Tele2 has announced that it has received EU approval for the divestment of its French broadband and fixed telephony business to SFR. The Vivendi-Vodafone mobile operator agreed in October 2006 […]
ATM Grupa prepares for floatation
The leading Polish independent production company ATM Grupa has been given official permission to undertake a floation. The sale of 700,000 additional shares to existing shareholders is expected to raise […]
Pace positive on full year prospects
Pace Micro Technology has issued its second positive trading statement in recent weeks. The digital TV technology developer said it expected its shorted financial year to December 31 to be […]
Italy launches national frequency register
Italian communications minister Paolo Gentiloni, and the Chairman of the communications guarantee authority (AGCOM), Corrado Calabrò have unveiled a single national television frequency database. The project was launched last year […]
BeTV finally making money
The Walloon pay-TV operator Be TV has just turned its first ever profit. In the first six months of 2007 the company made a net profit of €2.145 million, and […]
Providence joins Virgin bidding
A bidding war for Virgin Media appears to be on the cards after the American buyout specialist Providence instructed its advisers to prepare for a $22 billion offer for the […]
EUR200 subsidies on Italian digital TVs
The Italian government has announced plans to provide subsidies of up to €200 on the purchase of new television sets that feature a digital tuner. It follows recent clearance received […]
Ericsson pilots CYTA fibre to the home
Ericsson has signed up Cypriot incumbent telco CYTA, Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, as its first European customer for a Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) network based on the vendor’s GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) […]
Operators reject copyright proposal
A coalition of platform operators and content providers has asked the European Union to reject an offer by national royalty collection bodies in their attempt to resolve a long running […]
GMT partners Melita
GMT Communications Partners, a London based private equity group, is taking control of Malta’s largest cable operator Melita by acquiring a 50% stake from Liberty Global and a smaller stake from the local financial […]