Category Archives: Telecom
Rolv-Erik Spilling appointed Head of Digital Services in Telenor
Digital Services was established with the purpose of developing new services in the digital economy, focusing specifically on Internet services that Telenor Group and partners will deliver globally. Substantial innovation efforts are channelled through Digital Services, and Telenor Group has high ambitions for the services that are being developed.
Telenor signs agreement with new Indian partner
Telewings has already applied for prequalification to participate in the upcoming spectrum auction. A final decision on whether to participate or not will be made before the auction starts.
Telenor obtains new 4G licence
Telenor’s and Telia’s joint Danish infrastructure company, TT-Netværket P/S, has acquired 2×10 MHz spectrum in the 800 MHz frequency band. That became clear when the Danish Business Authority’s frequency auction closed late yesterday. The 800 MHz frequency is well suited to ensuring a broad 4G rollout because a 4G mast will have a much wider range if this frequency is used.
Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband is just £15 extra a month for up to 80Meg speeds
TalkTalk has taken a major step forward in helping the UK achieve its goal of having Europe’s best superfast broadband with the launch of its new great value Fibre Optic Broadband.
Following the launch of its 40Meg Fibre Optic Broadband last year, TalkTalk is doubling the maximum speed available to its customers from 40Meg to 80Meg – and up to 20Meg upload speeds – for just an extra £15 per month.
The superfast access is designed to answer the call for higher bandwidth services, giving customers a reliable speedy connection suited to watching live television over the internet and downloading movies.
The faster speed will also improve online gaming experiences which require quick response times and allow the whole family to be online at the same time on different devices without slowing the connection down.
Through cooperation with Alcatel-Lucent Telenor will have the ability to deliver personalized digital content to its subscribers in Europe and Asia
Through an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), Telenor now has the ability to launch its own store for digital content, giving its customers easy access to a wide variety of personalized digital media services such as music, applications, games, e-books and video. Telenor subscribers in Serbia are the first to find the content they want most in a single, localized storefront that knows who they are and what they like.
Telenor commences action in Bermuda seeking declaratory judgment on Altimo’s mandatory tender offer allegation
”VimpelCom is a Bermuda company. The issue of whether Telenor and Weather Investments have an obligation under VimpelCom’s bye-laws to make a mandatory tender offer is a question of law for determination by a Bermuda court,” said Telenor’s spokesman, Dag Melgaard. ”We filed this claim to ensure that the court has the opportunity to promptly make such a determination.”
