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Fixed operator strategies - 05/04/07
Sonaecom (Portugal) has introduced an IPTV service to 1.6m households in the country for €30 or €40 a month. PanTel (Hungary) will launch (in 3Q07) voice over WiFi services. Mexico' s telecom regulator Cofetel would auction 3.4- 3.7 GHz spectrum for wireless...
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Fixed operator strategies - 01/04/07
Telefonica Germany and HanseNet (Germany) extend their partnership to offer ADSL service. Hutchison Essar (India) plans to invest $400m in the country in a fiber network to become integrated and build its own national and international long distance (NLD/ILD)...
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Fixed operator strategies - 28/03/07
China Telecom would slash PHS investments and continue to control costs and expenses. Belgacom is launching VOIP services (I-Talk) in Belgium. DoCoMo plans to stop its pager business next week. In Japan, about 140 Japanese cable operators are partnering...
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Mobile operator strategies - 10/06/07
China Mobile will set up 3G networks in eight cities and introduce HSPA for the Olympics Games in Beijing. Celtel (pan East-Africa operator) is expanding One Network, it's borderless mobile network, across Central Africa (Congo, Gabon, RDC). MTN Uganda...
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Fixed operator strategies - 25/03/07
CGV Telecom (Venezuela) should shortly launch fixed-wireless telephony services using CDMA-450. Virgin Media, Carphone Warehouse, Tiscali, Orange and Sky (all in the UK) are considering bidding for Pipex, the UK-based broadband provider. We will be shortly...
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Fixed operator strategies - 23/03/07
Brazil Telecom has started rolling out quadruple play services in Brazil. Telkom (S. Africa) will buy 75% of Multilinks, Nigeria's pioneer private telecoms operator (PTO) for $200m. Noos/ Numericable and Ten (both in France; Noos is a cable operator and...
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Fixed operator strategies - 22/03/07
The EU Commission has launched probe into SFR' s bid on Tele2 fixed assets in France. The Commisison believes that the deal could shrink competition in the French Pay-TV market. Telefonica will trial a FTTH network in Brazil with about 4,000 households...
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Fixed operator strategies - 17/03/07
T-Com Slovakia is launching IPTV and triple-play services. DT is looking for a strategic partner to T-System, and does not plan to sell the unit. Telecom Italia plans to spend about €6.6bn for deploying its new NGN infrastructure (called NGN2) offering...
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Fixed network strategies - 10/03/07
Neuf Cegetel (France) is fully entering the fiber optic network race against FT and Free, with a new offer consisting of a very high speed triple play access for €30 a month to ba available next month. The target is ambitious with over 1m households passed...
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Fixed operator strategies - 07/03/07
Taiwan Television Enterprise and China Network Systems (both in Taiwan) will trial Qualcomm' s MediaFLO in Taipei. IDA (Singapore regulator) has pre-qualified 12 bidders for its ultra-high-speed national broadband infrastructure project NG-NBN. Telmex...
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Fixed operator strategies - 04/03/07
Club Internet (DT' s ISP subsidiary in France) and ya.com (DT's ISP subsidiary in Spain) are for sale. Following its recent profit warning and because neither Club-Internet, nor ya.com do not succeed in weighting in their local ADSL market, DT has decided...
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Fixed operator strategies - 01/03/07
Swisscom will trial WiMAX in the city of Boltigen from April. Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) will bid for one of the six WiMAX licenses. Oi (Brazil) has launched a PHS network and service in Brazil. Oi is the mobile unit of fixed line operator Telemar. SFR...
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Fixed operator strategies - 24/02/07
Vonage may be considering becoming MVNO. After selling some WiFi phone service (through EarthLink), Vonage may be interested a bigger mobile venture in selling WiFi/ cellular converged service. A rumor is just a rumor.... PT Telkom (Indonesia) has signed...
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Fixed operator strategies - 22/02/07
Neuf Cegetel/ Wengo (France) has launched WengoMeeting, a free VOIP videoconferencing solution for up to five. Neuf Cegetel cannot stay out of FTTx race in Paris. It has announced the purchase of FTTx operator Erenis that has about 10k users in the France...
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Fixed operator strategies - 07/02/07
Any-Port.com has launched the first WiMAX service along the French Riviera, with a full coverage of all Mediterranean yachting ports within 12 months. Comcast and Time Warner Cable plan (separately) to introduce customized VOIP offerings for SMBs over...
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Fixed operator strategies - 03/02/07
CVG Telecom (Venezuela) has signed a deal to lay a submarine fiber-optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela. Telecom operators in Argentina (Telecom Argentina, Telefónica and Telmex's CTI) plan to invest $320m to develop IPTV services in the country. Telecom...
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Fixed operator strategies - 27/01/07
Swisscom plans to increase ADSL speeds from mid- March 07 to Mbit/s and launch VDSL-based services at 10Mbit/s in 2H07. The Atlanta Municipality has selected EarthLink to build and operate its muni WiFi network. PT Wireless Indonesia, PT Telkom, PT Bakrie...
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Fixed operator strategies - 18/01/07
China Netcom will sell its telecom assets in Shanghai and Guangdong Telecom to its parent company for $450m. Verizon Comms. has spun off its local access business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and merge the business with PairPoint. Ertach (Argentina...
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Fixed operator strategies - 16/01/07
Neuf Cegetel (France) announced the purchase of Mediafibre, a FTTH competitive access provider in South West of France (City of Pau). Mediafibre offers triple-play services at 100Mbit/s for €39 a month. Reliance Comms. (India) plans to list Flag Telecom...
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Fixed operator strategies - 06/01/07
KT (S. Korea) is ready to roll out FTTH EPON-based network and expects to enrol 800,000 subscribers in 2007. Neuf Cegetel (France) will roll out in February its new Neuf Box 4, a new multifunction modem, including WiFi, 4-port Ethernet switching, and...
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Fixed operator strategies - 28/12/06
Covad (US) has completed the build-out of its next-generation telecom network, and now operates the US' s largest ADSL2+ network . Embratel (Brazil) will trial WiMAX in Sao Paulo in January. The FCC decision to open the TV market to telcos will break...
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Fixed operator strategies - 23/12/06
China will build 2000 km of optic fiber network in Uganda. Telecom Argentina plans to invest $525m in 2007, mainly in broadband, IPTV and mobile. The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the city of Amsterdam' s investment in...
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Fixed operator strategies - 16/12/06
Korean operator KT plans investments in nationwide FTTH coverage. China Telecom says its strategy is to remain a domestic service provider and not purchasing overseas assets. It looks rather for new partnerships and/or joint ventures with other global...
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Fixed operator strategies - 09/12/06
BT has decided to make money from its expertise in deploying NGN networks (its own 21CN NGN project) and creates a new dedicated unit, called 21C Global Venture (21C GV), to help other operators. Nine Telstra rivals, Optus, AAPT, iiNet, Powertel, Internode,...
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Fixed operator strategies - 06/12/06
Eircom (Ireland) has started work on its fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) network upgrade. Cablevision (Mexican MSO) and Bestel have signed a deal to joint venture telephony services from 02/07. Noos/Numericable is only third (after Free and Erenis) to announce...