Fixed operator strategies - 10/08/07

Shanghai Unicom starts providing commercial mobile TV service in Shanghai.

Volny (Czech Rep.) launches IPTV service in Prague and Brno.

The South African government has announced plans to build a new submarine link project, run by Infraco. VSNL (India) will invest $200m in this project.

ATT is partnering with European Wi-Fi provider The Cloud to provides its customers WiFi access in Europe. ATT has more than 57,000 hot spots in 83 countries.

Telekom Slovenije (Slovenia) is investing up to €450m by 2015, in a nationwide fiber-to-the-home project to cover about 70% of homes.

Bharti Airtel (India) will launch Direct-to-Home (DTH) services in the country.

Far EasTone (Taiwan) to launch WiMAX services in Taiwan in the next 24 months.

DT is offering now IPTV over DSL lines.

Vodafone has applied to enter the WiMAX Forum.