Cingular Wireless and Orange in wireless link
By Paul Taylor in New York Published: November 29 2005 23:18 | Last updated: November 29 2005 23:20 THe Financial Times
Cingular Wireless, the largest US mobile carrier, and Orange, the European wireless group, agreed to work together to provide consolidated mobile services to multinational companies with operations in both the US and Europe. Companies with operations in the US, Britain, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland will be able to manage their wireless usage through a Web portal called WorldView Wireless Information Navigator – a service that Cingular inherited when it acquired AT&T Wireless earlier this year.
One of the main attractions of AT&T Wireless purchase was the company’s extensive list of blue-chip corporate clients. As a result, Cingular provides wireless services more than 80 per cent of Fortune 500 companies.
Under the agreement, Cingular’s corporate customers covered by the group’s digital advantage plan will also be able to count usage with Orange while roaming overseas against their minimum usage commitment to qualify for volume discounts.
TeliaSonera unveils more cuts By Päivi Munter and Rupini Bergström in Stockholm Published: November 29 2005 11:50 | Last updated: November 29 2005 17:48 The Financial Times
TeliaSonera, the Nordic region’s biggest telecoms operator, on Tuesday unveiled a plan to save another €200m ($235.5m) annually by 2008 in response to stiff competition in Finland, one of the world’s most sophisticated telecoms markets.
The Finnish unit of the Stockholm-based group, which had previously announced a €100m cost-cutting programme, said the bulk of the additional cuts would be made in sales and distribution, as well as subcontracting and the use of temporary workers.
DT’s T-Online takeover blocked By Gerrit Wiesmann in Frankfurt Published: November 29 2005 11:21 | Last updated: November 29 2005 17:24 The Financial Times
Deutsche Telekom’s plan to merge its fixed-line telephone and internet businesses was dealt a blow on Tuesday when a German court blocked its request to complete quickly the controversial takeover of T-Online, its listed subsidiary.
The Darmstadt district court ruled against formalising the reintegration of T-Online, of which DT owns 90.1 per cent, as this could prejudice suits filed by a minority of shareholders about terms already approved by most in 2004.
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