BT surprised competitors on a Monday morning with a move to acquire Infonet, the maverick independent global provider. This removes a significant competitor in the global data services space ...

The FreeMove Alliance has launched its MNC initiative with a fixed monthly BlackBerry roaming rate, unified billing, centralised reporting and dedicated support. FreeMove is evolving its basic roaming proposition towards ...

Tiscali France announced it will launch its business VoIP product by mid-November for SOHOs and SMEs. With extremely narrow DSL margins and intense local competition, this is a vital ...

QSC has re-vamped its DSL portfolio yet again with improved speeds, prices and national coverage. There are also attractive options for product bundling; yet selling may be difficult in a ...

Belgacom launches VDSL, reaffirming its place as Belgium's market leader as well as its readiness to shape domestic market trends, and places itself well ahead of alternative xDSL and cable ...

Arcor has introduced new DSL tariffs with free installation, WiFi product bundles and a flat-rate voice service for local and national calls. While the move heightens competitive activity, the ...

Spain-based Arsys adds a new ADSL tier to its suite with a 512 kbps offer, in a market awash with similar products from other Spanish providers. Arsys saves face ...

3 Italy ramps up its business tariffs with a flat rate voice, data and e-mail plan. Once again, 3 Italy silences the competition with affordable business solutions that companies ...

Amena has waited to catch up in consumer 3G services, and its 3G handset portfolio represents its choice of one. Still, Amena throws a new set of 3G tariffs ...

Universal Music has launched a WAP site for the pop group, McFly, and wants to use the site as an additional revenue stream. Operators might have given up on ...

Avaya has entered the service provider market with a hosted version of the Communication Manager PBX system. The company has a very interesting pricing model for the system, but ...

Telefonica Moviles Espana has launched the first prepaid 3G data card service in Spain, targeting casual and experimental users. The traditional concepts of "prepaid,' however, do not translate well in ...

As a premium, standalone PTT service, Talk Now will be a tough sell. Orange France appears to have deliberately turned its back on Nextel's highly successful bundled service philosophy. ...

Jazztel announces a new business plan through to 2007 including greater focus on corporate services, and investments in advertising and expanding xDSL-based direct access. The announcement does little to change ...

XS4ALL acquires the former customers of CistroN, enlarging its client base by 5,000 broadband access and hosting users as well as directly benefiting from the withdrawal of a small, but ...

Telenor speeds up its plan to roll out ADSL capabilities to reach 90% of the population by the end of 2005. While this will increase Telenor's chances of winning clients, ...

TIM starts its Christmas campaign with a host of EDGE and 3G handsets and new promotions. Maxxi TIM All-inclusive is the operator's first all-inclusive tariff and a direct hit ...

The Carphone Warehouse has teamed up with EMI and the new Robbie Williams CD will be available on memory card for mobile phone users in the UK. Sounds impressive, ...

KPN Mobile's first consumer 3G offer abounds with unique selling points: a free 3G handset offer, handset-to-PC video telephony, laptop modem functionality and 3G network interoperability from day one. All ...

Priority Telecom completes its Dutch backbone infrastructure, and it can now focus its attention on leveraging the converged network to drive growth in the sale of integrated voice, data and ...