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Telefonica Buys O2 For GBP17.7 Billion In Cash Deal
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Telefonica, the Spanish incumbent telecommunications operator, Monday said it has agreed to buy O2 PLC, the U.K. mobile telecoms company, for GBP17.7 billion in cash. ...
Vodafone Using Vending Machines to Sell Phone
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The vending machine has come a long way since the Ancient Greeks invented an urn dispensing holy water. Vodafone has installed the first vending machine in the UK to dispense mobile phones. Initially being piloted in Vodafone stores in Manchester, th...
Qualcomm Tests Revision A Platform
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Qualcomm has announced that successful end-to-end test calls have been conducted utilizing prototype CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A networks and handsets. This marks a major milestone in the development of CDMA and the Rev. A standard, accelerating the ...
3G Network Launched in Estonia
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Estonian mobile operator EMT has launched their commercial 3G network based on Ericsson 3G core and radio technology. As the sole supplier, Ericsson has delivered a complete WCDMA network and related services. Under the agreement, Ericsson will also ...
3G Network Launched in Lithuania
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A 3G TDD network has been launched in Lithuania, under the brand name, "Neltes tinklas". The first network in the Baltic States based on the
3G UMTS TDD standard, it supports full mobility and data transfer speeds of up to 3 Mbps. The company plans t...
New BlackBerry Model Expected To Be Unveiled Next Week
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Research In Motion could be set to unveil the latest version of its BlackBerry device as early as next Tuesday, sources told Dow Jones. ...
Sprint To Launch High-Speed Cell Network With Music Store
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NEW YORK (AP)--Sprint Nextel Corp. is poised for a full-scale launch of its high-speed wireless network, a service that will include the first over-the-air music download store in the United States. ...
Russia's Sigma says bailiff bans SMARTS re-registration
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A bailiff has prohibited SMARTS annual general meeting of shareholders (AGM) to re-register the company into open joint stock company, Sigma, SMARTS' minority shareholder, said in a statement Friday. ...
Ukraine's antitrust body eyes abolishing mobile connection fee
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Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee is proposing that the country's major mobile operators UMC and Kyivstar consider abolishing connection fee within 30 days, Alexei Kostusev, the committee's chairman, told reporters Friday following a meeting of the co...
Chile CTC 3Q Net Profit $700,000 Vs $612 Million
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Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile SA (CTC) Friday reported a plunge in net profit for the third quarter after a major one-off propped up earnings last year. ...
PRESS: Ukraine's URS may be sold to Russia's VimpelCom soon
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Ukraine's minor mobile operator Ukrainian Radiosystems (URS) may be sold to Russia's second-largest mobile operator VimpelCom soon, Kommersant business daily reported Friday, citing Timur Novikov, first deputy CEO of Privatbank. ...
Six Telecom Cos Complain To EU Over Qualcomm Patents
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Six major telecom companies Friday filed complaints to European regulators against Qualcomm, accusing the U.S. company of breaking antitrust law in its licensing of mobile phone patents. ...
Telsim Reaches Agreement On Debts It Owes Motorola- IHA
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Turkish mobile phone operator Telsim said Friday Motorola Inc. has agreed to collect only part of its approximately $2.5 billion in debt claims against the Turkish company, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA reported Friday. ...
Vodafone Expects Bharti Dividend Within Next Couple Of Yrs
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Vodafone Group PLC Friday said it expects to reap dividends from its
10% stake in Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. once the company hits cashflow breakeven. ...
SingTel Says It Wants To Increase Stake In India Bharti
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Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (T48.SG) Friday said it wants to raise its 30.8% stake in Bharti Televentures Ltd., India's largest mobile operator. ...
Vodafone's Bharti Buy Gives A Passage To India
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U.K. mobile telecommunications company Vodafone Group PLC Friday said it has bought a 10% stake in India's largest wireless operator Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. (532454.BY) for GBP820 million in cash. ...