European Communications

A strong performance from Belgacom’s wholesale business unit helped the operator to record stable revenues for the first three months of 2013.

Telefónica Deutschland and Deutsche Telekom have agreed a deal to share more closely the latter’s fixed line network in Germany.

By Neha Dharia, consumer analyst at Ovum

Underlining how social messaging services can generate significant revenues, Japanese app Line announced revenues of around €45 million in 2012, €34 million of which came in Q4 alone.

Swisscom has reported a significant fall in profits during the first quarter of the year as it announced it has acquired a majority stake in Cinetrade.