Fixed operator strategies - 13/10/06

The French government forecasts 4m fiber-based-passed households by 2012.

WordTel (Bangladesh) plans to add 300k fixed-line telephones in Dhaka, the capital.

Always on Network (AON) has signed a MoU for providing cheap Internet service in Bangladesh to cover 85% of the country and connect up to 80,000 primary schools.

Orange and HP have won a €210m order from the European Union for the creation and management of sTESTA (secured Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations).

Tiscali Germany' s DSL network now reaches 123 towns.

Malaysia will issue up to four WiMAX licenses.

BT has failed to deliver on promised improvements on giving access to its exchanges to competitors, so it was given three months to open its network.