D.Telekom Sees 20 Million U.S. Customers
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Europe's biggest telephone carrier,  Deutsche Telekom, aims to reach 20 million mobile phone  customers in the United States next year and is mulling a new  brand for business clients, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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AT&amp;T Corp. two decades ago employed more than 1 million people in the United States. The recent announcement that AT&amp;T will cut its work force 20 percent to 49,000 by year&#39;s
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SWE-DISH Satellite Systems has been awarded a frame contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to a total value of USD 20 million for mobile satellite communications equipment and support services.
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(InfoWorld) - The T-Mobile brand could soon be coming to a market near you. As part of a strategy to revive profits, Deutsche TelekomÂ intends to expand its T-Mobile cellular business in markets in which the German telecommunications group is already offering fixed-line services and possibly in entirely new markets, the company said Thursday. T-Mobile is already one of the largest mobile phone operators in western Europe and the U.S. Its T-Mobile USA subsidiary has emerged as the group's main growth engine. Deutsche Telekom "does not rule out acquisitions" as part of its expansion strategy, it said. Acquiring the Dutch mobile phone subsidiary of France's Orange could be part of that strategy. The company is rumored to be among the bidders for the Dutch company, the smallest of four operators in the Netherlands. The new strategy carries the signature of RenÃ© Obermann, newly appointed CEO of Deutsche Telekom and the former head of the group's mobile phone business. Obermann is under pressure to tap new areas of growth to offset falling prices for mobile phone calls in mature markets such as Germany and the U.S. and to counter stiff competition from providers of fixed-line telephone services, particularly new VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service providers. More than 2.3 fixed-line customers defected to rivals last year. Obermann's new strategy also includes selling several business units, including the French and Spanish ISPs (Internet service providers) Club Internet and Ya.com and the T-Systems Media & Broadcast unit. In addition, the CEO hopes to find an international "strategic partner" for its T-Systems subsidiary. T-Systems provides IT services to about 60 multinationals and 160,000 smaller companies. The Frankfurt-based unit, which also operates and maintains Deutsche Telekom's global telecommunications network, was established a few years ago following the merger of DaimlerChrysler's IT outsourcing unit, Debis Systemhaus, and the systems integration activities of the German network operator. Last year, T-Systems acquired Gedas, the former computer services subsidiary of German car maker Volkswagen. Gedas has 12 subsidiaries around the world, including Brazil, China, Japan, and the U.S. Most of these are located in automobile manufacturing centers. By the end of 2010, Deutsche Telekom hopes to have 1.5 million customers for its new IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service. The operator intends to have 50 cities connected to its new VDSL (Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line) network next year, with an additional 750 towns to linked via ADSL2+ (Asymmetric DSL) technology. Deutsche Telekom's VDSL network has been a contentious issue with regulators in Brussels. On Monday, the European CommissionÂ threatened the German governmentÂ with legal action unless it scraps a new law thatÂ protects Deutsche Telekom from competitionÂ in the broadband Internet access market. The Commission's action focuses on specific amendments in the German law that effectively exempt the German operator VDSL network from competition. The amendment was requested by the company, which is still partly owned by the German state. Â
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Five companies &#151; AT&amp;T, Level 3 Communications Inc., Qwest Communications, Sprint Nextel and Verizon &#151; on Thursday were awarded a federal telecommunications contract worth up to $20 billion over 10 years.
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The number of DSL subscribers worldwide exceeded 78 million as of 30-June-2004, up by 30 million in 12 months, according to the latest data produced for the DSL Forum by industry analyst Point Topic.
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The extra licenses will give Verizon Wireless, the country's second-largest mobile phone provider, room to grow in 23 markets.
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Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless company, will expand its high-speed data service to 16 markets by the end of the year, the chairman of Verizon Communications Inc. said on Monday.
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Vodafone Group Plc plans to lure more than 10 million customers to the company&#39;s high-speed mobile- phone services by March 2006, the first indication of how it plans to generate sales from licenses that cost $20 billion.
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Semiconductor sales worldwide surged to a monthly record of $20.5 billion in August, fueled by higher demand for memory chips used in PCs and mobile gadgets such as cell phones and digital cameras, an industry group reported Monday.
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In just 20 years, the company went from a fledgling startup to a global player in technology.
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The wireless service provider seeks growth in emerging markets.
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ManTech International Corp. of Fairfax won a $20.9 million contract from the Air Force to provide network and telecommunications services in Europe and in Turkey.
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The 3G coverage of TeliaSonera Finland is 20 percent of the inhabitants of the whole country, revealed Pasi Mehtonen, vice president, products and services in his November MobileMonday presentation.
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Thursday marked the beginning of Verizon Wireless' V CAST mobile TV service in twenty US markets, with more markets to be added before the end of the first quarter, with the aim of giving potential competitors such as DVB-H and mobile IPTV a run for their money.
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Vodafone Group had almost 200 million customers by Dec. 31, but continues to face challenges in the competitive and saturated European market.
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Verizon Wireless this week said its 3G service will be available in 14 US markets and 20 airports on September 27. Next Monday, it will also be offered in Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Baltimore; Kansas City, Missouri