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.

Monday, February 8, 2010

BT to share cable duct network with rivals.

Source: FT.com.

BT is preparing to open up its underground cable ducts so that rivals can run their own high-speed broadband networks through the telecoms company’s infrastructure.
BT’s willingness to open up its ducts marks an important policy shift by the company, and emphasises the intensifying political and business pressure that it faces.

Posted by Judith — 4:06 AM

Vodafone Qatar agrees to provide landing station for GBI cable.

Source: TeleGeography.

Vodafone Qatar has formally agreed to provide a landing station for Gulf Bridge International’s (GBI’s) submarine fibre-optic cable in Qatar. The GBI Cable System will connect all the countries of the Gulf region to each other and provide onward connectivity to Europe and Asia.

Posted by Judith — 3:11 AM

TelstraClear launches 3G over Vodafone’s network.

Source: TeleGeography.

MVNO TelstraClear has launched a 3G service over Vodafone’s network for business customers following the success of a two month pilot scheme.
The cellco used to provide services over Vodafone’s network but switched to Telecom in 2007 following a dispute. It decided to move back to Vodafone after Telecom decided in May 2009 not to allow the MVNO to piggyback on its 3G network.

Posted by Judith — 2:13 AM

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Facebook removes Microsoft banner ads from site.

Source: Reuters.

Facebook is taking full control of display ads on the world’s No. 1 social networking website, cutting short an exclusive deal that had allowed Microsoft Corp to manage part of that business.

Posted by Judith — 6:54 AM

Vodafone Ireland to invest heavily in 3.5G.

Source: TeleGeography.

Vodafone’s Irish subsidiary is to spend tens of million of euros in the upgrade of its national mobile network to so-called ‘3.5G’ technology.
Despite a difficult economic climate in the Republic, Vodafone Ireland added 26,000 net new mobile subscribers during three months to 31 December 2009, raising its total to just under 2.15 million - the highest among the country’s mobile operators.

Posted by Judith — 5:32 AM

Friday, February 5, 2010

FT’s new CEO targets joint ventures, but rules out major purchases.

Source: TeleGeography.

France Telecom’s incoming chief executive officer Stephane Richard, who will replace Didier Lombard from 1 March 2010, has ruled out the possibility of making any major acquisitions in the short term, but will instead seek out opportunities to grow in Europe through joint ventures.

Posted by Judith — 4:24 AM

Abu Dhabi Group to sell Warid Telecom stake.

Source: Telecompaper.

The Abu Dhabi Group is in talks with several Pakistani telecommunications groups to sell a controlling stake in Warid Telecom in a deal that would create the largest mobile operator in the country.

Posted by Judith — 3:21 AM

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Leap hires advisors for possible sale.

Source: TeleGeography.

US cellco Leap Wireless is reported to have hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to advise the operator on a sale as it looks for potential suitors. Leap has reportedly approached a number of potential buyers in recent days, including rival cellcos such as MetroPCS, Verizon, and AT&T.

Posted by Judith — 4:40 AM

Broadcom to acquire Teknovus.

Source: Converge.

Broadcom will acquire Teknovus, a leading supplier of Ethernet Passive Optical Network chipsets and software for approximately US$123m. in cash.
The companies note that EPON represents approximately 94% of the FTTx (e.g. Fiber-to-the-Home) connections in the Asia Pacific region.

Posted by Judith — 4:05 AM

Symbian phone operating system goes open source.

Source: BBC.

The group behind the world’s most popular smartphone operating system - Symbian - is giving away “billions of dollars” worth of code for free.
The Symbian Foundation’s announced that it would make its code open source in 2008 and has now completed the move.

Posted by Judith — 2:28 AM

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