Fixed operator strategies - 9/02/06

Intelsat has secured a contract to provide video distribution to Qualcomm' s MediaFLO USA mobile television broadcast network.

DT' s fixed-line unit T-Com (Germany) is loosing around 100,000 customers a month.

Magyar Telekom (Hungary) closed the acquisition of Bulgarian fixed telco and ISP Orbitel.

KDDI plans to buy 47% in Japan Cablenet, the nation's second-largest cable TV company.

BT remains interested in WiMAX, and could be interested also in buying Pipex, one of the two companies in the U.K. to hold national licenses to offer public fixed wireless access services.

Telefonica has signed an agreement with RTL (Bertelsmann Group) to broadcast RTL's television programs over its high-speed Internet network.