operator- fixed networks

New Zealand tries to pass the Telecommunications Amendment Bill into parliament and therefore introduce local loop unbundling and increased competition. Chunghwa Telecom is rolling out the first phase of its WiMAX and Wi-Fi access network in Taiwan. Utility...

Telefonica/O2 in the UK has spent $92m to buy Be, a British broadband service provider. This will help O2 to offer combined fixed/mobile service. ATT will build a a fiber-to-the- premises (FTTP) network in a 20,000-home master-planned community near Houston....

Batelco and Telecom Italia sign a deal to improve services, offer a range of data services to the customers and extend the geographical reach of the companies. California has passed the bill (Assembly Bill 2987) allowing telecom companies to offer cable...

Maroc Telecom has launched an IPTV service with 40 channels and available to 50,000 customers. Deutsche Telekom is reportedly interested in AOL France. Telecom Italia is the latest contender for bidding AOL Europe business in France and Germany. UK has...

Telenor is launching up to 16Mbit/s ADSL service (ADSL2+) and "ADSL Mini" at far lower speeds but further span distance. Vodafone is rumoured buying remaining 18% stake in Arcor from Deutsche Bahn as well a 8% stake from Deutsche Bank in the fixed line...

Level3 is to acquire Looking Glass Networks, a metro service provider, for $96m. Sibirtelecom () plans to launch pilot WiMAX projects in cities of Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Irkutsk . Triple T Broadband ( ) has received a license to operate nationwide broadband...

Start Telecom (Russia) will build WiMAX networks in five cities by the end of 2006. PeterStar (Russia) plans to launch a WiMAX network in the city of Kaliningrad in late 2006. Time Warner should have appointed Citigroup to carry out a strategic review...

DT voluntarily offered lowered DSL resale fees (–10%) in . DT is using a discount model that was banned in May by the German regulator. currently has 10.5m broadband users (up 43%), of which 9.9m are ADSL (+46%), 0.6m are cable (+20%). Start Telecom (...

EarthLink will franchise its metro WiFi model and offer such a package to ISPs and operators. There is no revenue share included in the package. plans to Chunghwa Telecom’ s near monopoly on last-mile lines. In spite deregulation was introduced in fixed...

Brasil Telecom () will deploy DECT fixed wireless telephony using Sagem D85c handsets and Intelbras ( ) infrastructure. ’ s utility Edenor should enter the telecom business, and compete with Telecom and Telefonica. 's Telecom has bought 75% of Kosovo's...