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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, eu, telefonica, microwave, bts, 2g, Spain


Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?

The market for Western European converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007.  more

Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, smartphone, samsung, eu, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, smartphones, gps, ibm, wind, ericsson, idc, lg, htc, blackberry, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, operating-system, windows, storm, wave, os, feature-phones, barcelona


Vodafone Announces 500 Job Cuts in the UK

As expected, vodafone UK has announced a round of job cuts today - which will lead to around 500 redundancies in an effort to cut costs. The company currently employs around 10,000 people in the UK.  more

Related Tags: vodafone-uk, stoke, connect, UK


Competition Commission approves Vodacom/Vodafone merger

South Africa's Competition Commission has recommended the approval of the proposed merger between vodafone Group and local mobile operator, Vodacom Group and has referred the transaction to the Competition Tribunal for approval.  more

Related Tags: vodacom, landline, telkom, vodafone-group, competition-commission, South Africa


Verizon Profits Rise as Wireless Growth Starts to Slow

US based Verizon Communications has reported a rise in its fourth-quarter profits, although growth in its wireless subscriber base slowed even as landline subscribers continued to shut-down their accounts. The firm recorded a quarterly profit of US$1.2 billion compared to US$1.1 billion a year ago - on sales of US$24.6 billion (compared to US$23.8 billion a year ago).  more

Related Tags: arpu, rural, lte, verizon-wireless, verizon, alltel, verizon-communications, churn,


Tata Merges Towers Division with Quippo Telecom

As has been long anticipated, Tata Teleservices (TTSL) has announced the details of plans to merge its tower division, Wireless Tata Telecom Infrastructure (WTTI), with Srei group's Quippo Telecom Infrastructure (QTIL).  more

Related Tags: docomo, cdma, reliance, bharti, tata-teleservices, gsm, essar, vodafone-essar, reliance-infratel, towers, tower, quippo, tata, India


BSNL - 6 Cos Have Bid For 93 Million GSM Lines Order

NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- Indian state-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. has received technical and financial bids from six global telecom equipment suppliers for its contract to supply 93 million GSM, communication lines, the company's chairman said Wednesday.  more

Related Tags: motorola, huawei, zte, alcatel-lucent, nortel, bharti, bsnl, bharti-airtel, delhi, siemens, pace, airtel, India


Vodafone says Apple will meet it part way over branded iPhone apps

Independent analyst comment - Tony Cripps, senior analyst at Ovum  more

Related Tags: iphone, mobile-data, itunes, apple, rsa, ovum, walled-garden, app-store


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