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French operators each claim over 1 mln 4G customers
2014-01-10 09:31:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Orange France announced that it reached its goal of over 1 million 4G customers by the end of 2013. Orange said it covers around 50 percent of the population already, with over 5,100 LTE network sites. The company has also extended 4G service to customers of its low-cost brand Sosh from 09 January. Following Orange's statement, Reuters also contacted the other French operators. SFR and Bouygues Telecom said they had also each reached 1 million 4G customers. Free Mobile, which was the last to launch LTE in December, declined to provide figures.
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Worldwide PC shipments fall 6.9% to 82.6 mln units in Q4
2014-01-10 09:09:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Worldwide PC shipments reached 82.6 million units in the fourth quarter, down 6.9 percent from the year before and the seventh consecutive quarter of lower shipments, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Gartner said markets such as the US have bottomed out as the adjustment to the installed base slows. Still, strong growth in tablets continued to negatively impact PC growth in emerging markets. In these markets, Gartner said that the first connected device for consumers is most likely a smartphone, and the first computing device a tablet. For the year, PC shipments fell 10 percent from the year before to 315.9 million units, the worst decline in PC market history, equal to shipment levels in 2009. Lenovo took over the top spot in the global PC market, accounting for 16.9 percent of the market. HP moved into the second spot after experiencing a shipment decline of 9.3 percent. Lenovo also led the PC market in Q4, accounting for 18.1 percent of global PC shipments.
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Altice to raise EUR 750 mln in Amsterdam IPO
2014-01-07 09:14:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) European cable operator Altice has announced plans to list its shares on the stock market in Amsterdam. The company intends to list around a quarter of its shares, raising EUR 750 million for reducing debt. In addition to issuing new shares, the IPO will include the sale of shares by founder and executive chairman Patrick Drahi and other members of management. Altice controls the Israeli cable operator Hot, as well as Numericable in Belgium and Cabovisao in Portugal. It also recently acquired a large stake in Numericable France, during the latter's IPO. The company reported revenues of EUR 2.40 billion for the first nine months of 2013, up 1.1 percent from a year earlier, and EBITDA grew to EUR 1.02 billion from EUR 959 million. Cash flow, measured as EBITDA minus capex, was EUR 563 million. Altice counted 3 million cable customers and another 4.6 million mobile subscribers at the end of September, including its pending acquisition of Tricom and Orange's activities in Dominican Republic.
Telefonica wins LTE spectrum in Slovakia for EUR 40 mln
2014-01-06 12:44:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Telefonica announced that it has won spectrum in the 800 and 1,800 MHz bands in Slovakia for a total price of EUR 40.3 million. While the Slovak regulator has yet to comment on the outcome of the recent auction, press reports in Slovakia said the auction finished at the end of 2013, and four operators are thought to have won frequencies. Telefonica said in a statement that it won two blocks in the 800 MHz band, good for a total 10 MHz, and one block of 0.6 MHz in the 1,800 MHz band. This will allow the operator to roll out a nationwide LTE network. It already started testing LTE in select areas in 2012. The other two mobile operators in Slovakia, Orange and T-Mobile, have yet to comment on the auction results, while Swan Telecom is reportedly the fourth operator to win spectrum in the auction.
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XPO Logistics to buy Pacer International in deal valued at $335 mln- WSJ
2014-01-06 09:12:13| Logistics - Topix.net
XPO Logistics Inc said it will buy logistics company Pacer International Inc in a deal valued at $335 million, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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