AMSTERDAM (Reuters UK) - European telecoms companies are expected to post resilient results for the second quarter, but inflation and weakening economies could hurt earnings further down the road. The DJ Stoxx telecoms index has fallen about 26 percent since the start of the...
By Astrid Wendlandt and Adam Cox PARIS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - France Telecom withdrew a $40 billion plan to acquire TeliaSonera on Monday, pleasing its own shareholders but casting doubt over the Nordic operator's future. This tie-up always faced long odds: the French suitor was...
By Astrid Wendlandt and Adam Cox PARIS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters UK) - France Telecom withdrew a $40 billion (20 billion pound) plan to acquire TeliaSonera on Monday, pleasing its own shareholders but casting doubt over the Nordic operator's future. This tie-up always faced long odds: the French suitor...
LONDON/MADRID (Reuters UK) - Pay-TV firm BSkyB BSY is considering a bid of more than 2.5 billion euros (2 billion pounds) for Spanish pay-TV platform Digital+, the Financial Times said on Friday. The newspaper quoted people familiar with the situation as saying there had been...
By Mike Elliott and Kwasi Kpodo LONDON/ACCRA (Reuters UK) - Vodafone GroupVOD said on Thursday it paid $900 million (454 million pounds) for a 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom, the African country's third largest mobile phone operator. The deal, signed in the Ghanaian capital of...
LONDON (Reuters) - British pay-TV firm BSkyB BSY is considering a bid of more than 2.5 billion euros ($4 billion) for Spanish pay-TV platform Digital Plus, the Financial Times said on Friday. The newspaper quoted people familiar with the situation as ...
By Mathieu Robbins LONDON (Reuters) - Mergers and acquisitions bankers are bracing for more job cuts as volumes fail to recover from their first-quarter tumble, according to preliminary Thomson Reuters numbers released on Friday, and the outlook remains bleak for the...
By Mathieu Robbins LONDON (Reuters UK) - Mergers and acquisitions bankers are bracing for more job cuts as volumes fail to recover from their first-quarter tumble, according to preliminary Thomson Reuters numbers released on Friday, and the outlook remains bleak for the rest of 2008....
France Telecom has withdrawn its unsolicited USD41.2bn bid for TeliaSonera, after failing to agree a price with the Swedish carrier's board. "Notwithstanding the interest shown in the project, the dialogue opened with the board of directors of TeliaSonera was unable...
Zacks.com submits: Time for another look at how some previous Buy-recommended picks from Zacks senior European market analyst Santiago Burgaleta, CFA. We found out why he does or doesn’t think these companies deserve a continued bullish forecast. In the U.S. agriculture stocks have been gaining due...
This paper presents the content and development of an organisational and technological re-engineering project within a large Group, France Telecom counting 260.000 people world wide. Throughout the years 1999 to 2002, this company has carried out a deep redefinition of the HR function, in re-engineering the HR processes and introducing...
Thomson joins Open IPTV Forum Paris France, July 17, 2008 - Underscoring its commitment to openstandards in emerging technologies and media platforms Thomson (EuronextParis: 18453; NYSE: TMS), the worldwide leader in video solutions, hasbecome a full member of the Open IPTV Forum. The aim of the Forum is to promote...
Zi Corporation (TSX: ZIC)(NASDAQ: ZICA) (the "Company" or "Zi"), a leading innovator of mobile discovery & advertising solutions, today announced the signing of a contract with the Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer, ZTE Corporation (SSE: ZTE)(SEHK: ZTE), for the delivery of DecumaTM Chinese and English. Zi is to receive royalties for...
WORLD MARKETS Fresh concern about banks' financing hit shares, although a fall in the oil price and an investor sweep into safe-havens like drugmakers and telecoms stemmed the slide. Irish banks Allied Irish, Anglo Irish and Bank of Ireland were among the biggest losers, down 8 to...
Instantis, a leading provider of projectportfolio management software used by business process and IT leaders toimprove strategy execution and financial performance, announced todayrecord second-quarter and first-half revenue. Revenue grew 64% vs. thefirst half of 2007. The half-year results were boosted by a historicallyhigh Q2 performance in which sales grew 15%...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-7 July 2008-Globecast renews SES NEW SKIES contractsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com SES NEW SKIES (SES-NS), an SES company (Pairs: SESG) (LuxX: SESG), and GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, have signed fresh contracts for the use of two 36MHz transponders on the NSS-806 satellite. The...
5 Year Contract Cements 10 Year Business Relationship on the Eve of NEW SKIES' 10th Anniversary THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- SES NEW SKIES, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) and GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, have signed 5-year contracts for the continued use of two 36MHz transponders on...
Saturday At Plumelec, France First Stage 122.7 miles from Brest to Plumelec 1. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 4 hours, 36 minutes, 7 seconds. 2. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Francaise des...
OSLO, Norway -- Taide Network, a premium provider of high performance IP solutions via satellite and a member of the Vizada Group, today rebrands to Vizada Networks. The rebranding will clarify the entity's position as a key business unit within the Vizada Group. It will also enable former...
