When Hans Vestberg, president and CEO of Ericsson spoke at Mobile World Congress in March, he reiterated the telecom technology company’s desire to become a one-stop-shop for its customers. Not since the 3G licensing-inspired market crash at the turn of the millennium has a telecom technology provider expressed such a bold ambition, and Ericsson is putting the strategies in place to achieve it

Hans Vestberg believes service providers shall remain cautious in 2012, though there remain strong growth indicators in the telco market

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Shared data plans were pioneered by operators such as Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless, but have been quickly adopted by operators all over the world. Last year Orange UK launched a combined plan for the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 splitting a monthly data allowance, voice minutes, unlimited texts and Wi-Fi access between the two devices, on a single tariff. StarHub became the first operator in Singapore to offer a post-paid plan offering subscribers the ability to share data, minutes and text messages with other users.

Doug Suriano, CTO at mobile data management company Tekelec

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