Telecoms

Deutsche Telekom's mobile unit T-Mobile is coming under fire from competitors over its exclusive sales deal for Apple's iPhone in Germany.

European Union Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding said she does not expect political wrangling over her plans this week to shake up telecom rules to derail the creation of a single EU telecoms watchdog.

Mount Everest allowed China's largest cell phone service provider to reach new heights as a transmission station test were successfully completed on Tuesday, according to a state news agency.

An agreement on how to divide the world's radio-frequencies among satellite operators, mobile phone companies and broadcasters is close, industry and diplomatic sources said on Tuesday.

Hundreds of German Apple fans braved rain and wind before dawn to be among the first in Europe to get their hands on an iPhone but the arrival of the year's hottest consumer gadget passed most Germans by.

Spanish-owned O2 UK and U.S. consumer electronics group Apple plan to launch a multi-million pound joint advertising campaign later this month as they get ready to bring iPhone mobile phones to Britain.

Orange, the mobile phone arm of telecoms group France Telecom, declined to comment on Wednesday on reports it had won the license to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in France.

Google Inc. has approached wireless phone operators and handset makers as it looks for a piece of the market for advertisements on cellphones, the Wall Street Journal said on its Web site on Thursday.

The world of professional e-sports and virtual heroes may soon see profound changes.

Universal Music, the world's largest music company, is teaming up with advertising conglomerate WPP Group to link bands and brands.

The Kenyan government has said that two Indian telecommunications firms had shown interest in bidding for the second national telecom operator (SNO) licence.

The competition watchdog proposed on Thursday to ease price controls on directories firm Yell Group Plc from April 2008, saying it faced increased competition from a new rival and the Internet.

French media and telecoms group Vivendi on Wednesday rejected what it said was a demand from shareholder Sebastian Holdings to break itself up, while denying the fund had made a bid approach worth over 40 billion euros ($51.2 billion).