Telecompaper General

China Strategic acquires Pacnet's travel management company

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:49:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Asian telecommunications provider Pacnet has completed the sale of Singapore-based travel and event management company Safe2Travel to China Strategic Holdings...

Nepal Telecom to invest in hydro-electric project

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Nepal Telecom will invest NPR 6 billion in the Upper Tamakoshi Hydro-electric project...

StarHub launches HP Mini by Studio Tord Boontje

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:44:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Singapore's StarHub is offering the HP Mini by Studio Tord Boontje. The HP Mini by Studio Tord Boontje is the result of HP's collaboration with Dutch...

SingTel launches Barclays Premier League promo

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:34:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has unveiled two 'Early Bird' specials for sports fans...

Globe Telecom's nine-month net income rises 12%

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:10:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Philippine communications company Globe Telecom saw its nine-month revenues rise 1 percent to PHP 46.9 billion, compared with PHP 46.6 billion...

FET's nine-month profit dips 11%

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:23:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Taiwanese communications provider Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) saw its nine-month revenues drop 4.6 percent to TWD 45.29 billion from TWD 47.45 billion in the year-ago period...

DeTe lawsuit judge denies arbitrariness claims

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:39:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) The judge in the lawsuit between small shareholders and Deutsche Telekom has denied claims of arbitrariness, which were uttered by the defence...

Iceland's telecom revenues increase to ISK 21.27 bln in H1

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:08:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Iceland has seen its total income from telecommunication services increase year-on-year to ISK 21.270 billion in H1 from ISK 20.348 billion in the...

AOL names Susan Lyne to board of directors

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) AOL has named Susan Lyne, the CEO at online luxury retailer Gilt Groupe, to its board of directors...

Sunrise revenues, EBITDA grow, plans FTTx investments

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:19:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) TDC subsidiary and Swiss telecommunications operator reports revenues of CHF 1.49 billion for the first nine months of this year, growing by 7.9 percent year-on-year...

Telus Q3 hurt by economy, higher competition

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Canadian operator Telus reported third quarter operating revenues down 1.6 percent to CAD 2.411 billion from the year before, reflecting continued declines in voice revenues...

TRA director-general steps down

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:55:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) director-general Alan Horne has decided to step down from his position by end- November...

AT&T completes takeover of Centennial

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) AT&T has completed its acquisition of Centennial Communications. The buy will broaden AT&T's network coverage across the Midwest and Southeast United...

Videotron ends Q3 with 1.75 mln cable TV subscribers

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:36:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Canadian cable network operator Videotron released third quarter results showing 27,100 new customers for its basic cable television service, bringing the total number of subscribers to 1,759,700...

TDC posts flat revenues, EBITDA growth in first nine months

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:03:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Danish operator operator TDC has seen its revenue rise slightly by 0.5 percent to DKK 26.8 billion in the first nine months...

FCC conditionally approves AT&T takeover of Centennial

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) The FCC has approved AT&T's proposed acquisition of US and Puerto Rican operator Centennial Communications under certain conditions...

Hansenet revenues drop 4.6%, EBITDA up 6.5%

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:24:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) German fixed network operator Hansenet reports revenues of EUR 858.1 million for the first nine months of this year, down by 4.56 percent compared with the same period in 2008...

Manitoba Telecom revenues fall 3.5% to CAD 462.9 mln in Q3

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:14:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Canadian operator Manitoba Telecom Services reported third-quarter revenues declined 3.5 percent to CAD 462.9 million from CAD 479.9 million in the year-earlier quarter...

Telecom Italia net profit down due to Hansenet write-down

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:10:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) Telecom Italia reports revenues of EUR 6.77 billion for the third quarter of this year, down 5.6 percent year-on-year and the EBITDA decreased by 0.4 percent to EUR 2.99 billion...

Mobile subscribers to hit 5.9 bln in 2013 - study

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:50:00 +0100

(Telecompaper) The worldwide mobile subscribers were nearly 4 times than access line subscribers in 2008 (3.9 billion versus 1 billion), according to a study by Infonetics Research...