Content is the key to Tele2's mobile strategy going forward, with an emphasis on the development of interactivity. Yet a patchy footprint, poor branding and uneven regional capabilities will ...

NextGenTel launches a simple and affordable VoIP solution branded NextPhone for SoHo customers. While this is a necessary move from NextGenTel to increase market share in Norway, rivals are ...

Vodafone gets control of MobiFon in Romania and Oskar in the Czech Republic, marking a return to acquisitions for the company. Still, the strategy remains the same; full control ...

neuf telecom strikes an MVNO deal with SFR to provision integrated fixed and mobile services to enterprises. France is fast becoming a hot-bed of fixed-to-mobile convergence, with three strong players ...

Telenor AB announces general availability of ADSL2+ to 35% of Swedish households. While this will somewhat match rivals' current ADSL2+ offerings to wholesale and enterprise clients, Telenor needs to ...

3 UK has focused on heavy SMS users with a new Text & Talk 400 price plan and two volume SMS add-ons. Video calling is also in the spotlight ...

The fact that Kingston wanted Omnetica for its UK business becomes even more apparent as it sells off PRES in Italy. Omnetica France holds a stronger market position, but ...

Vodafone NL's new VoiceMail service delivers advanced voice mail functionality, including group voice messaging, but end users will have to get their heads around it first. Too bad these ...

Group marketing is heating up in Spain. As ever, Vodafone is taking the price offensive, with new services for couples and communities, as well as better conditions on its Family ...

Belgacom launches a managed IP telephony offer for SMEs in anticipation of increasing interest in converged voice and data solutions among enterprises over the long-term, even though the immediate demand ...

Channel strategies are evolving thick and fast in the Netherlands. This latest sees an operator, a media partner and a retailer explore synergies in the youth market, but the ...

Vodafone Sweden updates its existing "free minute' voice tariff packages by lowering monthly fees and offering free video call minutes throughout 2005. With increasing popularity of inclusive minute packages, ...

Competitors can breathe a sigh of relief; after a year, BT's AAI service has not figured out how to deliver commercial SLAs around application performance to the desktop. Still, ...

TeliaSonera partners up with NTT DoCoMo to increase its global WiFi reach. Today, TeliaSonera has access to more than 10,000 hotspots in 20 countries, and with another 500 hotspots ...

neuf telecom announces a sales promotion offering new "9com Unique' customers limited free fixed-to-mobile calls. The move is positive in that it will cause a spike of interest among ...

The ability to embed a thin client SIM into virtually any handset strengthens Kodiak's advanced voice argument considerably. This, together with newly branded applications, re-opens the debate on value-added ...

Tele2 acquires Tiscali's operations in Denmark to strengthen its market position. This move will certainly give Tele2 more ammunition to threaten its main rivals and consolidate the Danish market ...

Telecom Italia will deliver 1.2 Mbps ADSL to all its 640 kbps clients throughout Italy without hiking prices, applying a similar policy to wholesale offers. The positive move will drive ...

Avaya has come a long way in one rush of product enhancements and initiatives in Europe centred on SIP and presence technology. These efforts will help the vendor compete ...

Forfait Expression is a first-of-its-kind bundle, offering unlimited calling to fixed numbers in the evenings and weekends. MVNO price pressure is driving a new spate of tariff innovation in France, ...