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April
Trade ministers in Europe are telling the European Commission they don’t want an investigation into Chinese vendors, say reports
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Turkish operator Turkcell expands m-payment system for public transport in city of Sanliurfa
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European Commission clears cable operator Liberty Global’s planned €17 billion takeover of the UK’s Virgin Media
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VimpelCom’s Italian mobile operator Wind orders upgrade to LTE from Huawei as Telecom Italia opens discussions with Hutch
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Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson but promises to focus on Xbox
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March
Liberty Global spends €632 million on 12.7% stake in Netherlands cable operator Ziggo after Barclays failed to sell
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Novsoibirsk sees the region’s first SIM-based NFC payment system across public transport network
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VTB to buy Tele2’s mobile operation in Russia from Kinnevik-controlled group in deal worth $3.5bn equity and debt
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Last of six defendants goes to US jail for seven years after $60m conspiracy against BT and Verizon
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In separate fund raising exercises, Telefónica raises €975 million and France Telecom-Orange raises €750 million
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With the initial success of Turkcell’s mobile wallet, the company is talking about international alliances, says CIO Ilker Kuruöz. It already sells its software to other operators, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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February
72,000 visitors to new Barcelona venue for Mobile World Congress, says GSM Association on last day
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All the TV interviews from Global Telecoms Business at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona
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Leader of GSM Association presents 2013 chairman’s award to South Korea’s KT and SK Telecom
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Qualcomm and Deutsche Telekom announce deal at MWC on development platform for internet of everything applications
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Huawei in plan with UK broadcaster to use LTE to transmit television programmes to mobiles
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CEO Hans Vestberg announces Ericsson and SAP will offer M2M enterprise products and services to operators
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International pre-pay phone company Lycamobile is already turning over €1 billion a year with 15 MVNOs. Now, CEO Milind Kangle tells Alan Burkitt-Gray, it is planning to launch into the US
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Deutsche Telekom offers €500,000 to develop winning ideas into products in five areas
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Former CEO of Vodafone Europe Michel Combes to take over from Ben Verwaayen at Alcatel-Lucent on 1 April
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ZTE to ‘take a more substantial role’ in LTE expansion of KPN’s German operation E-plus
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BT back in UK wireless after 10 years as it is one of five winners of Ofcom spectrum auction
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Customers of Turkcell’s broadband unit can increase speed to 100 megabits for 24 hours by text message
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Portugese group Sonae to buy France Telecom-Orange’s 20% stake in Sonaecom for €99m
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GSM Association opens public Barcelona exhibition centre for mobile applications, a week ahead of MWC show
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After 25 years as a banker with Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, Eva Castillo is CEO of Telefónica Europe. What does her experience offer in the challenging world of European telecoms? Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Mobile operator Vodafone said to be considering bidding for Kabel Deutschland, say reports
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Stéphane Richard and fellow CEOs believe the EU’s telecoms market is too fragmented, but the France Telecom CEO does not think the European Commission is coming up with the right answers, the tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Lars Nyberg has resigned as CEO of TeliaSonera after an investigation revealed questions about its partner in Uzbekistan
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January
OTE’s bond issue oversubscribed 2.7 times as Deutsche Telekom-controlled operator raises €700m
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Solution to dispute appears near as UK court decides between rival shareholders in Turkcell
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France Telecom-Orange announces first 4G services in Paris, with citywide coverage promised by end of 2013
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Since emerging from the Irish equivalent of Chapter 11, Eircom has appointed a new CEO and CFO. Richard Moat explains the new role of the CFO in developing the recovery strategy
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Telefónica and PT agreed not to compete with each other in their home markets, says the Commission, and fines them a total of €79m
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Since emerging from the Irish equivalent of Chapter 11, Eircom has appointed a new CEO and CFO. Richard Moat tells Alan Burkitt-Gray of the new role of the CFO in developing the recovery strategy
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European Commission fines Telefónica €66.8m and Portugal Telecom €12.2m for illegal non-compete contract clause
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France Telecom-Deutsche Telekom JV signs retailer Phones 4u to provide LTE services on MVNO
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Devoteam telecom and media unit in France with 400 staff joins Ericsson including TV SmartVision operations
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The name of AT&T is being linked with possible takeovers of European operators, including KPN and EE
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Telecom Italia board tells managers to press ahead with sale of TI Media Group, despite ‘negative financial trend’
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Michael Tsamaz has led the revival of Greek incumbent OTE, which also owns mobile unit Cosmote, by taking tough measures in a challenging economy. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Telefónica Digital allies with Bango in global deal to allow 300m customers to pay by mobile
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French operator to bundle free calls to mobiles in France’s overseas possessions
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Capex to be cut as revenues continue to decline, Telekom Austria warns investors
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Hutchison Whampoa buys Orange Austria as Telecom Austria takes over its Yesss! brand
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DT’s T-Mobile appeals against approval for Hutchison Whampoa’s €1.3bn takeover of Orange Austria
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After France beat Belarus in the World Cup qualifying match in September, SFR tracked a sample of fans as they made their way home to towns and cities across northern France. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to SFR about what big data can do