The Dutch mobile market is awash with MVNOs. Yet, with ADSL, VoDSL, fixed voice capabilities, an established brand profile and an existing customer base, Scarlet Telecom is more threatening ...

Avaya, after years of struggling to gain mind and market share in Europe, is acquiring German supplier Tenovis to accelerate the effort. The company's footprint, by default, will be ...

MTV is sidestepping the mobile operator to launch its own mobile portal, ensuring 24-hour access to its customers and greater revenues. Mobile operators should be concerned as more and ...

Support Net launches Small Business DSL, and while the new offer plugs a gap in its portfolio, the numerous larger and higher-profile operators competing with Support Net in the Dutch ...

TIM launches three tariffs to capture the enterprise market and to win new businesses on to its Turbo services. With unlimited use of Mobile TV, free video calling for 60 ...

Claranet buys VIA NET.WORKS UK mainly for its revenues and gets little else from the deal in terms of market share, new product capabilities, quality customer base or decent margins. ...

ion-ip opens a new data centre in Amsterdam, and while this conveys confidence in its Dutch operations, ion-ip will not present much of an increased threat to competitors as a ...

3 Italy slashes prices, launches new tariffs and offers phones for almost nothing as it prepares for the end of season price war. Competitors will have to grit their ...

Telefonica UK taps into parent Telefonica's portfolio to sell global VPN and private line services directly to businesses in the UK. That's a no-brainer, but getting its message across will ...

BT confirms LLU price cuts and Cable & Wireless and NTL are to go public with their plans to invest in LLU. For now, BT Wholesale remains on top ...

Arcor will offer its Internet customers access to 400 hotspots across Germany with competitive tariffs and exact-minute billing. While the move raises the stakes, competitors are not too far ...

Nortel's IP telephony product additions and enhancements may open market opportunities for the company in Europe by plugging holes in the portfolio, but the systems still do not offer a ...

Versatel Germany has launched a new marketing campaign for DSL in the Schleswig-Holstein, Baden-Wuerttberg and North Rhine-Westphalia regions. While aggressive on price and speed, coverage and value-added services are ...

A while ago, Cable & Wireless took its eye off the UK mid-market to focus on global IP contracts, causing its business revenues to suffer. New effort to bolster ...

Ericsson has enhanced Solidus eCare to match up better with alternative IP contact centre solutions. A few differentiators shine, including support for mobile agents, but the company has fallen ...

TDC's bid on Song will strengthen TDC's infrastructure play and market position within the business segment. While TDC makes a necessary move to not be outperformed by other major rivals, ...

Skype launches its first VoIP software for WLAN-enabled Pocket PCs allowing free broadband P2P voice calling or low-cost calls to fixed or mobile phones. High-profile Skype is set to put ...

Orange France launches its 3G data card solution under the auspices of France Telecom's Business Everywhere solution. Brand subservience to France Telecom is hurting Orange's ability to compete on its ...

Alo Comunicaciones enters a seven-year strategic agreement with T-Systems ICSS. The partnership boosts Alo Comunicaciones' portfolio and indirect network reach with minimal investment, but has yet to be proven successful ...

Orange ends industry speculation concerning its waning commitment to PoC service technology with the first commercial service in the UK. The launch is late and gives little away, being ...