The long-awaited introduction of roam-like-at-home in the EU is set to come into effect on 15 June. In principle, it's a simple change: we pay the same when travelling in the ...
The European mobile market appears set to break through a key barrier: moving from set data bundles to truly unlimited data plans. While Asian markets like Japan have had ...
Tele2 has introduced a new categorisation of its country operations, terming Sweden and the Baltics 'challengers' and the Netherlands and Kazakhstan, where it's still ...
The French mobile market looks set for more pain, after Free Mobile launched its latest challenge: unlimited 4G data. The latest research by Telecompaper shows that the ...
The Belgian MVNO market is consolidating, driven by Telenet's takeover of the most popular host network Base and Lycamobile's acquisition of Ortel. The new requirement for ...
T-Mobile is looking to shake up the Dutch market by dropping its data caps. Two of the five new subscriptions in its Go series of plans offer unlimited data (also in the EU ...
The first test cases of the EU net neutrality legislation have reached the news in the past week, and the focus is on whether zero-rated mobile data for specific apps can be ...
T-Mobile Netherlands showed an improved performance in the third quarter. The operator posted strong growth in postpaid and the drop in sales was less than in previous ...
Supporters of copper or fibre are unlikely to come to any consensus soon. While the former announce new advances in G.fast and vectoring, the latter continue to push ahead ...
Verizon has introduced a new offer called PopData: paying for a short period of intensive LTE use at low nominal rates (USD 2 for 30 minutes, USD 3 for an hour). While the ...
The European Commission has blocked the consolidation of the UK mobile market, rejecting the proposed merger of the number four, 3 UK, and the number two mobile player, O2. ...
The role of internet providers in the telecom landscape is changing. Comments such as "they're using my pipes for free" (AT&T) are becoming less common, and calls from telcos ...
The Dutch mobile market has started to show signs of a possible return to growth, while at the same time expanding to four operators, after the recent launch of Tele2's new ...
Tele2 Netherlands has announced new mobile plans, designed especially for use on its own LTE network. KPN announced almost at the same time an offer for 100,000 rural ...
Tele2 Netherlands reported zero net additions at its mobile business in the third quarter, while also announcing the need to invest more in its LTE network. The company ...
Voice and SMS are increasingly commodities, prompting operators to shift their focus to mobile data and value-added services. By looking at Sim-only plans, with separate ...
The communications market is changing. The days of just calls and SMS are over, and new forms of communication are emerging, such as social networking (Facebook), ...
German network regulator BNA unveiled that the planned multi-spectrum auction including 700 MHz spectrum will take place on 27 May. The three participants are the mobile ...
Telenet's proposed acquisition of Base will result in considerable changes to the mobile market in Belgium, especially for Mobistar. Telenet is currently an important ...
Dutch consumers who recommend their mobile provider to others most often did so in Q1 2015 because of price, reliability and quality/coverage of the connection. Other ...
Recent reports have suggested WhatsApp has started testing the new service WhatsApp Voice with a selected group of users. A launch was expected in Q1, but it's not yet clear ...
KPN has put its Belgian unit Base up for sale again, according to Bloomberg. The Dutch operator tried in 2012 to sell Base, but did not attract the desired price, reportedly ...
Tele2 Netherlands will start migrating customers to its own mobile network in March. Customers will no longer need to use the T-Mobile network as under the MVNO arrangement ...
OnePlus will launch in 2015 a second smartphone, called the OnePlus 2. This is expected to have a smaller screen than the 5.5-inch display of the OnePlus 1. Will OnePlus be ...
Telefonica Germany is reportedly willing to offer a comfortable start to a fourth mobile network operator if its takeover of E-Plus is approved. The operator has reportedly ...