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Articles tagged with: Telecom Italia and Telefonica
Telefonica O2 pays $1.3 Billion for German DSL-Provider
Telecom Italia has sold its German DSL-provider, Hansenet to Telefonica for EUR 900 million (US$1.33 billion) in an all cash transaction. Once the acquisition of the company is finalized, Telefónica O2 Germany will become the number three player in the German market in terms of revenue. more
Related Tags: o2, telefonica-o2, Germany
Benetton Familiy Exit Telecom Italia Consortium
Italy's Benetton family is leaving the consortium that has control of Telecom Italia after reportedly being disappointed with the investment. more
Related Tags: benetton, three, Italy
Telecom Italia ordered to sell Argentine assets
Buenos Aires, Aug 27 (EFE).- Argentine anti-trust authorities ordered Telecom Italia to sell its telephone holdings in the country to prevent Spain's Telefonica from dominating the local market, the press reported Thursday. more
Related Tags: telecom-argentina, Argentina
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, kpn, portugal-telecom, vodafone, capex, iden, wind, eu
EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007. more
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Industry to Settle on a Generic Phone Charger for All Mobile Phones
The GSMA and 17 mobile operators and manufacturers have announced that they are committed to implementing a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. The aim of the initiative, led by the GSMA, is to ensure that the mobile industry adopts a common format for mobile phone charger connections and energy-efficient chargers resulting in an estimated 50 per cent reduction in standby energy consumption and the potential elimination of up to 51,000 tonnes of duplicate chargers. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, orange, t-mobile, nokia, samsung, motorola, qualcomm, omtp, rsa, phone-charger, vodafone, telenor, ericsson, micro-usb, sony, 3, gsma
Mobile Operators Confirm Commitment to Mobile Linux Based Phones
Mobile Linux group, the LiMo Foundation has announced a commitment from six major operator members to specify and deliver mobile phones using LiMo Platform implementations in 2009. more
Related Tags: orange, vodafone, docomo, verizon-wireless, verizon, mobile-linux, limo-foundation, open-source, linux
Rich Communication Suite Will Bolster IMS Deployments
The Rich Communication Suite (RCS), a new initiative of a large group of handset and infrastructure vendors and mobile operators, promises to enhance the ability of wireless and wireline networks to offer interoperable rich communications. It is built on the IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) platform, and should boost IMS deployments significantly. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, samsung, rsa, teliasonera, abi-research, ericsson, lte, sony, ims, siemens, rich-communication-suite, rcs
Laptops to come with "Mobile Inside" Logo
A group of IT and mobile companies have united behind a GSMA-led initiative to create a new category of always-connected Mobile Broadband devices, which the GSMA says will offer a technical alternative to Wi-Fi services. more
Related Tags: orange, gemalto, wi-fi, t-mobile, microsoft, qualcomm, teliasonera, ericsson, mobile-broadband, toshiba, lenovo, dell, idc, 3, gsma, mp3, notebook, chipset
Telecom Argentina Battle Gets Nasty as Top Shareholders Spar
BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- The battle for control of Telecom Argentina - a saga replete with accusations of wiretapping, lies, greed and political maneuvering - is heating up as a deciding deadline approaches. more
Related Tags: rsa, wiretaps, france-telecom, telecom-argentina, recycling, antitrust, sofora, new-york, Argentina