paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Looking to grow its O2 Germany division, Telefonica ( NYSE: TEF ) is buying German broadband provider Hansenet for the not-inconsiderable €900 million in cash. Telefonica aims to marry its mobile and fixed-line telephony services with Hansenet’s 2.2 million DSL subscribers, making for an integrated, bundled triple-play.
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
— France IPTV : Still the clear world leader in web TV, France had 7.7 million IPTV subscribers at the end of H109, a rise of 2.5 million on the previous 12 months, according to telecom regulator ARCEP. By contrast, the UK had just 418,000 subscribers at the end of 2008 . From iptv-news.com . — EA Games : Forget single player games, online multiplayer is the future of gaming, according...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
MADRID, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica will buy broadband operator HanseNet from Telecom Italia for 900 million euros ($1.34 billion), Telefonica said on Thursday, strengthening its competitive position in Germany.
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Telecom Italia has sold its German DSL-provider, Hansenet to Telefonica for EUR 900 million (US$1.33 billion) in an all cash transaction.
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
(Telecompaper) Telefonica has agreed to buy Telecom Italia's German broadband operator Hansenet for EUR 900 million. The takeover of the DSL operator will make Telefonica the number-three player on the German market in terms of revenue, with combined annual sales of almost EUR 5 billion. Pending a definitive agreement and regulatory approval, the sale is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010....
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Spanish company uncorked a surprise by raising its offer for the Brazilian fixed-line company in a move to outmanoeuvre rival Vivendi
Arts Reader (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/H60H77/4GA6Q/RWX3DS/DW5K7/ Telecoms Thursday November 05 2009 FT.com - Telecoms Fake handsets threaten brands An electronics research group report says that China's grey market wireless handset production is expected to amount to 145m units...
inca kola news (Free subscription) | yesterday
I vote Telefonica the worst internet service provider in South America. Any objections? Dynasty (DMM.to) up 2.4% at $5.58. This is also good. I have a bet on with a sometime drinking partner who says that DMM finishes at $5.72 or above today. I took the bet cos that way I can't lose. Four beers on the wager. Bottoms up! Rusoro (RML.v) up 3.4% at $0.61 and get past this number and the stock might...just...
Everton1878s Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
UK iPhone owners subscribed to O2 will indeed be allowed to unlock their iPhones for other carriers, according to Matthew Key, CEO of O2’s parent company, Telefonica Europe. “Once the iPhone becomes available on other UK networks, we will allow O2 customers to unlock their iPhones, although of course they will still need to honour any [...]
Martin's Mobile Technology Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
There we go, lots of people have asked me in the past few days about my opinion on the publication of the IMS One Voice Profile to bring voice services to LTE. The spec, created by AT&T, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung and Sony Ericsson is available here. There's a strong political and a technical side to this, so let's...
Mac World UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
Why is your 3G coverage so appalling? asks Times reader In a Q&A with readers of The Times newspaper, Matthew Key, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Telefónica Europe answers questions related to O2 and the iPhone. Key admits selling the iPhone for the last two years has proved a steep learning curve.
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Telecompaper) Telecom Italia reports revenues of EUR 6.77 billion for the third quarter of this year, down 5.6 percent year-on-year and the EBITDA decreased by 0.4 percent to EUR 2.99 billion. These results exclude the figures of TI's German subsidiary Hansenet, which is sold to Telefonica. The EBITDA margin improved by 2.4 percent to 44.2 percent and the EBIT grew 1.3 percent to EUR 1.61 billion....
SlashPhone (Free subscription) | yesterday
AT&T, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have defined the preferred way to ensure the smooth introduction and delivery of voice and SMS services on Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks worldwide. The above telecommunications industry leaders have jointly developed a technical profile for LTE voice...
GigaOM (Free subscription) | yesterday
A large group of carriers and equipment makers yesterday came out in support of a standard called One Voice to provide voice over the next-generation Long Term Evolution mobile networks. For those adopting the standard, LTE mobile calls would become VoIP calls. The standard is necessary to ensure you can call people on 3G [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile UK and France Telecom SA's Orange signed an agreement to combine their British units in a joint venture on Thursday, two months after both companies announced the plan.
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