Cell phones in France
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Survey Says - 11% of Britons never make a phone call on their mobile Phone Almost half of Brits carry their mobile phone with them all the time, and it is the older generation being the most likely to do so - claims a survey by Lightspeed Research. ...GetJar to Power Virgin Mobile's French App Store Independent app store, GetJar says that it has been chosen by the MVNO, Virgin Mobile France to provide its entire catalogue of free mobile applications for its mobile app store to be launched later this week....Mobile Phone Thefts Down in France Thefts of mobile phones in France fell 10.19 percent to 156,500 in 2008 from 174,250 in 2007, according to the French National Police Administration....Fitch Downgrades France's SFR Debt ratings; Stable Outlook The downgrade reflects Fitch's substantially lower expectations of performance from the Neuf Cegetel (Neuf) business than had been factored into the agency's forecasts when the acquisition closed in April 2008. ...Alcatel-Lucent Opens Alternative Energy Lab for Telecoms Infrastructure Alcatel-Lucent has announced the operational launch of an alternative energy laboratory and pilot site dedicated to the telecoms sector. ...ZTE to Sell Its First Own Branded Mobile Phone in France China's ZTE has announced that its X760 mobile phone is now available through the French operator Bouygues Telecom. This is the first touch-screen handset available for distribution in France under the ZTE brand....Bouygues Telecom to Trial Alcatel-Lucent's IMS Platform France's Bouygues Telecom has contracted with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy an IMS pilot network that enables the operator to test new multimedia communications services that are based on the GSM Association's "Rich Communication Suite" specifications....SFR Q1 Revenues Up 31% - Sells 120,000 iPhone Handsets France's Vivendi Group has reported a 6.9% drop in first-quarter adjusted net profits to EUR 649 million due to interest costs on higher debt. Interest payments reached EUR 108 million, up from EUR 37 million a year ago....France Telecom 1st-Quater Down on French TV Costs France Telecom has reported a 4.4% drop in first-quarter profits due to costs incurred by its French television services....Orange has announced a deal to port the Wikipedia internet encyclopaedia into its own mobile internet portal - both as a stand-alone product but also integrated into its existing content services.... |
