Fixed operator strategies - 15/10/5

Teliasonera will move to next-generation IP version 6 (IPV6) in 2006.

KDDI is buying Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s telecom unit PoweredCom for about $1.2bn.

BT will roll out a high-speed broadband Internet service across the U.K. by spring 2006. Speed of up to 8 Mbit/s.

Microsoft and Telecom Italia are ready to sign an agreement on Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP).