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Mobile operator strategies - 06/06/07
US MVNO Amp’d filed for bankruptcy protection. With a strat 18 months ago, Amp'd was relatively successful with about 200k subscribers after a strong first quarter 2007. The company claims that its back-end systems have been unable to keep up with the...
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Mobile operator strategies - 29/07/06
Morocco has granted three 3G licenses to Maroc Telecom (Vivendi Group), Maroc Connect and Médi Telecom (JV between Telefonica and Portugal Telecom). Orascom, mobilkom, and Telenor are shortlisted in Serbian Mobi63 auction. 3 Italia has reached the 100,000...
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Fixed operator strategies - 29/11/06
Synterra (Russia) will expand by 50% its WiMAX network in Moscow by the end of the year. BT will lunch its BT Vision IPTV service on Dec. 4. It has also started to migrate its first real customers from its PSTN to its 21CN next-generation network, a process...
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Fixed operator strategies - 25/11/06
Comcast (US) and Walt Disney have signed a multibillion-dollar distribution deal allowing Comcast to distribute Disney content through its VOD service. Comcast has also bought Disney's 39.5% stake in the E! Entertainment Television channel for $1.2bn....
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Fixed operator strategies - 22/1/06
DT has unveiled talks between T-Systems, its service unit to businesses, and French Atos Origin. CapGemini and EDS should also be in talks with T-Systems. It is unclear what is the purpose of the talks: merger, joint venture, partnership? Skype and FON...
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Fixed operator strategies - 18/11/06
Suntel (Sri Lanka) plans to invest $33m in 2007 to expand its network. TPSA (Poland) plans launching fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service trial at the end of this month. TPSA is affiliate to FT. VTR and Telmex Chile were granted Wireless Local Loop...
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Fixed operator strategies - 15/11/06
BT has applied for licenses to offer national and international long distance services in India. It will partner with India's Jubilant Enpro to offer these services in the country. It will invest around $1.6m in cash for its 74% stake in the joint venture...
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Fixed operator strategies - 11/11/06
Softbank and News Corp. plan to bring MySpace, the Internet social networking site, to Asia. PT Telkom (Indonesia) will participate in the nation's fiber-optic network construction tender to be launched in 10/07 and cost $1.5bn. Hanaro Telecom has agreed...
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Fixed operator strategies - 02/11/06
Free/ Iliad (France) has passed its target for year-end 2006 of 2m DSL subscribers. Urban WiMAX (UK) plans to launch true WiMAX in London in early 2007. Jordan Telecom plans to acquire 50% stake in Bahrain-based fixed-line operator Lightspeed Communications....
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Fixed operator strategies - 29/10/06
Thai telecommunications regulator NTC has allocated spectrum for WiMAX services. Russia has issued WiMAX license to Vimpelcom, while Megafon has submitted a bid for WiMAX frequencies. FT Orange reinforces its position in the French ADSL market, adding...
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Fixed operator strategies - 24/10/06
Iliad (France) has bought Citefibre, a FTTH operator in Paris, for an undisclosed sum. Citefibre has a 3000-km fiber optic network in Paris, and a strong expertise in deploying fiber-based networks. Eircom (Ireland) will invest in WiMAX to expand the...
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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...
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Fixed operator strategies - 07/10/06
Vodafone plans to launch broadband internet access services in Spain, via a wholesale ADSL deal with incumbent Telefónica. ATT is streamlining its DSL pricing. The new plan introduces a slower connection option at758K for $15, or 1.5Mbit/s for $20, or...
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Fixed operator strategies - 05/10/06
Nextel Mexico, a NII company, will acquire Mexican wireless provider Cosmofrecuencias for $200m. Telecom Egypt has secured a further 24% stake in Vodafone Egypt, raising its share to almost 49%. SFR (France) has bought ADSL and fixed telephony assets...
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Fixed operator strategies - 01/10/06
Georgia will auction WiMAX licenses On December 1st. NTT has demonstrated a 14 Terabit/s optical transmission over a single 160 km long optical fibre. Meanwhile, it plans to build a 10-Tbit/s optical backbone network to cope with the capacity demands...
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Fixed operator strategies - 30/12/05
BSNL and MTNL (both in India) will form a 50/50 joint venture submarine cable company to route their international traffic. The JV will have three submarine systems: one is connecting Tiruchendur in southern Tamil Nadu and Colombo in Sri Lanka, and is...
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Fixed operator strategies - 24/12/05
Renfe (Spanish railways) is planning to offer a broadband Wi-Fi internet network in its trains. Jordan Telecom has launched its commercial 'Livebox' VoIP over DSL service. France Telecom will cut tariffs for calls from fixed lines to mobile phones for...
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Fixed operator strategies - 22/12/05
Cablecom has launched a prepaid mobile service through an MVNO arrangement with Sunrise in Switzerland. Yahoo and Softbank (in Japan) have formed a company, called TV Bank, to broadcast television programs via the Internet. Neuf Cegetel (France) is offering...
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Fixed operator strategies - 17/12/05
Telekom Austria will reorganize its business by making its fixed-line operations into a separate unit. SES Global , world's largest satellite operator, announced it will buy New Skies Satellites for $1.1bn, and strengthen its position in emerging markets...
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Fixed operator strategies - 7/12/05
New World Development ( HK) is close buying a stake in Telstra' s CSL unit in HK. Telstra would own 76.4% of equity and New World Mobile would own the remaining 23.6% of the merged operation. Etisalat (UAE) has taken a 40% stake in Sudan' s Canar Telecom...
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Fixed operator strategies - 4/12/05
Vonage (USA) has missed, as many other US VOIP companies) the FCC's 911 deadline to ensure that all 911(emergency number) callers would reach emergency operators who could automatically see their phone number and location. Vonage (and others) continue,...
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Fixed operator strategies - 30/11/05
Portugal Telecom is selling PrimeSys to Embratel for €100m. Telecom Italia will start the rollout of its new broadband-TV service Dec. 2, trying to cover 8m households by the end of 2006. Croatia' s telecom regulator has awarded 10 fixed-line WiMAX-based...
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Fixed operator strategies - 15/11/05
France Telecom has been selected by Capgemini to manage Schneider Electric's Telecom in Europe in a deal worth €200m over 9,5 years. France Telecom introduces a new service: “Mon Magneto” , a personal digital video recorder allowing 40hours of recording,...
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Fixed operator strategies - 9/11/05
Xo (US) is selling its nationwide wireline telecom business to Elk Associates for $700m, and will focus on broadband wireless, It will held its broadband wireless spectrum in the 28 GHz and 31 GHz bands covering more than 70 metropolitan markets. ONO...
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Fixed operator strategies - 23/10/05
China Telecom and China Netcom plan to connect Little Smart service (a WLL/PHS/PAS service) to landline network to improve indoor services and use Little Smart as a cordless part of the landline. The service is to be introduced in Beijing in November...