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Articles tagged with: Madrid
Orange Spain Secures European Loan for Broadband Expansion
The first EUR 300 million (US$418 million) tranche of a loan that the European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted to France Telecom to finance broadband investment in Spain, where it trades under the Orange brand, was signed today in madrid. more
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Telefonica's Chairman Due in Court on Insider Trading Allegations
Telefonica's Chairman, Cesar Alierta is expected to appear in court today as trial commences concerning a job he held at a tobacco company ten years ago. The Spanish prosecutor is alleging that he knew of an impending takeover of the tobacco firm, Tabacalera by US based Havatampa - and profited by US$2.5 million from share purchases just prior to the announcement. more
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Verizon Announces LTE Deployment Plans - Going Live in 2010
Verizon's CTO, Dick Lynch has outlined the company's plans to roll out an LTE upgrade for its wireless network. Lynch announced that Verizon Wireless has selected Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent as primary network vendors for its initial LTE network deployments. These two vendors are expected to build the underlying infrastructure that will enable Verizon Wireless to become the first wireless company to offer commercial LTE-based service in the United States, starting in 2010. more
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Vodafone Spain Tests 20Mbps Mobile Download Speeds
Following on from recent trials in Portugal, Vodafone says that it has now tested a HSPA+ mobile broadband connection that delivers maximum download speeds in excess of 20 Mbps in a test environment in Spain. more
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Telefonica Opens Madrid Flagship Store to Boost iPhone Sales
madrid -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica is putting the finishing touches on a 3,000 meter flagship store in downtown madrid as the company looks to capitalize on its exclusive launch in Spain of Apple's new third-generation iPhone Friday. more
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Nokia Siemens Wins High Speed GSM-R Contract
Nokia Siemens Networks has won a contract to provide, operate and maintain a complete GSM-R network for SpainÃ's rail administration ADIF to cover some 450 kilometers of the newly constructed high-speed tracks linking madrid with the cities of Valencia and Albacete. Nokia Siemens Networks remains the sole mobile communications supplier for ADIF high-speed lines designed for trains known as AVE. more
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Spanish Children Treated for Cellphone Addiction
Two Spanish students are being treated for an addiction to cellphones at a psychiatric centre in northeastern Spain, the El Mundo newspaper has reported. They are reported to have been given a mobile phone some 18 months ago and managed to spend an average of five to six hours per day using them. more
Related Tags: teenagers, Spain
Qualcomm Buys Spanish Fleet Management Firm
Qualcomm's European subsidiary has acquired substantially all the assets of madrid-based Ronda Grupo Consultor, a provider in the development, establishment and operation of fleet management systems (FMS) for the transportation and logistics industry in Spain and Portugal. The acquisition allows for the combination of Ronda's local market knowledge and presence to enhance Qualcomm's European fleet management operations. more
Spanish Mobile Content Firm Gets Investment Funding
Savia Capital Innovación - a venture fund which includes the local government and Telefonica as shareholders - has taken a minority stake in mmCHANNEL, a Spanish mobile content firm. mmCHANNEL is headquartered in madrid and recently opened a second office in Dubai. more
Related Tags: telefonica, kpn, mobile-music, Spain
Qualcomm Lawyers Permitted to Disclose Confidential Information
A US federal judge has ruled that six lawyers who had been criticized for their actions when defending Qualcomm during a patent lawsuit with Broadcomm will be allowed to defend themselves in their appeal. more
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