TeleGeography
C&W to Build Major New Caribbean Submarine Cable
Telegeography
Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W) has revealed plans to roll out a new Caribbean submarine cable, in the process more than doubling its carrier capacity in the region. It is understood the new cable, dubbed the ‘East-West’ link, will connect Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the west of the Caribbean, to the British Virgin [...]
Fujitsu, NSW Complete USD100m Submarine Cable for Telkom
Telegeography
Japanese ICT-based business solutions provider Fujitsu Limited today announced that, in partnership with Germany’s Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke (NSW), it has signed off on a USD100 million submarine fibre-optic network cable for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom Indonesia).
Topics: telecom, Germany, broadband, Indonesia
Telekom Malaysia Looking to Take Wi-Fi Coverage Nationwide In Malaysia
Telegeography
Malaysian fixed line incumbent Telekom Malaysia (TM) has revealed plans to expand the coverage of its ‘Streamyx’ wireless internet service, saying that it aims to offer the service nationwide, Bernama reports. According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, TM provides Wi-Fi internet access via more than 2,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, having added around 800 sites during 2009, of [...]
Germany’s E-Plus Looking to Buy Network Access After Failed Auction Bid
Telegeography
KPN’s German mobile unit E-Plus – the only of the country’s mobile operators which failed to secure spectrum in the 800MHz band in the Federal Network Agency’s recent mobile frequency auction – has said it will buy network access from competitors to keep its mobile phone service in the country going, Bloomberg reports.
Topics: Germany, mobile [...]
BSNL Issues Tender for 5.5 Million Indian GSM Lines
Telegeography
State-owned Indian telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched a tender for 5.5 million GSM lines, inviting three foreign vendors to submit bids, the Economic Times reports. BSNL has called on Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Alcatel-Lucent, all three of which took part in the cellco’s failed 93-million GSM line ‘mega-tender’, to make [...]
Indian 3G Auction Closes, Seven of Nine Bidders Grab Concessions
Telegeography
The oft-delayed sale of Indian 3G spectrum has finally been concluded, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has announced, revealing that the auction raised more than double the expected amount for the government. After 34 days of bidding, seven of the nine operators that had successfully applied to take part in the sale process came away [...]
Polkomtel Up For Sale
Telegeography
Dow Jones Newswires reports that PKN Orlen and other shareholders of Polish cellco Polkomtel have agreed to jointly offer 75.5% of the company for sale. PKN Orlen chief executive Jacek Krawiec said he saw a chance to close the transaction by the end of this year or early next year.
Topics: telecom, stock market
Indosat Launches Asia’s ‘Fastest’ Network
Telegeography
Indonesia’s second largest telecoms operator by revenues PT Indosat has selected Ericsson of Sweden to upgrade and modernise its network and, at the same time, unveiled its new Ericsson-supplied HSPA Evolution network, which it says is capable of delivering maximum transmission speeds of 42Mbps – Asia’s fastest mobile network. agreement.
Topics: Indonesia, telecoms, Satio, telecom, 4G, [...]
Telecom’s 3Q Profit Down
Telegeography
New Zealand’s Telecom Corp has reported a sharp drop in its third-quarter net profit to NZD97 million (USD70.4 million), down 39% compared to the same period in 2009.
Topics: telecom, Telecom New Zealand
Qtel Signs Cable Landing Station Agreement With GBI
Telegeography
Middle Eastern submarine cable operator Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and Qatar Telecom (Qtel) have concluded a Landing Party Agreement (LPA) that will see Qtel provide a landing station in Qatar for GBI’s Gulf regional undersea cable, which when completed will connect all the Gulf countries to each other and provide onward connectivity to Europe and [...]
Bharti Posts First Quarterly Drop in Profit in Three Years
Telegeography
India’s largest mobile network operator by subscribers, Bharti Airtel, has announced a worse-than-expected drop in quarterly net profit as the effects of hyper-competition in the Indian wireless sector took hold. For the three months ended 31 March 2010 Bharti posted a net profit of INR20.55 billion, an 8% year-on-year decline compared to the INR22.39 billion [...]
Far EasTone Board Green Lights Share Offer to China Mobile, But Sale Unlikely Soon
Telegeography
Far EasTone Telecommunication’s (FET) board has approved a plan for the Taiwanese company to sell new shares to mainland-based China Mobile, in an unusual deal that looks unlikely to proceed in the near-term.
Topics: telecoms, government, telecom, Taiwan, China, Far EasTone
Trio Mull Pan-African Fibre Ring
Telegeography
Main One, SEACOM and eFive Telecoms have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a project to develop a pan-African fibre ring. The agreement will entail extending the Main One and SEACOM networks to create a system that offers redundancy and additional capacity on both the east and west routes [...]
Indosat Reports 139% Increase in 1Q10 Net Income
Telegeography
Indonesia’s second largest telecoms operator by subscribers, PT Indosat, has reported a 139.2% year-on-year increase in net profit for the first quarter of 2010 to IDR289.5 bilion (USD32 million).
Topics: telecom, Indonesia, telecoms
Netherlands Awards Mobile Frequencies: Ziggo, Tele2 Emerge as Big Winners
Telegeography
The government of the Netherlands has allocated more than 50% of the licenses it is selling off for fourth generation wireless internet and telephony services to firms without an existing wireless footprint in the country.
Topics: Vodafone, government, telecom, T-Mobile, wireless
