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• Creating New Revenue Streams from Roaming- An Intec Study
  According to Global Roaming Forum sponsor Intec's latest study “Creating New Revenue Streams and Profits from Roaming”:
  
  • The market for global roaming will grow 86% over the next 5 years
  • Changing consumer trends and operators inability to keep up are leading to issues including bill shock and
  • Operators are moving away from clearinghouse roaming providers
  • In house roaming management is the best way to manage changing customer expectations.
  
  Get your copy of Intec’s report here.
• Globe offers flat rate, unlimited roaming service
  MANILA, Philippines - Mobile subscribers of Globe Telecom, Inc. who travel in various Asia-Pacific destinations can soon avail of unlimited mobile data roaming plan.
• ID-WiBB Launches WiMAX & WiFi Roaming Facility in Indonesia
  Theindonesiatoday.com - To encourage WiMAX™ growth in Indonesia, ID-WiBB, an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to promote national vision through the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products in Indonesia, announced today the launch of an Indonesian broadband roaming facility to serve the many wireless broadband service providers throughout the region.
• New cellphone roaming rates for M'sia, S'pore soon
  KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA and Singapore are expected to announce the new cellphone roaming charges between both countries in two months, Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said.
• Plugging the leaks in roaming revenues: How to tap on the mobile phone customer’s roaming needs
  Prakash Sadagopan
  The mobile phone has become an integral part of our lives, for both work and play, with recent reports predicting that smartphones will account for 54 percent of the mobile phone market in Asia Pacific by 2015, further driving mobile broadband data use which is expected to bring in US$38 billion for operators in the region
• Mobile phone shock: Pay extra for roaming to use data service
  Yogesh Sapkale
  Phone companies deduct heavy roaming charges for data services, even within the recently unified circles, and without any prior information or intimation, in an apparent violation of a recent DoT order
• A Complete End to European Union Mobile Roaming Charges
  Gary Kim
  If more competition does not develop, regulators at the European Commission say they are prepared to order a complete end to all roaming charges for mobile services by 2015.
• Global roaming complaints soar by 80%
  Travellers bitten by global roaming charges, especially for smartphone Internet and app usage, have shot up by 80 percent according to the Australia’s Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.

Interview

• 3 untapped opportunities in roaming services
  Roshni Gupta, Head of Roaming at TATA DOCOMO, India, speaks exclusively to Telecom IQ on the challenges that Telecoms face in providing seamless roaming experience and the untapped opportunities in roaming services; she also discusses how the global roaming sector will be evolving in the next 5 years.

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