Mobile & Wireless
Sony Ericsson promotes Tear to lead global sales, marketing 08 Feb 2010 11:04 AM CET | World

Sony Ericsson has promoted Kristian Tear, currently head of Western Europe and head of global customer accounts, to head of global sales and marketing, effective 1 April. In his new role, Tear succeeds Anders Runevad, who will return to Ericsson. Tear will report to Sony ... | Read

Vodafone Qatar inks GBI cable deal 08 Feb 2010 08:52 AM CET | Qatar

Vodafone Qatar has signed an agreement to provide a landing station for Gulf Bridge International's submarine cable in the Gulf state. Scheduled to launch in 2011 and designed to operate for up to 25 years, the GBI cable system will connect telecommunication operators and ... | Read

IFC lends USD 150 mln to Helios Towers Nigeria 08 Feb 2010 09:03 AM CET | Nigeria

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has extended USD 150 million in syndicated loans to support Helios Towers Nigeria as part of an overall USD 250 million initiative to improve access to quality, affordable telecommunications in Nigeria. According to the IFC, the ... | Read

Softbank leads in subscriber adds in January
UK mobile web audience at 16 mln people in December - study
Deutsche Telekom considers IPO for T-Mobile USA - report
Optus buys 3G spectrum from Qualcomm unit


Internet
Kabel Deutschland starts 100Mbps broadband offer 08 Feb 2010 03:53 PM CET | Germany

Kabel Deutschland launched its Docsis 3.0 broadband internet service, offering speeds of up to 100Mbps. The service is initially available in Hamburg and will spread to Munich, Berlin and Hanover within six months. The cable operator expects to eventually roll out Docsis ... | Read

Belgacom to launch revamped internet packages in March 05 Feb 2010 01:49 PM CET | Belgium

Belgian incumbent Belgacom has revamped its internet offerings, which it will launch on 1 March. The entry-level package will now be called Internet Start with 2 GB, the standard offer Internet Comfort with 8 GB, and heavier usage package Internet Favorite with 75 GB. ... | Read

Iinet wins copyright infringement court case 04 Feb 2010 02:32 AM CET | Australia

Australian ISP Iinet has won the court case brought by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (Afact) in November 2008. Afact claimed that the ISP did not do enough to stop copyright infringement by its subscribers. The Australian quotes justice Cowdroy as saying ... | Read

AOL posts small profit as revenues fall 17%
Ustream raises USD 75 mln series B funding round
Google working on store for business apps - report
Yandex revenues up 14% to USD 278 mln in 2009


General
Deutsche Telekom to change strategy, focus on data - CEO 08 Feb 2010 09:31 AM CET | Germany

Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann expects a completely different revenue breakdown for the operator within five years, according to a message on Deutsche Telekom's intranet cited by the German press. Obermann unveiled the new strategy of the operator to around 1,000 ... | Read

Two bidders interested in TI's Argentina stake - report 06 Feb 2010 07:57 AM CET | Argentina

Only two bidders are still interested in the acquisition of Telecom Italia's stake in Telecom Argentina, an unnamed source close to the matter told Reuters. Back in November 2009, Telecom Italia said it received five bids for the purchase of 50 percent of its subsidiary ... | Read

Telefonica sees profits drop, hurt by Venezuelan devaluation 06 Feb 2010 06:53 AM CET | Venezuela

Telefonica announced its 2009 net profit will be reduced by nearly EUR 548 million, due to Venezuela's rising inflation and the devaluation of the bolivar. Venezuela is Telefonica's second-largest revenue generator in Latin America, accounting for almost 7 percent of ... | Read

NTT maintains FY outlook as nine-month sales fall 2.7%
Telenor, Altimo deal cleared by Russian investment board
Spain ends 2009 with 9.8 mln broadband lines
Telecom Italia shares rise on takeover report


Fixed
KDDI could buy smaller stake in J:Com - report 08 Feb 2010 03:12 AM CET | Japan

Japanese communications firm KDDI could amend its plans to buy a stake in cabler Jupiter Telecommunications (J:Com). The company is now in talks to acquire a smaller stake - less than one-third - than the initially planned 38 percent stake, The Yomiuri Shimbun reports. The ... | Read

Sun chief resigns via Twitter as Oracle buy completed 04 Feb 2010 09:56 AM CET | World

Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz resigned from his position via Twitter, following the completion of Sun's acquisition by Oracle, the New York Times reported. "Financial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more," Schwartz wrote in his tweet, the first major CEO to ... | Read

Cisco reports clear market improvement in January quarter 04 Feb 2010 08:51 AM CET | World

Cisco reported revenues for the fiscal second quarter to 23 January of USD 9.82 billion, up 8 percent from the year-earlier period. Net profit improved 23 percent to USD 1.85 billion or USD 0.40 per share. Cisco said Q2 results were better than expected, showing a clear ... | Read

ER-Telecom to sell up to 25% stake to investors
Tandberg, Cisco demo 3-screen telepresence interoperability
RCom extends deadline for sale of global assets - report
TM briefs industry on national broadband network access


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