International Business News - Telecoms http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Regulators have ordered China's phone companies to share their networks amid an industry restructuring that is to clear the way for introduction of third-generation mobile phone service in the world's biggest mobile market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/china-orders-phone-companies-to-share-networks.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:35:07 EDT The escalating financial crisis has hit some companies in the capital-intensive telecommunications business, and is likely to favor the biggest, most stable players over the long term, an analyst said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/analyst-debt-crisis-favors-bigger-telecoms.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:29:30 EDT China has relaxed access for foreign investors to its booming telecommunications industry by cutting minimum required investments, but retained a ban on foreign majority ownership of ventures. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/china-eases-foreign-investors-access-to-telecoms.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:48:24 EDT China has eased access for foreign investors to its booming telecommunications industry by cutting minimum required investments but retained a ban on foreign majority ownership of ventures. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080913/china-eases-limits-on-foreign-telecom-investment.htm Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:16:12 EDT Power outages caused by Hurricane Gustav brought down cellular and Internet service in parts of Louisiana, but its impact was much milder than that of Katrina. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/121045-gustav-telecoms.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/gustav-brings-down-cell-internet-service.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/gustav-brings-down-cell-internet-service.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:15:21 EDT Tips on how to keep your communications alive in a disaster such as a hurricane:--Keep your cell phones charged. Buy extra batteries if you can, and remember to charge them. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/tips-for-staying-connected-in-disasters.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:20 EDT The hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country's wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/phone-companies-prepare-backup-plans-for-gustav.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:26:53 EDT Competition in Kenya's telecommunications industry is heating up as the latest entrant in the market announced plans to make the biggest investment in the industry in recent years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/indian-company-to-invest-500-million-in-kenya.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:53:30 EDT China Telecommunications Corp., parent of the country's dominant fixed-line operator, is expected to buy a mobile business from China United Telecommunications Inc. for around US$14.4 billion, it was reported Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/report-china-teleco-to-buy-mobile-biz.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:21:38 EDT China's phone companies will merge into three large groups in a long-awaited government restructuring of its giant telecoms market that could lead to billions of dollars in new orders for foreign equipment suppliers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/55407-china-mobile-phones.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080526/china-unveils-telecom-restructuring.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080526/china-unveils-telecom-restructuring.htm Mon, 26 May 2008 10:27:17 EDT China's biggest mobile phone company will take over a smaller fixed-line carrier, a state news agency said Friday, in what was expected to be the start of a sweeping industry restructuring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/chinas-telecom-restructuring-may-be-under-way.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 12:07:39 EDT President Evo Morales celebrated May Day by announcing the nationalization of Bolivia's leading telecommunications company, Entel, and returning four foreign-owned natural gas companies to state control. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43403-aptopix-bolivia-telecoms.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/morales-nationalizes-bolivian-telecom-foreign-gas-companies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/morales-nationalizes-bolivian-telecom-foreign-gas-companies.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 23:37:15 EDT President Evo Morales says he is nationalizing the leading Bolivian telecom company, Entel, which is a subsidiary of Telecom Italia SpA. Morales announced plans to buy back a majority of the former state company last year, but negotiations with Telecom Italia have dragged out. Terms of Thursday's nationalization announcement are not immediately clear. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/bolivia-orders-nationalization-of-telecom-entel.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 14:09:13 EDT China Mobile Ltd., the country's biggest mobile phone carrier, said Monday its first-quarter profits surged while China Telecom Ltd., the country's main fixed-line carrier, reported essentially flat earnings, reflecting a shift in consumer tastes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/china-mobile-plumbs-rural-areas-profits-jump-37-percent.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:55:36 EDT South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has approved _ with conditions _ the proposal by wireless operator SK Telecom Co. to buy a large stake in the country's second-largest broadband service provider for $1.15 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080215/skorea-regulator-oks-1-2b-telecoms-deal.htm Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:59:52 EST Malaysia's mobile phone operator DiGi said Tuesday its net profit in the quarter through December rose 22 percent from a year earlier, buoyed by growing subscriber base and higher revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080205/malaysias-digi-reports-higher-profit.htm Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:06:00 EST Telecoms operators who wish to provide television over Internet in India will have to pay between 6 percent and 10 percent of their adjusted gross revenue as licence fees, depending on the telecom zone they operate in, the telecoms regulator recommended on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080104/india-telecoms.htm Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:33:48 EST