T-Mobile Germany Offers UNLIMITED CALLING NON STOP

T-Mobile Germany is launching an unique offer (06/01/07)

- New prepaid option: Unlimited calls to the fixed and T-Mobile networks for 0 cents per minute
- Xtra Weekend can be booked in combination with many Xtra rates for only EUR 4.99 per month
- More savings: Xtra Nonstop offers free calls after the first call minute for EUR 1.99 per month

T-Mobile is launching an offer that is currently unique in the prepaid field: from June 1, 2007, Xtra customers can make unlimited calls all weekend for 0 cents per minute with the Xtra Weekend option. Xtra Weekend applies to calls to the German fixed network and the T-Mobile network. The option costs EUR 4.99 per month and means you can relax and enjoy unlimited calls on around eight days a month. Xtra Nonstop is available as an additional or alternative option for all Xtra customers who would also like to use their phones extensively and cheaply from Monday to Friday. With this option, calls to the German fixed network and the T-Mobile network are free after the first minute for a monthly charge of only EUR 1.99.

Option and prepaid advantages combined in one package
Whether you book Xtra Weekend, Xtra Nonstop or both, you will certainly be combining the "0 cents per minute" advantage with the strengths of Xtra. These include full cost control, no monthly basic charge, and no minimum term of agreement. Xtra Weekend offers calls at the low fixed price from midnight Friday/Saturday to midnight Sunday/Monday. Xtra Nonstop applies round the clock, 7 days a week, from the second call minute; the first minute costs 39 cents. The new option, Xtra Weekend, can be booked in combination with the following rates: Xtra Friends, Xtra Smart, Xtra Classic, Xtra Talk, Xtra Friend, Xtra Los, Xtra Click, Xtra4You, Xtra Plus, Xtra Go and Xtra One. Xtra Nonstop is available with the Xtra Classic and Xtra Friends rates. The changing fee of EUR 4.95 does not apply when changing to one of the two rates.

To use Xtra Weekend and Xtra Nonstop, the customer must have sufficient Xtra credit at the time the option price is debited. Xtra customers can order both options using the 2202 speed-dial number or via the Internet at www.mein-t-mobile.de. The Xtra Weekend offer is initially scheduled to close on December 31, 2007, Xtra Nonstop on August 31, 2007.

T-Mobile Austria Offers UNLIMITED CALLING

T-Mobile Austria: Make endless, free telephone calls with Klax NonStop (06/08/07)

- What women want – and what teenagers dream of: endless talking!
- Klax NonStop: Free calls to T-Mobile and landlines after the second minute
- For an additional charge of only €1 per month
- Sony Ericsson Z310i and Nokia 1600 best-selling handsets
- Spray graffiti and win great handsets

Pay attention all those who love to talk a little bit longer on the phone with friends, acquaintances or family! Klax NonStop is the answer to every question most men have ever asked: What do women – or maybe even the men themselves – really want? The answer is simple: to talk. Endlessly, without anxious looks at the clock.

“We are continuously analysing our customers’ individual needs and habits very closely and are then able to develop new tariff models, which are of course adapted to suit these personal desires. Klax NonStop is the ideal prepaid card tariff for every customer who now likes to call often and above all for a long time“, says Hendrik Kasteel, member of the Board of Management at

T-Mobile Austria: “These are mainly young target groups who love to chat with their friends. But women – and many men – also enjoy using their mobile to stay in touch with friends and family while on the move or from home. Now no longer do they have to cut short their conversations with friends and acquaintances for cost reasons“

Free calls to T-Mobile and landlines after the second minute

With Klax NonStop, T-Mobile is immediately offering the ideal tariff for endless long telephone calls. NonStop simply means that regardless of whether calls are made to T-Mobile or to a landline, they are free after the second minute – no matter how long the conversation lasts or how much you may still have to say. And the cost of the first two minutes, at 5 cents per minute, is particularly attractive. Klax NonStop can be enjoyed for a simple monthly charge of €1.

Exclusive mobile handsets for Klax NonStop callers

To go with NonStop calling, there are now great mobile phones available like the Sony Ericsson Z310i in trendy magenta or classical black for €99 or the Nokia 1600 for €49.

For the top sprayers: Play and win the Klax Graffiti Contest

All those who join by 29 July 2007 at www.t-mobile.at, can design his or her personal digital graffiti image and enter the Klax Graffiti Contest. All graffiti artists can win a cool Sony Ericsson Z310i for their stylish design.

Top network quality and outstanding service

Naturally, all T-Mobile prepaid card callers benefit from the top quality
T-Mobile network, the 24-hour free Klax service line as well as free call credit enquiry service.

Sign up to Klax NonStop simply by free text message

T-Mobile customers can also sign up for Klax NonStop from 11 June by texting ‘nonstop’ to 0676-2222 for free. Customers can sign up to all Klax tariffs. Calls to other mobile networks and text messages cost 20 cents per minute. Customers can sign up to the tariff until 31 October.

ATT To Look Beyond HSPA and WiMAX 4G

AT&T Looks Beyond HSPA

source: Wireless Week

AT&T Vice President Chris Hill today revealed the carrier is looking to build out an LTE network for next generation voice and high speed data.

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the GSM Association's next specification beyond HSPA. It offers fast data speeds like mobile WiMax (which is predominatly to be used on CDMA carriers like Sprint-Nextel) and is expected to be easier to deploy in large networks.

The carrier has not announced when they will begin building out the new network, but it is part of a $20 billion project expected to take up to 10 years to complete. AT&T has previously committed to upgrading its current HSDPA network to HSUPA in the near future.

Sprint-Nextel, the largest 2.5Ghz spectrum holder in the United States, has stated that they are pushing WiMAX live this summer in select cities, and hopefully launch nationally in the same areas as their EV-DO Rev 0/Rev A footprint by late 2008.

Additionally, Sprint-Nextel is looking into partnerships with other 2.5Ghz spectrum holders to offset the cost and create a co-branding market share. With ClearWire running WiMAX for internet and phone already, its a possibility Sprint-Nextel might partner.

T-Mobile USA, a division of Deutsche Telekom AG, recently aquired at auction a significant portion of both 1700Mhz and 2100Mhz. With this aquisition, making T-Mobile the largest spectrum holder total, with capability to lay a new network for over 485Million people. Larger then the population of the USA. Could T-Mobile partner with Sprint-Nextel or ClearWire to help fund the build out of similarly spaced towers for similarly spaced spectrum?

AT&T Launches Video Share Service (Video-Calling)

AT&T Launches Its Video Share Service

source: AT&T

AT&T officially announced its video sharing service today at NXTcomm in Chicago. The service lets people send a live video feed from one cell phone to another during a voice call. The service requires that both participants have Video Share-capable phones and is available in 3 markets immediately (Atlanta, Dallas and San Antonio), with other areas served by AT&T's 3G network becoming available later in July. When the Video Share session is started, either caller can choose to send the feed, but it is a one-way stream. The service will be available for 35 cents per minute, or bundled into two packages: $4.99 per month for 25 minutes of use, or $9.99 per month for 60 minutes of use.

I think Ill wait till T-Mobile or Sprint launch this later this year, and include it at a flat rate price for unlimited use, or add it to their already unlimited reasonably priced data plans.

AT&T Starts TDMA Shut Down IMMEDIATELY

AT&T Starts TDMA Shutdown

source: AT&T

AT&T has begun to shut off TDMA networks in select cities, notifying TDMA and GAIT users in those markets that they must upgrade their handsets to GSM models. Trial shutdowns have begun with small areas where TDMA and Analog networks are separated. If successful, AT&T plans to shut down larger zones, including whole states, this summer. Areas where analog and TDMA service share a network will not be shut down until after the analog sunset in February 2008, confirming previous statements from the AT&T. The company added that now 99% of all voice minutes are carried on its GSM network, up from 95% in March.