Still on a Gallic theme, Reuters reports (citing Le Figaro) that France's antitrust watchdog has sounded a warning against mergers that would mean a return to just three domestic operators. Earlier this month one French radio station reported that Iliad and Vivendi were considering a merger of their mobile units (Free Mobile and SFR respectively).
Dutch incumbent KPN is to launch its first 4G services in Amsterdam during February and then roll out LTE across the country during the rest of the year, reports DutchNews.
U.S. cable giant Liberty Global has increased its stake in Belgium's Telenet to 58 percent, up from 51 percent. Mike Fries, president and CEO of Liberty Global said in a statement: "We believe that this is the right time for Telenet to be more closely integrated within our pan-European platform." (See Liberty Global Bids $2.5B for Telenet.)
Russia's Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS) is teaming up with InfiNet Wireless Ltd., a wireless infrastructure specialist, to provide the mobile infrastructure for the Samotlor oilfields in the Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous region in Russia, where weather conditions can vary between -50°C and +60°C. Brrrrr! And also: Phew! (See MTS, InfiNet Win Wireless Broadband Deal.)
— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading
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