The CEO of Scandinavian operator TeliaSonera has revealed he is investing €1.5 million of his own money in MegaFon, the Russian mobile operator that is due to start trading as a public company on Wednesday.
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European Communications Enterprise survey: the results
- 22 November 2012
Respondents to European Communications’ latest quarterly survey are united in the belief that, from a growth perspective, their future lies in serving enterprise customers.
Vodafone makes €2.4 billion loss, unveils new strategic approach
- 13 November 2012
Vodafone has unveiled what it terms a new strategic approach after it made a loss of €2.4 billion in the last six months.
‘Look at the bigger picture’ implores Deutsche Telekom CEO as it makes €6.9bn loss
- 08 November 2012
DT made a loss of €6.9 billion in Q3 following the acquisition of US wireless operator MetroPCS last month.
“Digital telco” Telefónica dances to Lat-Am beat as pain in Spain continues
- 07 November 2012
Telefónica saw profits grow in Q3 as the Spain-based operator became a Latin America-dominated telco for the first time.
Alcatel-Lucent still in trouble despite stemming losses
- 02 November 2012
Alcatel-Lucent registered another loss-making quarter as the company’s tardy transformation programme began to make an impact.
The France-based vendor made a loss of €156 million between July and September as revenues fell 2.8 percent year-on-year to €3.6 billion.
BT placates shareholders as revenue decline continues
- 01 November 2012
BT has bucked the industry trend by upping its dividend by 15 percent despite revenues continuing their downward spiral.
4G LTE arrives in the UK: the industry responds
- 30 October 2012
Today sees the launch of 4G LTE in the UK, but amid all the understandable hype being generated by EE – the operator given first mover status – what does the rest of the industry think about its prospects and those of the next gen service more generally?
The new enterprise opportunity for telcos
- 29 October 2012
European Communications is today launching its latest quarterly survey – the enterprise opportunity for telcos.

