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AUSTRIA: Telekom Austria mulls split
Telekom Austria leading shareholder OeIAG is backing a division of the telco into separate fixed and mobile businesses, reports Der Standard....
GREECE: Deutsche Telekom/Greece OTE accord expected next week
Greece and Deutsche Telekom are expected to reach an accord on OTE next week, according to a Dow Jones report citing a senior finance ministry official....
SWEDEN: Ericsson in rumoured link to Microsoft
Sweden is buzzing with reports that Microsoft is eyeing local vendor Ericsson....
DENMARK: TDC outsources IT for SKr2bn
Danish telco TDC is to outsource its IT to CSC in a contract worth a minimum of SKr2bn (E268m)....
SWEDEN: Ericsson to provide 4G technology
A day after the winners of the Swedish 4G licence were announced, local vendor Ericsson has presented its rollout plans....
BULGARIA: Fourth GSM licence in Bulgaria
Bulgaria's Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) plans to award a fourth GSM licence....
BULGARIA: Talks over WiMAX regional operator
Bulgarian WiMAX operator Max Telecom is in talks with Greek counterpart Cosmoline to set up a regional company, Dnevnik reports quoting executive director Krasimir Stoichev....
SAFRICA: No firm China Mobile bid for MTN
China Mobile remains interested in the African market but has not submitted a bid for MTN Group, the South China Morning Post has reported....
QATAR: Qtel to launch rights issue in June
Qtel will launch its QR5.87bn (US$1.61bn) rights issue on June 8, the company has announced....
SIERRALEONE: Sierratel to launch fixed-wireless network
State-owned telco Sierra Leone Telecommunications (Sierratel) will launch a CDMA fixed-wireless network by September 2008, according to the country's deputy minister for information and communication, Mohamed Koroma....
CHINA: Huawei considering stake sale
Chinese company Huawei is considering selling a stake in its mobile phones division to a foreign investor....
INDONESIA: Indosat seeking loan
Indonesian telco PT Indosat is reportedly seeking a syndicated loan of US$200m, having mandated ING Bank and DBS Bank as advisers....
TAIWAN: Taiwanese regulators approve sale of Taiwan Broadband
Macquarie Media Group has obtained the necessary Taiwanese regulatory approvals for the sale of its 60% interest in Taiwan Broadband Communications to Macquarie Korea Opportunities Fund....
AUSTRALIA: Telstra split on the cards
Australian communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has indicated that the government would consider a structural separation of Telstra....
INDIA: BSNL invites bids for GSM contracts
State-run Indian telco BSNL has invited bids for a US$6.5bn contract to supply 93 million GSM lines....
USA: Cablevision to spend US$350m on wireless broadband network
US cable operator Cablevision has announced it will spend US$350m on a new wireless broadband network to serve New York area subscribers....
GLOBAL: New head at Lattelecom
Juris Gulbis has been appointed executive director and board chairman of Latvian telecoms incumbent Lattelecom....
UK: Carphone Warehouse announces JV with Best Buy
Carphone Warehouse has announced a JV with US electronics retailer BestBuy, which will pay £1.1bn for 50% of Carphone's European and US retail interests. Carphone intends to use proceeds to pay down debt, invest in broadband customer growth and infra...
SWEDEN: Swedish mobile licence auction
Swedish telecom regulator PTS has announced that its spectrum auction for frequencies in the 2.6GHz band (4G) has raised a total of SKr2.1bn (E225.8m)....
SWEDEN: France Telecom keeps eyes on TeliaSonera
Whilst presenting its Q1 figures yesterday, France Telecom CFO Gervais Pellissier said the operator remained interested in acquiring TeliaSonera but that negotiations had not yet begun....