Nokia and Ericsson continue to gain ground in Europe
A1 Telekom Austria Group has gone full Nordic, while Ericsson seems to have replaced Huawei in the Faroe Islands.
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Italy reportedly blocks Huawei 5G deal as Bulgaria joins US ‘clean network’ scheme
Huawei’s steady stream of European setbacks continues with a report that the Italian government has vetoed a 5G deal between the Chinese vendor and Fastweb.
Mobiltel extends 900/1800MHz spectrum licence
Telekom Austria’s Bulgarian subsidiary Mobiltel, said Tuesday it has extended its licence for 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum to 2024. The company paid €30.6m for the extension.
Telekom Austria sees Q3 profit down by 48 per cent
Telekom Austria, which last month paid out more than €1bn in the Austrian LTE spectrum auction, has reported a drop in third quarter profit of almost 50 per cent. Net income for the period was €52.13m, down 48.3 per cent year on year from €99.2m, while revenue declined 5.3 per cent to €1.04bn.
Telenor to enter Bulgaria
Norwegian operator group Telenor has agreed to acquire Bulgarian mobile operator Globul from Greek operator group OTE. Telenor will pay €717m for the business as it looks to expand its presence in Central and Eastern Europe.
Bulgaria looking for fourth 3G licensee
Bulgarian communications regulator the CRC has issued a tender for a fourth 3G licensee in the country. Prospective bidders will be allowed to submit applications for the UMTS licence until November 14, with the award due to take place December 7. The licence will be valid for 15 years and will consist of 2 х 15MHz blocks of FDD spectrum in the 2GHz band.
Bulgaria’s Vivacom to invest €600m in network upgrades
Bulgarian telco Vivacom has confirmed that it is planning to invest €600mn in rolling out a Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) network which will cover 1mn households by 2014
Telekom Austria acquires two Bulgarian cable operators
Telekom Austria is to acquire 100 per cent stakes in the Bulgarian cable operators Megalan Network AD and Spectrum Net AD through its Bulgarian subsidiary M-Tel. Telekom Austria will pay €83m for the stakes.
Appetite for disruption
Max Telecom aims to overturn the status quo in the Bulgarian telecoms market with WiMAX-enabled triple play services. In less than six months its aggressive rollout schedule and eye-catching service bundles have begun to rock the boat.
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