Global operator strategies - 07/02/07

Tiscali (Italy) has sold the business customer division of its German unit to Ecotel (Germany) for €19m. The deal follows the sale of its German private broadband, narrowband operations to Freenet last week.

Bouygues Telecom and Altitude Telecom (both in France) will jointly offer a fixed-mobile converged offer (Two Easy) in France. Availability in early 2Q07.

Credit Mutuel bank will increase its stake in French MVNO NRJ Mobile.

Verizon has sold its SkyTel unit to Bell Industries for $23m.

Telmex Argentina has teamed with CTI Movil to launch converged fixed mobile telephony service (TIP) in Argentina.

BT will buy i2i Enterprise, an India-based IP services business.

23 European carriers and content providers are joining forces in an effort to prevent children from accessing adult content on their mobile phones.