European Market

DT, Greek government reach OTE agreement

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:59:55 -0400

Germany's Deutsche Telekom finally got the deal it had been seeking with the Greek government, agreeing to acquire another 3 percent of Greek telco OTE on top of the 20 percent it already had agreed Read more...

Telefonica posts Q1 IPTV, net income gains

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:59:54 -0400

Spain's Telefoncia reported a 22.4 percent increase in first quarter net income to $2.38 billion, and posted a big rise in IPTV subscribers. The telco landed 43,000 new IPTV customers in the first Read more...

Restructured Spirent posts strong Q1 numbers

admin — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:59:53 -0400

Spirent Communications has undergone heavy restructuring and recently hired a new CEO, and the test vendor's first-quarter earnings report suggests its is now heading in the right direction. Spirent Read more...

France Telecom stays on IPTV growth track

admin — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:59:55 -0400

France Telecom said in its first-quarter earnings report that it had added 167,000 IPTV customers during the quarter, for a total of 1.41 million IPTV customers across all of its markets. Most of Read more...

DT posts earnings boost, landlines decline 6.3%

admin — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:59:54 -0400

Germany's Deutsche Telekom reported first quarter earnings growth of 33.2 percent to $1.16 billion, though some of the increase came from the sale of a media business. The company saw revenue decline Read more...

Could international telcos unite against Skype?

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

Speaking of mega-ventures, could a dozen or so incumbent telcos from around the world team up to launch a free international calling service that would challenge Skype? ThinkPanmure analyst Anton Read more...

Telcos pursue $700 million Europe-India cable

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:59:53 -0400

AT&T and Verizon Communications were among the 16 network operators to join the Europe-India Gateway consortium this week as the EIG unveiled a plan to construct a 15,000 km., $700 million Read more...

Why European telcos are looking to make deals

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

News yesterday that Deutsche Telekom was giving Sprint the once over shouldn't come as any surprise. European telcos-battling tough competition and getting hammered by landline losses-have been Read more...

BT to launch telepresence service in September

admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

U.K. telco giant BT is set to bring Cisco Systems' telepresence to market as part of a unified communications offering this September. BT's service commitment comes shortly after AT&T said it was Read more...

Alca-Lu loss trend, exchange woes continue

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:59:56 -0400

Quarterly losses continue to haunt mega-vendor Alcatel-Lucent, as the company reported it lost $282 million in the first quarter. It is the fifth straight quarterly loss for the company, and trends Read more...