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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

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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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Telefonica Merges German Landline and Mobile Divisions

Telefónica Deutschland and O2 have announced plans to bundle their business-to-business activities and the operation of their mobile communications and landline infrastructures under the common name of Telefónica O2 Germany.  more

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Tower Sharing Could Save $8 Billion Over 5 Years in MEA Region

Delta Partners has published a white paper about the potential of network sharing in the MEA region. The paper notes that there are currently over 200,000 mobile network towers in operation across the Middle East and Africa, in which operators invest annually between 10-20% of their revenues to rollout new sites or upgrade existing sites. Operators continue to make large investments in order to upgrade technologies and capacity as well as population coverage, especially in rural Africa.  more

Related Tags: , ict, rural, vodafone, capex, infrastructure-sharing, opex, towers, network-sharing


There is a Role for Challengers in the European Mobile Communications Market

The global economic downturn has taken its toll on industries across the globe, and the mobile and wireless communications industry is no exception. In the European market, which is highly saturated and competitive, mobile network operators (MNOs) are in a survival of the fittest battle to maintain and expand their market share. On the fringes of this battle are new entrants, challenging established MNOs to stay in the game.  more

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Telefonica Selects Level 3 for North American Network

Level 3 Communications has expanded its relationship with telefonica International Wholesale Services to establish a dedicated wavelength network across North America, which represents the largest single capacity commitment in Level 3 history.  more

Related Tags: sim, lte, ovi, iden, 3, level-3, partner, andrew, bandwidth


Telefonica and Vodafone in Deal to Share European Networks

telefonica and Vodafone have confirmed rumours and announced a 10-year European deal to share aspects of their radio networks and infrastructure in Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK. As part of the collaboration, Telefónica and Vodafone are also exploring opportunities to cooperate in related areas such as the provision of transmission services.  more

Related Tags: 3g, vodafone, compete, microwave, bts, 2g, Spain


Nokia Siemens Wins Contracts in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Telefónica O2 has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to extend its mobile networks in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Under a three-year contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will be the sole supplier of the 2G and optionally 3G networks covering Slovakia and 2G and 3G in the Czech Republic's two major cities, Prague and Brno.  more

Related Tags: 3g, nokia, edge, o2, core-network, nokia-siemens-networks, siemens, nokia-siemens, telefonica-o2, 2g, Czech Republic


Telefonica: ICTs can reduce 15% of global emissions by 2020

Telefónica has pledged to lead an information and communication technologies (ICT) industry initiative to cut global CO2 emissions by 15 per cent before 2020. The world's fourth largest telecommunications company reinforced its drive to combat climate change by challenging ICTs to step up the development of energy-efficient devices, applications and networks.  more

Related Tags: sim, gsm-association, rsa, ict, itu, edge, o2, lte, climate-change, gsm, telefonica-o2, charger


The Network of Everything

Wireless experts believe that, by 2017, personal networks will have to cope with at least a thousand devices, like laptops, telephones, mp3 players, games, sensors and other technology. To link these devices will require a ¢â‚¬ËœNetwork of Everything'. It represents an astonishing challenge, but European researchers believe that they are moving towards the solution.  more

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