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Keep up with all the latest news affecting European telcos from regulation and financial results to developments in network sharing, billing and innovative new content.
In a move intended to put Europe back at the heart of mobile technology standards development, Neelie Kroes, the vice president of the European Commission has pledged €50 million in funding to back research into the next generation of so-called fifth generation, or '5G' mobile technology.
Alcatel-Lucent (A-L) has agreed a new deal with KPN to transform the Dutch firm's fixed network.
As part of a five-year managed services partnership, A-L will aim to increase the KPN network's capacity, improve customer
Swedish telecoms manufacturer L.M. Ericsson has been selected by India's Bharti Airtel to roll-out Ericsson's Mobile Broadband Charging system that will see the carrier completely overhaul it's existing pre-paid Intelligent Network platform in all 23 of its international network operations.
Alcatel-Lucent has inked an extensive new deal with Etisalat to extend the UAE-based operator’s existing LTE network coverage as well as a new partnership across Sri Lanka.
MasterCard and Orange have inked a strategic deal to roll out new mobile payment services across Spain.
TeliaSonera has announced it is the first operator to launch 4G LTE roaming in Europe.
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has secured new 4G LTE deals with Orange Communications in Switzerland and the E-Plus Group in Germany.
Two flagship new reports by the mobile operators' industry association GSMA, entitled “The Mobile Economy 2013” and “Connected Life: The impact of the connected life in the next five years” respectively, chart the prospects for both the mobile market worldwide and the wider socio-economic impacts going forwards.
Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson and German software bellwether SAP have inked a new deal to jointly market new cloud-based machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services for enterprise-level businesses, via telcos around the world.
