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Companies / Brazil
Brazil's special assessor to the president, Cezar Alvarez, is considering three possible paths for the proposed National Broadband Plan (PNBL - Plano Nacional de Banda Larga). He also sees the more active role the state would play in the broadband market as a 'market regulator' ensuring a 'balance' in prices of the products offered by private companies. However, Brazil's fixed...
2010-02-05Companies / Peru
Following earlier attempts to auction spectrum for a new mobile operator, Peru's Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has announced that it hopes to end the process in Q110....
2010-02-04Companies / Colombia
Municipal telecoms operator UNE EPM has announced that it reached over 800,000 pay-TV subscribers in 2009, up 53.3% year-on-year. The operator, alongside direct-to-home (DTH) operator...
2010-02-04Companies / Philippines
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reports that six key provinces in the Philippines may not be able to participate fully in the upcoming hotly contested local elections, scheduled for May 2010, due to a lack of basic telecommunications infrastructure. These regions are home to as many as 3mn registered voters, according to Comelec, which suggests that polling stations could...
2010-02-05Companies / China
China-based smartphone maker Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) has ambitious plans to become the largest producer of 3G devices for the Chinese market this year,...
2010-02-04Companies / Bangladesh
Bangladesh's two largest mobile network operators, GrameenPhone and Banglalink, have agreed to share network infrastructure and related facilities as part of a plan to lower overall...
2010-02-03Industry / Bulgaria
The telecommunications markets in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries vary greatly in terms of maturity, with the most developed being Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus and Moldova fall among the least
2010-02-04Companies / Sweden
Sweden's TeliaSonera announced that it has increased its stake in Uzbek mobile operator Coscom to 94% from 74%. The company acquired 20% of the shares from Takilant, its partner in...
2010-02-03Companies / Poland
Leading direct-to-home (DTH) pay-TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat has launched its first wireless broadband service. At PLN1 (US$0.35) a month for 200MB, it is by far the cheapest option...
2010-02-02Companies / Kuwait
The unexpected and largely unexplained resignation of Zain's CEO, Saad al-Barrak, has been well documented in the media. On February 4 2010 it was confirmed that the international mobile operator's board of directors had accepted his resignation. Although it is not possible to know what goes on behind closed doors, BMI feels pretty confident that Zain will be heading in a new...
2010-02-05Companies / Kenya
Kenya continues to move closer to achieving an efficient and competitive broadband market that will be able to provide high quality and affordable service to a wide range of customers....
2010-02-04Industry / South Africa
Proposed cuts in mobile termination rates (MTR) are now in doubt, according to Business Day. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), the telecoms regulator,...
2010-02-04Companies / France
The European Commission (EC) has opened an infringement procedure against France relating to a 'telecoms tax' on telecommunications operators. The telecoms tax was introduced in March 2009 to counter the end of advertising on public TV channels. The French government has two months to respond to the EC before the infringement proceedings are dropped or taken to the next stage....
2010-01-29Companies / China
Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer and services provider Ericsson's profits fell by 92% year-on-year (y-o-y) in Q409. The company attributes its poor performance to reduced...
2010-01-26Companies / Spain
Spanish fixed-line incumbent Telefónica has relaunched some of its most competitive tariffs in the Spanish broadband market after seeing its hold on the market slip, reports Expansión....
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