-code -enabled phone to read bar codes.

ATT is offering its customers to use their mobile phone as a TV remote control device.

Portugal Telecom is mulling to set-up a pan-African MVNO, based in Angola.

Tata Services (India) plans to divest tower operations.