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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Vodafone Group Plc (NYSE: VOD), Telefonica (NYSE: TEF), Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT), France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ)....
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: France Telecom (NYSE: FTE), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Telefonica (NYSE: TEF), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT). Get the...
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SeekingAlpha Telecom Stocks (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Zacks.com submits: France Telecom’s ( FTE ) subsidiary Orange UK has reportedly won the rights to distribute Apple Inc’s ( AAPL ) iPhone in the UK. The revolutionary handset will be available on Orange UK’s network in late 2009. The deal effectively ends Telefonica ( TEF ) O2 UK’s two-year exclusive distribution contract to sell iPhones in the UK, which officially expires in...
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Smart Money (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Telecom Mergers Make a Comeback as Vivendi Bids for Brazilian Firm GOOD MORNING. Stock markets in Asia closed mixed today; U.S. futures are pointing to a lower open. Media and telecom companies have had a tough slog through the recession as advertisers have slashed spending and consumers have cut back on premium entertainment services. So with profits under pressure, the industry seems to be embarking...
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Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
(Telecompaper) Polish telecommunications regulator UKE will likely abandon its agreement to divide dominant operator Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) as it reached an agreement with TP, Reuters writes citing the UKE's chief Anna Strezynska. The UKE president said at a news conference that the regulator expects to suspend the procedure for a year in the autumn. She added that UKE will also drop its plans...
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Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
(Telecompaper) Polish telecommunications operator Telekomunikacja Polska announced that Ireneusz Piecuch has resigned from his position as member of the company's management board. The resignation is effective immediately. Piecuch was responsible for corporate strategy and business development. A former IBM executive, he joined TP in 2006 as general counsel. No reason was given for his departure, and...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
France Telecom yesterday vowed to appeal to Egypt's supreme court after the country's stock market regulator once again rejected the French group's attempt to take...
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Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
(Telecompaper) France Telecom said the Egyptian stockmarket appeals committee has rejected the group's appeal regarding its bid to buy all the shares it doesn't yet control in Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil and that it would launch an appeal of that decision before the country's supreme court for public affairs, according to Dow Jones Newswires citing a France Telecom spokesman. He added that this...
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Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
(Telecompaper) The French government has opened the tender for the fourth mobile network licence, publishing the procedure's details in the Official Journal on 01 August. Candidates have until 29 October to submit their proposals. ISP Free is the main contender. Cable operator Numericable and MVNO Virgin Mobile France have said they were considering making a joint bid. In principle, telecommunications...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Earnings from France Télécom and Spain's Telefónica show that rapid cost cuts in the sector aren't offsetting regulatory and competitive pressure on revenue.
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
French telecommunications operator forecasts a slowdown in activity as it reported first-half operating income that beat expectations
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Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
(Telecompaper) France Telecom reported a decline in first-half sales and profits, saying it suffered more than expected from the weak economic environment. The company's revenues fell 3.2 percent from a year earlier to EUR 25.46 billion, as growth in France and Africa was offset by weakness in Eastern Europe, the UK and the business services market. On a comparable basis, revenues fell 1.3 percent...
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Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
(Telecompaper) Polish operator Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) reported revenues of PLN 8.497 billion in H1, down 6.1 percent compared to PLN 9.046 billion in the year-ago period. The drop came mainly from the mobile segment, down 6.5 percent to PLN 3.952 billion, while the fixed-line segment fell 2.5 percent to PLN 5.087 billion. TP registered a sharp decrease of 49.1 percent in net income to PLN 702...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Sanjiv Ahuja, former head of France Telecom's Orange mobile phone businesses, has established a new company to supply broadband internet access in developing...
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Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
(Telecompaper) Egypt's regulator has rejected the third offer made by France Telecom to buy outstanding shares in Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil, the Egyptian stock exchange said according to Reuters. In a statement, the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority said it rejected the tender offer represented by Orange Participations, totally owned by France Telecom, to buy up to 100 percent of the...