Headlines for: 15 Feb 2008

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A report published yesterday by Ireland’s telecoms watchdog the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) shows that while former monopoly eircom may be losing ground in the internet access segment, it still controls a 78% share of the residenti...

Brazilian mobile operator Brasil Telecom (BrT) has selected Ericsson of Sweden and China’s ZTE to supply it with 3G network infrastructure, reports BNamericas citing a company statement. It is understood Ericsson will supply the core network and 80% of ...

Sri Lanka’s leading mobile operator by customers Dialog Telekom says its 3G network will be used to provide live news feeds for the local Derana TV station. ‘Reporting instantly from the location through 3G video calling reduces the time lag that is u...

Rwandatel and Huawei Technologies have signed a RFW19.2 million (USD35 million) network expansion contract. The agreement is reported to include GSM equipment which will allow the fixed line telco to branch into the wireless arena for the first time, in c...

EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Vivane Reding, has said that parts of the UK will be exempt from EU regulations on the telecoms market because of sufficiently high competition. Ms Reding said that the wholesale broadband market would be...

US-based handset manufacturer Motorola has disclosed owning a 12.5% ‘passive’ stake in wireless internet access provider Clearwire Corp in a filing with the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission. The Associated Press reports that a Motorola b...

Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, has acquired a 9% stake in its operating subsidiary in Omsk from a private investor for USD16 million to take its ownership to 100%. MTS bought a 51% stake in Mobile Communicatio...

Belgacom has announced the acquisition of Scarlet, an infrastructure based telecoms service provider with operations in Belgium, Netherlands and the Dutch Antilles, for EUR185 million (USD270 million). Scarlet offers its international customer base of 180...

Partly state-owned Turk Telekom has announced that it will invest TRY60 million (USD50 million) to revamp its sales network. In particular it plans to rebuild and redesign its 1,800 distribution centres. The Turkish government plans to list the incumbent ...

Vietnamese military-owned mobile operator Viettel has received approval from the Vietnam government to invest USD83.77 million to build a telecom network in neighbouring Laos, according to state media. ‘The prime minister has agreed to allow Viettel to ...

Vietnam’s first satellite, Vinasat-1, is now on the Kourou launch pad in French Guyana and is scheduled to be shot into orbit on 2 April 2008. It will circle the earth at 132 degrees east, a position that Vietnam registered with the International Teleco...