Sports fanatic Roger Tilzey always follows the big sporting events wherever and whenever he is – on his mobile phone as he travels or when he is at work. There are a few highlights on the horizon, especially the London 2012 Olympics. But one event just around the corner has grabbed his attention: the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Camilla Sahlén is always on the move. Her job as a project design manager with Skanska Sweden means she is constantly traveling between construction sites. And she always needs the latest information. Mobile broadband ensures she has all the facts she needs, wherever she is.
Jeanne D´Arc Mukamuligo is one of 200 women weaving baskets for the Imasirire cooperative in Rwanda. She used to travel 40km just to purchase materials for her business. With mobile broadband in her village of Mayange, Jeanne can now order things online, saving time and money.
When an earthquake struck Maggie Chen's office building in Chengdu, she fled taking only her mobile phone with her. "The first thing I did was call my husband," she says. "I would have felt helpless and frightened if I couldn't contact my family."
Pavol is helping save lives every day, getting emergency services to where they are needed – fast. When a rapid response can be a matter of life or death, communications simply have to be reliable and efficient every time. There is no room for error.
Jackie Lee lives 2500 kilometers from her family, but she shares her life with them online through her video blog and regular updates on social media sites. It’s all about new ways of staying in touch.
Dorcas Adeyemi had never even spoken to her grandchildren until she got to make a call on a mobile phone. "My strongest memory of a mobile phone would be when I used one to call my grandchildren in South Africa for the first time," says 74-year-old Dorcas from her home in Lagos, Nigeria. "They were born and raised there. I had never seen them before but I was able to talk to them as if they were here with me."
"My dad had to leave the country unexpectedly on business. He called to tell me he was leaving the next day but his spending money was still with me in Quezon Province. We were so thankful for mobile money because I could send it to him in just one second. It is such a simple process; it always makes my family feel so secure."
French operator SFR chose BSCS iX as billing solution for its mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) platform. This case study takes a closer look at the challenges and opportunities that determine the billing requirements of an effective MVNE platform to support several separate mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) businesses.
LHS, a former part of Ericsson Group, is now an integrated part of Ericsson.
In February 2007, the mobile operator du launched its services in the United Arab Emirates. du adopted an aggressive entrance policy, and selected BSCS iX to support the billing of post-paid and multimedia services. After just 10 months it had grabbed a 30 percent market share.
LHS, a former part of Ericsson Group, is now an integrated part of Ericsson.