Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the joint venture between T-Mobile UK and 3 UK formed to create and manage what will be the UK’s most extensive 3G network, has selected Arqiva as its strategic partner for the provision of cell sites.
T-Mobile UK and 3 UK entered into an infrastructure consolidation agreement in
3G access networks (the mobile masts and infrastructure
that connects to each operator's separate core network) T-Mobile and 3
UK will create Europe's most extensive high-speed downlink packet access
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Harbinger is not planning to provide services to consumers, but instead wants to strike wholesale deals with established mobile operators and potential new entrants in the telecoms industry
t started reporting falling revenue and profit last year
inability to capitalise on the growing consumer appetite to
e fourth-largest US mobile operator was two years behind its rivals with the roll-out of a network based on 3G technology
fter buying radio spectrum, T-Mobile USA finally built a 3G network that covered 205m people by last December, and this year began offering industry-leading download speeds.
Deutsche Telekom is mulling a partnership with US hedge fund Harbinger Capital
T-Mobile USA has been losing profit as it struggles to keep up with soaring demand for mobile data services. The company was two years behind its major competitors with a 3G network. But its 3G network now covers 205 million people and boasts industry-leading speeds.
Harbinger has not yet secured funding for the project, which aims to offer services to 9 million users at launch and 145 million in all major market by 2013.