The Dutch auction of 2.6GHz radio frequency licences will start on 20 April, with nine bidders qualified, the government announced. The spectrum regulator Agentschap Telecom evaluated the applications from potential bidders, which were due by 8 January. A trial auction was ... | Read
The Swiss federal administrative court has upheld the main elements of an appeal by Swisscom over a ruling by the competition commission Weko regarding allegedly illegal mobile termination fees and has overruled the fine of CHF 333 million. In February 2007 Weko ruled that ... | Read
Trade unions have expressed anger and disappointment after Vodafone confirmed plans to cut 375 jobs in the UK. The Communications Workers Union (CWU) said it was disappointed by the decision and expressed its concern that customer-facing jobs would be affected, despite ... | Read
NTT Communications plans to acquire online advertiser X-Listing. NTT Com will spend JPY 924 million on a 61.6 percent stake, which NTT Com will buy from current shareholders Excite Japan and Itochu, The Nikkei reports. NTT Com will use the advertiser's technology to develop ... | Read
The number of illegal online music and video consumers in France rose by 3 percent between September and December last year, despite the passage of the Hadopi 2 anti-piracy law, according to a study by the University of Rennes. The level stood at 30.3 percent of all ... | Read
Google is testing a new TV search service with Dish Network, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The service, which runs on set-top boxes containing Google software, allows users to find shows on the Dish satellite-TV service as well as video from ... | Read
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has issued guidelines on planned market reviews. The Electronic Communications Act (ECA) requires the regulator to impose ex ante regulations, including price controls, on operators that hold significant power in ... | Read
Spain shed 76,303 mobile lines in November, bringing the total number to 52.81 million, up by 3.4 percent over the same month of 2009, according to the monthly report by Spanish regulator CMT. The drop was mainly due to the prepaid segment, which lost around 244,111 lines ... | Read
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong doubled its profit in 2009. Turnover grew 4 percent to HKD 8.45 billion from HKD 8.12 billion a year earlier.The group's operating profit for the year reached HKD 787 million, representing an increase of 55 percent when compared to HKD ... | Read
AT&T announced the successful completion of a live network environment field trial of 100-Gigabit backbone network technology. During the trial, AT&T field tested the new Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. AT&T also used the Opnext 100 Gigabit CFP client side modules and ... | Read
Cisco unveiled its next-generation routing platform for operators, the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. The Cisco CRS-3 triples the capacity of its predecessor, the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System, to up to 322 Tbps. According to the company, the system offers 12 ... | Read
Avaya and Polycom are expanding their existing relationship and will jointly develop and market integrated video, voice and collaboration products. The companies plan to deliver fully integrated, unified communications (UC) products that use the Avaya Aura SIP-based ... | Read
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