Telecommunication Report

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Deutsche Telekom cuts outlook, slowing revamp

Deutsche Telekom cuts outlook, slowing revamp

By Mike Esterl

The Wall Street Journal Europe

29 Jan 2007



Deutsche Telekom AG cut its profit and revenue outlooks for 2007 as the former German telephone monopoly ratchets up investments and slashes prices amid fierce competition on its home soil. Europe’s largest telecommunications carrier by sales also... read more...

Deutsche Telekom cuts outlook, slowing revamp

Deutsche Telekom cuts outlook, slowing revamp

By Mike Esterl

The Wall Street Journal Europe

29 Jan 2007



Deutsche Telekom AG cut its profit and revenue outlooks for 2007 as the former German telephone monopoly ratchets up investments and slashes prices amid fierce competition on its home soil. Europe’s largest telecommunications carrier by sales also... read more...

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Portugal Telecom board will call holders meeting

Portugal Telecom board will call holders meeting



The Wall Street Journal Europe

25 Jan 2007



THE BOARD of Portugal Telecom SA agreed to call an extraordinary shareholders meeting to vote on lifting limits on voting rights, a company spokesman said. Scrapping a rule barring other phone companies from owning more than 10% of voting rights in... read more...

Monday, January 22, 2007

Wrangles hit launch of Apple’s iPhone

Wrangles hit launch of Apple’s iPhone

JAMES FORSYTH

The Business

20 Jan 2007



It was the most anticipated gadget in years, but the launch of the iPhone is being overshadowed by the mounting backdating scandal surrounding Apple and its iconic chief executive, Steve Jobs. The growing row is damaging the new product – a brilliant... read more...

Friday, January 19, 2007

Vodafone and the $15bn gamble that must not fail

Vodafone and the $15bn gamble that must not fail

JON ASHWORTH

The Business

13 Jan 2007



THE Vodafone executives who stepped off the London flight to Mumbai (Bombay) on Monday were under no illusions about the task in hand. Within hours, the 15strong team had set to work combing through the books of Hutchison Essar, the mobile operator at... read more...

Apple iPhone’s fans and foes clash online

Apple iPhone’s fans and foes clash online

By Li Yuan

The Wall Street Journal Europe

19 Jan 2007



The day after Apple Inc. launchedits iPhone, PadmasreeWarrior, Motorola Inc.’s chief technologyofficer, wrote onher blog onMotorola’s corporateWeb site that she is a fan of Apple’s creativity and that she liked the cellphone’s new look. Then Ms.... read more...

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

BT turns its back on Royal Mail in £90m deal

BT turns its back on Royal Mail in 90m deal

Simon Bowers

The Guardian

16 Jan 2007



BT has become one of the largest companies to take advantage of liberalisation measures within the postal service, having signed a 90m three-year deal with Dutch delivery group TNT. The deal is expected to cover up to 170m items of bulk second-class... read more...

Friday, January 12, 2007

Vodafone-Essar battle heats up

Vodafone-Essar battle heats up

By Jason Singer And Cassell Bryan-Low

The Wall Street Journal Europe

12 Jan 2007



The bidding war over Indian cellphone operator Hutchison Essar Ltd. could grow more contentious, withU.K. giantVodafone Group PLC potentially facing a battle with one of the current owners, Essar Group, say people familiar with the matter. Vodafone... read more...

Cisco to sue Apple over ownership of iPhone name

Cisco to sue Apple over ownership of iPhone name

Richard Wray

The Guardian

12 Jan 2007



Apple’s plans to enter the mobile phone market have run into trouble with news that US networking giant Cisco is suing the company for using the iPhone name, which it believes it has trademarked. While Apple has dismissed the legal action as “silly”,... read more...

Monday, January 08, 2007

Thin is in: Nokia to introduce slimmer handset

Thin is in: Nokia to introduce slimmer handset

By Cassell Bryan-Low

The Wall Street Journal Europe

08 Jan 2007



Nokia Corp. plans today to unveil a thin folding handset as part of its effort to improve its products’ design and better compete with rivalMotorola Inc.’s popular range of slim phones. Nokia Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo plans to unveil the... read more...

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Cellphone videos as news tools

Cellphone videos as news tools

By Jessica E. Vascellaro

The Wall Street Journal Europe

04 Jan 2007



Hong Kong’s “Bus Uncle,” gained fame for being caught on video yelling at a young man on a bus. Likewise, Michael Richards’s racist rant and Saddam Hussein’s final moments were both captured by a tool on your cellphone you may not even know you... read more...