Recently added articles from European Telecom:
Verizon Business reduces the complexity of VoIP for European enterprises.(ACROSS THE REGION)
May 01, 2009 ... To help European-based companies reduce operating costs and simplify network management, Verizon Business is making it easier for these companies to make the move to voice-over-IP communications. "Verizon Business is staying a step ahead of its competitors with its sharp focus on global ...
Sale of analog TV spectrum to fetch EUR150 billion-EUR200 billion for the EU.(ACROSS THE REGION)(European Union)(analogue television spectrum)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Sale of analogue television spectrum to cellular service providers is likely to fetch $197.98 billion-$264.05 million for the European Union. Viviane Reding, the European commissioner for information society and media, disclosed ...
ETSI inks agreement with CATR over IMS interoperability.(ACROSS THE REGION)
May 01, 2009 ... The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has signed an agreement with the China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR) in order to expedite the interoperability of IMS-related developments in China and Europe. ETSI's Interopolis service would enable CATR ...
PTK obtains Albania's fourth mobile concession.(ALBANIA)(Post and Telecom Kosovo)(Post and Telecom Kosovo)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... A syndicate from PTK (Post and Telecom Kosovo) has emerged victorious and gotten Albania's fourth mobile network concession. The government of Albania decided to award the concession to PTK after no other player could fulfill all the ...
Bulgaria's proposed DTT tenders attract strong interest.(BULGARIA)
May 01, 2009 ... Bulgaria's plan to launch digital terrestrial television (DTT) tenders for a couple of multiplexes has attracted strong interest. Novinte reports that around 50 firms have expressed their willingness to participate in the tenders, which would run at ...
Prague becomes the first all-digital city in Eastern and Central Europe.(CZECH REPUBLIC)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Prague is all set to become the first fully digital city in Eastern/Central Europe. HN announced that nearly 73 percent of the Czech population had successfully migrated to digital television from analog. An additional 13 percent of the population intended to switch ...
O2 TV ends Q1 with 128,000 IPTV users.(CZECH REPUBLIC)(internet protocol television)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
May 01, 2009 ... The biggest IPTV service provider in the Czech Republic, O2 TV, had 128,000 customers by the end of the first quarter, an increase of 46.6 percent when compared to the same period a year back. Its service provider Telefonica O1 Czech ...
Boeing, Denmark's Systematic sign 3 Memoranda of Understanding.(DENMARK)
May 01, 2009 ... The Boeing Company and Danish systems integration and software development company Systematic have signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) that outline areas for future business cooperation between the two companies. Opportunities addressed in the MOUs support areas of industrial ...
Nokia proves phones can't be too thin or too smart.(FINLAND)
May 01, 2009 ... Nokia announced it will deliver the thinnest QWERTY smartphone, the Nokia E71x, to consumers across the United States together with AT&T in the coming weeks. Echoing the sleek design and feel of the Nokia E71, the Nokia E71x offers the ultimate QWERTY experience to messaging enthusiasts ...
Nokia E75 begins shipping.(FINLAND)
May 01, 2009 ... The Nokia E75 has arrived in stores, bringing the company's best efficiency and productivity solution to the market. The new arrival is the first device to ship with the new email user interface, offering full desktop email functionality and complete integration of Nokia's email ...
Nokia plans to reenter the Korean market.(FINLAND)
May 01, 2009 ... Nokia has decided to reenter the Korean market to launch 3G devices after it exited the market in 2003. However, analysts are doubtful of Nokia's chances in a market that is dominated by local handset makers. Nokia regional VP Colin Giles said that the company would not make any hasty ...
NSN offers to acquire Nortel's wireless division.(FINLAND)
May 01, 2009 ... Telecom equipment vendor Nokia Siemens Networks has launched its unsolicited offer to acquire the important assets of the wireless division of Nortel, whereas Siemens and Avava have bid for its enterprise operations. NSN has also offered to buy the Canada-based telecom ...
Nokia focuses Services strategy to align more closely with third parties.(FINLAND)
May 01, 2009 ... Nokia announced plans to focus the strategy of its Services unit to create a better, more simplified user experience across its services and to open up deeper and greater opportunities for third parties. Further, Nokia will focus investments on fewer initiatives and increase the ...
France Telecom directed to sell its stake in Mobinil.(FRANCE)
May 01, 2009 ... The French telecommunications group announced that Orascom Telecom would be required to sell its holding in Mobinil to rival France Telecom. The telecom service providers said that Orasocm was directed by the ...
France Telecom hikes stake to take control of Sonatel.(FRANCE)
May 01, 2009 ... France Telecom took control of Sonatel of Senegal after it increased its stake to 52.2 percent by acquiring 9.87 percent holding from the Senegalese government for $278.5 million. ...
Alcatel-Lucent innovations help wireless service providers integrate CDMA and LTE services on the same network.(FRANCE)
May 01, 2009 ... Alcatel-Lucent has expanded its wireless networking portfolio to enable mobile service providers to offer both 3G CDMA and Long Term Evolution (LTE) services using a common network infrastructure. Alcatel-Lucent's innovative "Converged RAN" (radio access network) offerings ...
Alcatel-Lucent accelerates the deployment of interactive TV and advertising services for cable TV.(FRANCE)
May 01, 2009 ... Alcatel-Lucent took the next step in enriching and personalizing the cable TV experience by announcing that its popular Interactive Media Manager (IMM) now supports the two main standards-based platforms in the cable industry: EBIF and tru2way technologies. With IMM, cable operators, ...
Alcatel-Lucent launches Web Services Gateway Release 3.0.(FRANCE)
May 01, 2009 ... Alcatel-Lucent announced Release 3.0 of the Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 8550 Web Services Gateway (WSG), a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) appliance that lets enterprises and service providers deliver an open and secure Web services environment for their customers' business-to-business ...
Nayatel uses Alcatel-Lucent's GPON.(FRANCE)
May 01, 2009 ... Alcatel-Lucent announced that Nayatel (Pvt) Ltd. is preparing to deploy the first Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) in Pakistan to provide its customers with the most advanced triple-play services, such as high-definition television, innovative telephony services, and ultraband ...
Deutsche Welle signs agreement with SES Americon-New Skies.(GERMANY)
May 01, 2009 ... Germany-based international broadcaster Deutsche Welle has entered into a deal with SES Americom-New Skies to contract capacity on their Digital C platform. Under the agreement, Deutsche Welle would be using 4.5Mbps capacity on AMC-1 for providing ...