Europe Intelligence Wire articles from November 2007, page 5

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Western Europe - 20% of Western Europeans will have video-on-demand by 2011.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) From a low penetration of just under 8 percent in 2007, over 20 percent of Western European households will have video-on-demand by 2011, up 30 percent on current levels, according to a study by media analysts...

Italy - Wind launches new tariff plan for business users.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Italian mobile operator Wind has launched the 'Wind 4', a new post-paid and pre-paid tariff plan for business users that substitutes the existing tariff plan 'Wind 5'. The plan, which costs EUR 4.80 a month,...

Portugal - Portuguese cable TV customers reach 1.5 mln in Q3.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) An estimated 17,000 customers signed up for cable TV services in Portugal during Q3 2007, representing 1 percent growth to close to 1.5 million subscribers, according to data from Anacom. In comparison to the...

Portugal - Anacom fines TMN, Colt Telecom in Portugal.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Portuguese telecom regulator Anacom has imposed a EUR 6,000 fine on TMN, mobile operator of the PT Group, for not responding in due time to three portability requests from the same number. TMN received the...

Italy - Tiscali offers ADSL 20 Mbps for EUR 9.95 a month.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Tiscali Italia has introduced the 20 Mbps unlimited internet offer which costs EUR 9.95 until 31 March 2008 for those subscribing by end-2007. After that date, the cost will be EUR 29.95 a month. Another new...

Croatia - Iskon launches new ADSL service in Croatia.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Croatian telecom operator Iskon has introduced the new Iskon.ADSL service that offers a 1 Mbps/256 Kbps connection with 1GB of traffic included for HRK 49 a month. All Iskon.ADSL users subscribing by end-2007...

Sweden - Interoute acquires Swedish ISP pi.se.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) European network operator Interoute has more than doubled its business in Sweden with the acquisition of Swedish internet services provider pi.se. This move adds several new customers to Interoute's business...

Portugal - Vodafone launches cost separation service in Portugal.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Vodafone Portugal has launched the 'Cost Separation' service. The service enable companies to define the calls that they wish to separate between business and personal. This may include a maximum monthly spend...

Romania - Romtelecom starts rural broadband internet project.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Romtelecom and Sysware Systems have commissioned the first of 214 new national networks that will offer broadband internet to Romanian rural and small urban areas. The network is located at Roata de Jos,...

Italy - Tiscali Italia launches fresh ADSL offers.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Tiscali Italia has completely renewed its product portfolio with the goal of offering all dual and single play clients higher performances for lower prices. The main change is the new dual-play offer 'Tiscali...

Netherlands - Groningen Unwired deploys Strix wireless mesh network.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Wireless broadband operator Unwired Holdings has deployed Strix Systems' Access/One Network Outdoor Systems for the historic Dutch city of Groningen. Unwired Holdings designed, deployed the broadband wireless...

France - Allocine streams film reviews, ads on eight channels.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) French DVD rental site Allocine has launched internet TV service Tivimi offering eight streams of show and reports focused on cinema and advertising. Allocine already released its Zooloo Kids free VoD service....

Turkey - BVI court rules in favour of Altimo in Turkcell spat.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) A British Virgin Islands (BVI) court has recognised Altimo's security rights over Cukurova's 13.8 percent of Turkcell shares. The court said that the appropriation of the shares made by Altimo earlier this year...

Switzerland - German-speaking Switzerland to transfer to DVB-T.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) On 26 November of this year, analogue TV broadcasts over the air will be ended in German speaking Switzerland with the expection of the Wallis canton. From that date, the Swiss public broadcaster channels from...

Netherlands - Esprit Telecom expands marketing team.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Dutch services provider Esprit Telecom has expanded its marketing team over the past few months. The marketing team is headed by Peter Bakker who has been appointed as manager sales & marketing. Bakker earlier...

France - Unlocked iPhones widely available in France.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) It is still possible to buy an iPhone in France without going through Orange, writes vnunet.fr. Some seven unlocked iPhone models are currently available at Twenga.fr and others can be found on other price...

Malta - GO secures TV rights from English Football Association.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Maltese operator GO has signed a deal with the Football Association (FA). Through this deal, GO has secured rights for live and exclusive broadcast for the next four seasons on TV, mobile and broadband of the...

Netherlands - TKH sales rise 24%, buys Pantaflex.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Netherlands-based cable and machines group TKH reported third quarter sales of EUR 208.9 million, up 23.7 percent. Net profit went up to 22.2 percent to EUR 8.8 million. The company has reiterated its full-year...

France - Bouygues launches BlackBerrys on EDGE network.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom, which just launched its HSPDA network, now offers the BlackBerry 8100 and 8120 for users of its EDGE network, which covers 90 percent of the population. The devices are...

Belarus - MTS Belarus ends Q3 with 3.21 mln customers.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) MTS Belarus, in which mobile operator group Mobile TeleSystems owns a 49 percent stake, ended the third quarter with 3.66 million customers, up from 3.21 million at the end of 2006. ARPU dropped to USD 9.8...

Europe - EC approves sale of Motorola ECC division to Emerson.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) The European Commission (EC) has approved the planned acquisition of Motorola's embedded communications computing division, Motorola ECC, by Emerson Electric. The EC concluded that the deal would not...

Germany - Almost half of Germans between 30-49 yrs shops online.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) German women mostly buy shoes, clothes, cosmetics online, while German man buy telecom equipment, consumer electronics, teleworking applications and PC software and games online, according to a survey by TNS...

Finland - Elisa elects Karjalainen as executive VP for new business.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Finnish operator Elisa has appointed Tapio Karjalainen as executive VP responsible for new services and business areas, effective 1 January 2008. Karjalainen has previously acted as Elisa's executive VP,...

Ukraine - MTS sees third quarter net income fall in Ukraine.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) The Ukraine operations of mobile operator group Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) (using the Jeans, UMC and SimSim brands) saw its net income fall on the back of higher revenues. Third quarter revenues went up 6 percent...

France - Numericable launches triple play for apartment buildings.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) French cabler Numericable is now marketing a 512 kbps internet, phone and TV service to apartment complexes. The so-called Universal Digital Service (SUN in French) offered to around 1.5 million homes passed on...

France - Oberthur Card signs asset contribution deal with parent.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) French smartcard manufacturer Oberthur Card Systems and its parent company Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire have signed the asset contribution agreements. The deal will govern the conditions of the merger...

Europe - .eu domain names use increases 23% during Q3.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) EURid, the European registry for .eu, has announced that the registrations for the .eu top-level internet domain continued to grow during the third quarter of this year. Actual use of .eu domains increased by...

Germany - Arcor expands mobile packages.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Vodafone's fixed network operator Arcor has introduced mobile minute packages and a flatrate for calls to German fixed networks. All packages are only available in combination with an All Inclusive service from...

Europe - Businesses rate customer service as most important - study.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) European businesses see customer service as more important that profits, according to an eight European-country, 4,538-respondent survey by TNS/Sofres for network and hosting service provder Easynet. The...

Europe - Net Insight receives order from European broadcaster.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) A European public services broadcaster has placed an order for Net Insight's Nimbra platform. The new customer provides national TV and radio services in a European country. The order for Net Insight's Nimbra...

France - High demand for mobile TV licences in France.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) French media regulator CSA is likely to see very high demand in its tender of 13 mobile TV channels, writes Les Echos. Existing TV broadcasters, large and small, face new entrants. CSA cannot award more than...

Germany - Vodafone expects T-Mobile to drop SIM lock from iPhone.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) T-Mobile Germany continues to sell the Apple iPhone, despite the injunction that the Hamburg state court imposed, after a complaint from Vodafone Germany. T-Mobile will comply to the court's decision pending...

France - Mobile TV costs make free model unviable - Mobile TV Forum.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) It will cost up to EUR 75 million annually to cover 30 percent of the French population with mobile TV, according to a study by the Mobile TV Forum. The cost per channel is one sixteenth of the figure. This...

Norway - Candover sells Norwegian cable operator Get for EUR 745 mln.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) European buyout investor Candover has sold the Norwegian cable network operator Get for NOK 5.8 billion (EUR 745 million) to a syndicate of investors led by Quadrangle Capital Partners and GS Capital Partners....

Spain - T-Systems wins IT outsourcing deal from Prestige Hotels.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Spanish hotel operator in Catalonia Prestige Hotels is outsourcing its IT infrastructure to T-Systems, the business customer unit of Deutsche Telekom. The contract runs eight years and is valued at EUR 4...

Austria - Telekom Austria plans to issue EUR 500 mln bond.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) After the closing of the MDC transaction, Telekom Austria Group announced the start of an international roadshow prior to the planned issuance of a corporate bond. Presentations will take place in Vienna,...

Germany - Telefonica Deutschland selects Nominum's CNS for VoIP.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) German fixed network operator focused on wholesale Telefonica Deutschland has selected Nominum's Foundation Caching Name Server (CNS) to deliver consistent and high quality VoIP services for customers....

Poland - TP launches business international info line.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has launched the tp international info-line for companies. The line provides firms with free of partially free access to phone numbers in Poland from overseas. It is targeted at...

Germany - State media offices could not recommend Mobile 3.0 yet.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) The joint conference of German state media offices was unable to come to a recommendation decision for a DVB-H licence, as it did not receive a required coverage proposal and the corresponding contracts with...

Austria - UPC Austria wins court case against aonspeed advertising.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Austrian cable network operator UPC Austria has won an injunction against Telekom Austria's advertising campaign for aonSpeed Easy. UPC filed a complaint at the administrative court in Vienna against the slogan...

Croatia - Vipnet launches pre-paid mobile internet service.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Croatian mobile operator Vipnet has launched the 'Vipme Broadband' pre-paid mobile internet service. There is no monthly fee for the service, available to Vipnet customers from 21 November. It is targeted at...

Czech Republic - Telefonica O2 CR launches new BlackBerry tariffs.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Telefonica O2 Czech Republic (Telefonica O2 CR) has announced a new set of tariffs for its BlackBerry service. In addition, the company will launch a new version of the BlackBerry Internet Service on 01 December...

Scandinavia - Eniro completes share redemption programme.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Nordic directories group Eniro announces that the acceptance period for its offer for redemption of shares expired on 19 November. The offer involved redemption of a maximum of every ninth share held in Eniro at...

Germany - NDR trials CC licences for two TV programmes.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) German regional public radio and television broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) will begin to use Creative Common (CC) licences for some of their programs. The political comedy show Extra 3 and critical...

Germany - Union threatens DeTe with action against accounting cuts.
November 21, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) The German union ver.di is threatening Deutsche Telekom with new strike actions if the operator plans to cut the accounting departments from 48 offices to 6 as the German press reported. Ver.di's board member...

Sweden - Sweden's SwitchCore sells some operations to eSilicon.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Swedish data switches developer SwitchCore has signed an agreement with North American company eSilicon to transfer assets, and certain contracts related to SwitchCore's operations to eSilicon. The sale to...

Romania - Vodafone Romania unveils new roaming tariffs.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Vodafone Romania announced new roaming fees for the Vodafone Passport package. Vodafone Passport is a roaming service which can be activated for free by Vodafone World standard roaming subscribers. For postpaid...

Netherlands - Wixi required to change 1894 number to 0900 number.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Dutch telecommunications regulator Opta requires directory inquiries service Wixi to change its 1894 number to its 0900-0100 number. The directory inquiries service is based on keywords and allows users to be...

Romania - Vodafone Romania adds 625,514 net users in six months.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Vodafone Romania reported 625, 514 net additions for the six months ended September 30., with 55,932 added in the last three months. Its total customer base reached 8.58 million, up 19.9 percent year-on-year.... .

Bulgaria - M-Tel Bulgaria unveils new Christmas promotions.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Bulgarian mobile operator Mobiltel (M-Tel) launched a new Christmas campaign with several promotions on 16 November. M-Tel expects to sign up its 5 millionth customer over the course of the Christmas campaign....

Spain - Jazztel sees no discrepancy in 1999-2003 accounts.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Jazztel has declared that there is no discrepancy in its accounts for 1999-2003, and thus believes that this matter will be closed with no further consequence. The company has presented the documents required by...

Italy - Colt to set up IP VPN network for Italian Stock Exchange.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Business telecommunications services provider Colt has signed a three-year agreement with the Italian Stock Exchange for the setting up and management of a national and international data network. Via an IP...

Croatia - Croatia's Optima Telekom to launch IPO at start-December.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Croatia's Optima Telekom has been authorised by market body Hanfa to launch an IPO for 800,000 regular shares with a total nominal value of HRK 8 million, with each share worth HRK 10. According to Croatian...

France - Paris chooses wireless-based city information system.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Paris city hall will replace its municipal information panels in the middle of December, opting for a wireless communications-based system instead. The city's 175 displays will be able to advertise information...

Portugal - Vodafone Portugal launches voice calls promotion.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Vodafone Portugal has launched a promotion for its customers, which will see it devolving in January the value spent in December on national voice calls towards the Vodafone and fixed networks. By adhering to...

Germany - Vodafone files injunction against iPhone exclusivity.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Vodafone Germany has filed an injuction against T-Mobile Germany's exclusive sales agreement for the Apple iPhone, according to Vodafone Germany's CEO Friedrich Joussen cited by the German press. A Deutsche...

Spain - Spain's R launches mobile phone service.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Spain-based operator R has launched its mobile phone service. Customers will be offered a unified bill and all problems can be resolved via one customer care centre. In the first phase, the service will be...

Spain - Sogecable to launch HD version of Canal Plus in Spain.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Sogecable will launch a high-definition version of the Canal Plus service in test form in Spain in January 2008, lasting until a definitive launch of the service. The channel will thus become the first national...

Bulgaria - Globul offers WAP services settings via MyGlobul portal.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Bulgarian mobile operator Globul is now allowing customers to order WAP via GPRS and MMS services settings over the internet at the website of its MyGlobul interactive portal. Registered users can choose the...

Finland - Sonera, Microsoft, Mepco offer business services for hire.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Sonera, Microsoft and Mepco have combined their expertise and services to form a new service model that supports the business of companies of all sizes. CRM, ERP, payroll and human resource management services...

Germany - Vtion launches IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Vtion Wireless Technology has announced details of its forthcoming initial public offering on the prime standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The offer period is expected to commence on 23 November and will...

Germany - German TV users do not know about HD or analogue/digital.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Many German consumers are still unable to get to grips with high-definition TV and even the difference between analog or digital TV is not understood by a third of all German households, according to a GFK...

Sweden - Telia introduces Turbo-3G in three Swedish cities.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Telia has introduced its Turbo-3G service in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo in Sweden. Telia's Turbo-3G offers broadband speeds up to 7.2 Mbps. After the initial launch of Turbo-3G, the build-out will...

Sweden - Telia builds fibre-optic network in Orebro County.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) TeliaSonera Sweden has signed a letter of intent with Orebro County in Sweden to connect it over a fibre-optic network. The first community will be the town of Grythyttan in the Municipality of Hallefors. The...

Poland - UKE publishes public payphone, leased line decisions.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) The Polish regulator UKE has presented the final results of an analysis of the market for phone services provided by public payphones. The UKE President has defined a minimum number of public payphones to be...

Europe - Europe could make progress in electronics recycling - study.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Europe could do more electronics recycling, according a United Nations study. The research, covering everything between mobile phones to freezers, found that most products still wind up in landfill. Although...

Europe - European DTT set-top boxes to top 47 mln in 2011 - study.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) The total unit shipments of digital terrestrial set top boxes in Europe will eclipse 47 million in 2011, according to a report from In-Stat. Europe is leading the world in the fast-growing digital terrestrial...

France - Neo deploys Juniper MX960 Ethernet services routers.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) French IP services operator Neo Telecoms has deployed Juniper Networks' MX960 Ethernet services routers to create a European IP backbone. Neo Telecoms' IP transit network interconnects its regional data centres...

Italy - T-Systems wins ICT outsourcing deal from De Agostini Editore.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Italian publisher De Agostini Editore has entrusted the management of its entire ICT infrastructure to T-Systems in Italy. The agreement has a term of five years and includes the outsourcing management of...

Belarus - Telekom Austria completes acquisition of MDC for EUR 730 mln.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Telekom Austria Group has closed the acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Cypriot, the sole owner of the Belarusian mobile operator MDC, for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 730 million after having...

Germany - Versatel Germany reports revenue, EBITDA growth.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Regional fixed network operator Versatel Germany signed up nearly 50,000 new residential DSL customers (48,900) in the third quarter of this year, which is more than in previous quarters. The revenue for...

Ireland - Eircom unveils 'Get More' consumer broadband strategy.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Irish operator Eircom has launched its new 'Get More' broadband strategy to educate customers about the benefits and potential of broadband internet technology, writes ENN. Gerry Culligan, Consumer Market...

Italy - Italian Foreign Ministry launches VoIP service.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Italy's Foreign Ministry had concluded the development of a communications system that makes possible the transmission of voice, data and images via the internet. The VoIP service has been activated this week...

Europe - D-Link appoints VP for European business unit.
November 20, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Networking products provider D-Link has appointed Dave Smith as vice president for its business solutions group. Smith will target existing and emerging markets and will work closely with D-Link's business...

Europe - Tiscali board approves EUR 150 mln share capital increase.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) The board of directors of Tiscali has resolved upon a share capital increase of up to EUR 150 million to be offered with pre-emption rights for Tiscali's shareholders. The capital increase proceeds will be...

Germany - Mobile 3.0 DVB-H licence will hinder German mobile TV market.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Industry experts believe that the decision by the German state media offices to select Mobile 3.0, a consortium between MFD and Neva Media, as a DVB-H mobile TV platform operator will hold back the development...

Poland - TP offers online bills, boosts broadband availability.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has launched a new electronic invoicing service, available from 15 November. This means customers can receive bills online and do not have to receive paper invoices. The electronic...

Germany - Entavio to be made available to German cable homes in 2008.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Satellite TV platform Entavio, operated by SES Astra, has signed an agreement with KabelDienstLeistungs (KDL), cable and telecommunications services provider, to make the entavio platform available to cable...

Ireland - ComReg re-opens 26 GHz band for wireless broadband.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Ireland's Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has published an information notice re-opening the 26 GHz band for Fixed Wireless Access Local Area (FWALA) licensing and inviting applications. The...

Switzerland - CoopMobile launches new post-paid service.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Swiss discount mobile service CoopMobile has launched a new post-paid service in co-operation with Orange Switzerland. Available from 19 November, customer must sign either a 12-month or 24-month contract. They...

Spain - Mobile broadband users exceed fixed-line users in Spain.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Between June 2006-September 2007, Spanish cellular operators signed up new broadband users four-fold faster than the rate of fixed-line operators, reports Expansion. Revenue from data transmission is over 15...

Germany - Versatel Germany CEO under increasing pressure - report.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Versatel Germany's CEO Peter Knauer is coming under increasing pressure from investors, with his future as head of the company under doubt, according to a report in the Financial Times Deutschland (FTD). One...

Netherlands - Valkenburg to boost mobile, internet applications.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) Dutch development company Valkenburg aan de Geul and Nederland BreedbandLand, the national platform for promoting broadband technologies, have launched the Valkenburg Connected (Valkenburg Verbonden) project....

Germany - QSC Q3 sales up 22 percent to EUR 83.2 million.
November 19, 2007... (From Telecompaper Europe) German broadband network operator QSC has reported revenue of EUR 83.2 million for Q3 2007, up 22 percent from EUR 68.4 million a year earlier. The resellers business posted revenue up 74 percent to EUR 31.8...