Fuel retailer launches Bulgaria's fourth mobile operator
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 13:54.
The Bulgarian fuel retailer Petrol would become the Balkan country's fourth mobile phone operator this week, it said in a statement Monday.
Telia Sonera buys into mobile phone groups in Nepal and Cambodia
Submitted by William Kaelin on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 10:06.Nordic telecommunications group Telia Sonera on Friday said it had bought "controlling interests" in two mobile operators in Nepal and Cambodia, respectively.
The move, worth 3.2 billion kronor (484 million dollars), was part of Telia Sonera's "strategy to expand into new high-growth emerging markets," chief executive Lars Nyberg said in a statement.
Indian telecom-media group sets up headquarters in Singapore
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 08:06.An India-based group with interests in the information-communication technology sector is setting up its global headquarters in Singapore, armed with a 200-million-US-dollar war chest, news reports said Friday.
YouTube turns its users over
Submitted by Victor Bojinov on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 18:52.In accordance with the decision of the court in New York Internet search engine Google, which owns YouTube hosting, will have to provide information about the videos watched on it and IP-addresses of its users to Viacom (owner of MTV, VH-1 and others).
The total information which the search engine will provide amounts to 12 terabytes.
Vint Cerf calls for state intervention in the Internet
Submitted by Martin Nikolov on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 09:03.Governments must regulate the global network similarly to other public resources, such as motorways, recommended the father of the Internet Vint Surf in an interview for TechCrunch.com.
The proposal of the chief Internet expert in Google was called by journalists nationalization of the network.
Interoute expands its network in Poland
Submitted by Martin Nikolov on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 11:02.Interoute, an owner of the most widely developed networks for voice and data transmission of next generation in Europe, opened a new point of presence (PoP) in Krakow. Through it, the companies in the region have received varied package of services, including Ethernet, VPN networks and advanced VoIP with up to 10 Gbps.
The number 112 will run until the end of the year
Submitted by Borislava Ganeva on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 06:06.The uniform European emergency call number 112 will run until the end of the year. On July 3 emergency service centers in Sofia and Ruse will start to work. This means that from that date on citizens of Sofia, Sofia-District, Pernik, Kyustendil, Varna, Russe, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad and Silistra will be able to use the uniform service.
TV channels with 662 thousand hours of broadcasts in 2007
Submitted by Henry Aaron on Sat, 05/31/2008 - 05:25.Licensed televisions in Bulgaria, which are 110 in number, have broadcast 662 thousand hours last year, showed the figures of NSI.
A year earlier 102 televisions broadcast 599 thousand hours, while in 2003 the hours were 498 thousand.
The German car market is facing its worse downturn, the nation's auto industry association warned Wednesday as the deepening sense of economic gloom in the country leads to a shakeout in the industry and the prospects of big job cuts.
A comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple trying to avoid their families at Christmas debuted in first place over the weekend at North American box offices, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.