Sphere No.43 (Oct 2017)

TELECOMS 3 + 2 = 4million In July, 3 Austria announced it will acquire fixed-line player Tele2 Austria to amass an account base of four million mobile, fixed-line and Internet units. This combination will create a powerhouse telecoms provider able to offer hybrid communications solutions across Austria. NEWS SPHERE #43 2017 06 GAMING TOWIN 3 Hong Kong has partnered with world gaming leader Razer to open their first joint store selling Razer’s equipment plus mobile devices and telecompackages which 3 has specially designed for hardcore gamers. MASSIVE MIMO TECH GETS TEST RUN AT ROSKILDE 3 Denmark recently tested new 5G technologies in advance of a nationwide deployment. Massive MIMO (multiple- input and multiple-output) towers were set up at Denmark’s premiere music festival – Roskilde – where up to 40,000 customers were on hand to test the system, the first- ever commercial scale test in Europe. YOUGOV SAY YOUWIN 3 UKwasrecentlyrankedtheNo1mobile network operator by YouGov, after being judged to be the best mobile Internet provider for smartphones in 8 out of 12 categories. 3 UK BRINGS THE STARS THROUGH STELLAR BROADBAND 3 UK is upping its game by buyingmore capacity through its purchase of UK Broadband, a fixedwireless broadband service. Customers will need the additional bandwidth for new special packages likeGo Binge, which allows unlimited use of video- streaming services likeNetflixwithout impacting their regular data plans. 3 UK was ranked the best mobile Internet provider for smartphones in 8 of 12 categories by YouGov. Much of that sharing will happen through Bima+, a curated digital hub allowing millions of 3 Indonesia customers to create and share their artistic and entrepreneurial ventures. Over 80,000 people use the app daily and it has been downloaded into one million phones. CREA-TRI-VE IMPULSES 3 Indonesia is supporting creativity across Indonesia. Its Sound of Tri contest is sponsoring indiemusic competitions in 13 cities.Winning songs and bands, fromacross genres, will be professionally remastered and shared across the nation.