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Articles tagged with: Telefonica and Tim
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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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
Related Tags: , iden, prison, madrid, cesar-alierta, lawsuit, court, Spain
Emerging Markets Cautious About Telecoms CAPEX for 2009
Debt ratings agency, Fitch Ratings said today that the challenging macro-economic outlook is driving emerging market telecoms to adopt a more cautious stance on capital spending for 2009. In a new report, Fitch compares technology development and investment trends across Emerging Asia, Latin America, Russia/CIS and Africa, and examines currency risks stemming from the recent devaluation of most emerging market currencies. more
Related Tags: , 3g, fitch-ratings, driving, capex, pt-excelcomindo-pratama, xl, ovi, sharp, excelcomindo, fitch, africa
Mexico's Iusacell Loses 600,000 Customers Due to Clean-Up
The Mexican mobile market finished the year on 77.93m customers with a below-par performance for customer growth in Q4 2008. In fact, the quarterly increase of 2.24m was the smallest gain since Q2 06 and the smallest fourth-quarter gain in five years. The main cause of this was Iusacell's loss of 0.56m customers as the result of a customer clean-up programme. more
Related Tags: , ovi, telcel, iusacell, nextel, Mexico
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
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, sim, social-networking, eu, 3-uk, vodafone, mvno, o2, wind, lte, outsourcing, ovi, iden, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, p4, virgin, UK
Telefonica Conducts 1st Tests of LTE Network in Spain
Spain's Telefónica has conducted its first tests on a live LTE network, installed at its Demonstrations Centre in Madrid. These initial real demonstrations or tests consisted of a VoIP call, and a videocall using an LTE mini-network installed by Ericsson; a video conference, and data and images downloads at speeds in excess of 140 Mbps, around 10 times those possible with current 3G networks using HSPA technology. more
Related Tags: 3g, voip, lte, hspa, ericsson, hsupa, usb-modem, mobile-broadband, netbooks, hsdpa, Spain
London Underground Gets Emergency Radio Network
A TETRA based radio network is now working across the entire of London's underground railway network - it was announced today. The Airwave system - will be made available to the police initially, and later to other emergency services and was a key recommendation of the report following the terrorist attacks in London a couple of years ago. more
Related Tags: o2, london, 112, police, underground, railway, london-underground, tetra, emergency, emergency-services, terrorist, UK
The Top Operators in Caribbean & LatAm by Subscriber Growth
Between them, the ten fastest growing operators in Latin America and the Caribbean added a total of over 52m new connections over the past year, or around two thirds of the region's 78m total. Quarter on quarter, the bias towards the industry leaders was even more pronounced, with 17.55m of the 19.0m or so new connections happening at the top end of the market. The quarter is somewhat atypical, due to the dismemberment of Telemig, which has boosted the numbers for both Vivo and TNL, but this is a region with an unusual concentration of power. more
Related Tags: brasil-telecom, telcel, vivo, latin-america, caribbean
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
Related Tags: telecom-italia, portugal-telecom, tim-participacoes, vivo, claro, vivo-participacoes, Brazil
Brazil Telecom Competition to Heat up on Number Portability
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil telecommunication operators will see stiff competition get stiffer after the introduction of number portability earlier this week. more
Related Tags: number-portability, brasil-telecom, tim-participacoes, vivo, vivo-participacoes, triple-play, churn, option, true, Brazil
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