France Telecom chief stays the course in year of crisis

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:00:00 GMT

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France Telecom, TDC combine Swiss operations

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Danish telecommunications provider TDC and France Telecom said Wednesday they have agreed to merge their Swiss operations in a move to tackle rival and Swiss market leader Swisscom AG.

Nummer twee France Télécom vervangen

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

De nummer twee van France Télécom, Louis-Pierre Wenes, is vervangen. Wenes lag onder vuur wegens de golf van zelfmoorden binnen France Télécom.

And You Thought Your Job Was Stressful: France Telecom Employees ...

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:46:54 GMT

People commit suicide. It happens. But, when a company has had 24 employees commit suicide in 18 months, with many blaming stress from the company as a reason, it makes you pay attention.

France Telecom Suicides Spark Concern

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:35:00 GMT

The death of a French Telecom employee this week marks the 24th person in the company to commit suicide in the past 18 months. Some say huge layoffs brought on by the economic downturn could be a major factor in the large number of suicides. The company's chief executive, Didier Lombard, faces

French exec blames email for staff stress

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:20:15 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top executive at France's biggest telecommunications company, which is dealing with a spate of suicides, warned that the barrage of emails from smartphones and personal computers

T-Mobile UK and Orange UK to merge

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:45:37 GMT

[T-Mobile UK and Orange UK combine in a new 50:50 joint venture creating the UK's leading mobile operator accounting for 37% of the UK's mobile phone subscriber base.]

D.Telekom, France Telecom to join forces in U.K.

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have launched exclusive talks to merge their British mobile units in a joint venture that would grab the top spot in the cut-throat U.K. market.

D. Telekom, France Telecom to Merge UK Operations

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have launched exclusive talks to merge their British mobile units in a joint venture that would grab the top spot in the cut-throat UK market.

Earnings: Orange Shedding UK Broadband Subscribers

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:35:19 GMT

Orange lost 10.3 percent of its UK home broadband subscribers in the year to June as competition hotted up around it. It now has 954,000 ADSL customers. Mobile broadband is growing for the firm, growing 76 percent to 4.31 million mobile broadband dongle customers since launching

France Telecom Rides with Tour de France

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:42:33 GMT

Telco France Telecom, through its Orange and GlobeCast business units, will once again supply a range of telecommunications service for the Tour de France cycling epic, which starts in Monaco this Saturday, July 4.

ARCEP regulates fiber local loop to stimulate FTTH investment in ...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:28:50 GMT

Last week, Jean-Ludovic Silicani, the new president of ARCEP, held a press conference and announced several propositions to stimulate commercial investment in

France Telecom wants to invest in India’s Aircel

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:53:30 GMT

After they've missed the opportunity to acquire TeliaSonera, France Telecom is looking elsewhere for growth. Since it keeps growing like crazy, India is logical

France Telecom-Orange rolls out VOD site

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

JUNE 18 | FROM VARIETY: In a pioneering move, Gallic telco giant France Telecom-Orange is planning to launch a video-on-demand website, to be known as Welles.

France Telecom Looking At Buying Indian Operator Aircel

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:17:04 GMT

France Telecom reportedly is in talks to buy into Indian mobile operator Aircel, currently majority owned by Malaysian operator Maxis. France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) is seeking to buy a 20-25 percent stake in Aircel, which has about 19.6 million subscribers and is valued at between $7 billion and $8

France Telecom Adds 354K IPTV Subscribers in 1Q09

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:53:20 GMT

TelecomView is a telecom market analysis firm that tracks wireless and wireline access markets with extensive experience tracking the Telco IPTV market globally. We will post the most significant events in Telco IPTV as they occur and tell you what they mean.

CTAM Live: Becoming A TV Leader

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:49:00 GMT

Jean-Marc Harion, vice president of business development for France Telecom North America, outlines about the telco’s strategies, describes some of its converged services and explains that American cable operators might learn from France Telecom’s operations. An edited transcript follows:

[$$] Why Oil May Fall Further (at Barron's Online)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:15:00 GMT

Just a month ago, crude hit a record $147 a barrel, and bulls said it was headed toward $175 or $200. With oil dropping $5 a barrel Friday to $115, leaving the market down about 20% from its peak, the talk now is about the possibility of crude cracking $100.

Five Great Companies to Buy at a Drop (at Seeking Alpha)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:52:06 GMT

Since I managed to cause such a stir with my first 5 choices (mental note, never criticize Apple (AAPL) in public!), here are a few more. Again, I do love all of these companies (and have owned just about all of them at some point in the past 5 years).

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:57:47 GMT

France Télécom has withdrawn its offer to acquire telecommunications operator TeliaSonera. The companies were unable to agree on price, France Télécom said Monday.A merger between France...

Mergers Accelerate as Telecoms Seek Growth

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:34:14 GMT

Verizon Wireless announced it would buy Alltell to create the largest cellphone operator in the United States, while in Europe, a bid was made to create the world’s fourth-largest mobile operator.

Nokia & France Telecom Partner

Thu, 22 May 2008 13:47:09 GMT

DailyWireless.org has been covering wireless developments, especially municipal wireless and WiMAX for over 5 years with nearly 7,000 in-depth articles archived. We also cover developments in Bluetooth, cellular, satphones and ultrawideband.

Cloud computing : Analyse d'un cas reel

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:28:16 GMT

Une université australienne vient de communiquer son retour d'expérience suite à l'externalisation de près de 74.000 boîtes mail (31.000 étudiants, 37.000 diplômés, et 6.000 employés/professeurs). Après quelques mois d'expérimentation du service en ligne,

Time Warner to reconfigure AOL

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:55:41 GMT

NEW YORK: Time Warner, the media company whose stock has dropped 29 percent in the past year, said Wednesday that it planned to split off the AOL Internet-access service, eliminate 100 jobs and consider selling more of its cable-systems unit.

Norway: traditional media still in test phase with citizen ventur...

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:56:41 GMT

Last year, several Norwegian newspaper sites tried to incorporate portals or sections for users to submit journalistic contributions. Until now though, little of the user-generated content seems to have really complemented the papers editorial news. But it has helped to build community.

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