KPN Mobile turns to the employer as a supplementary retail channel. Mobiel Prive is an innovative win-win proposition, and a good perk-laden alternative to the classic split billing option. ...

BASE flags up a major new strategic direction with its first mobile service specifically for enterprise customers. BASE Pro looks good on paper, but is badly let down by ...

A new French MVNO is born, with a heavy emphasis on pop music marketing. Universal Mobile is the French version of Virgin Mobile: young, hip and very threatening in ...

Nokia and Pointsec offer a solution to protect enterprise customers' data on mobile devices. Greater use of smartphones for e-mail and other sensitive data demands a solution for securing this ...

MyMo handsets are targeted at children between four-eight and are on sale with an O2 PAYG SIM from the British company Communic8. Internet tracking functionality and only three softkeys ...

WEB.DE has unveiled a VoIP service, based on freenet's Freephone service, providing free on-net calling and competitive off-net tariffs. The challenge will be to leverage its marketing potential to drive ...

VIA NET.WORKS acquires PSINet Europe's BeNeLux operations, and while the deal enhances VIA's managed services ability in the region, it will need to integrate operations swiftly to prevent competitors poaching ...

To improve revenues and margins VIA NET.WORKS has acquired the Continental European operations of PSINet. The deal brings scale, commonality of market focus and an expanded services portfolio. The issue ...

Telefonica refreshes its dedicated customer Web portal for residential and business customers. Whilst client Web portals are hardly new or unique, empowering end-users to order and activate business service online ...

Mobilcom is currently trialling Push To Talk over cellular (PoC) services with 200 users in Germany with the Nokia 6600 handset. With launch of PoC expected in Q4, Mobilcom ...

The acquisition of Spectel gives Avaya a better grip on conferencing products that its customers already rely on. But the move will not immediately improve Avaya's position in the emerging ...

Siemens' SK65 will be the first device to feature a full suite of in-built BlackBerry applications, under a new licensing agreement with RIM. The device is tri-band and stylish, ...

Vodafone Spain slashes its 3G data card price and tariffs once again, with a special offer for loyalty scheme customers. This is the fourth Spanish data card price revision in ...

While UTA's MPLS interconnect with TI Sparkle delivers a ready-made global footprint, the challenge will be to make it work for actual customers, build market share and prove its success ...

E-Plus has launched 3G with an i-mode promotion to ensure that its flagship i-mode services remain an integral part of its service proposition. E-Plus is hobbling in the right ...

Cisco is targeting the rich small business market segment in Europe with a reseller programme designed to give local outfits some of the sales tools enjoyed by national and pan-European ...

Multikabel's QuickNet ISP enters into a deal with Tiscali Wholesale to provide xDSL-based services, but with numerous other operators also providing services via the same and similar wholesale offerings, there ...

T-Mobile UK undercuts rivals by (re)launching its combined 3G/GPRS datacard and WiFi offer with unlimited access for GBP 70 per month. However, 3G performance lags the competition, marking down the ...

The FMCA is now a living, breathing reality with six members chaired by BT. However, the alliance lacks the big-name US and European representation to kick-start an industry burdened by ...

1&1's plunge into DSL/VoIP should be taken serious given its early mover potential and large installed DSL base. Yet, it will still take the company some time to get ...