Ericsson | July 21, 2011 | Press Release
In the quarter we saw a change in market mix where Brazil, China, Germany, Korea, and Russia showed especially strong growth both year-over-year and sequentially. The US maintained its high business activity although sequentially the networks business...
Telenor Group | July 21, 2011 | Press Release
In the second quarter of 2011, Telenor Group reported revenues of NOK 24,4 billion, representing an organic revenue growth of 7%. EBITDA before other items was NOK 7.5 billion, EBITDA margin was 31 per cent, and...
TeliaSonera | July 20, 2011 | Press Release
A united TeliaSonera shows stronger profitability
Second quarter
Net sales in local currencies and excluding acquisitions increased 3.0 percent. In reported currency, net sales decreased 4.3 percent to SEK 25,894 million (27,065).
The addressable cost base in local currencies and...
Nokia | July 19, 2011 | Press Release
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today provided historical results for its Devices & Services business, regrouped for comparability purposes according to the new reporting format that reflects the operational structure that became effective on April 1, 2011.
The historical...
Reuters | July 19, 2011 | Hans-Juergen Peters
Reporting by Helsinki Newsroom - Nokia's basic phones generate much better operating profits than its smartphone lineup, the Finnish mobile phone company said on Tuesday when it unveiled regrouped past business results.
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Bloomberg-Businessweek | July 13, 2011 | Weiyi Lim
HTC Corp. shares fell for a second day after Asia’s second-largest maker of smartphones was accused of infringing Apple Inc. patents in a case that may halt U.S. imports of the Taiwanese company’s phones and...
Nokia Siemens Networks | July 13, 2011 | Press Release
Nokia Siemens Networks confirmed today that a review for assessing private equity interest in the company had been completed.
“We believe that the current shareholders are in the best position to further enhance the value of...
TeliaSonera | July 12, 2011 | Press Release
TeliaSonera’s Interim Report January – June 2011, will be announced on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at around 7:15 (CET) and a presentation will be available at www.teliasonera.com (http://www.teliasonera.com/) before the press and analyst conference.
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Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Clare Jim
Shares in the world's No.5 handset maker, HTC Corp, tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday, after Apple Inc sued the company in a fresh complaint with a U.S. trade panel.
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DigiTimes | July 12, 2011 | Josephine Lien, Jessie Shen
Japan-based DRAM maker Elpida Memory has approved plans to raise up to JPY79.67 billion (US$994 million), including a rights issue and convertible bonds (CBs). The funds raised will go towards equipment upgrades...
DigiTimes | July 12, 2011 | Chloe Yu, Adam Hwang
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 11 reported net profit of NT$4.278 billion (US$148 million) for June 2011, resulting in January-June net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.20.
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Reuters | June 17, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin and Jungyoun Park
SEOULÂ (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and other Asian technology stocks tumbled on Friday on fears the sputtering global economy will crimp demand for computers and TVs and hurt earnings at chip and panel makers for...
The Australian | June 15, 2011 | Simon Canning
CONTINUING pressure on margins has forced Telstra to merge its online advertising sales business, Sensis Digital Media, with BigPond Advertising and Telstra Classifieds -- a move analysts say has been a long time coming.
Sensis Digital Media...
Reuters | June 13, 2011 |Â Miyoung Kim
(Reuters) -Â South Korea plans to install or upgrade 300,000 mobile payment checkouts at major retailers and transport services this year in its latest push in the potentially lucrative market as the likes of Google Inc and Apple Inc...
Sistema Shyam TeleServices | June 7, 2011 | Press Release
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (SSTL), which operates its telecom services under the MTS brand in India, today announces its unaudited consolidated US GAAP financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.
Key Financial &...
WSJ | June 7, 2011 |Â Anthony Harrup
MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Citigroup unit Banamex said the selloff this year in shares of Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil SAB (AMX, AMX.MX), which faces increasing regulatory pressure and stepped up competition, has been overdone and represents a good...
Ecobank | June 6, 2011 | Press Release
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ("Ecobank"), the leading pan-African banking group, and Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), a leading global telecommunications company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to promote mobile banking services across Africa.
Under the terms of the MOU,...
Reuters | May 26, 2011 Â |Â Hyunjoo Jin
(Reuters) - KT Corp , South Korea's top telecom firm, said on Thursday that it and its affiliates aimed to generate nearly half of their revenues from "non-telecom" areas by 2015, up from 27 percent last year.
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Money is an easy thing to want to be in business with -- I mean actual money. The carriers, banks, credit card companies and startups like Square Inc. are aiming for what many are predicting to be the next big channel for financial transactions....
Financial Times | May 26, 2011 |Â Peter Wise
Portugal Telecom lifted first-quarter net profit by 29.3 per cent to €129.7m ($182m), higher than market forecasts, as the country’s dominant telecoms provider continued to benefit from its large-scale disposals in Brazil.
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Bloomberg | May 24, 2011 | Crayton Harrison
An escalating confrontation between Carlos Slim and two fellow billionaires is driving prices lower for phone, Internet and TV services inMexico, a boon for consumers that could boost the nation’s economy.
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Business Standard | May 24, 2011 |Â Mansi Taneja
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is planning to rope in private equity investors, including telecom companies, to pick up stake in a new company that will be floated by hiving off the state-run telecom major’s towers.
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Telefonica | May 13, 2011 | Press Release
The Company’s commercial focus on higher-value customers led to an 6% increase in the customer base to 290 million accesses,  with significant improvements in the contract mobile segment and growth businesses
TELEFÓNICA’S REVENUES ROSE 10.8% IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2011...
