ComCom awarded GSM1800 licenses to In&Phone and Tele2 for innovative projects. With Tele2 well known for a cost- conscious strategy and wide consumer appeal and In&Phone attacking the in-building market, ...

Equant has added five countries to its DSL coverage footprint in Europe. This goes some way to redress a weakness in its coverage area, yet the lack of SLAs ...

Cybernet is increasing the access speeds of its DSL portfolio for business and residential customers, free of charge. However, the challenge is a matter of differentiation as all operators must ...

T-Mobile Deutschland matches rival Vodafone Deutschland's simple but revenue-boosting SMS missed call notification service. However, Vodafone Deutschland still has the upper hand in terms of service rollout. ...

Telenor has finally agreed on a price with BellSouth to purchase the remaining shares in SONOFON. With Telenor now in control, SONOFON should benefit from integration with Telenor Mobile's existing ...

Cable & Wireless is to exit the US domestic market via Chapter 11. International customers will continue to be served through an alternative US network. A neat solution to the ...

NextGenTel unveils a VDSL offer with 10 Mbps symmetrical capabilities based on Cisco gear. Although the offer is only available in four cities in Norway, the company is first to ...

BT Wholesale now offers SDSL access in a grand total of 150 exchanges. All 50 SDSL exchanges in this phase will be in London and West Midlands, ignoring a ...

Swisscom Eurospot has improved PWLAN coverage via roaming agreements with ADP T??l??com, iPass and NetNearU. While a positive step, the company must continue to expand rapidly and integrate its offerings ...

The Spanish government has struck a last gasp deal with Xfera Moviles, postponing the operator's UMTS investment commitments until mid-2004. Spanish competitors are now at liberty to demand the same ...

Orange awarded PacketVideo Network Solutions a global contract to deliver video streaming software for mobile video and audio services across the Orange footprint. With video a key driver for new ...

Kite Communications's business model is built around its MyPhone service, offering small businesses in the UK Mitel phones and voice over DSL for a per user fee. Expect to ...

Christmas has come early for Vodafone D2 customers. A new Happy Hour Winter Promotion offers 50% savings on international and national calls for an hour in the evening - a ...

Telenor Mobil launches Bedrift basis, a subscription plan catering to business customers with a low usage of mobile services. However, lower monthly fees are the trade off for higher per ...

KPN Mobile boosts its Business Select portfolio with an international module allowing specified employees within a firm international roaming discounts. Although not new in itself, this latest module further strengthens ...

easynet and nl.tree have successfully (if temporarily) blocked KPN from following through on its offer to supply free broadband Internet to Holland's 10,000 schools, blazing the trail for alternative operators ...

Vodafone Spain launches a November university campus road-show offering students discount multimedia handsets plus goodies as incentives for signing up friends. However, bad market timing threatens a great promotion ...

Pironet NDH has launched a standard SAP/VPN service with the ERP application installed, managed and maintained from its data centre. The challenge will continue to be a matter of differentiation ...

easynet offers managed firewall services to its SureStream access customers, increasing its potential for recurring revenues on top of access and tapping businesses that previously were not exposed to the ...

While the re-branding of tesion will elevate Versatel's national profile and expand its addressable markets, the company has much further to go on the integration and brand awareness fronts before ...