Headlines for: 16 Jan 2007

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Partner Communications Company, the Israeli wireless operator which offers services under the Orange brand, has announced that it has been granted a 20-year Domestic Fixed Telecommunication Services licence by the Ministry of Communications. David Avner, ...

Chinese equipment vendor ZTE has been selected to build a nationwide CDMA mobile network in the Czech Republic for local radio trunking operator MobilKom, which was recently issued with a prefix code and mobile numbers by the Czech Telecoms Office (CTU) t...

Ukraine’s mobile market leader Kyivstar signed up 2.4 million net new subscribers in December 2006 to take its total customer base to 21.5 million. It gained over 3.8 million new subscribers in the fourth quarter, whilst total 4Q customer take-up in Ukr...

Russia’s State Radio Frequency Commission is planning a tender of wireless spectrum covering a number of regions, including the Far East Federal District, Prime Tass reports. The tender will be an opportunity for the country’s second largest cellular ...

Ericsson has won a trunk radio network contract with Russian cellular operator Yeniseytelecom. The deal, which will see the vendor implementing its Marconi LH long-haul microwave system, includes network installation, supervision and training. The new net...

The chairman of Britain’s fifth biggest internet service provider, Pipex has launched a business review, sparking speculation that a sale could be on the cards. Speaking to UK broadsheet The Times, Peter Dubens said he was ‘reviewing the best way forw...

In a dramatic U-turn, it has been revealed that Telstra is seeking a AUD600 million (USD470 million) government subsidy to roll out what it describes as the biggest ‘geographically fixed broadband development in Australia’. Previously Telstra had said...

The European Commission (EC) says it has told the Polish telecoms regulator UKE to withdraw its draft measures to regulate retail broadband services and has asked it to carry out a new assessment of this market. Two months ago the commission requested tha...

Greek national telco OTE has chosen equipment from US-based Aperto Networks to deploy a pilot WiMAX network at Mount Athos in the Halkidiki region, ahead of a planned nationwide rollout. Heletel, Aperto’s Greek distributor, has been contracted to instal...

The US wireless broadband operator Horizon Wi-Com has selected Navini Networks to supply infrastructure for its 802.16e mobile WiMAX rollout. Horizon is deploying networks in the northeastern United States using WCS Block A spectrum acquired from Verizon....

BNamericas reports that Argentine ISP Ertach, which is to be acquired by Mexican telecoms giant Telmex once regulatory approval is granted, has installed a WiMAX node in Rio Grande, in Tierra del Fuego province, at a cost of USD250,000. This extends the I...

Italian telecoms giant Telecom Italia (TI) yesterday rejected press reports of a merger between its Brazilian mobile unit TIM Participacoes (TIM Brasil) and Brasil Telecom (BrT), the country’s second largest fixed line player, as ‘completely unfounded...

Recent moves by Connect Holdings to acquire a controlling stake in Asian telco-independent internet communications service provider Pacific Internet (PacNet) could spark a bidding war for the company, writes Channel NewsAsia. TeleGeography’s CommsUpda...

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) says it is looking to expand beyond its traditional Asia-Pacific sphere of influence, and has targeted Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia as key markets to achieve this goal. In an interview yesterday, SingTel'...

Telmex and its sister company América Móvil are seeking fresh investment opportunities in Latin America after their attempted joint purchase of a stake in CANTV was frustrated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez' promise to nationalise the incumbent fi...

Sonaecom has restated its view that its EUR9.50 (USD12.29) per share offer to Portugal Telecom (PT) shareholders represents good value. Dow Jones quotes Belmiro de Azevedo, CEO of Sonaecom’s parent company Sonae, who said their offer is ‘credible and ...

mobilcom, Germany’s second-largest reseller of wireless services, told press yesterday that it was close to an agreement with the last of its shareholders who objected to its proposed merger with ISP freenet.de. Yesterday a court in Kiel approved a sett...

Asia Netcom, a former unit of China Netcom Group that was bought out by private equity last year, has announced that it and several partners will build a new trans-Pacific cable at a cost of USD636 million. The cable, a loop, will connect Japan with the U...

BT has selected Nortel and Siemens to supply carrier scale Ethernet solutions for its 21st Century Network (21CN) program. BT will use the new Ethernet solutions to transport high-bandwidth services ranging from business applications to IPTV. Devices bei...