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Latest Telecoms News from Greece
Wind Hellas Seeking to Restructure Debt
The parent company of Greek mobile network operator, Wind Hellas says that it is in talks with its majority shareholder, Weather Investments to restructure its debt as the company faces increased competition in the local telecoms market....
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Vodafone Greece and Hellas Online form a strategic partnership
Vodafone Greece has entered into a partnership with a local landline operator, Hellas Online Electronic Communications (HOL). Under the terms of the deal, Vodafone will transfer its own landline customer base to HOL, in exchange for an 18.5% in HOL....
Related Tags: vodafone-greece, base, fiber-optic
Vodafone Greece Offers 21.6 Mbps Mobile Download Speeds
Vodafone Greece has announced the launch of a HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access) upgrade to its network, offering peak speeds of 21.6 Mbps (download) and 5.7 Mbps (upload)....
Related Tags: vodafone-greece, hspa, hspa+, 3g
Fitch Ratings Affirms OTE at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable
Fitch says that the rating reflects OTE's leading positions in its domestic market for fixed and mobile and its strategy to offset the decline in the fixed-line business with growth in the mobile segment amid a shrinking Greek economy....
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Greeks to register prepaid cell phones
Greece's prepaid mobile phone users will now have to register their identities in a bid to tackle illegal immigration and other crime, the communications minister said Tuesday....
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WIND Hellas - Budget brand continues to burgeon
The Weather Investments-backed company WIND Hellas operates two brands in Greece, WIND and Q-Telecom. The combined customer total of the two was 5.27m at the end of Q1 09, a gain of 73k in the quarter and 687k in the year. ...
Related Tags: weather-investments, wind-hellas, q-telecom, weather
Deutsche Telekom Posts Q1 Loss on T-Mobile Write Down
Germany's Deutsche Telekom has reported a net loss of US$1.46 billion for the first-quarter of this year. The loss was largely blamed on an expected US$2.4 billion write-down on the valuation of T-Mobile UK...
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, t-mobile-uk, cosmote, ote, telekom
Craig Wireless Signs Greek WiMAX Reseller Deal
Craig Wireless' Greek subsidiary Craig Wireless Hellas has entered into an agreement to provide Net One subscribers with access to its WiMAX network....
Related Tags: base-station, wimax, tim, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, base-stations, 4g
Fitch Places WIND Hellas' Ratings on Negative Watch on Liquidity Concerns
Fitch Ratings has placed the ratings of Greek mobile operator, WIND Hellas Telecommunications, on Rating Watch Negative due to liquidity concerns, which are mainly related to seasonal working capital outflows in H109....
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Vodafone Expands Mobile Advertising in Greece and Netherlands
Mobile advertising agency, MADS says that it has won contracts from Vodafone Netherlands and Vodafone Greece to integrate mobile adverts within their Vodafone live! portals....
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