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European Communications discusses the latest telecom trends with telco executives, analysts and topic experts viainsightful analysis, Q&As and opinion pieces.

TeliaSonera chief bets big on MegaFon on eve of IPO

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.

European Communications Enterprise survey: the results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

European Communications is today launching its latest quarterly survey – the enterprise opportunity for telcos.

Click here to take the survey and share your views.