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 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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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 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
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