Nokia faces test as Windows 8 is revamped
If it were possible for another company to have staked more on Windows 8 than Microsoft, then that company is Nokia. While the mobile version of the operating system has…
Telefónica fights digital start-up threat
Like other mobile operators, Telefónica’s core telephony business has come under threat from digital start-ups such as Skype and chat messaging apps such as WhatsApp. In response, the Spanish group…
Hopes of Vodafone-India truce fading
A much-anticipated deal to settle the $2.6bn tax row between the Indian government and Vodafone appears unlikely to happen for at least another year, in a further blow to faltering…
European telecoms: ring of confidence
Nicotinoids or not, Europe’s bee population is declining. But the buzz surrounding the region’s telecoms companies might convince a Martian that the swarms have simply decamped. From Vodafone and the…
Brussels charges Google unit over patent
©Getty Europe’s top antitrust authority has charged Google’s Motorola Mobility unit with abusive enforcement of its rights over a technology essential for the rest of the smartphone industry, in Brussels’…
BT to reveal pension scheme deficit rise
©PA BT will reveal a jump in the deficit of its pension scheme next week in full-year results that are expected to unveil greater details of the company’s plans in…
Dish rebuts claims over Sprint bid
Dish Network has fired back at SoftBank after the Japanese telecommunications group last week disparaged its US rival’s bid for Sprint Nextel, the wireless carrier. In comments to the Financial…
Reform aims to improve mobile coverage
Reform plans to speed up the process around building mobile masts and other phone infrastructure have been set out as the government seeks to improve mobile coverage across the UK.…
Verizon warns on wireless unit dividends
©AP Verizon has warned it could be a “lean” year for dividends from the US wireless business it jointly owns with Vodafone. Verizon Communications and Vodafone have taken out $18.5bn…
Bharti Airtel sells stake to Qatar group
Bharti Airtel, the world’s fourth largest telecoms company by subscribers, has sold a 5 per cent stake in its business to the Qatar Foundation Endowment for Rs68bn ($1.26bn), as part…
Bharti Airtel net income nearly halves
©Reuters Bharti Airtel, the world’s fourth-largest mobile operator by subscribers, reported poor full-year results on Thursday, undermining hopes that a recent bout of consolidation might bring about a speedy revival…
BSkyB reveals subscription numbers rise
©PA BSkyB has revealed strong growth in subscription numbers in the third quarter, ahead of the relaunch of a rival TV service by BT this summer, underpinned by demand for…
Paris stops Yahoo ‘devouring’ French video group
France’s Socialist government has claimed that it blocked a bid by Yahoo to “devour” a growing online video business owned by France Telecom, refusing to cede control to foreign owners…
T-Mobile US lays out plans for turnround
T-Mobile US, the company formed through the reverse takeover of MetroPCS by Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA unit, says it is on track to resume organic subscriber growth later this year,…
Ofcom probes BT after TalkTalk complaint
©F Stop Press Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, is investigating whether BT has abused a dominant position in providing superfast broadband in the UK following a complaint by TalkTalk, its…