KGHM to Acquire TDC's 19.6% Polkomtel Stake
formatting link
Polish copper conglomerate KGHM expects to purchase a further 19.61% stake in Poland's number-three cellco, Polkomtel, from Denmark's TDC. Last month, the Danish telecoms group offered its entire stake in the mobile operator for 214.04 euro per share to other Polkomtel shareholders, who have the right of first refusal on TDC-owned...
Telecom Italia 2005 Revenue Up; Asset Sale Boosts Profit by 77%
formatting link
Italy's dominant telecoms group has announced a 77% rise in net profit, buoyed by the sale of TIM Hellas (Greece) and TIM Peru. In a statement yesterday, the company said that full-year 2005 net profit closed at 3.22 billion euro (US$3.83 billion), compared to 1.82 billion euro for...
Building a Better Solar Cell
formatting link
One of the biggest complaints people have about mobile devices, including cell phones and notebook computers, is a lack of adequate operating time. Excessive battery weight is another often-heard gripe. Both of these problems could be alleviated, perhaps even solved, through the use of solar cell technology. Unfortunately,...
Nokia: T-Mobile To Launch High-Speed Data Network at CeBIT fair in Germany
formatting link
HELSINKI, Finland --Germany's T-Mobile International AG will launch Nokia's high-speed network in Germany on March 9 to coincide with the opening of the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover, the Finnish company said Tuesday. Nokia Corp.'s high-speed downlink data packet access, or HSDPA, networks -- with initial speeds of 1-2...
Mexico's Telmex, Spain's Telefonica Among Six Firms Considering Bid for Colombia Telecom
formatting link
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Mexico's Telefonos de Mexico SA is considering a bid for Colombia's biggest phone company, almost six months after the government nixed a closed-door deal with the Mexican telecom to privatize the state-run operator. Telmex was one of six companies to meet a Monday deadline to buy a bidding form to participate...
Will AT&T Become Ma Video?
formatting link
With cable franchises, content buying power, and a wireless powerhouse, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T - message board) will significantly add to its video services potential with its $67 billion bid to buy BellSouth Corp. (NYSE: BLS - message board). (See Ma Bell Is Back!.) First, consider a pile of local video franchises. For years, BellSouth...
Meshing the Plano Police
formatting link
For a glimpse at how WiMAX might be used in the United States, take a look at what's happening in the Dallas suburb of Plano. The Texas city has decided to use a wireless mesh network for city police communications that will use wireless backhaul. The system is being built out by Motorola, which is using its Motomesh multi-radio...
BT Final Four Finally Get 21CN Contracts
formatting link
BT said it finally signed contracts with the last four of the eight preferred suppliers for its vaunted $17.4 billion 21st Century Network (21CN) next-generation network (NGN), giving no new explanation for the months-long delay in signing the pacts with Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson and Fujitsu. In a canned statement Paul Reynolds, BT...
Copyright (C) 2005 PricewaterhouseCoopers.