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France Télécom has released its financial results for the third quarter of 2008 and, unlike most companies, it believes that the financial crisis has had almost no effect of the crisis on its business. In fact, it is sticking to its predictions until the end of the year.  Gervais Pelissier, CFO of France Télécom said in a conference call:

“We see no sign of slowdown in our activities related to the economic and financial crisis. Our revenue growth  in the third…

Two years ago, France granted 44 regional WiMAX licenses in the 3.5 GHz spectrum to operators and local governments, taking in €126 million in one of the most anticipated WiMAX auctions in Europe. This past summer, ARCEP, the French regulator conducted a survey to assess the speed of WiMAX deployments and determine whether WiMAX license holders had met the 30 June 2008 deadline. The findings are grim.

According to the terms of the WiMAX licenses,…

ARCEP, the French regulator, recently published on its website a set of documents and information about “sharing fiber to the home”. After about 18 months of investigation, trials, technical discussions and assessments, ARCEP concluded that one of the critical conditions for rapid deployment of fiber networks is a set of guidelines for operators, installers, owners and users to share the fiber local loop.

“To deploy a new local loop is an technical, economical and a competitive challenge for France,“ an ARCEP…

At a meeting of the French Committee for Public Initiative Networks (Comité des Réseaux d’Initiative Publique or CRIP) in the restored Amphitheater of Le Jardin des Plantes in Paris, Paul Champsaur, President of ARCEP, the French regulator, said that municipal and regional governments will be at the forefront of deployments of very high-speed broadband infrastructure in France — for both fixed and wireless access.

“For the last four years, the CRIP has created the conditions for a constructive dialog between local…

Last week, three European incumbents - Orange, British Telecom and Telefonica - released their mid-year results, delivering some news to reassure investors already reeling from the economic downturn.  The numbers show that the telecom market is moving at its usual steady pace, as if nothing adverse were happening in the financial markets. In addition to releasing quarterly results, the carriers made interesting remarks on the dynamic of the European telecom market. Europe is a market which started its transition from…

If you can’t compete, sue. That seems to be France Telecom’s (and many telcos’) strategy when it comes to Wi-Fi. France Telecom has filed a complaint against the city of Paris for allowing free Wi-Fi access in 400 public spaces. This is a project that France Telecom bid on and lost. Sour grapes. If you can’t compete, sue. That seems to be France Telecom’s (and many telcos’) strategy. France Telecom has filed a complaint against the city of Paris for…