Articles tagged with: Teliasonera and Kpn

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

Europe Telecom Giants Call the Shots Again as M&A Picks Up

As the global financial crisis nears its one-year anniversary, Europe's top telecom operators are rediscovering an appetite for deals and preparing to pounce on vulnerable rivals, armed with solid balance sheets and needled by a rising threat from newcomers like Google and Apple. more

Telefonica Mulling KPN Takeover Bid

The wave of European telco consolidation continued today with reports that Spain's Telefonica is considering a bid for the Dutch KPN Group. The German language Financial Times Deutschland reported that Telefonica had been mulling its options and had begun working out the financial viability of a takeover and the potential cost savings it could engender. more

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KPN's MVNO Plan Offers Potential Growth - Report

While most large European network-based telecom operators have to date avoided launching mobile virtual network operators ("MVNOs") in foreign markets, some incumbent operators are now considering such ventures. more

50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006

�The Eastern Management Group has released the names of the World's 50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006. Compilation of the list is an annual joint effort between the firm's two largest and oldest practices. The Service Provider Consulting Practice assists businesses to establish and manage distribution channels and channel partners that sell to service providers throughout the world; while the Service Provider Market Research Practice performs ongoing tracking of all of the world's telecommunications service providers, in more than 200 countries and territories. more

EU Says Mobile Roaming Caps On Track To Be Enacted By Summer

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Legislation to cap mobile phone roaming charges is on track to be enacted by this summer, the European Union's top telecom official said Tuesday. more

KPN Gets More Wiggle Room After Dutch Govt Sells Stake

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- The Dutch government said Friday it has agreed to sell its remaining 8% stake in Royal KPN for about 1.7 billion euros ($2.17 billion) in a move that will allow the country's largest phone company to determine its own future without the threat of political interference. more

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GSMA Hosts Interoperability Testing

The GSM Association (GSMA) and its partners have successfully completed a series of interoperability trials in both Europe and Asia - a major step towards ensuring that the next generation of multimedia services, based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and IMS, will work smoothly across networks right from launch. more

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