Articles tagged with: Madrid
UPDATE: Profit For Spain's Telefonica Rises 8% On Strong Home Market
LONDON (Dow Jones) -- Telefonica, Europe's second-largest telecommunications company, Wednesday posted an 8% rise in quarterly profit, fueled by strong demand for broadband services in Spain and the recent acquisition of Britain's O2. more
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Telefonica To Vote In Favor Of Portugal Tel Bylaw Changes
madrid (Dow Jones)--Spain's Telefonica said Thursday it plans to vote in favor of bylaw changes to remove limits on voting rights in Portugal Telecom. more
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Telefónica aims for 225 million clients by 2009
Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica expects to be serving 225 million clients around the world by 2009, up 40% compared to 192 million today, the company said in a statement. more
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BenQ Mobile Closes Factory, Expects Breakeven Next Year"
Parallel to publishing the business figures for the second quarter, BenQ Corporation has re-affirmed its commitment to its mobile phones division. Nine months after the company took over the mobile devices business from Siemens, Kuen-Yao Lee, chairman of the Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer, is convinced of the potential of this business division: more
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TEF to complete TEM merger on Jul 31
Spanish mobile group Telefónica Móviles will trade for the last time on the New York and madrid stock exchanges on July 28 before completing its merger with parent company Telefónica, the company said in a statement. more
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Telefonica Profit Jumps 40% On O2, Cesky"
LONDON (Dow Jones) -- Telefonica, Europe third-largest telecommunications company, on Friday said quarterly profit jumped 40%, helped by the contribution of recent acquisitions O2 and Cesky Telecom. more
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ANALYSIS: Ola's partner search winding up
The deadline for committing to participate in the bidding process to become Colombia Móvil's (Ola) partner expires this Friday, but the number of companies that will actually come through and make a commitment is far from certain. more
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London Underground Pushing Ahead with Phones on Trains Plan
The UK's subterranean railway network, London Underground says that it intended to push ahead with a feasibility study into plans to permit the use of mobile phones on the networks underground stations and possibly trains. A feasibility study, beginning this month, will look at setting up mobile phone transmitters at four central London Tube stations. more
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Disposable Cell Phone Purchases Under FBI Scrutiny - ABC
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- One recent large-scale purchase of disposable cell phones in California and an attempted purchase in Texas have caught the FBI's attention, ABC News reported on its Web site Friday. more
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Telefonica To Up Stake In China Netcom To 9.9% - Source
madrid -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica has signed an agreement that will allow it to raise its stake in the Chinese telecommunications operator China Netcom Group Corp. to 9.9% from 5%, a person close to the matter said Monday. more
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