Lannet Bids for Telepassport
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Greek alternative telecoms operator Lannet has announced a 35 million-euro (US$42.2 million) preliminary bid for unlisted alternative telecoms operator Telepassport Hellas. Reuters quotes a Lannet spokesperson admitting that the motivation for the bid is to double the company's size and gain significant market share. The offer will be...
Deutsche Telekom CEO Urges Deregulation To Protect High-Speed Networks In Germany
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BERLIN -- Deutsche Telekom AG, which is building a high-speed communications network in Germany, called on regulators Thursday to ensure that the field will be deregulated and free of interference. "We need clear legal commitments regarding the long-term regulatory situation if we are to roll out this project in 50 towns," Chief...
Bell Canada Envisions Unique Telecom 'Trust'
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Bell Canada will form a new "regional telephone income trust" that will own and manage 1.6 million local access lines in parts of its Ontario and Quebec operating territories. The carrier then will distribute shares in the trust to shareholders of parent company BCE. The move involves a complex tax-deferred transaction that will...
Nokia Stays Strong on Home Turf
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In North America Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM - message board; Toronto: RIM) may be king, but in Europe the S60 smartphone from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK - message board) is the cool ruler, according to a new survey from market researchers IDC. IDC finds that the Western European mobile device market -- including...
With DSL at Turning Point, DSL IC Revenues Will Fall
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- As broadband moves from data-only services to triple play offerings, the DSL market is in flux, and total DSL IC revenues will drop from a high of close to $1.6 billion in 2004 to $880 million by 2009, reports In-Stat. Combining voice, video and data within the same stream forces a myriad of changes that will...
VOIP Finds Home in Eastern Europe
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VOIP is now a mainstream telecom service in Central and Eastern Europe following a raft of deployments by service providers in the region, with IP telephony system vendors Cirpack and NetCentrex SA the main beneficiaries. Softswitch maker Cirpack, now part of Thomson (NYSE: TMS - message board; Euronext Paris: 18453), has just announced...
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