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Camera Phones to Represent 90% of Western European Mobile Phone Shipments
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According to a recent forecast published by IDC, camera phone shipments in Western Europe are set to reach 179 million units in
2009, to constitute just over 90% of total mobile phone shipments. IDC predicts a compound a...
New Bang & Olufen Phone Launched
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Bang & Olufen has shown off its latest handset, developed in co-operation with Samsung. Since early 2004, the two companies have cooperated to realise this idea and the result is a truly unique product. The name of the p...
East European Wireless Profitability Continues Rapid Slide
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Strategy Analytics has reported that average margins per user (AMPUs) in Central and Eastern Europe fell almost 30% to just US$6 per month in 2Q 2005. Operators in the region are losing ground with AMPU levels
50% below ...
FOCUS: Russia mulls fighting mobile handset thieves
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Russia is facing a rising problem of mobile handsets theft. In 2004, the Moscow police officially registered over 7,000 mobile handset thefts. However, analysts consider that the real number of stolen mobile handsets is ...
Belarus MDC mobile subscriber base up 4.1% in September
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The subscriber base of Belarus mobile phone operator Mobile Digital Connection (MDC) increased 4.1% on the month in September to 1.645 million users, the company said Tuesday. ...
Ukraine's Jeans mobile subscriber base up to 5 mln users Sep 30
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The subscriber base of Ukraine's Jeans rose 74% since the beginning of the year to 5 million users as of September 30, Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC) said in a press release. ...
Russia's Euroset to cooperate in MVNO project with MTT
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Russia's largest mobile handset retailer Euroset has concluded an agreement with Multiregional Transit Telecom (MTT) on cooperation in the development of Euroset's mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) project, an MTT...
TeliaSonera says holders to invest $60 mln in Moldova's Moldcell in 5 yrs
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Shareholders of Moldova's mobile service operator Moldcell plan to invest U.S. $60 million in the company within five years, Anders Igel, CEO of TeliaSonera, Moldcell's key shareholder, said Wednesday. ...
Motorola Cutting 1,900 Jobs In More Than 20 Countries
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(AP)--Motorola Inc. (MOT) is cutting 1,900 jobs at 29 different U.S. and international locations in an effort to improve operating efficiency, the company said Wednesday. ...
Venezuela Fines and Shuts Nokia, Siemens and Ericsson Offices
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nes)- Venezuela's tax agency Seniat said Wednesday it imposed fines and ordered the temporary closing of various foreign companies due to tax irregularities. ...
Belarus' BeST to buy $234 mln equipment from Alcatel Shanghai
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Belarus state-controlled mobile operator Belarus Telecommunications Network, or BeST, has signed an agreement with China's Alcatel Shanghai Bell to purchase the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment for U...
Telecom Merger Talk Sweeps Europe; Eircom The Latest
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s) -- Eircom Group PLC soared as much as 10% Thursday on a report that Swisscom AG has approached the Irish fixed-line telecom with a view to a making a 3 billion-euro bid. ...
Magyar Telekom Board OKs Mobile Arm Merger With Fixed Line
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ones)- Hungary's leading telecommunications company, Magyar Telekom Rt. (MTELEKOM.BU), said Thursday that its board approved the merger of the company's mobile arm, T-Mobile Hungary Rt., into the fixed line segment, T-Co...
Russia's VimpelCom to launch tariff with free cell phone in Dec
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Russia's second-largest mobile operator VimpelCom plans to launch a tariff with a free mobile handset included in the price of the subscription fee, the company said in a press release Thursday. ...
Investcom Shares Higher In Conditional Trading In London
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were sharply higher in conditional trading in London after the Beirut-based cellphone operator earlier Thursday priced its initial public offering at the top of the range used to survey investor interest. ...
News Leaks Put Pressure On TDC To Make Statement
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Jones)- Danish telecommunications company TDC A/S (TLD) could be compelled by regulators to make a statement on efforts to take over the company, following news reports that it is cooperating with bidders. Danish Bourse...
Russia?s VimpelCom user base in Far East hits 1 million people
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The subscriber base of Russia's second-largest mobile operator VimpelCom in the country's Far East Federal District has exceeded 1 million people, the company said on Thursday. ...