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Taking a brief break
FierceWireless:Europe isn't immune to the inevitable slowdown in the news cycle during the month of August when much of Europe goes on holiday. To that end, we have decided to take a publishing Read more...
Emerging markets too pricey, says Vodafone chairman
Having reported disappointing performances from its highly-penetrated European markets, Vodafone was able to salvage its reputation with strong growth from its investments in developing markets such Read more...
Turkcell spends US$500M on Belarus acquisition
Having pulled out of the bidding for a Bulgarian mobile licence, Turkcell has instead splashed out US$500 million on purchasing an 80 per cent shareholding in Belarus's state-owned mobile operator Read more...
BBC mobile TV trials disappoint - where next?
Following very low usage during its latest mobile TV trials, the BBC has launched a public consultation on what it should do next. The service, which was available free to UK subscribers to Orange, Read more...
Ex-FT head tipped for AlcaLu CEO job
Thierry Breton, the former French Finance Minister and ex-CEO of France Telecom (FT), is being widely tipped as the leading candidate to take the helm of Alcatel-Lucent (AlcaLu) following the sudden Read more...
Triple-play operators must overcome content and branding hurdles
The triple-play market is not reaching its full potential. Content and branding issues are hampering operator strategies to increase customer numbers, according to a new report by Analysys Mason. The Read more...
Femtocell success reliant on handset innovations, claims new study
The hype surrounding the mass deployment of femtocells has been doused with cold water by a new study into the need for handset vendors to quickly transform their devices to support the technology. Read more...
Making music, making money
Mobile music is set to become big business over the next four years, and Europe is leading the way. eMarketer predicts that mobile music retail revenues in the EU-5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Read more...
Mobile mapping on the rise
More and more customers are using mobile maps according to a report by comscore m:metrics with 8 per cent of US mobile subscribers and 3 per cent of Europeans accessing maps in the three months to Read more...
Ericsson reports plunge in Q2 profits
A fall of 70 per cent in its second quarter profits was reported this week by Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson. The company blamed the fall on the high cost of shedding staff and falling handset sales Read more...
Greek island goes wireless
The Greek island of Patmos, allegedly the place where St John wrote the Book of Revelations, is going wireless. A wireless mesh network jointly developed by MIT's Media Lab and Nortel Solutions Read more...
3 reaches mobile broadband milestone
3G-only mobile operator 3 has signed up one million mobile broadband customers in its territories across Europe. The company says that since it launched its service in 2007 it has seen phenomenal Read more...
Nokia/Qualcomm--new best friends
Nokia and Qualcomm have finally ended their long-winded and frequently acrimonious legal battle over patents. The two companies had legal actions pending in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Read more...
Content to rejuvenate European mobile revenue growth, claims research
With the mobile communication market in Europe having reached a saturated and mature phase, mobile premium content services and applications represent a potential source of significant revenues for Read more...
Nokia hints at higher than forecast growth
Having previously forecast that the cell phone market would grow by 10 per cent, the CFO of Nokia, Rick Simonson, has indicated that, ‘with half a year visibility, we're able to say growth will Read more...