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February
Carlos Slim’s América Móvil selects Alcatel-Lucent LTE kit for 4G infrastructure in Latin America, starting in Puerto Rico
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Mexican antitrust regulator Cofeco rejects Televisa’s plans to acquire 50% stake in mobile operator Iusacell
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Hutchison Whampo’s H3G Austria completes negotiations to buy Orange Austria from France Telecom and private equity
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SoftBank has already soft-launched its TD-LTE mobile broadband network, using a dense network of microcells, with a commercial launch planned before the end of February
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Mobile operator’s LTE network will cover 25% of existing customers in select cities, says CEO Mary Dillon
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Alcatel-Lucent has sold customer service software arm Genesys to private equity for $1.5bn
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UAE based operator expects over $600m from sale of its mobile phone towers in Africa
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Wind Hellas will merge with Vodafone’s Greek unit which will own 60% in new entity
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The Indian supreme court has cancels 122 2G licences in corruption case and calls on regulator to hold new auction
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Thailand regulator NBTC promises speedy move to 4G after launching LTE trials with operators and NSN, Cisco and Huawei
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Deutsche Telekom and NetCologne challenge regulatory approval for Liberty Global’s takeover of Kabel BW
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Indonesian government looks to selling stake in state-owned telecoms equipment maker Inti
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Sprint has given LightSquared six more weeks to obtain approval for planned 4G network
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Poor fourth-quarter results pushes Tellabs to restructure, losing 530 employees
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VNPT unit will be merged into MobiFone to boost overseas investment opportunities, says CEO
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January
MTN renews agreement with Ericsson to manage network operations for 3G sites in Ghana
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Philippines operator Globe will use proceeds to fund capital expenditures for 2012, including network upgrade
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Qatar reported in talks to buy Saudi Oger’s 55% control of Oger Telecom, which owns 55% of Türk Telecom
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Russian regulator FAS approves Rostelecom’s proposal to acquire broadband internet firm Enter
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Brazilian authority Anatel approves América Móvil’s takeover of cable TV company Net Serviços
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ARCEP will look into allegations that Iliad’s Free is using under-equipped infrastructure for low-cost services
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South African operator will not exit from Irancell holding despite US pressure to pull out over Iran’s nuclear actions
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TOT negotiates with unnamed European operators to provide 3G MVNO deals in Thailand
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Buy-out will enable NTT to enhance cloud services offering via ICT infrastructure across Asia
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Nigerian operator selects Huawei for network upgrade to meet rising data services demand
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US cable TV firm is exploring a $1bn sale that could attract bids from private-equity firms
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As consumers install faster broadband into their connected homes, there will be greater demands on the technology that is used to link the value-added services together. Home wiring and very high-speed wireless will both be harnessed for the home network
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Chinese vendor buys Centre for Integrated Photonics, former BT fibre optics group, from development agency
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European group Interoute to connect with Bezeq’s 2,300km Jonah submarine cable
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Thai operator True expects to grow wifi hotspots to 100,000 in 2012 and increase revenue by 60%
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Bahrain operator buys 3G licence in Jordan for $70.3m through Umniah subsidiary
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Dutch operator will consider serious bids for domestic and overseas assets, says new CFO Eric Hageman
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Econet Wireless’s Liquid Telecom buys assets of wireless internet provider Zimbabwe Online
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Zambia dissolve operator’s board as it looks to get back control of Zamtel from Libya’s LAP GreenN
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Telecoms commission Anatel wants wireless broadband to be available in match cities in time for 2014 World Cup
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CEO of Kuwait’s Hits Telecom considers acquisition in plans to improve footprint in Liberia and Tanzania
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Telekom Austria’s A1 says vectoring technology will increase data transmission speeds across its network
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Indian operators are complaining that they do not have enough spectrum to satisfy demand for broadband wireless. One, though, has taken a radical alternative — licence-free wifi — and already has 220,000 customers
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Lattelecom and Deutsche Telekom agree to provide internet services between Russia and western Europe through Baltic states
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Nokia Siemens Networks raises loan from 14 banks and has option to add more banks in the first quarter
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Chinese equipment vendor Xinwei Telecom Enterprise starts building TD-SCDMA network for broadband services in Cambodia
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Zain to invest $112m to expand Jordan’s high-speed internet and voice coverage in 2012
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Huawei Marine will build 4,600-km ASSC-1 cable from Australian west coast to Singapore
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Carl Icahn, Andrew Beal and David Tepper have bought $300 million in LightSquared debt from Farallon Capital
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Airtel has strengthened existing contract with NSN with a new managed services deal for its Indian network
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Qatar’s Qtel considers buying MerchantBridge’s 19% interest in Iraqi operator Asiacell to take stake to 49%
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New and existing operators in Pakistan to be invited to bid for three 3G licences in March auction
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Reliance Communications considering $1.5bn share offer for Flag Telecom to reduce group’s debt
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Vodafone-controlled South African operator says it is close resolving dispute with Congo partner CWN
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Airtel operation launches mobile broadband technology with speeds up to 21 megabytes a second
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Malaysian mobile operator in talks to acquire stake in Indian internet provider and wifi operator Tikona
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Israeli operator teams up with Alcatel-Lucent to launch 100 gigabit submarine cable from Italy
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Owners of Bulgarian operator Vivacom said to be talking to Turkcell and Telekom Austria about takeover
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France Telecom-Orange follows SFR and Free deals with partnership with Bouygues to share fibre to the home
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Post office in government-backed consortium expected to win Hungarian spectrum auction with $122m tender
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Group likely to merge 3 Austria if it achieves $1.4bn deal to buy Orange Austria from France Telecom and private equity
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Estonian acquisition for $32m will enable Tele2 to grow presence among business clients
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Huawei Marine Networks to supply cables and plant for Global Financial Network Project Express across Atlantic
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Operators should make use of the information they already have about their customers to be proactive about selling data roaming services
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Indian multinational seeks stakes in cable operators to boost planned 4G broadband services
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KDDI and Rostelecom launch low-latency service between Japan and Europe utilising shortest route through Russia
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Zimbabwe investment plan includes fibre-optic project in addition to 2G and 3G network upgrades
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Taiwanese operator will spend $3.3bn to construct fibre-optic network over next three years
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Telefónica O2 signs backhaul agreement with Deutsche Telekom to connect German base stations
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Hutchison Telecom agrees Hong Kong partnership deal with Vodafone to add new regions to data roaming offer
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UK regulator Ofcom to auction 800 MHz digital dividend plus 2.6 GHz spectrum and sets coverage obligations
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Vodacom’s Zambian ISP unit AfriConnect to use Airspan infrastructure to offer 4G services
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Multimedia head Per Borgklint in charge as Ericsson completes purchase of Telcordia, two weeks behind schedule
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Multi-technology platform from Nokia Siemens will allow MegaFon to switch to LTE services
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AIS, TOT and CAT Telecom work to carry out joint non-commercial trials of 4G broadband services
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FCC chairman Genachowski says senators from both US parties support incentive based spectrum auctions
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UK venture of Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom to appoint RBS to manage sale of surplus spectrum
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Xavier Niel’s start up venture’s new services is aimed at breaking incumbency in French mobile sector
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Indian state-owned company seeks bidders for expansion of 2G, 3G and wireless broadband services
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Sea Fibre signs contract to link low-latency CeltixConnect cable with Colt network
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Israeli wireless operator has selected Ericsson and NSN to upgrade countrywide network to 4G
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Telenor controlled Thai operator will use investments for 3G auction and 2G network upgrade
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Philippines operator to issue new voting shares to reduce foreign-controlled stake
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Russian operator is in talks to sell majority stake in Djezzy to Algerian government
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Libyan investment arm interested in buying assets of Rwandatel after operator is placed under insolvency process
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Dutch ministry will reserve spectrum blocks for new entrants during mobile spectrum auction
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SK Telecom’s broadband unit signs agreement with Taiwan’s Chunghwa to strengthen international business
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Deutsche Telekom is considering raising capital for US mobile unit by selling towers and issuing bonds
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MTN mobile investment follows regulator’s demand to three operators to enhance networks
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CEO Dan Hesse delays network share deal with LightSquared until FCC approves LTE deployment
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Spanish operator has tested DWDM channel for 400 gigabits speeds on fibre-optic network
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$100m investment will focus on improving data and mobile commerce services, says MD Rene Meza
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Regulator NMHH allows four companies to bid for 900MHz spectrum but excludes Viettel and Romanian operator
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Alcatel-Lucent will build 4G network in 11 cities in northern Saudi Arabia and lead content project
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Spanish anti-trust unit CNC probing BT complaints against Vodafone, Orange and Telefónica
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Taiwanese capital signs 25-year deal to build and operate citywide 100 megabit fibre network
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Everything Everywhere to provide infrastructure for MVNO aimed at Chinese tourists and business travellers in UK
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Cameroon footballer Samuel Eto’o sets up new mobile venture Set’Mobile to compete with MTN and Orange
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BlackBerry smartphone maker could be forced to name new chairman following investor pressure
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T-Mobile Hungary introduces LTE mobile internet services in Budapest after three-month trial
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Bahrain operator introduces 100-megabit fibre network with capability for triple play solutions
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2G close clears way for KT’s LTE launch, following South Korean rivals SK Telecom and LG Uplus
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Sprint has granted Philip Falcone owned LightSquared a 30-day extension to get FCC nod for 4G network
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Serbian operator signs agreement to buy back 20% stake from Greece’s OTE for €380m
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Before any enterprise moves its data to a public cloud, enterprise IT executives want assurances about security, availability, reliability and performance of enterprise applications. Jeff Morgan offers some solutions
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Paul Kwon of Paul Budde Communications notes that African broadband prices are plummeting and mobile banking service M-Pesa now carries 20% of Kenya’s GDP
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Patents were bought and sold for unprecedented sums in 2011. Why is this the case, asks Alan Burkitt-Gray, and will 2012 see other companies seeking to sell their patent portfolios?
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Turmoil spread across financial markets during the last year but the telecoms sector was still able to see deals in the double digit billions complete in both the operator and the vendor sector
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The order-to-cash workflow is the heart of every telecom business. So, while all competitive shifts put a spotlight on order-to-cash, that light has been especially intense with the rise of mobility, content, and convergence
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The plan-to-provision process tends to be out of sight, out of mind. In spite of the billions of dollars being spent on modernization, it often fails to attract operators’ attention the way more prominent and measurable processes do, like order-to-cash
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The relentless expansion of the mobile communications market and consumers’ growing appetite for bandwidth-intensive services are creating formidable resource management challenges for mobile operators
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Planning activities are central to departments across the business enterprise. These activities, however, require more than network inventory data to succeed.
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Trouble-to-resolution is one of the few telecom processes for which less is more. Some of its most positive metrics are those showing negative growth — troubles, dispatch, call centre costs, handling and repair time, SLA penalties