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Global operator strategies - 10/05/06
Brazil Telecom is to launch fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services in 2006. AAPT, the TNZ unit in Australia, is no more for sale. TNZ will retain the unit, for lack of partners or a right price. Qualcomm is partnering with BskyB (UK) to test MediaFlo...
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Global operator strategies - 03/05/06
Vonage plans to raise nearly $600m from an IPO, the double amount it was previously aiming to raise. Yell Directories has bought 60% of Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion (TPI) for $3.1bn. California has approved a plan to trial BPL (broadband-over-power-line)...
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Global operator strategies - 29/04/06
The European Commission approves T-Mobile Austria's acquisition of tele.ring, but demands that tele.ring divest its two 3G/UMTS frequency blocks to ease competition. Telenor discusses the sale of of Kyivstar (Ukraine) to VimpelCom (Russia). BlackStone...
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Global operator strategies - 26/04/06
Seven Asian mobile operators - Far EasTone (Taiwan), Hutchison Essar (India), Hutchison Telecom (Hong Kong), KTF (Sth Korea), DoCoMo (Japan), Indosat (Indonesia) and StarHub (Singapore) – announced that they have formed an alliance called "Asia-Pacific...
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Global operator strategies - 21/04/06
Globacom (Nigeria) plans to invest $700m in big Indian telecom companies. Globacom has already invested $2.5bn in Nigeria. Irish Eircom has confirmed it is the target of a takeover bid worth €2.4bn. France Telecom is testing grid computing with Fujitsu....
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Global operator strategies - 15/04/06
Verizon is expected to bid as much as $50bn to take control of Vodafone' s 45% stake in Verizon Wireless. KPN shareholders have voted against a new mechanism to prevent a hostile takeover. KPN has become a target in Europe's consolidating telecoms market....
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Global operator strategies - 08/04/06
The EU Commission took legal action against 11 EU governments for failing to implement EU-wide emergency telephone number system for travelers. The countries are Greece, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands,...
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Global operator strategies - 05/04/06
NTL finalizes the purchase of Virgin Mobile for $1.6bn, and would be the first so-called quadruple-play telecommunications operator in the U.K Google has been granted three patents that could help it to launch WiFi free access but with ads on the user...
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Global operator strategies - 01/04/06
Telstra (Australia) is putting pressure on the Australian government, saying it did not find strong interest in buying Telstra shares until regulatory certainty is made and how much Telstra could charge rivals to access its copper wire network. Telstra...
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Mobile operator strategies - 07/06/06
Portugal Telecom and Telefonica are both willing to buy Vivo, their 50/50 JV in Brazil. But PT is under an hostile bid from Sonae. Telefonica and PT did not succeed deciding a strategic plan for Vivo, giving each partner good reasons to buy other’ stake...
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Global operator strategies - 21/9/05
Google could make a rival bid for AOL , and not leave empty room to Microsoft. Tunisie Telecom will launch an IPO on 35% of its equity, targeting to raise $1.7bn. FT, Telecom Italia Vivendi Universal and Telefonica are mulling bids. TAP Air Portugal and...
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Global operator strategies - 8/9/05
Europe has cleared the purchase of Versatel operations in Germany by Apax for $565m, while Tele2 AB purchased the rest of Versatel's operations. Greece : The Greek government confirmed it will place 10% in OTE, the telecom incumbent. It will, however,...
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Global operator strategies - 31/8/05
T-Systems , data processing arm of Deutsche Telecom, could be mulling an alliance with Atos Origin (France), to form the second largest data processing company in Europe. The rumor has amplified in recent weeks, but the form of the alliance is not yet...
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Global operator strategies 26/8/05
The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance has contracted with IDC to assess global convergence during the next five years. With the acquisition of Wildseed, a UK-based wireless services operator, AOL highlights ISP’s interest in mobility and creates a new...
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Global operator strategies - 14/7/5
Four investors are infusing some $300m in total in Aircel (India). AMP, IL&FS, Clarity Partners, and Pequot Ventures have gained a 30% equity stake in the company. Sprint is buying Unwired Inc. for $1.3 bn. Unwired is a Sprint affiliate, which launched...
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Mobile operator strategies - 12/05/07
MobiFone (Vietnam) is planning an IPO in early 2008. Warid Telecom has launched commercial mobile services in Bangladesh, covering 70% of the population. ROK has announced the first VOD mobile TV service over a GPRS network. ROK TV is currently being...
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Global operator strategies - 10/07/05
Hutchison Whampoa (HK) is interested in the Spanish market, but denied any interested in buying local telecom company Auna. FT and Microsoft have agreed to jointly work on fixed-mobile convergence and VOIP. FT has elaborated the NExT plan to make voice,...
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Global operator strategies - 2/7/05
MTS (Russia) bought a 51-percent stake in Barash Communications Technologies, a mobile operator in Turkmenistan, for $28m. But in the meantime, Turkmenistan has revoked the GSM license. KPN (NL) acquired its domestic mobile rival, Telfort, for up to 1.1bn....
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Global operator strategies - 07/09/07
DT is planning to be active in the consolidation of the European telecoms sector that has too much operators (about 70) and is too fragmented. Telefonica would invest €8bn in capex this year. This only 14% of the annual revenues. MetroPCS (USA) proposes...
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Global operator strategies - 18/08/07
Omantel (Oman) would buy 65% stake in Worldcall (Pakistan) for about $156m. Portugal Telecom sells 22% stake in African investment holding company to private equity fund Helios for about €330m. FT targets to acquire as large a stake as possible in Vietnamese...
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Mobile operator strategies - 09/05/07
mig33, a mobile social networking startup, received $10m in a first round of funding led by Accel Partners and Redpoint Ventures. Frengo, another mobile social networking startup, received $5.7m in a round led by The Trilogy Partnership. China Unicom...
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Global operator strategies - 28/08/07
BskyB (UK) has extended the takeover offer for computer/electronic hardware maker Amstrad to September 4. Verizon Wireless, RealNetworls and MTV Networks will jointly launch Rhapsody America, designed to take on Apple's iTunes. T-Mobile, Orange and O2...
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Global operator strategies - 06/08/07
KPN plans bidding for Getronics NV, a Dutch IT services concern, and would pay over €700m for the deal. Verizon Wireless buys Rural Cellular (USA), one of the nation’s largest rural carriers, for $2.7bn. Altimo and Ipoc signed peace agreement on MegaFon...
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Global operator strategies - 16/07/07
Telefonica offers €3bn to fully control Vivo (Brazil), its joint affiliate with Portugal Telecom. Telefonica may sell its 10% stake in Portugal Telecom as part of the deal, but PT says it is also willing to buy Vivo. Teliasonera has bought 100% of MCT...
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Global operator strategies - 08/07/07
Egypt to host ITU Telecom AFRICA 2008 EU fines Telefonica for broadband access fee abuses. Telefonica is fined €152m, and clears UMTS license fee reduction for Orange and SFR (both in France), in spite of Bouygues Telecom' s claim. Indonesia has capped...