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Telefonica To Tout Nokia's Touch-Screen Phone
Spain is the only country in Western Europe lucky enough to be getting Nokia 's new touch-screen phone before the end of the year, and it looks like Telefonica will be the only operator chosen to offer it.
Telef nica Espa a Chooses Ulticom for Major Prepaid Calling System Upgrade
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Zeemote,the makers of intelligent wireless controllers for mobile devices and Telefonica, today announced an agreement which bundles the Sony Ericsson K530i with the award-winning Zeemote JS1 Controller.
Telef nica selects Alcatel-Lucent's home network management solution for their customers worldwide
Alcatel-Lucent announced today that it has signed a frame agreement with Telefonica to supply its home network management solution.
IEC Delivers the Promise of Broadband with Nearly 100 Vendors and...
The International Engineering Consortium's Broadband World Forum Europe 2008 conference and exhibition will display products, services, and applications from nearly 100 of the world's top vendors and equipment ...
Alcatel-Lucent to deliver advanced communication network to the University of Concepcion in Chile
Concepcion, Chile - ' Alcatel-Lucent announced today that it has been selected by Telefonica Empresas to provide the new IP network to be installed at the University of Concepcion campuses at Concepcion, ...
O2 on how it won the iPhone and working with Steve Jobs
Ronan Dunne, O2 UK's CEO, is a softly spoken Irishman who heads up the operator's UK operations from a glass-walled office above an open plan atrium where staff sit and sup bottles of O2-branded water in the ...
Europe's cable operators are piling the pressure on their telco counterparts by deploying EuroDocsis 3.0 technology and launching broadband services that DSL players can't currently match.
Sales Of SIM Cards Might Shuffle Deck In Wireless Services
Instead of buying new phones, many wireless users in Europe have been choosing a new type of rate plan.
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Vodafone wants financial damages from Telefonica
MADRID : Vodafone Group is claiming 670 million euros in damages from Telefonica SA for alleged abuse of its dominant position in Spain's mobile telephony market, the British group said on Monday.
Telefonica Announces Tender Offer to Acquire 100% of the Shares of Telefonica CTC Chile
MADRID, Spain, Sept. 11 MADRID, Spain , /PRNewswire/ -- Telefonica has announced that it is going to launch during the next 5 business days a tender offer, through its wholly-owned subsidiary "Inversiones ...
Telefonica is looking east. The Spanish telecom firm said Thursday it would raise its stake in Chinese partner China Netcom by 5.75%, to gain a lucrative leading stake in the imminent merger of China Netcom and ...
Spanish phone operator Telefonica plans to increase its Chinese presence with $1.6 billion investment news 05 September 2008 With mobile phone markets becoming saturated in the developed nations of America and ...
EU eyes cut to text message roam fees
European Union regulators will propose cutting cellphone text-messaging fees, that are charged when customers travel abroad, by more than 60 per cent.
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Mexicans to Use Phones to Pay for Meals, Taxi Trips
Major banks in Mexico, including Citigroup Inc. and BBVA, are partnering with mobile operators Telefonica SA and Iusacell to launch a mobile charge service, reports Reuters.
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Mexicans to use cell phones to pay stores and taxis
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans will soon be able to pay for small purchases such as restaurant meals and taxi rides using their mobile telephones, the country's banks said on Monday.
Telephone operators Telefonica SA and Iusacell are teaming up with big banks such as Citigroup Inc and BBVA to launch the service, marketed at first toward technology savvy teenagers and expected to debut over the next few months.
Cell phone users will be able to have their bank link their savings account to their telephone so they can make payments to participating stores, restaurants and taxis by sending a text message, Roberto Rodriguez, in charge of the service, said at a news conference.
Deutsche Telekom AG is still playing catchup with some of its fellow European carrier giants in terms of IPTV subscriber uptake, but the German carrier is at least showing some signs of improvement.