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Qwest to offer Verizon mobile service - July 17, 2008
Earlier this year, Qwest CEO and chairman Ed Mueller said that the company would look for a "retail" partnership with a wireless provider. That would allow Qwest's wireless customers to get the same new model cellphones that are available in retail stores...

Qwest: Let FCC rule on prices - July 14, 2008
The Denver-based telecommunications company filed a petition with the FCC in April seeking forbearance, or relief, from federal rules limiting wholesale service rates in its top four markets — Denver, Seattle, Phoenix and Minneapolis. In its request, the company said there's sufficient competition in these markets to eliminate the need for fixed pricing...

Tele2 impairment loss of SEK1bn in Q2 - July 12, 2008
Tele2 AB, announced that it has conducted an impairment of assets, resulting in a loss of approximately SEK 1 billion, which will be recorded in Q2 2008. The impairment will have no impact on Tele2's cash flow...

Alcatel Lucent to Purchase Motive Inc. for $67.8 Million - July 10, 2008
Multinational telecom equipment giant, Alcatel Lucent, announced on Tuesday that it is purchasing Motive Inc., a developer of broadband service management software, in a deal valued at $67.8 million...

Etisalat Partners with iPass for WiFi Coverage in United Arab Emirates - July 9, 2008
The U.A.E. incumbent operator Etisalat has partnered with iPass, a provider of services that unify the management of enterprise mobility, to provide new WiFi hotspot locations in the United Arab Emirates...

France looks again at 4th 3G licence - July 7, 2008
France French regulator Arcep has launched a new public consultation on issuing a fourth 3G licence in the 2.1 GHz band. The government last year rejected an offer from ISP Free for the licence, saying its bid was too low. The government has now asked Arcep to look at alternatives, and the regulator presented three options in the consultation...

Symbian licenses Scalado software - July 6, 2008
Symbian Limited, the market leader in open operating systems for mobile phones, has signed a licensing agreement with Scalado for its mobile imaging software affording Symbian OS state of the art image handling capabilities, making Symbian an even more attractive mobile OS choice for mid-range devices...

Starbucks, AT&T, and T-Mobile Settle Wi-Fi Collusion Lawsuit - July 5, 2008
AT&T and Starbucks Corp. have settled a lawsuit alleging that they had colluded to offer free Wi-Fi internet access in coffee shops across the U.S., in violation of an exclusive contract between Starbucks and T-Mobile USA. Terms of the settlement agreement between the three companies were not disclosed...

Telefonica to sell iPhone in Latin America & Czech Republic - July 4, 2008
Latin America Telefonica will distribute Apple's iPhone in 12 Latin American countries and the Czech Republic. This contract follows earlier exclusive multi-year agreements signed with Apple in the UK, Ireland and Spain, bringing the total number of territories in which Telefonica will sell the device to 16. The agreement follows an earlier deal between America Movil and Apple to distribute the handset in Latin America...

Gotalk Hopes a Discount ADSL2+ Offering Would Help - July 2, 2008
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Telecorp Limited (gotalk) to their offering. This offer will transform the company's traditional phone card customers into online content users...

Belgium's Telenet won't raise bid for Interkabel - July 1, 2008
Telenet is convinced that cable in the hands of Belgacom violates competition regulations. On the basis of the PWC report, Telenet sees no reason to modify its bid of 350 million Euros plus guarantees...

West Closes Genesys Acquisition - June 30, 2008
Just as fuel prices rise to record levels, West Corp. said it has wrapped the acquisition of conferencing and collaboration provider Genesys SA. West paid $3.88 per Genesys share, or about $345 million. West will pair Genesys with the InterCall Inc. division, as the companies announced in February...

Liberty likes its stake in DirecTV - June 28, 2008
Liberty Media Corp. now holds a 48 percent stake of DirecTV, up from 41 percent when it completed its stock-for-asset swap with News Corp. earlier this year. The company's president and chief executive Greg Maffei said that telecommunications companies such as AT&T might have an interest in acquiring DirecTV. But he said Liberty isn't interested in giving up its newly acquired asset...

Deltathree Continues Rebuild With New CFO - June 26, 2008
Troubled VoIP wholesaler deltathree Inc. continued its management shakeup with the appointment of a new CFO, and head of sales and marketing. So far this year, the Israel-based carrier has been delisted from the Nasdaq and replaced its CEO as it struggles to compete on a pure-play business model...

UK Broadband Penetration Highest in Rural Areas - June 25, 2008
UK's telecom regulator, Ofcom, reports that for the first time ever, households in rural Britain are more likely to have broadband than their urban and suburban counterparts. The report states that 59% of rural homes now have high-speed internet access, compared to 57% of urbanites. Among major population centers, Sunderland is currently the UK's most connected city, with a 66% broadband penetration rate...

Belgacom cuts mobile Internet rates - June 23, 2008
Belgium's dominant telecommunications company Belgacom SA said Friday it is cutting its rates for mobile Internet via the high-speed 3G broadband network. Starting this month, mobile Internet will see rate cuts of more than 40%. With Mobile Internet, residential and professional customers have access to the Internet with their laptop and a data card or USB modem via the Proximus 3G network...

Armenia Telecom operator fined for abuse of dominant role - June 21, 2008
The commissions resolution states that between June 30 and July 10, 2005, ArmenTel did not provide its mobile subscribers an acceptable level of service. This puts ArmenTel in violation of Armenian legislation and the license regulating the companys activities...

Viacom Lawsuit On Google YouTube Threatens Internet Freedom - June 19, 2008
A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google. Googles claim follows Viacoms move to sue the video sharing service for its inability to keep copyrighted material off its site. Viacom says it has identified 150,000 unauthorised clips on YouTube...

Research In Motion Discusses BlackBerry Security Concerns with Indian Officials - June 17, 2008
Officials claim that the BlackBerry email service poses a possible security risk, given that communications cannot be traced or intercepted by the government. Although RIM said last week that it would look into a compromise solution, it later revealed that it would be “simply be unable to accommodate” any request to provide the encryption keys of customers...

China Unicom Chairman Expected to Become China Mobile CEO - June 15, 2008
Chang Xiaobing, the Chairman of Chinese wireless provider, China Unicom, is about to move to larger rival, China Mobile and become CEO of that company, as part of an ongoing restructuring plan. Top management officials of China’s biggest telecom companies will be reshuffled by the country’s communist government, which owns all major players in the industry, starting later this month...

Google Joins Sprint and Clearwire in WiMAX Consortium - June 13, 2008
Sprint Nextel announced that it is reviving its WiMAX joint venture with Clearwire Corp., with the help of $3.2 billion in financial backing from internet search giant, Google, and other tech-industry heavyweights. Google will integrate many of its online services with Sprint's forthcoming WiMAX networks...

First Data Announces Plans to Acquire InComm - June 12, 2008
Acquisition of industry leading marketer and innovator of stored value products propels First Data’s prepaid solution set and global presence...

Euronet’s Transact Signs Prepaid Agreement with Aral AG - June 11, 2008
Euronet Worldwide Inc.’s prepaid subsidiary, Transact, signed a prepaid agreement with Aral AG, a German petrol station operator. Aral is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche BP AG, the German subsidiary of the British mineral oil group BP plc...

Alcatel-Lucent Posts Loss, Blames Flat Outlook on Weak Dollar - June 10, 2008
Alcatel-Lucent posted a first-quarter loss of about $282 million, compared to a loss of about $12 million in the year-ago period. The company's revenue fell slightly to about $6.02 billion. The company scaled back its outlook, saying the weak dollar and lower spending by telecom operators will cause its revenue to decline by 2 to 5 percent for the year...

Telecom Carriers Spend $36 Billion on Wireline Infrastructure Enhancement - June 9, 2008
Telecom service providers around the world spent more than $36 billion on equipment to enhance their wireline communications networks last year, according to a new report by Dell’Oro Group. This represents 10% growth over 2006 spending, analysts said, and marks the greatest wireline infrastructure expenditure since 2000. The largest increases in capital spending were on optical transport and routers, markets which were led by Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco Systems, respectively...

Thus Communication Extends Scottish Power Contract - June 8, 2008
Dish Network Corp. is in federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., this week seeking damages from a News Corp.-owned company that allegedly enabled individuals to pirate Dish satellite-TV signals. Opening arguments in the case were Wednesday, with the Douglas County...

Bill Allows Qwest to Boost Rates on Basic Phone Service - June 7, 2008
Qwest Communications could boost its rates for traditional phone service as much as 32 percent under a bill working its way through the Legislature. The Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee approved an amendment to another bill that would pave the way for the hike. The Denver-based telecommunications company charges $14.88 a month for basic service...

CRTC Orders Telus to Refund Long Distance Access Fee - June 6, 2008
Western Canada's Telus Corp., must refund all fees charged to its residential telephone customers over the last few months, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled late last week. The telecom company is reportedly considering an appeal, but such an action would be unlikely to succeed...

Qwest's Earnings Tumble by 35% - June 5, 2008
Slower broadband growth and increasing land-line losses combined with higher tax expenses as Qwest reported a 35 percent drop in first-quarter net income. The results sent shares of the Denver-based telecommunications company down 6 percent, or 32 cents, to close at $5.04. Qwest earned $157 million, or 9 cents a share, in the first quarter, down from $240 million, or 12 cents a share, in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue was also down 1.4 percent...

Intec Telecom Receives Preliminary Approach - June 4, 2008
Intec Telecom Systems said it has received a very preliminary approach in relation to a potential offer for the company. It warned it is currently highly uncertain whether this approach will lead to any further discussions taking place and as a consequence there can be absolutely no certainty as to whether any offer will be forthcoming nor as to the level at which any offer might be made...

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