MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | yesterday
*BSkyB 'eyes Spanish pay TV group'* *Broadcasting giant BSkyB is mulling a 2.5 billion euro (£2bn) bid for Spanish pay TV platform Digital+, a report said. Sky is said to be...
Winds and Breezes (Free subscription) | yesterday
here are some thoughts on heading off trouble at the pass: Reduce corporation tax for exporting companies to 6% Introduce a wealth tax on second properties of 20% of purchase price. Compare second property location to job location just to be on the safeside. Nationalise the telephone cable network - I’m not a comms expert - and bring [...]
Telco, Internet and IT (Free subscription) | yesterday
Etisalat is planning to offer new services to its customers, in a tie up with France Telecom. Etisalat is looking to deploy in the UAE, the home networking solutions and multiple-play services (home gateway) and 'Orange TV' (IPTV offer via set-up-box) rolled out by France Telecom in Europe, in its aim to offer FTTH (Fibre To The Home) in the UAE.
Financial Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
Falls in Marks and Spencer, Southern Cross and Pendragon were enough to cause investors sleepless nights even when bad news already abounds. But did they reflect the intrinsic value of those companies? Were they an overreaction?
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
France Telecom and UAE-based operator Etisalat have announced an alliance for the development of multimedia services.
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
A report from Strategy Analytics suggests that Spain's residential broadband landscape continues to be highly concentrated, with four players controlling nearly 90% of the total market. Of the...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
British Sky Broadcasting, the UK satellite group, is considering making a bid of more than €2.5bn for Digital+, the Spanish pay-TV platform, which would mark its first foray outside the UK and Ireland since an ill-fated move into Germany in 2000
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
[CN+] Spain's antitrust regulator, the CNC, has accused Telefonica and the Spanish units of Vodafone and France Telecom of fixing mobile tariffs, a spokesman from one of the companies said citing initial findings from the CNC.
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
etisalat and France Telecom will collaborate in a number of diversified areas including in Home services, contents, international network, besides making joint investments in the sector. An MoU which was signed in Paris, yesterday between Mohamm
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
(Telecompaper) France Telecom has formed a technological and commercial partnership with UAE operator Etisalat. Under the terms of an MoU signed by both CEOs, the groups will collaborate in three areas; home services, content and the international network. It will cover multiple-service delivery (dual- and triple-play). The agreement also calls for Etisalat to invest in France Telecom, Sagem and Thomson...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Accra, Ghana – Ghana's opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is raising the red flag over the privatization of the state-owned Ghana Telecom (GT) saying the process lacks openness and transparency.
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Vodafone will become the new owner of Ghana Telecom by 2 July, having reportedly concluded negotiations with the Ghanaian government to acquire a 66.7% in the telco, according to the local press. The mobile giant held exclusive talks with Ghana's Inter-Ministerial Committee to broker a $960 million deal, the country's Peace FM radio station revealed on its Website late last week, citing an unnamed...
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
[CN+] France Telecom is considering partnerships with existing operators in Algeria as a way of entering the North African country's lucrative mobile market, a company executive said Wednesday.
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
The chief executive of France Telecom, Wednesday declined to comment on the possibility of additional payouts to shareholders following the collapse of the company's attempt to buy Nordic operator TeliaSonera.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom said on Wednesday it was seeking acquisitions that would be smaller than its failed $40 billion bid for TeliaSonera but declined to comment on a possible cash return to shareholders.
