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	2010 Installation of panic alarm systems and CCTV cameras in Orange shops Launch of Blackberry service in Rodrigues The LION submarine cable, which came into service in November 2009, officially launched at the Terre Rouge landing station by the Prime minister in March 2010 Drawing up of MT incident plans for the management of tsunamis, torrential rain and landslides Drawing up of MT incident plans for the management of fires, bomb alerts, thefts and vandalism Allocation to MT of 40 work-area recovery seats by Business Continuity Mauritius Implementation of a new call-centre management system using an Altitude software engine at Call Services Limited The EASSy submarine cable system in operation in July 2010 Introduction of the Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) project in Mauritius providing fibre-optic access of over 100Mbps per customer 622 Mbps internet bandwidth added on to the EASSy submarine cable system to provide redundancy for internet traffic for Mauritius Increase of international bandwidth for internet from 3Gps in January to 4.8Gps in December Migration of all mobile customers in Rodrigues to new HLR in Mauritius for faster customer service provisioning Introduction of fibre-to-the-net access to 50 Mobile sites DLM in service island wide Opening of two new Orange shops in Quatre Bornes and Vacoas Introduction of a new wholesale bandwidth offer, High Speed IP Transit Service, for telecommunications operators offering internet Services Improvement of data-roaming footprint with 3G service opened with 60 countries and 93 operators as compared to 32 countries and 36 operators in December 2009. 2009 Installation of SMS Gateway to provide Government online Services Presentation of the Broadband Development Strategy of MT - Tariff reduction of ADSL offers for: Business in the range of 14% to 16%; Home in the range of 33% to 46% Launch of new My.T packages with a TV bouquets of 15 international channels 83 CCTV cameras installed in Flic en Flac using IP technology Launch of Orange Mobile TV and Ego, a specially designed and branded handset for MT. Orange Mobile TV, the first convergent service with content from IPTV, launched with access to a bouquet of 15 international TV channels and Internet Cellplus Mobile Communications Ltd obtained ISP Licence Implementation of first NGN (Next Generation Network) Replacement of Integrated Rural Telephony (IRT) equipment by new AirMux equipment Launch of Internet Everywhere enabling access to broadband internet from laptops, using the High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) Continuity Mauritius houses its Disaster Recovery Centre at Candos Exchange Landing of the LION cable in Mauritius at Le Goulet, Baie du Tombeau, on 16 September Launch of SPICE programme(Smart Processes for Improved Customer Experience) Introduction of the new iPhone 3GS Launch of Automatic Vehicle Location and Global Positioning System (AVL/GPS)System for Fleet Management Implementation of Phase 1 of “One Network” between Mauritius and Rodrigues. Introduction in Rodrigues of all IN and Value Added Services available in Mauritius as well as EDGE data service Launch of the Orange New Vision: “Together we can do more” Decommissioning of the WiLL (Wireless Local Loop) service and transfer of customers to line plant Launch of Post Pay Video on Demand (VOD) for My.T subscribers Launching of 8919 hotline for Wholesale/ITES/Business Customers Launch of Mobile Internet service allowing Orange Prepay and postpay customers to access internet on their mobile as from R 50.- Provisioning of CCTV surveillance in MT Orange shops Launching of new MT helpdesk to centralise complaints Implementation of 40 additional 3G+ Base Stations (Node B’s) under the 3G Network Expansion Phase 5 Project 2008 Re-branding of Mobile and Internet services under OrangeTM Launch of NetPC Co-sponsor of 6th CJSOI games held in Seychelles Launch of Orange Sitara, singing competition in Hindi, in partnership with the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation 2007 Allocation of 1% shares of Mauritius Telecom to employees at a reduced price Launch of first Telecyber in Rodrigues by Telecom Plus EDGE island-wide coverage Launch of Blackberry® smartphones and wireless solutions by Cellplus, for the first time in Mauritius, in partnership with Research in Motion (RIM) Launch of Radiovision service by Cellplus in partnership with Radio Plus Launch of first MT Rodrigues Directory by Teleservices Installation of a 100% IP network, in partnership qith Cisco, for a major customer Launch of Business Everywhere Solution Sponsorship of the Indian Ocean Island Games Finalisation of Organisational Restructuring Launch of Application Service Provider (ASP) service Set-up of a very high bit rate (45 Mbps) IPLC connection for Orange Business Services in Mauritius Announcement of the launch of Mauritius Telecom NetPC Launch of first 3G roaming service with Orange France Installation of R4NGN (Release 4 Next Generation Networks) allowing access to IP services on mobile terminals Deployment of FTTC (Fibre-to-the Cabinet) sites Installation of first NGN (New Generation Network) in Rodrigues 2006 Launch of My.T, the Multiplay-IPTV services of Mauritius Telecom. Launch of Cellplus Mobile Banking in partnership with SBM. Launch of Cellplus Pushmail service. Launch of SMS2TV by Cellplus during FIFA World Cup. Launch of MatinalSa infotainment service in partnership with Le Matinal newspaper. Launch of ADSL in Rodrigues. 2005 February Launch of 3-way conference Set-up of a demo unit for products and services Cellplus signs contract for installation of 3G networks May Launch of Turfnews service June Mauritius Telecom is ISO 9001:2000 certified 2004 Introduction of new international access code - 020. Launch of Sezam prepaid calling card. November - Launch of MTc@re online services for residential customers. Launch of GPRS by Cellplus. 2003 January Liberalisation of the Telecommunications sector. March Launching of Teleshop concept with the official inauguration of Curepipe Teleshop. April Cellplus launches Cell-Oh, the first GSM cellular network in Rodrigues. 2002 April SAFE (South Africa Far East) submarine cable operational, it gives the country a truly global connectivity through its integration with the SAT-3/WASC Optical Fibre Submarine Cable. 2000 November Strategic partnership with France Télécom 1999 Launching of Call Services, the first company to offer Call Centre services. Installation of Wireless Local Loop (WiLL) Launching of 'Complis', the prepaid service of Cellplus. 1997 Introduction of pair gain technology on copper pairs. February Internet/www go commercial. Introduction of new pay phones using Smart Card technology. December Introduction of per second charging. Moving into the new information era 1995 October Implementation of X.25 network throughout the country. Introduction of Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Fibre optic cable system around the country. A joint venture signed with France Telecom for the introduction of Internet services in Mauritius; a pilot service introduced in October. Cellplus starts trial run of the digital Global System for Mobile.