Press Clippings: Telecom News Headlines

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Headline news from a wide range of sources, compiled by Judith, Sarah, Penny and Lorrie at LTC International.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Motorola, Microsoft in deal to put Bing on phones.

Source: Reuters.

Motorola said the partnership with Microsoft means that a Bing bookmark and search widget will be loaded on cell phones, starting in the coming weeks with phones in China.
The move follows shortly after Motorola struck a similar deal to let consumers in China use Baidu, among others, as the default Web search instead of Google on Android based phones.

Posted by Judith — 3:41 AM

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Judge advises against Verizon-Frontier deal.

Source: TeleGeography.

Administrative law judge Lisa M Tapia has advised state regulators to not approve a deal which will see Verizon divest operations in 14 states to Frontier Communications in a deal worth US$8.6bn.The deal, which will see fixed line service for a total of 4.8m. customers change hands, was agreed between the two parties in May 2009 but has been awaiting regulatory approval for the best part of a year.

Posted by Judith — 5:36 AM

NFL signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless.

Source: Reuters.

The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal reported to be worth US$720m.

Posted by Judith — 4:15 AM

Unions angry as Vodafone UK confirms 375 job losses.

Source: Telecompaper.

Trade unions have expressed anger and disappointment after Vodafone confirmed plans to cut 375 jobs in the UK. The CWU said it was disappointed by the decision and expressed its concern that customer-facing jobs would be affected, despite assurances from Vodafone that the losses would only affect back-office jobs.

Posted by Judith — 3:42 AM

China Mobile to buy US$5.8bn. stake in Pudong Bank.

Source: BusinessWeek.

China Mobile Ltd., the world’s biggest phone company by market value, has agreed to buy 20% of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. for 39.8bn. yuan (US$5.8bn.) to expand its electronic-payment business.

Posted by Judith — 3:09 AM

Cable firms seek FCC help in fee disputes.

Source: The Washington Post.

Several major cable companies and a public interest group have asked the FCC to intervene in disputes over transmission fees to prevent broadcasters from withholding signals from subscribers.
In a petition filed with the FCC, Time Warner Cable, Verizon Communications, Cablevision and advocacy group Public Knowledge said that regulations governing transmissions from broadcasters to subscription-television providers are outdated.

Posted by Judith — 2:15 AM

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Quartet approved for German mobile frequency auction.

Source: TeleGeography.

Germany’s telecoms regulator has announced that a total of four applicants have been admitted to the country’s largest spectrum auction since the allocation of UMTS concessions in 2000. Incumbent telco Deutsche Telekom’s (DT’s) mobile unit T-Mobile, UK-based Vodafone, Spain’s Telefonica O2 Germany and Dutch KPN’s local unit E-Plus have all been approved to take part in the auction, slated for 12 April 2010.

Posted by Judith — 5:37 AM

MTN Ghana reports 900MHz, 3G success.

Source: BWCS.

MTN Ghana says it has concluded trials of the first 900MHz UMTS network in Africa. The company, which has been working with Swedish vendor Ericsson on the system, claims that the tests show that it is possible to build and expand cost effective nation-wide mobile broadband coverage.

Posted by Judith — 3:49 AM

Verizon, Juniper, NEC, Finisar complete 100G field trial.

Source: Telecompaper.

Verizon, Juniper Networks, NEC, and Finisar have completed real traffic 100G optical fibre transmission field trial applying standards-based optics and using the 100G native router interfaces. This 100G trial used emerging network technology to transmit data over a 1,520-km optically amplified section of the Verizon network in the north Dallas area.

Posted by Judith — 3:01 AM

Monday, March 8, 2010

Qtel and Tata confirm TGN Gulf partnership.

Source: TeleGeography.

Qatar Telecom and India’s Tata Communications yesterday officially confirmed their partnership for the construction of the Tata Global Network (TGN) Gulf Project, which will see Qtel establish a landing station for the regional undersea network.

Posted by Judith — 4:27 AM

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