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| Two win 3G licences: two remain unassigned | Romania 
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The Romanian Communications Ministry has awarded two third generation (3G) wireless licences to the country’s largest wireless incumbents, Orange Romania and MobiFon. By accepting the licences the pair have agreed to pay USD35 million for the 15 year co...
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| Cisco seals China Telecom backbone network deal | China 
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US-based networking company Cisco Systems says it has won a contract to build a next-generation backbone network for China Telecommunications Corp. Cisco will roll out China Telecom Internet Protocol next Generation Network to more than 200 cities and pro... |
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| Hondutel to build fibre-optic network | Honduras 
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Honduran telecoms operator Hondutel has revealed plans to roll out a fibre-optic cable network costing USD17.9 million in response to growing demand for voice and data traffic, according to BNamericas. The cable will connect 17 communities in Honduras and... |
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| Wataniya wins GSM licence | Maldives 
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The Telecommunications Authority of Maldives (TAM) has awarded Kuwait-based Wataniya Telecom with a GSM licence in the Maldives. The regulator did not disclose any details on the licence award, but said it hoped to see a significant improvement in the qua... |
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| Telstra launches ‘mobile broadband’ | Australia 
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Australian telco Telstra is officially launching its EV-DO 3G mobile data network tomorrow, after spending around AUD50 million (USD 38.5 million) upgrading its CDMA network to the new standard. The EV-DO solution will provide Telstra’s business custome... |
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| BT to become first MVNO to sell Blackberry | United Kingdom 
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UK giant BT Group has signed an agreement with Research in Motion to sell the latter’s Blackberry wireless solution in Europe. The deal will make BT the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) to sell the solution; it plans to target its corporate ... |
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| Telefónica to bid for mmO2? | Spain 
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Rumours are rife that Spanish telco Telefónica is actively considering a takeover move for mmO2, the former mobile arm of the UK’s BT Group. Although neither company has commented on the exact nature of the talks held in October between Telefónica cha... |
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| Telkom happy with half year results | South Africa 
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South Africa’s dominant operator Telkom this morning reported operating profits ZAR5.18 billion (USD842 million) for the six months to 30 September 2004, a rise of more than 19% over the same period of 2003, as total revenues grew by 7.4% to ZAR21.52 bi... |
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| Ofcom to announce guidelines for fairer broadband access this week | United Kingdom
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The UK’s telecoms watchdog Ofcom will on Thursday unveil new plans to ensure broadband internet access is available to everyone at a reasonable cost. According to the Financial Times, the regulator will foreground the importance of a universal service f... |
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| Huawei bags African contracts | Kenya 
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China’s Huawei Technologies says it has bagged a string of supply contracts from operators in Kenya and Zimbabwe, including deals to supply and install 3G, NGN, optical transmission, switches, routers and intelligent network (IN) equipment. In Zimbabwe.... |
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