Recently added articles from European Telecom:
Penetration of some devices in households in Finland.
Sep 01, 2009; ... <Pre> Penetration of some devices in households in Finland Device % of all households MP3 player 44.1 Wide-screen TY, panel TV etc. 49.1 Digibox or digital TV 88.1 ...
Viasat expands broadcasting rights to UEFA Champions League.(ACROSS THE REGION)
Sep 01, 2009; ... MTG-owned Viasat expanded its live broadcasting rights to the hugely popular UEFA Champions League in the Baltic Republics till the 2011/12 season. The firm has also expanded its non-exclusive rights for Finland and ...
EU plans to spend $25.61 million on LTE in 2010.(ACROSS THE REGION)(Long Term Evolution)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The European Commission (EC) plans to invest around $25.61 million in the research and development (R&D) of fourth-generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. The EU plans to use the amount on developing an upgraded version of the technology. LTE tests are currently ...
Belarusian telecom firm Beltelecom to spend $125 million in 2009 to enhance its network.(BELARUS)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Belarus-based national PTO Beltelecom is intending to spend $125 million in 2009 for improving its telecom services and networks. According to e-Belarus.org, the amount would be spent on augmenting local ...
Croatian cable operator B.net increases its fees.(CROATIA)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Croatia's biggest cable service provider, B.net, increased its fees from September 4, 2009. The firm said that this fee increase would ensure compliance with the Law on Electronic Communications. Following the move, the firm's ...
Czech Republic's RTA reveals DTT plans.(CZECH REPUBLIC)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The Czech Republic's Regional TV Agency (RTA) is planning to commence broadcasting on a digital terrestrial television (DTT) multiplex within one year. RTA head Jaroslav Berka made this announcement after the granting of a compensatory license by the RRTV (Czech Radio and TV Council). RTA ...
Czech TV reveals HD plans.(CZECH REPUBLIC)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The Czech public broadcaster CT will start trial satellite HD transmissions on August 31, with a view to launching full service in time for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. The service will be known as CT HD and will mostly carry programs up-scaled from SD, though some ...
Viewership of analog television in the Czech Republic declines.(CZECH REPUBLIC)
Sep 01, 2009; ... New statistics revealed by the Association of Television Organisations (ATO) show that just 16 percent of households in the Czech Republic view only analog terrestrial TV. This report, which is published by Digizone, states that around 29 percent of the homes get access to digital ...
Czech DTH platforms to augment their services.(CZECH REPUBLIC)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Czech direct-to-home (DTH) platforms Skylink and CS Linkn plan boost their service offerings soon. According to Parabola, they would soon add channels such as Nat Geo Wild, National Geographic Channel, Jetix/Disney Channel, and Sport 1 to their ...
Seven Estonian companies set up Broadband Communications Development Foundation.(ESTONIA)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Some Estonian firms have established body called the Broadband Communications Development Foundation. Aripaey reports that this would expedite the creation of a nationwide broadband network that would be able to expand its 100Mbps ...
Seven Estonian companies set up Broadband Communications Development Foundation.(ESTONIA)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Some Estonian firms have established a body called the Broadband Communications Development Foundation. Aripaey reports that this would expedite the creation of a nationwide broadband network that would be able to expand its 100Mbps ...
Estonia's Starman employs DOCSIS 3.0 technology.(ESTONIA)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Estonia's biggest cable service provider, Starman, has launched a new high-speed Internet service over its network in Tallinn district, Lasnamael. The company has deployed DOCSIS 3.0 to reach about 45,000 houses. Starman said that around 53 percent of its ...
Nokia announces upgrading of 'Nokia 5800 XpressMusic' to 'Nokia 5800i XM'.(FINLAND)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Finland-based mobile handset maker Nokia is apparently contemplating upgrading its new handset, "Nokia 5800 XpressMusic," to "Nokia 5800i XpressMusic phone." Nokia 5800i XM has gotten approval from the ...
France fixes $338.7 million as the price of 3G concession.(FRANCE)(France Telecom)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... France has fixed the price of its fourth 3G (third-generation) cellular phone license. However, the nation's biggest telecom operator, France Telecom, is far from satisfied. A statement from the government stated that the country ...
DTT reaches over 88 percent of homes in France.(FRANCE)
Sep 01, 2009; ... France's Le Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) has given its permission for the commissioning of another 55 sites for expanding the coverage of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in the country. ...
French IPTV platform Free signs Russian deal.(FRANCE)(internet Protocol television)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Russia-based content would now be accessible to a wider audience in the French market. A new report by Cableman states that the country's IPTV (Internet Protocol television) platform Free, which has more than 4 ...
France Telecom makes another appeal against rejection of its offer made to MobiNil.(FRANCE)
Sep 01, 2009; ... France Telecom (FT) has made another appeal to challenge the rejection of its bid submitted for acquiring the remaining stake in the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (MobiNil). This move comes after ...
Mobile growth helps to bolster France Telecom's results.(FRANCE)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Steady and sustained growth in the mobile segment salvaged the sales of France Telecom during the first half of the year, which has declined to $40 billion in the first half of the year, as opposed to a 2.9 percent decline in the GDP of the ...
Alcatel-Lucent transforms core IP networks strained by growth of broadband Internet and multimedia traffic.(FRANCE)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Alcatel-Lucent introduced an innovative converged IP/Optical backbone network solution designed to relieve the strain on service providers' core networks caused by the explosive growth of video and other bandwidth-intensive applications. The Converged Backbone Transformation solution is a ...
Vodafone Germany, Huawei to test LTE.(GERMANY)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Vodafone Germany announced plans to test LTE technology using the digital dividend frequency band in cooperation with Chinese equipment vendor Huawei. From this summer, the duo hopes to demonstrate how the fourth-generation technology can bridge the digital divide between urban and rural ...
