List of All Telecom News
| BT Extends Fixed-Mobile Convergence to Corporate Customers
18/09/2006
British Telecom has extended its fixed-mobile convergence services to enterprise-level customers, in the form of a new offering called BT Corporate Fusion.This innovative new service will allow corporate users to make wireless calls over an IP PBX system, from any Wi-Fi hotspot, potentially reducing costly mobile phone bills.We are stitching together the Wi-Fi network, cellular network, corporate... |
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| BT Reports 28% Increase in Profits While Deutsche Telekom Flounders
10/11/2006
The United Kingdom`s former telecom monopoly, BT Group, reported an increase in fiscal second-quarter profits this week, thanks in part to its strategy of moving away from the shrinking fixed-line telephone market to focus more attention on broadband internet services.BT`s profits rose 28% to 475 million pounds (US$904.7 million) in the most recent quarter, in sharp contrast to its German... |
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| BT Reports Healthy Broadband Growth, but Profit Margins Disappoint
27/07/2007
UK telecom giant, BT Group, announced a 31% increase in first quarter profits yesterday, driven by strong demand for broadband connections and IT network services, along with a one-time tax credit.The company reported a profit of £607 million (US$1.25 billion), up from £464 million in the same three month period a year earlier. Excluding the £119 million tax gain, net earnings increased by... |
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| BT Rumoured to be Slowing 21CN Network Spending
07/01/2008
British telecommunications giant, BT, may have recently slowed spending on its 21st Century (21CN) next-generation network initiative, according to Morgan Keegan analyst, Simon Leopold.Our checks suggest BT has slowed spending recently, and its 21CN project faces delays, Leopold wrote in a research note late last week. Within its initiatives, it has pushed back Harmonized Ethernet` based on... |
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| BT’s Next-Generation Broadband Plan Wins UK Regulatory Approval
03/03/2009
Telecommunications giant, Bell Canada, has announced plans to purchase all 750 Canadian outlets of ‘The Source’ from Circuit City.This acquisition will support Bell’s “strategic imperatives to accelerate wireless and leverage momentum in services like Bell TV, Bell Internet, and Bell Home Phone,” according to the company’s CEO, George Cope.The deal, described... |
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| Bundled Services Gain Popularity in Irish Telecom Market
25/02/2008
Some 52% of Ireland’s landline telephone users now bundle internet access or some other service with their telecom subscription, according to a recent survey by Millward Brown IMS, on behalf of ComReg.54% of those surveyed now use the internet in some location, with 48% boasting a home internet connection. Of these customers 68% say they now use broadband.Ireland has also seen strong growth... |
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| Cable & Wireless Expected to Win Virgin Media Cable Contract
10/04/2007
British communications provider, Cable & Wireless PLC is poised to win a broadband supply contract from Virgin Media, allowing it to sell high-speed internet services to millions of UK customers out of reach of Virgin’s cable network, according to a report in The Sunday Times.The newspaper report, which did not name its sources, said that Virgin had selected C&W and was no longer... |
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| Cable & Wireless to Enter Indian Telephone Market
27/01/2007
UK-based communications operator, Cable & Wireless, is getting ready to enter the Indian long distance telephone market, according to a recent report in the Economic Times.C&W will hold a 74% stake in its new subsidy, Cable & Wireless Networks India, which was incorporated earlier this month. The other 26% will be owned by and Indian joint venture partner, so as to conform with the... |
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| Cable Bundling Poses Significant Threat to Standalone VoIP Providers
02/04/2007
The bundled digital telephone offerings of cable operators are becoming cheap enough to rival independent VoIP services such as Vonage, according to financial analysis by Pike & Fisher.Triple-play bundling of voice, video, and broadband allows customers to save up to $10/month on the whole package, the research firm says, bringing the real cost of cable VoIP services within a few dollars of... |
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| Cable VoIP and Wireless Threaten Traditional U.S. Telephone Carriers
28/05/2008
American cable companies are positioned to capture a growing share of the residential telephone market, according to a recently updated forecast from SNL Kagan.In the past two years, incumbent landline operators have seen their share of the residential telephone market drop from 90% to 74%, and SNL Kagan expects a further 23% drop over the next five years, as low-priced cable VoIP offerings... |
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