Over in the UK, Orange has announced the release date for the San Francisco II smart phone. The budget smart phone boasts HD voice, Wi-Fi signal boost, the latest version of Android (Gingerbread 2.3), and Orange Mobile Mail. It’ll be available for 99 pounds on a pre-pay plan or free if you sign up for 24 [...]
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In a two way deal, France Telecom-Orange (FTO) is buying 100 percent of Congo Chine Telecom (CCT), a mobile operator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. FTO is paying $10 million for ZTE’s 51 percent share of CCT’s equity and $7 million to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the government 49 percent share [...] After months of promotions and testing, Orange Switzerland has officially launched HD voice service with nationwide coverage (well, more than 90 percent of the market in the entire 3G network, according to the press release). The official release from Orange says over 100,000 customers own HD voice capable phones and 21 HD voice mobile handsets are [...] While there was no official discussion or mention of HD voice/wideband voice at the Apple iPhone 4S rollout earlier this week, it is possible/likely (Apologies for the hedging) that the device will support AMR-WB for voice calls in/on select vendors and markets. T-Mobile and Orange have already announced the UK pricing for the iPhone 4S. If [...] It’s been more than a year since Orange announced HD voice trials in Switzerland, but the company has officially launched service in the western part of the country, according to a report by TelecomPaper. Service to the rest of the country’s 3G network is expected by the end of October. Orange Switzerland has been prepping for this [...] On July 7, Orange Uganda officially joined the mobile HD voice club, the first nation in Sub-Saharan Africa to do so. The release from Orange had few other details, other than saying this was the second operator in Africa to turn up service. All total, this is the 12th territory Orange has turned up, with the [...] China telecommunications manufacturer ZTE will be providing Orange UK with the ZTE “Monte Carlo” nee Skate cell phone. The Monte Carlo will be supporting HD voice among its other features. The Inquirer broke the story earlier this week when Orange UK put up the phone on its web site as “Coming Soon”. The phone comes with a [...] France Telecom has launched a major offensive for HD voice today, declaring it wants to “open up” the use of HD Voice communications by 2013. The company says it now has one million (1M) mobile HD voice users, and has further launches planned this year, particularly in the AMEA (Africa, Middle East, and Asia) region. And [...] France Telecom continues to roll out HD voice service in its subsidiaries around the globe. The latest countries include Mauritius and Reunion, but the company isn’t hyping the additions. Mauritius appears in a Orange Switzerland press release promoting a HD voice demonstration at the 37th Asut seminar in Bern on June 9. The country is cited as [...] According to multiple reports, Orange Romania has flipped the switch on HD voice in the country. At this rate, mobile HD voice service will be available throughout most of Europe by the end of the year. HD voice service will be free of charge to all Orange customers “for all national and local calls” in 3G coverage, [...] |
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