Starhub’s CEO Neil Montefiore became a bit of a hero at TM Forum’s Management World 2011 this week when he declared that roaming charges were outrageous and that the GSMA should do something about it.
StarHub | March 2, 2011 | Press Release
- StarHub launches Roam Manager to provide cost management tools and pertinent roaming related information, to empower customers to manage their data cost;
- StarHub also introduces four new packages for affordable mobile data access abroad.
Singapore, 2 March...
StarHub | March 2, 2011 | Press Release
- StarHub launches Roam Manager to provide cost management tools and pertinent roaming related information, to empower customers to manage their data cost;
- StarHub also introduces four new packages for affordable mobile data access abroad.
Singapore, 2 March...
NEC Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd.Asia: With NTT Communications, the Philippines Long Distance Telephone Co., StarHub Ltd. and Telekom Malaysia Berhad to construct the Asia Submarine-cable Express system, a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that will link Japan to Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and...
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BELLEVUE, Wash.—Sofitel hotels will be joining the ranks of businesses that offer T-Mobile USA Inc.’s Wi-Fi hotspots. Softitel, a brand of European Accor hotels, has 10 locations in the U.S. and 200 properties worldwide. T-Mobile USA will provide all of the U.S. hotels with...
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TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced partners for its third-generation video service called World Call. DoCoMo's FOMA video customers will be able to exchange video-phone calls with users of compatible W-CDMA services in Australia offered by Hutchison 3G Australia beginning Dec. 21. In addition, DoCoMo has...
Vodafone Group plc announced it will team with Boeing on a trial of high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi service beginning later this month. The agreement is one of the first between Connexion by Boeing and a wireless carrier.The project will gauge the Vodafone consumer experience with...
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SAN FRANCISCO-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported its participation with the Wireless Broadband Alliance in a series of roaming agreements with six international wireless operators. The alliance will expand T-Mobile USA's hot-spot footprint to more than 11,500 locations around the world.The roaming agreement includes the U.K.-based...
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