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Fixed-line vendor orders N60
Viatel ( UK ) has launched Viatel Ethernet for carriers and ISPs. Cegetel-Neuf Telecom ( France ): the merger could be announced soon. CitéFibre (France) should launch by July a FTTH offer in Paris with rates up to 100 Mbit/s. Monthly fee should be around...
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Fixed operators strategies N59
UK s hotspot operator The Clouds has bought Germany hotspot operator Airnyx. In Norway, NextGenTel bought Firstmile (both are broadband ISPs) for NOK 19.6m. ISP Dishnet (India) launched the first-ever WiMAX network to 38 cities in India. It expects to...
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Fixed-line operator strategy N56
ATT is testing WiMAX for three months starting in May. Equipment from 5 or 6 vendors will be tested, and ATT plans to deploy another trial in 2H05 with VOIP in mind. CANTV ( Venezuela ) will invest $ 400m in 2005 to expand its fixed and internet coverage....
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Fixed-line operator strategies N50
Tele2 is buying Tiscali Denmark for about 21m. SBC could cut 13,000 jobs after buying ATT. China Telecom and China Netcom will expand their PHS networks in China. T-Mobile said it currently has 12,000 hotspots, and is committed to increase this number...
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Operator fixed networks N49
France Telecom intends to buy out Equant, a 54% subsidiary specialized in global communications services for multinational businesses. The deal is worth about 560m. MCI will resell cable modem connections to its portfolio of broadband services through...
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Operators: fixed networks 24-01-05 N48
Verizon and Yahoo! will offer, free of charge, co-branded broadband offering to subscribers to Online's DSL and new fiber-based FiOS services. BT and Qwest have signed a wholesale interconnection agreement to exchange international voice phone traffic....
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operator fixed networks 17-01-05 N47
VSNL ( India ) plans to bid for a 26% stake in Pakistan Telecom (PTLC), for about $ 750m. Comcast set to announce launch of Internet telephony over cable in 20 markets. Sprint has signed network agreements with Reliance Infocomm ( India ) to serve the...
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Operator- fixed networks 10-01-05 N46
T-Systems plans expansion for IT services in gaining outsourcing deals with big international groups. DT targets to double its DSL market share in Spain to 12%, through its local unit Ya.com. Ya. com will offer voice and DSL services. SBC and 2wire will...
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Global operator strategies - 19/09/06
Telecom Italia has decided to buy AOL Germny from Time Warner for €675m in cash. Simultaneously, its chairman, Marco Tronchetti Provera, resigned and the board named Guido Rossi to take over role, amid a public clash with Italian Prime Minister Romano...
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Global operator strategies - 16/09/06
Telecom Italia is till discussing terms of a deal with Sky Italia, News Corp.'s Italian satellite broadcaster. TI is reorganized into three units: a "utility business” or fixed line unit, a retail business with fixed-client base and the content division,...
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Global operator strategies - 11/09/06
EU has cleared the purchase of Dutch Casema by private equity firms Cinven Ltd. and Warburg Pincus for €2.1bn. Vivendi strongly challenges the DT announcements that it has acquired a 48% stake in PTC from Elektrim. Belgacom is asked to find merger partners...
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Mobile operator strategies - 25/05/07
Vodafone has been selected by the Portuguese government to provide fixed and mobile communications during the Portuguese EU Presidency. It is in talks with Ukrtelecom on the provision of 3G services in Ukraine. Reliance (India) slashes roaming tariff...
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Global operator strategies - 03/09/06
Teliasonera should be in the sights of Cervian, a private-equity fund. Telstra has acquired a controlling stake of 51% in Chinese real-estate and home furnishing and improvement website company, SOUFUN, for $254m. Taiwan' s Chunghwa Telecom is focusing...
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Mobile operator strategies - 23/05/07
Econet (Zimbabwe) plans to launch 3G pilots by the end of this month. High-speed Internet access will be the first 3G application. Vodafone launches two new ZTE-manufactured, own-branded, low-end handsets at $25 and $45 targeting emerging markets (in...
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Global operator strategies - 24/07/06
Brazil has selected Japan's ISDB-T digital television system. AOL France is launching its IPTV offer, including DTT tuner, 40Go hard disk, and HD. eBay is offering Skype IP telephony or messaging to its French auction users. KPN has bought NewTel Essence,...
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Global operator strategies - 02/07/06
Telefonica will merge its Czech Eurotel cellular and Cesky Telecom fixed-line units by July 1. The combined company will be named Telefonica O2 Czech Republic. Taiwan’s government and Taiwan Mobile plan to sell respectively 7.4% and 1% stake in Chunghwa...
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Mobile operator strategies - 20/05/07
Virgin Mobile is planing to launch MVNO services in India, helped by Tata Teleservices. China' s MII has finally set the technical specifications for WCDMA and CDMA 2000 technologies developed abroad. The move is a step closer to issuing 3G licenses....
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Mobile operator strategies - 16/05/07
Telecom Argentina said it has launched a 3G service in Buenos Aires. M1 (Singapore) has launched its new mobile email service working over its GPRS network and GPRS-enabled handsets. Telenor has increased to 30% (+3.3%) its voting stake in Vimpelcom (Russia)....
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Mobile operator strategies - 14/06/06
Reliance (India) plans to invest $325m to significantly expand its GSM network coverage. It plans to buy 10m GSM lines for around $330m. Smartfone-Vodafone (HK) is introducing HSDPA service at 1,8Mbit/s, and plans upgrading this to 14,4Mbit/s by 2007-2008,...
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Global operator strategies - 11/06/06
China Telecom has opened an office in Kazakhstan. France: Bouygues and SFR (both are mobile operators) are planning to offer converged services, following the announcements of Orange, Free and Neuf Cegetel on this subject. Bouygues should offer broadband...
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Global operator strategies - 09/06/06
Yahoo is to buy 10% stake in South Korean e-commerce company Gmarket. DT has completed the merger with its Internet service provider unit T-Online International. FT is preparing the sale of its 54% stake in the PagesJaunes group (Directories) as this...
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Global operator strategies - 07/06/06
DoCoMo is planning broad expansion in Asia to benefit from high-technology demand in the region. Large markets with high population, such as Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, are opportunities even if it has doubts about China and India. T-Mobil’ s @Home...
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Global operator strategies - 30/05/06
Hutchison Telecom and NTT DoCoMo announced a strategic partnership to launch mobile applications. DoCoMo already hold 25% of HT. Telekom Austria plans to integrate fixed and mobile units. China Netcom has integrated its broadband access department and...
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Global operator strategies - 23/05/06
Telekom Malaysia will invest some $150m in two years in Sri Lanka through its local affiliate Dialog Telekom. Funds will be used to expand its fixed, mobile and broadband networks. Orascom targets to take a controlling stake in Hutchison Telecom, and...
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Global operator strategies - 12/05/06
Yahoo and Telemundo announced plans to combine efforts in the latest US Hispanic Web portal. Apple starts selling TV programs from Fox Entertainment through its iTunes Music Store for $2 each show. Microsoft unveiled its new version of the long-expected...