Mobile & Wireless
Telia upgrades LTE to 100Mbps 11 Mar 2010 02:46 PM CET | Sweden

Swedish mobile operator Telia is upgrading its mobile broadband base stations in central Stockholm to deliver speeds of 100 Mbps. The rest of its LTE base stations will undergo the upgrade process beginning this spring. After the upgrade, customers will be able to access ... | Read

Motorola to put Microsoft's Bing on Android phones 11 Mar 2010 10:11 AM CET | China

Motorola has reached a deal with Microsoft that will put Bing search and mapping services on its phones that use Google's Android operating system. Motorola said that a Bing bookmark and search widget will be loaded on mobile phones, starting with phones in China by the end ... | Read

MTN Group FY revenue up 9.2% to ZAR 111.9 bln 11 Mar 2010 09:29 AM CET | Africa

Africa and Middle East mobile operator MTN Group reported revenues up 9.2 percent to ZAR 111.9 billion for 2009, largely driven by subscriber growth. The Group's EBITDA increased by 6.7 percent to ZAR 46.1 billion for the year. Movements in foreign currencies had a negative ... | Read

China Mobile buys 20% stake in Pudong Bank
LG launches Andro-1 in Korea
Vmax to invest TWD 1.5 bln in Wimax network this year
Megafon grows FY revenues 3.7%


Internet
Virgin Media trials using telephone poles for broadband 11 Mar 2010 12:59 PM CET | United Kingdom

Virgin Media will soon begin a trial to deliver 50 Mbps broadband to the Berkshire village of Woolhampton using telegraph poles. The trial is expected to effectively increase broadband speeds by more than ten-fold by connecting homes directly to Virgin Media's network. The ... | Read

UKE supports broadband networks construction 10 Mar 2010 10:10 AM CET | Poland

Polish regulator UKE announced the launch of the project to support broadband networks construction. On 4 March UKE received information that the Ministry of Interior and Administration approving the project to support construction of broadband internet access networks, as ... | Read

NTT Com to buy online advertising company 10 Mar 2010 01:56 AM CET | Japan

NTT Communications plans to acquire online advertiser X-Listing. NTT Com will spend JPY 924 million on a 61.6 percent stake, which NTT Com will buy from current shareholders Excite Japan and Itochu, The Nikkei reports. NTT Com will use the advertiser's technology to develop ... | Read

Online piracy rises in France despite new law - study
Google tests TV search with Dish STB - report
UK ISPs could gain GBP 100 mln from digital music by 2013
Internet seen as fundamental right worldwide - survey


General
France Telecom names management team for French operations 11 Mar 2010 09:03 AM CET | France

France Telecom has appointed a new management committee for French operations, effective from 6 April. The new organisation was announced by group CEO Stephane Richard and executive vice president and deputy for French operations Delphine Ernotte. It has been tasked with ... | Read

Telecom Argentina net profit up 46% to ARS 1.4 bln in 2009 11 Mar 2010 04:25 AM CET | Argentina

Telecom Argentina reported revenues of ARS 12.26 billion in 2009, up 15 percent year-on-year. Net income for the period reached ARS 1.4 billion, up by 46 percent versus 2008. Mobile revenues rose 16 percent to ARS 8.06 billion, while fixed-line revenues increased 14 percent ... | Read

Icasa issues guidelines for market reviews 09 Mar 2010 09:52 AM CET | South Africa

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has issued guidelines on planned market reviews. The Electronic Communications Act (ECA) requires the regulator to impose ex ante regulations, including price controls, on operators that hold significant power in ... | Read

Spain sheds mobile lines in January
Hutchison Hong Kong doubles profit in 2009
Sonaecom revenues fall 6.6% to EUR 232 mln in Q4
Qtel Group FY net profit up 21% to QAR 2.8 billion


Fixed
Kabel Deutschland sets IPO share price range 11 Mar 2010 09:24 AM CET | Germany

German cable network operator Kabel Deutschland and the shareholders exiting the company have decided to set the share price for the IPO between EUR 21.50 and EUR 25.50. The total number of shares being sold on the market amounts to 30 million, plus up to 4.5 million ... | Read

AT&T completes 100G field trial 10 Mar 2010 06:10 AM CET | United States

AT&T announced the successful completion of a live network environment field trial of 100-Gigabit backbone network technology. During the trial, AT&T field tested the new Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. AT&T also used the Opnext 100 Gigabit CFP client side modules and ... | Read

Cisco triples routing capacity with CRS-3 launch 09 Mar 2010 05:34 PM CET | World

Cisco unveiled its next-generation routing platform for operators, the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. The Cisco CRS-3 triples the capacity of its predecessor, the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System, to up to 322 Tbps. According to the company, the system offers 12 ... | Read

Avaya, Polycom to launch joint UC products
Ono board approves EUR 200 mln refinancing by shareholders
Telefonica eyes group bid for Mexican dark fibre spectrum
Kabel Deutschland values IPO at maximum EUR 700 million


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