Germany Orders 16% Cut in Mobile Termination Rates

Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) approved a 16% decrease in the rates for call termination in mobile networks. The cut, which will occur in three steps, addresses a conflict between fixed-line and mobile providers. The regulator said the three rate approvals are addressed to T-Mobile Deutschland, E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co KG and O2 (Germany) GmbH & Co OHG. "With our decision we are correcting a competitive distortion...

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Touré of Mali Elected as Secretary-General of ITU

Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré of Mali was elected as Secretary-General of ITU for a four-year term. Mr Touré won the position with 95 votes with 155 countries present and voting, and thus the required majority for election was 78 votes. The majority emerged in the third round of voting, with Mr Mathias Kurth of Germany receiving 60 votes.Touré takes over from outgoing Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi of Japan.Dr Hamadoun Touré has served as Director of the...

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Vodafone UK Offers 8 Mbps DSL + Calling for £25 per month

Vodafone UK introduced a premium broadband service that offers an up-to 8 Mbps DSL account with unlimited downloading and VoIP calling to any UK landline number for GBP 25 per month, including line rental.Vodafone At Home will be available to 97% of UK households from launch by utilising BT Wholesale's broadband network as announced in September 2006.The price of GBP 25 is available only to Vodafone consumer contract customers. If a customer cancels their mobile contract Vodafone At Home will be charged at GBP 35 per month.http://www.vodafone....

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NTT Adds 647,000 Optical Lines in Q3, ADSL Declines

NTT added approximately 647,000 of its B-FLETs optical access lines in Q3 2006, bringing its installed based of optical access customers to approximately 4,723,000 as of 30-September-2006. The overall number of installed ADSL lines declined by about 87,000 during the quarter, leaving an installed base of 5,586,000 ADSL users across NTT West and NTT East.NTT's full quarterly financial report is now posted online.http://www.ntt.co.jp/news/news06e...

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Australian Government Offers More Shares in Telstra

The Australian government, which owns more than half of Telstra, is hoping to raise more than A$8 billion through its third major public share offering in the company. The "T3 Offer" is the third tranche of shares offered in the company and follows other offers in 1999 and 1997. Shares are expected to begin trading later this monthhttp://www.telstra.comhttp://www.australia.gov....

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Telstra Launches ADSL2+, Offers Business-Only Broadband

Telsta has now begun offering BigPond High Speed Broadband service at network speeds of either up to 8 Mbps or up to 20Mbps from exchanges offering ADSL2+ services. Because of regulatory constraints, the up to 20Mbps service would be limited to exchanges where competitors are also offering those higher speeds."This is the biggest news in Australian fixed-line broadband in years and complements the launch of the Telstra's Next GTM network, Australia's...

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Motorola Selects Conexant for Next-Gen Set-Top

Motorola has chosen Conexant's advanced multimedia processor and network processor for use in one of its next-generation set-top platforms. The forthcoming set-top is intended to offer consumers a more flexible and compelling entertainment experience. Financial terms were not discosed."Converging networking and media processing technologies are driving the demand for innovative new solutions that allow consumers to manage and control many different devices in their digital home network," said Lewis Brewster, Conexant chief operating officer,...

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Motorola to Acquire Good Technology

Motorola will acquire Good Technology, a supplier of enterprise mobile computing software and service, for an undisclosed sum. Good's mobile messaging client is supported on the new Motoroal Q handheld, among other devices. Motorola said the acquisition will extend its mobile computing capabilities and increase its enterprise client base. Good Technology's software and service offerings, which are used by more than 12,000 enterprises globally,...

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