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Telenor may sell VimpelCom stake to end conflict

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Telenor of Norway says it would consider selling its stake in Russian cellular operator VimpelCom so as to bring an end to its long-running conflict with the cellco’s other main shareholder, the Alfa Group.
This dispute between Telenor and Alfa centres around their interests in Ukraine; both own stakes in the largest mobile operator, Kyivstar, and [...]

O2 lowering roaming costs

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Starting 29 August 2008, O2 customers who have activated the Eurotariff will be able to call for more than 20% less.
Reduced rates for outgoing and incoming calls apply to calls made within the EU zone and to the Czech Republic. One minute of an outgoing call amounts to CZK 13.10. Customers save CZK 1.90 with [...]

O2 ADSL to be cheaper and faster

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O2 Internet ADSL in Czech Republic will see an increase in speed. Its basic speed is increasing by up to four times while the price remains the same. Customers can order new Internet speeds starting 1 September 2008.
The basic speed of the O2 Internet ADSL service will be upgraded to 8 Mb/s, [...]

Bosnian privatisation to be debated

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The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is to initiate a parliamentary debate on the privatisation of telecoms in the country, as the long-delayed sale process of state-owned HT Mostar and BH Telecom continues to stall.
The opposition party, the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP) has stated that it will oppose [...]

UPC pushing TV to business

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Slovakian triple-play cableco UPC has launched three new packages aimed at business users under the UPC Business flag, reports Broadband TV News reports.
One of the new options includes TV services (including analogue and digital cable, HDTV and satellite digital TV), cable broadband Internet access, telephony and data services, while the other two packages offer Internet/data [...]

Russia shows largest growth in Internet audience

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The overall number of European Internet users jumped 8 percent during the past year to 241.8 million visitors at the end of June, according to a study by ComScore.
With a growth of 27 percent up to 17.5 million visitors Russia has the fastest-growing Internet audience in Europe, followed by France up 21 percent to 31.5 [...]

Cyfrowy Polsat shows 60 percent growth in revenues

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Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat reported a sharp rise in its financial results for 2Q 2008, thanks to a growing subscriber base.
The company finished June with 2.288 million subscribers for its TV services, up from 1.561 million a year earlier. At the end of June, the company also launched a MVNO service to further boost [...]

OTE banding together for direct sales

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Romanian GSM retailer Germanos has signed a partnership with Romtelecom to offer Romtelecom voice, Internet and television services through its retail chain, reports Romanian newspaper Ziarul Financiar, citing Eduard Cucu, the Director of the Direct Sales Department at Germanos Romania.
Germanos is also the direct sales partner of mobile operator Cosmote Romania. Cosmote, Germanos and Romtelecom [...]

Mobitel launch new family promotion

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Mobitel of Slovenia has released a new service for its customers, designed for families. For a monthly subscription fee of EUR 4.99 ‘Družinska vez’ (Family tie) offers communication between family members (post- or pre-paid subscribers) free, this includes phone calls as well as SMS or MMS. The service also brings several other advantages to all [...]

Telefonia Dialog have bigger loses but also bigger revenues

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Telefonia Dialog, the fixed-line telco owned by mining conglomerate KGHM Polska Miedz, made a loss of PLN 21 million (USD 9.26 million) in 2Q 2008, compared to a loss of PLN 4.6 million in the same period of 2007. Revenues for the three months ended 30 June 2008 were PLN 140 million, up from PLN [...]