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Vodafone Warns on Tough European Markets, Announces MVNO Deals for U.K.
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The global mobile giant, Vodafone, has warned about tough operating conditions as competitive and regulatory pressures hit its European markets. In a statement today, Vodafone said it is addressing the continuing challenge of declining prices from intense competition and regulatory pressure on incoming call rates and roaming in Europe, ...
Ofcom to Regulate VoIP by Q3 2007
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The United Kingdom's regulator, Ofcom, has outlined plans to regulate VoIP from June 2006. In a statement yesterday, Ofcom said all VoIP providers will be expected to say whether or not their service includes access to emergency services, the extent to which the service depends on the user's home power supply, whether itemised ...
Foreign Cell Phone Makers Haier and Alcatel Make U.S. Market Debut
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Two Chinese cell phone makers are looking to crack the U.S. market, both stressing fashion to make their statement but pursuing divergent strategies to make their mark. Alcatel Mobile Phone and Haier Group, well-established wireless brands abroad, showed off their wares here for the first time at this ...
Bell Canada Denies Takeover Rumors
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Bell Canada is putting down talk that it is looking for a private buyout. A Canadian newspaper reported this morning that BCE Inc. (Bell Canada) was in talks with private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) about a possible takeover deal. The reports sent shares of Bell Canada up as high as $29.15 during ...
Live From CTIA: Wireless Is The Way We Win
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If Jon Stewart's video introduction of Viacom President and CEO Philippe Dauman at Wednesday morning's CTIA Wireless 2007 keynote doesn't make the Top 10 on YouTube, this TelecomWeb news break reporter promises to watch his Comedy Central show every night for a month. After deciding he didn't like being morphed down ...
FCC Chairman Hypes Spectrum Auction
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During his CTIA keynote, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin promised mobile's broadband limitation could soon change with new spectrum auctions on the horizon. In 2006, Congress passed legislation that by Feb. 17, 2009, all television sets must have digital tuners, opening up the analog spectrum currently occupied by broadcasters, for a ...
WAN Optimization Gone Wild
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Call it today's WAN optimization trifecta: Cisco acquired packet-processing startup SpansLogic, a new vendor got fresh funds, and an existing player has an upgrade in the works. The SpansLogic deal is just the latest by always acquisitive Cisco, which include XML specialist Reactivity, virtualization vendor NeoPath, and ...
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