Moving from Billing Customization to Consolidation is Smart Business
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Technological advancements (such as IP multimedia subsystems), industry mergers and acquisitions, more stringent government regulations and heightened customer expectations impact the billing environment as much as or more than any other aspect of the operator's business. And because it's the touch point to the customer and the cash...
Comstar Bids for Svyazinvest Stake in MGTS
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The board of Svyazinvest is considering the latest offer from Comstar UTS for its stake in Moscow fixed-line unit MGTS. Comstar has offered 490 roubles (US$18.13) per share for Svyazinvest's 28% holding, which amount to 23.3% of the total charter capital. Comstar currently owns a 63.7% stake in MGTS, equating to just over 53.0% of the...
Companies Weigh Bid on Wireless Licenses
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NEW YORK -- Time Warner Inc.'s cable TV unit is considering a bid for cell-phone spectrum licenses together with three other cable companies and Sprint Nextel Corp. The chief executive of Time Warner Cable, Glenn Britt, told an analyst conference Wednesday that the group will file an application with the Federal Communications...
European Telecoms Regulators Cool on EU Plans To Fix Roaming Prices
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- National telecoms regulators from the EU's 25 member states said Thursday they opposed the European Commission's plans to slash the cost of using mobile phones abroad. Fixing retail prices 'often has unexpected consequences,' the European Regulators Group said in a statement, saying it still wanted the...
AT&T Teams with MobiTV
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AT&T is turning to MobiTV to power a television service that will be delivered over its Wi-Fi network. The television service will be accessible from the AT&T Wi-Fi portal, according to the companies. The service is slated to launch this month at nearly 7,000 AT&T-owned and operated Wi-Fi hot spots, including airports,...
Intelsat Closer To Panamsat Buyout
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Intelsat Ltd. now says it expects its proposed $3.2 billion transaction to buy Panamsat to close in the second or third quarter of this year, thus creating what it is calling the largest fixed satellite services (FSS) operator in the world (Satellite News, April 26). In its quarterly financial report for the three months ended March 31,...
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