Burundi signs fibre optic PPP
Burundi Backbone System Company (BBS) has signed a public-private partnership agreement to build and operator a 1,000 km national fibre...
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Eyes on the Thais as licences set to be auctioned
Thailand is planning to issue WiMAX licences by September, the National Telecommunications Commission announced. The NTC is aware of the...
Polish operators plan LTE JV
Polish mobile operators Orange and Play are considering setting up a joint venture to bid for the coming LTE frequencies...
Metrocom up for sale
St. Petersburg-based alternative fixed-line operator Metrocom has been put up for auction at a starting price of Rbs2bn (E52.5m), according...
MTS repays debt
Russian operator MTS has repaid E413m worth of loans to a consortium of banks led by the EBRD while renegotiating...
BT workers reject olive branch
BT staff represented by the Communication Workers Union have rejected British Telecom's improved two-year offer, meaning that a strike is...
European incumbents lose ECJ roaming case
France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica and Vodafone were today licking their wounds after losing a bid to overturn EU caps...
UK to focus on superfast broadband
The UK government has scrapped plans for a network of independently funded news consortia (IFNC) in favour of a nationwide...
Portugal Telecom presents case to investors
Speaking at an investors meeting at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, Portugal Telecom CEO Zeinal Bava yesterday argued...
MTNL seeking local loans
State-owned Indian operator MTNL is looking for local banks to commit to a Rs40bn (US$850m) loan to finance its recently...
