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Articles tagged with: Portugal Telecom
Portugal Telecom Spending $54 Million Upgrading East Timor Network
The chief executive of Portugal Telecom, Zeinal Bava has said that the company is investing over US$54 million in improving the telecommunications network in Timor Leste (East Timor) by the end of 2009. more
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Portugal Telecom Q2 Profits Drop 20%
Portugal Telecom has reported a 20% drop in second-quarter profits to EUR 89.7 million down from EUR 112.1 million a year ago. Revenue fell by 2.5% to EUR 1.63 billion, while EBITDA rose 1.6% to EUR 594.9 million. more
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Angolan Operator Plans $1.7 Billion Spending Plan Over 4 Years
Angolan mobile network operator, Unitel says that it will spend around US$1.7 billion over the next four years upgrading its infrastructure and expanding the mobile network. The government approved the increased capital spending last month. more
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Fitch: European High-Grade Telecoms Maintain Good Liquidity
Fitch Ratings says, in report published today, that European high-grade telecom issuers have continued to maintain good liquidity and that their access to capital markets remained relatively healthy during the course of Q109. more
Related Tags: fitch-ratings, deutsche-telekom, telefonica, telecom-italia, kpn, vodafone, capex, iden, wind, eu
Maroc Telecom takes over Mali's Sotelma
APA- Rabat (Morocco) The Moroccan telecommunications group said on Saturday it had acquired 51% of the Malian national telecommunication company (Sotelma) after making a €252 million bid. more
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Telefonica Gets a Debt Ratings Upgrade
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Telefonica and its subsidiary O2's Long-term Issuer Default ratings (IDRs) to 'A-'(A minus) from 'BBB+', respectively. The agency has simultaneously upgraded Telefonica Finance USA's preference shares to 'BBB+' from 'BBB'. Telefonica's short term rating of F2 is affirmed. more
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Telefónica Considering Shut Down of Brazilian CDMA Network
Telefónica has outlined plans to spend upwards of US$17-$20 billion on its Latin American networks over the next five years - and plans to shut down its CDMA networks eventually. more
Related Tags: cdma, telefonica, gsm, Brazil
Brazilian Operator 3rd Quarter Profits Jump on Aquisition
Brazil's largest mobile network operator, Vivo Participacoes has reported a massive jump in 3rd quarter profits after acquiring rival operator, Telemig Celular Participacoes and higher organic revenues from data services. more
Related Tags: sms, arpu, wcdma, vas, vivo, vivo-participacoes, Brazil
Brazil's Vivo Still Leads Mobile Market, Claro Catches TIM
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Vivo Participacoes still leads the Brazilian mobile phone market with a 31.1% share of subscriptions in August but Claro caught up with TIM Participacoes to share second place, with each registering a 25.1% share, according to figures released by telecommunications regulator Anatel. more
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Mascom Wireless Launches 3G in Botswana
Botswana's Mascom Wireless has launched a 3G and HSDPA network - although coverage is initially limited to the greater Gaborone area only. Mascom Chief Marketing Officer, Ms Dzene Makhwade-Seboni said that the company has spent P50 million (US$7.7 million) on the network upgrade. more
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