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Operator results -13/11/05
NTT (Japan) reported FY 1H (March- Sept.) net profit of $2,8bn (-4%), on revenues of $44,4bn, down 1,7%. VOIP and cheaper services have hit NTT' s earnings in both fixed lines and mobile operations. BT posted 3Q05 revenues of €7,1bn, up 5%); pre-tax profit...
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Operator results - 9/11/05
T-Online (Germany) reports 3Q05 sales of €506m, up 4%, and EBITDA of €77 m, down 50%. PLDT (Philippines) announced record net earnings. Revenues in the third quarter was down 6,6% to $560m and 3Q05 net earnings reached $146m. 9-month revenues were at...
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Operator results - 5/11/5
Time Warner reportd 3Q05 net income of $897m, up 80%, on sales up 6% to $10,5bn. Telefonica Moviles reports €1,5bn net profit in 9-month (+9%), on €12bn revenues (+45%). 3Q05 net profit rose 24% to €615m (+24%), on revenues of €4,3bn (+46%). Comcast (US)...
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Operator results - 3/11/05
CTC (Chile) earned only $700k in 3Q05, vs profit of $612m a year earlier, while EBITDA fell 21% to $120m, Sales were down 5,5% to $286m. Tattelecom (Russia) reported that 1H05 earnings rose 50% to $6,6m, Sibirtelecom (Russia) posted that 3Q05 net profits...
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Operator result 2 - 30/10/05
Telesp Celular (Brazil) reports 3Q05 net loss of $94m (down 40%) on revenues up 2% to $815m. EBITDA fell 16% to $231.4m. Tele Centro Oeste Celular (Brazil) reports 3Q05 net revenues of $253.3m (almost flat) and net income of $40m. Celular CRT (Brazil)...
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Operator results 1- 30/10/05
Telmex (Mexico) posts 3Q05 revenues of $3.7bn (up almost 9%) of which 25% outside Mexico. Local service revenues (35% of the total) were down 1.5%, domestic long-distance revenues (23% of the total) grew by 26.4%, International service (8% of the total)...
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Operator results - 27/10/05
Google earned $381m in 3Q05, up more than 600%, on revenues of $1.58 bn, up almost 100%. Bell south earned $817m in 3Q05, up 2%, on revenues of $8.5bn, up 26%. The wireline business slipped 0.5% to $5.1 bn from a year ago. Bellsouth currently has 20.4m...
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People 23-8-05
Nokia names a successor to CEO Ollila. Ollila will step down from the post on June 1, 2006. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who heads the mobile phones business unit, will replace him. Jorma Ollila will take a supervisory position at Royal Dutch Shell plc next...
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Operator results - 23/10/05
Etisalat (UAE) reported 22% increase in revenues to $2.6bn, 19% increase in operating income to $817m. Colt (UK) revenues dropped 1.5% to £312m in 3Q05, while net loss was £19m (vs loss of £35m). China Telecom reported 9-month revenues of $14.7bn, up...
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Operator results - 25/06/05
Bouygues Telecom (France) announced a 41% jump in net profit to 96m in 1Q05, and a 30% growth rate in operating profits. Svyazinvest (Russia) posted $389m in net profit, up 98% in 1Q05. Vimpelcom (Russia) reported 2004 revenues of $858m, and net profit...
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Operator results - 18/06/05
Energis (UK) announced its FY05 revenues are down 3% to £720m (but core business telecom and broadband revenues grew 9%) , and EBITDA is down 8% to £116m. Leap Wireless (US) posted 1Q05 revenues of $228m (up 10%) and net income of $12.7m (vs. loss). Its...
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Operator results - 11 June 2005
Arcor (Germany) announced revenues of 1.6bn, up 14% and EBITDA rose 83% to 246m. Revenues are made 55% from consumers and 45% from businesses. Telkom (South Africa) reported net earnings of $991m, up 49%, and revenues rose 7% to $6.4bn. Sistema (Russia)...
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Operator results - 8 June 2005
Arcor (Germany) announced revenues of 1.6bn, up 14% and EBITDA rose 83% to 246m. Revenues are made 55% from consumers and 45% from businesses. Telkom (South Africa) reported net earnings of $991m, up 49%, and revenues rose 7% to $6.4bn. Sistema (Russia)...
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Operator results - 5 June 2005
Telekom Malaysia reports 1Q05 net earnings down 26% to $99m, and sales up 5% to $897m. MTS (Russia) announced its net profit rose 12% to $232m with revenues growing 32% to $1.1bn. EBITDA rose 22% to $537m, but EBITDA margin declines 4 points to 51%. ARPU...
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Operator results - 28 May 2005
Cosmote (Greece) announced 1Q05 net profit of 74m (+9%) on revenues of 380m, up 6%. Matav (MSO in Israel) reported 1Q05 revenues of $31m (down 2%) and an operating profit of $27m (down 2%). Maxis (Malaysia) has posted 35% increase in 1Q05 net profit to...
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People - 18/08/07
Qwest has named Edward Mueller to replace retiring chairman and CEO Richard Notebaert. Lou Lupin has resigned his position as Qualcomm executive vice president and general counsel, and will be temporally be replaced by Carol Lam. DT is planning cutting...
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People -10/08/07
Dion Joannou, current President North America, will leave Nortel to pursue other personal interests. Vodafone Essar CFO Christopher J. Foll and legal head Geoff Carolan are on their way out. Verizon Wireless has named Anthony Melone as senior vice president...
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People - 06/08/07
Motorola has elected Greg Brown, current president and COO, and Anthony J. Vinciquerra, president and CEO of Fox Networks Group, to its Board of Directors. O2 Germany cuts 700 jobs in the country, as part of new corporate structure and organization. Verizon...
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People - 21/12/06
LG Electronics has appointed Yong Nam as the new vice chairman and CEO, effective 1 January 2007. Henry Gomez will become new Skype president, replacing Alex Kazim returning to eBay. Dennis Strigl, current Verizon Wireless chief, will take over the newly...
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People - 28/08/07
Kim Sang-don has been appointed as the new CFO of LG Telecom. ALU announces departure of Mike Quigley (president of science, technology and strategy) and Frank D'Amelio (chief administrative officer). Etienne Fouques will overtake Mikes' s responsibilities,...
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People - 16/07/07
China Telecom has appointed Zhang Chenshuang, as its new executive director and executive vice president. Bookham appoints Alain Couder as president and CEO. Li Jianguo, executive director of China Unicom, has resigned to take up a new job at China Network...
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People - 29/06/07
It was already known: FT plans to lay off some 22,000 workers by the end of 2008. According to La Tribune, the cost is estimated to about €2bn. 9600 jobs were scratched in 2006, 5900 jobs will be eliminated by the end of this year and another 5600 by...
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People - 10/06/06
Sergei Schebetov, Sistema Telecom CEO steps down. Hamid Akhavan is the new T-Systems CEO, as well as running T-Mobile. Qwest announced that Barry Allen, executive vice president of operations, will retire June 29. Xtellus has named Krishna Bala (ex Tellium)...
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People - 02/06/07
Motorola plans to cut 4,000 jobs (in addition to 3,500 already announced), or 11% of its workforce, this year. The goal is to cut expenses by about $1bn. Iordanis Aivazis is appointed COO at OTE (Greece). Lothar Pauly , T-Systems executive, will leave...
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People - 20/05/07
Motorola is expected to slash more jobs in addition to the 3,500 layoffs it already announced. Shri Andimuthu Raja is the new Indian Minister of Environment & Forests. Telefonica plans to cut 1000 jobs in Germany (O2), in efforts to improve profitability....