Global operator strategies - 10/03/06

Thus (UK) could be ready to bid as much as $5.2bn for struggling C&W.

Singapore plans to be a totally wireless country by the year 2015. As part of the plan, a Wi-Fi mesh could cover the entire state first, then complement with WiMAX . The NGN network will deliver as much as 1 Gbit/s to every home, business and school in the country.

Telecom Portugal is promising to return €3bn to its shareholders if they reject Sonae’ s offer.

Telmex and Telefonica, as well as CANTV, EBT, Cablecentro are bidding for Colombia Telecom.

Ofcom, the UK regulator, plans to launch new industry body to encourage competitive next-generation networks (NGNs).

The UK are planning fiber to the home trials in London. In the London Shoreditch district, some 20,000 households would be connected at 2Gbit/s.

Telecom Italia could sell its 7% stake in Neuf Telecom (France).

The European Commission will decide within the next 12 months on unifying the European Union's divergent rules for television broadcasts to mobile phones.

Swisscom plans to offer all services on an Internet-protocol based network by 2009.