World news about “Telecommunication” published by euronews.
Samsung goes from strength to strength Samsung has posted profit growth for the sixth straight quarter. Its mobile phone division – which accounts for nearly three quarters of its entire profit… 26/04/2013
Nokia sells fewer phones, but losses trimmed Nokia’s shares tumbled after it announced a big fall in sales of its basic phones and it said it expected operating margins to deteriorate. On the plus side… 18/04/2013
Mixed news for BlackBerry BlackBerry has announced better than expected quarterly results. The Canadian smartphone maker credited demand for its new Z10 touchscreen device, as it… 28/03/2013
Satellite conference takes off in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama may be in the Middle East this week, but that doesn’t mean that Washington DC will stop being the center of the universe. The… 20/03/2013
Game of Phones takes Samsung to Broadway Samsung’s latest all-singing all-dancing smart phone has been unveiled – on Broadway, with a series of skits to illustrate its features performed by actors… 15/03/2013
Smart moves at the Mobile World Congress This year more than 70,000 people flocked to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, reflecting the growing global demand for mobile phones worldwide – 720… 05/03/2013
Lack of outlook hits Vivendi’s shares Vivendi’s shares slipped on Tuesday after it said it is not planning to give a full-year group financial outlook. The entertainment-to-telecoms conglomerate… 26/02/2013
Make or break for Blackberry Gambling on survival, Research In Motion has launched its much-delayed new Blackberry 10 mobiles. The Canadian company once had a huge following among… 30/01/2013
Samsung sells 700,000 smartphones a day Samsung continues to be the high flyer in the smartphone world. It sold 63 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of last year – 700,000 a day – and… 25/01/2013
Alcatel-Lucent bouncing back? The telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent announced on Wednesday it has won an eight-year contract with Reliance Communications, India’s third largest… 16/01/2013
Telecoms firms ‘discuss pan-Europe network’ Europe’s top telecoms companies are reportedly discussing the creation of a Europe wide infrastructure network. The Financial Times reported the idea is to… 09/01/2013
Gemalto’s smart move A change in the listing of top French shares as smart card maker Gemalto is set to join the CAC 40, replacing the struggling telecommunications equipment… 18/12/2012
Egyptian telecoms magnate Sawiris seeks slice of Telecoms Italia Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris has stepped up activity in the European telecoms market. He has expressed interest in Telecom Italia and is ready to… 27/11/2012
Dutch ING slashes jobs after profits drop The biggest Dutch financial-services company ING is to shed 2,350 jobs in its banking and insurance units after seeing a 64 percent drop in third quarter… 07/11/2012
Nokia seeks financing boost through bonds Troubled mobile phone maker Nokia has revealed plans to raise 750 million euros by selling bonds. Investors will be able to later convert those bonds into… 23/10/2012
Orange won’t be squeezed says Richard France Telecom Orange is the leading telecommunications operator in France and is one of the most active internationally, with a turnover of 46 billion euros… 18/10/2012
Nokia beats forecasts but losses surge Finland’s telecoms champion Nokia has reported a sixth straight quarterly loss, and the failure of its latest Lumia smartphone to grab market share from Apple… 18/10/2012
Struggling Alcatel-Lucent takes axe to workforce Global telecoms equipment-maker Alcatel-Lucent is to slash 5500 from its worldwide payroll in the latest announced measures to cut one and a quarter billion… 18/10/2012
SFR looks set for Numericable merger Is French media and telecoms conglomerate Vivendi going to merge its mobile phone operator SFR with cable company Numericable? The rumour boosted Vivendi’s… 15/10/2012
Mobiles mergers and buyouts Vivendi is in talks over a multibillion-euro merger of its huge SFR telecoms unit with Numericable, a move that will see France’s second-largest mobile phone… 15/10/2012
Telefonica details O2 IPO Spanish telecom giant Telefonica has said it will start selling shares of its German subsidiary O2 by the end of the year, probably this month. It needs to… 03/10/2012
Disconnected results hit Bouygues shares First-half results from French conglomerate Bouygues deeply disappointed investors and their response was merciless. The share price plunged almost nine… 29/08/2012
Ericsson joins slow sales club Ericsson, the world’s leading manufacturer of mobile telecommunications equipment suffered a sharp drop in sales of networks in the second quarter. Its net… 18/07/2012
Bad connection? Alcatel-Lucent in more trouble More bad news for Alcatel-Lucent as the French-American telephone equipment maker gave up on achieving its 2012 profit margin target. Investors sold off the… 17/07/2012
Profit warning and FBI probe hit ZTE Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE’s shares have been hammered by a profit warning and word of an FBI investigation into possible sales of banned… 16/07/2012
This phone won’t fry the brain!A man takes a picture of a friend posing inside a public telephone booth painted by Brazilian artist Carla Pires during the Call Parade art exhibition in Sao… 08/07/2012
Vivendi’s decade old TV deal hurts share price The past has caught up with Vivendi as it lost a legal battle in the US over the purchase of TV channel. Its share price fell further as it is having to put… 26/06/2012
OTE to sell Bulgarian units to help refinance debt As austerity measures hit its domestic customers, Greek telecoms group OTE says it wants to sell its Bulgarian businesses – a mobile phone company and an… 26/06/2012
Sony & Panasonic to make OLED TVs As the erstwhile Japanese masters of electronics suffer at the hands of the upstart Koreans, fierce rivals Sony and Panasonic have decided to join forces to… 25/06/2012
Slim chance for KPN Dutch telecom operator KPN is running out of options to ward off a hostile offer for its shares by America Movil, the company owned by Mexican billionaire… 21/06/2012
Vodafone’s good call on Cable and Wireless The mobile phone group Vodafone looks certain to have won its bid for Britain’s fixed-line operator Cable and Wireless Worldwide, after CWW’s biggest… 18/06/2012
Telefonica moves to cut debt Investors were pleased by Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica’s announcement that it is to sell part of its German unit O2 to the public and its… 31/05/2012
Iliad’s mobile user numbers soar New French mobile phone operator Iliad said it has signed up 2.6 million customers since launching its super cheap service in mid-January. The buzz around… 15/05/2012
MEPs cut mobile roaming rates again From July, mobile phone charges for EU citizens when travelling inside the bloc will become cheaper. The cuts agreed by MEPs reduce once more the gap between… 10/05/2012
Alcatel-Lucent dials up disappointment Can Alcatel-Lucent stabilise its profits? Investors are sceptical after the release of the French-American phone network equipment maker’s disappointing… 26/04/2012
Price war Frees up SFR’s boss The search is on for a new boss for SFR, France’s second largest mobile phone company, as a brutal price wars claimed its first victim. After SFR lost… 27/03/2012
Vivendi warns of tough times ahead Vivendi has slashed its dividend payments to shareholders in anticipation of what it says will be two difficult years. Europe’s largest entertainment and… 01/03/2012
Phoning home to be cheaper The hopes of some at the European Parliament that all mobile phone roaming charges would end in the European Union in two years time have been… 29/02/2012
Mobile war undermines France Telecom’s profit France Telecom has said it will reduce its dividend payments to shareholders this year and is putting off a promised buyback of shares. It blamed that on a… 22/02/2012
Smartphones to offer you a pocket doctor Thousands of apps are now out there to turn your tablet or smartphone into a pocket doctor; for example one astonishing trick can take your pulse just by you… 20/02/2012
Vodafone may dial up opportunity with C&W Worldwide Vodafone has said it is considering trying to buy struggling British company Cable & Wireless Worldwide. C&W Worldwide has fixed lines that are used by… 13/02/2012
Alcatel-Lucent makes first annual profit Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent has just posted its first annual net profit and is promising improved margins this year. However reduced spending by… 10/02/2012
NEC under pressure cuts jobs Japanese electronics firm NEC is to layoff nearly 10 percent of its workers. The 10,000 jobs will be cut to try to reduce costs as competition from foreign… 26/01/2012
Iliad launches mobile service A shake-up in mobile phone services in France as Xavier Niel, the billionaire founder of broadband provider Iliad, launched its long-awaited mobile… 10/01/2012
More scutiny of Netherlands’ KPN The leader in the Dutch telecoms market, KPN, is being scrutinised by the country’s regulator for possible law violations to the detriment of consumers and… 21/12/2011
No US deal for Deutsche Telekom? US and German telecoms giants AT&T and T-Mobile are bracing themsleves for the possibility their near- 30 billion euro deal in the USA will bite the… 24/11/2011
AT&T to try to save T-Mobile deal AT&T is reportedly moving on two fronts to try to salvage its planned acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobile USA. Sources said even as it gearsedup for a… 02/09/2011
US to block AT&T T-Mobile deal Turmoil surrounds the proposed takeover of Deutsche Telekom’s US division T-Mobile by AT&T as the US government moved to block it. Washington believes a… 01/09/2011
Google to buy Motorola Mobility for 12.5 bln dollars Google agreed on Monday to a deal to buy mobile handset maker Motorola Mobility for 12.5 billion dollars (8.6 billion euros). It will the biggest… 16/08/2011
Google to buy Motorola Mobility The world’s biggest search engine Google is to buy US mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility for just over 8.5 billion euros. Analysts say that far more… 15/08/2011
Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab takes on iPad South Korea’s Samsung has launched a thinner, lighter, upgraded and larger screened version of its Galaxy tablet computer trying to take away some of Apple’s… 20/07/2011
Apple patent ruling hits HTC Shares in smartphone maker HTC closed almost four percent down on Monday after Friday’s ruling against it from a US trade panel on a patent case brought by… 18/07/2011
BSkyB shares slump on doubts over deal BSkyB shares slumped further on Friday because of the phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s News Of The World tabloid newspaper. The … 08/07/2011
Smartphone demand doubles HTC’s Q2 profit Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC saw its net profit double in the second quarter of this year to the equivalent of four hundred and twenty five million… 06/07/2011
Surfing abroad, pay less The European Commission continues to take aim against roaming charges. It will force mobile phone companies to slash the amounts people pay for… 05/07/2011
Nortel’s patents sold to group including Apple, RIM Apple and Research In Motion are part of a winning consortium of six companies buying bankrupt Nortel Networks’ remaining portfolio of 6,000 patents and… 01/07/2011
Telefonica ‘to cut 2,500 more jobs’ Telefonica has reportedly told its unions it wants to cut another 2,500 jobs on top of the 6,000 redundancies already proposed. The cuts would affect a… 26/05/2011
Microsoft call in Skype Microsoft is buying phone network company Skype for almost six billion euros – in cash. Skype – through which people can make voice and video calls, at no… 10/05/2011
Satellites and planes: belt-up, take-off, log-in Surfing the internet at 10,000 metres, or landing a plane in zero visibility – it is all possible thanks to an increasing role being played in aviation by… 27/04/2011
KPN slashes jobs, issues profit warning Dutch telecoms company KPN plans to lay off up to a quarter of its workers in the Netherlands and has cut its profit forecast for this year. It blamed weak… 21/04/2011
Navigation by satellite Nowadays, GPS is a common and extremely useful tool. Europeans wanted to refine its accuracy by developing EGNOS, the precursor of the Galileo constellation… 21/04/2011
European telecoms giants to share purchases France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom could save 1.3 billion euros by combining their purchases. The two companies will jointly buy equipment that they will… 18/04/2011
Telefonica consider job cull Telefonica has said it is considering cutting its workforce in Spain by 20 percent – around 6,400 people – over the next three years to slash costs. The… 14/04/2011
Vodafone sells SFR stake to Vivendi The latest big deal in the phone world has Britain’s Vodafone selling its 44 percent stake in France’s SFR to the French communications and entertainment… 04/04/2011
Satellite broadens broadband’s horizons High speed internet is becoming more and more of a necessity wherever you may find yourself, be it in the middle of nowhere or in a fast-moving train. Now… 29/10/2010
Sam Pitroda: architect of India’s communications revolution Sam Pitroda is the father of the telecommunications revolution in India. He is currently Adviser to the Indian Prime Minister on Public Information… 24/08/2010
MUSIC to your mobile’s ears Providing information in real time in crowded places, like the Paris metro, or connecting smartphones and servers, regardless of their pre-installed operating… 16/06/2010
Satellite TV: beaming pictures from the stars This summer the World Cup will be watched live on TV the world over, and it is all thanks to satellites thousands of kilometres above the earth. Each goal… 27/05/2010
Apple’s share tank on disappointing iPhone salesDisappointing iPhone sales in the run-up to the Christmas holidays caused Apple’s shares to tumble 12 percent on Thursday. The sell-off was sparked by… 24/01/2013
Introducing Internet control by governmentsBinding rules that would give governments legal control over how the Internet works are under consideration in Dubai this week. The World Conference on… 04/12/2012
French unemployment near 13 year highThe number of people out of work in France rose for the 14th month in a row in June. There was an increase of 0.8 percent from the previous month and the… 26/07/2012
Orange says the future’s brighter after network failureFrench mobile operator Orange says the future’s bright for its 26 million customers. Its network went down at 15:00 CET on Friday, leaving subscribers… 07/07/2012
Two new satellites launched by ArianespaceThe European space consortium Arianespace has launched two satellites to boost telecommunications and weather observation. The Ariane 5 rocket carrying them… 06/07/2012
‘Adieu’ to Minitel, the France-Wide WebFrance is scrapping its once groundbreaking Minitel service, complete with mushroom-coloured boxes, that blazed a trail for the World Wide Web. Launched in… 29/06/2012
UK internet surveillance plan hits Tory backbench oppositionThe British government’s proposals to extend state monitoring of internet use have come in for stern criticism from within the ruling coalition itself. The… 03/04/2012
Beware Twitter – Castro not dead…againTwitter may be a great tool for giving and getting real time information from all over the world but it is also a dangerous machine for spreading false… 03/01/2012
Wikileaks returns with sideswipe at ‘government spies’There had been no news of Wikileaks since October. Publications on Julian Assange’s site were suspended for a lack of funds. Yesterday, Wikileaks returned to… 02/12/2011
Blackberry fixes problem as Apple launches new iPhoneAfter days of disruption, Blackberry services are now almost back to normal. A statement from the company on Thursday claimed the global network problems have… 14/10/2011
Ariane 5 takes offAfter more than a month of delays caused by technical problems and bad weather, Ariane 5 has finally launched into space from French Guiana. 40 minutes… 07/08/2011
Facebook launches video chat with SkypeFacebook and Skype are joining forces to bring video chat to the social networking site. The service, initially limited to one-to-one video calling, will be… 07/07/2011
Back in the Day: Washington and Moscow invent the ‘hotline’June 20, 1963: The US and the Soviet Union sign an agreement to set up a hotline between the two countries’ leaders. Previously, diplomatic messages could… 17/06/2011
Microsoft buys Skype in six billion euro dealMicrosoft has agreed to buy the phone network company Skype for almost six billion euros – in cash. The Skype system, which enables people to make voice and… 10/05/2011
Another suicide at France-TelecomA father of four, working for communications company France Telecom-Orange, killed himself on Tuesday after setting himself on fire at work near… 26/04/2011
Giant solar flare may signal increased activityThe Sun’s largest solar flare in four years has hit the earth, an X-class eruption that can black out radios and blind satellites. However scientists say the… 18/02/2011
LG loses on phones and TVsSouth Korea’s LG Electronics has posted a record quarterly loss. The biggest problems were in its mobile handset division as it did not have enough new… 26/01/2011
Alcatel Lucent settles US bribery caseTelecoms equipment company, Alcatel Lucent, has agreed to pay a 103 million euros to settle a bribery case. US authorities claimed the French-based firm… 28/12/2010
Vodafone increases profit outlookBritain’s Vodafone has said with sales growing faster than expected it can raise its full-year profit outlook. The world’s largest mobile operator in terms… 09/11/2010
Microsoft hinges hopes on new smartphonesMicrosoft has unveiled a new line of smartphones running its Windows software. Microsoft is hoping that the new phones, from handset makers such as Samsung… 11/10/2010
Nokia starts shipping crucial N8 smartphoneThe world’s leading mobile phone maker, Nokia, has started to ship its flagship smartphone the N8 after a delay of several weeks on an earlier shipping… 30/09/2010
India and BlackBerry discuss email accessIndia is in talks with Research In Motion about accessing corporate emails sent via BlackBerry smart phones. A senior Indian government source said that… 22/09/2010
N8 blow for new Nokia bossNokia’s new chief executive, Stephen Elop has had a bad first day in the job. The company has had to announce another delay to its flagship smartphone, the… 21/09/2010
Nokia appoints Microsoft boss ElopFinnish mobile phone maker Nokia has appointed the head of Microsoft’s business unit as its new CEO. Canadian Stephen Elop will replace under-fire Olli-Pekka… 10/09/2010
Vodafone sells off China Mobile stakeThe world’s highest-earning telecoms operator Vodafone has sold its 3.2 percent stake in China Mobile for just over five billion euros. That’s nearly double… 08/09/2010
Vivendi raises profit targetEurope’s largest telecom and entertainment group Vivendi has raised its annual profit targets after posting better than forecast first-half results. There… 01/09/2010
Google launches Gmail phone callsInternet search engine Google is taking on the phone companies and web calling service Skype. It has added the ability to directly call landlines and… 26/08/2010
UAE stifles free speech in Blackberry banBlackberry users living in the United Arab Emirates have accused the government of trying to stifle free speech after threatening to freeze the smart phone’s… 03/08/2010
Nokia’s profits dropNokia’s second-quarter net profit fell 40 percent as it lost market share and sales stayed flat The world’s largest mobile phone maker also forecast the… 22/07/2010
Telefonica explores alternatives for VivoSpain’s Telefonica is reportedly looking into forcing a breakup of its Brazilian mobile phone joint venture Vivo. That move comes after Telefonica gave up… 19/07/2010
Refunds for unhappy users of the iPhone 4Apple has bowed to consumer pressure and offered a free case to all owners of its iPhone 4 to prevent reception problems. Users have complained the phone’s… 17/07/2010
Smartphones boost Sony Ericsson’s profitMobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has posted a second consecutive quarterly profit. The Swedish-Japanese joint venture benefited from a rise in sales of its… 16/07/2010
