Portugal Telecom Plans a Bid for Brazil's Telemar
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Tele Norte Leste is the holding company for regional incumbent Telemar, which offers services in 16 Brazilian states in the north, north-east, and south-east regions under the brand name Oi. Telemar presents the highest number of installed telephone lines in the country, and according to the announcement its market capitalisation is ...
Germany: Telefonica Awards German Network Contract To Ericsson
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Spain's telecoms group, Telefonica, has signed a contract with Sweden's telecoms equipment supplier, Ericsson, for its German network roll-out. Ericsson will support the Spanish telco in deploying and operating a new nationwide Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network in Germany. The project, which will enable ...
Voicemail Messages Get BUZzed
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Sure, your mobile phone has a unique, personal ringtone. But what does your phone's voicemail message sound like? BUZ Interactive is betting there's a lot of people who think that a musical, personalized voicemail message is a great idea. That's why the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is offering GETaBUZ, a new way to ...
Cable Wants In on TV Spectrum Auction
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U.S. cable's strongest lobbying arm is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to give cable operators a fair shot at the coming auction of analog broadcast television spectrum, rejecting claims that cable's entry could bog down broadband competition and allow MSOs to hoard capacity. In a filing issued with the FCC ...
It's The Little Extras That Will Drive Wireless Revenues
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The market for mobile-phone accessories will generate more than $32 billion in revenues this year, more than the $28 billion expected from the smartphone market. According to ABI Research, some 77 percent of these revenues will come from the sales of 'after-market' accessories and the remaining from 'in-box' ...
Avaya in Possible Buyout Talks
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According to The Wall Street Journal, telecommunications manufacturer Avaya is negotiating with private equity firms and competitors about possibly selling all or part of the company. The report in the Journal said would-be buyers include networking companies Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks as well as private equity firm Silver ...
Sybase Leads Openwave Pack
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Mobile software firm Sybase Inc. is rumored to be the lead bidder for phone browser and messaging company Openwave Systems Inc., but there are three or four other interested parties sniffing around, according to sources. Sources say that Redwood City, Calif.-based Openwave is working with banker Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. to...
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