Should the deal go through, Vodafone will own 25 per cent of Japan Telecom - compared to BT's 20 per cent stake. Japan is the second biggest telecommunications market in the world. Nokia has struck out at the pessimism surrounding the future of the...
The wireless telephone network equipment maker struck a deal this week with Novatel Wireless to develop and supply modem cards that use UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo already uses UMTS to power its...
And in about three months, Nigerian carrier Rel-Tel will introduce a similar next-generation mobile phone service not just to Lagos but to other parts of the country. Two weeks ago, carrier Multi-Links Telecommunications flipped the switch on a new...
More recently, however is the point that until 1981, British Telecom, once Post Office Telecommunications, was a part of the Post Office. It also has an interesting history - 350 years of it, to be exact.
The history of British Telecom (latterly BT) is an illustration of the discontents of contemporary society. Quite apart from the general customer service issue, which afflicts telecommunications companies as much as any, there is the question of...
The government has launched an independent review on barriers to rolling out high speed, next-generation broadband networks in the UK which it says are essential for the future economic success of the country.