The Dutch mobile industry generated EUR 6.5 billion in service revenue for the full year 2009, up 0.9 percent from a year earlier. The growth rate slowed from an increase of 2.4 percent in 2008. According to Telecompaper's quarterly mobile market monitor, growth in 2009 was ... | Read
Geo-location and social networking applications GyPSii has launched an application named Tweetsii. The application connects people with places and networks by bridging the Twitter experiences with mobile social media, the social graph, location and contextual mobile-based ... | Read
Asian mobile operator group Axiata plans to offer up to 20 percent in its Indonesian subsidiary XL Axiata to institutional investors. Axiata owns 86.5 percent of XL Axiata. The exercise will be carried out via an international private placement of secondary shares. Final ... | Read
The Federal Communications Commission launched the 'Consumer broadband test' and the 'Broadband dead zone report' digital tools. The former enables consumers to test their broadband service and the latter enables users to report areas where broadband is not available. The ... | Read
Google is unlikely to withdraw from China entirely but could stop censoring its web search results, The Wall Street Journal reports citing people familiar with the matter. Google is currently negotiating with the Chinese government over its future in the country. Google CEO ... | Read
Virgin Media will soon begin a trial to deliver 50 Mbps broadband to the Berkshire village of Woolhampton using telegraph poles. The trial is expected to effectively increase broadband speeds by more than ten-fold by connecting homes directly to Virgin Media's network. The ... | Read
Telefonica has launched a new strategic programme for the next three years. Dubbed bravo!, the programme sets out Telefonica's strategic priorities and key initiatives to align operations in the three regions in which Telefonica is present. The bravo! programme focuses on ... | Read
France Telecom has appointed a new management committee for French operations, effective from 6 April. The new organisation was announced by group CEO Stephane Richard and executive vice president and deputy for French operations Delphine Ernotte. It has been tasked with ... | Read
Telecom Argentina reported revenues of ARS 12.26 billion in 2009, up 15 percent year-on-year. Net income for the period reached ARS 1.4 billion, up by 46 percent versus 2008. Mobile revenues rose 16 percent to ARS 8.06 billion, while fixed-line revenues increased 14 percent ... | Read
Singapore-based telecommunications investment company ST Telemedia has taken a 10 percent share in VNPT Global, a subsidiary of Vietnamese communications firm VNPT. ST Telemedia did not disclose financial details. VNPT Global's main business activities include setting up ... | Read
A New Zealand investor group, Pacific Fibre, plans to build a 5.12 Tbps cable to connect Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Founders of the new venture include Stephen Tindall, Sam Morgan and Rod Drury, Mark Rushworth (former Vodafone chief marketing officer), John ... | Read
German cable network operator Kabel Deutschland and the shareholders exiting the company have decided to set the share price for the IPO between EUR 21.50 and EUR 25.50. The total number of shares being sold on the market amounts to 30 million, plus up to 4.5 million ... | Read
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