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Egypt's three mobile operators reject 4G licences -two officials

CAIRO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Egypt's three existing mobile phone operators have declined to buy its fourth-generation licences, two Egyptian telecoms officials told Reuters on Thursday. The companies, Vodafone, Orange and Etisalat, did not respond to repeated requests for comment. The Egyptia

UPDATE 2-EU scraps time limits in telecom roaming charge plan

* Roaming charges set to end in June 2017 * Initial plan was to limit days of surcharge-free roaming * New plan would end time limit, but seek to counter abuse (Adds details on surcharges, initial reaction) By Julia Fioretti and Marilyn Haigh BRUSSELS, Sept 21 (Reuters)

EU Commission to scrap daily limits on mobile telecoms roaming

BRUSSELS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it would propose scrapping daily limits on mobile telecoms roaming following criticism of its initial idea to limit the amount of time consumers could use their phones abroad. Andrus Ansip, European Commissioner for the

Friday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Admiral Group: Berenberg reiterates hold with a target price of 1804p. Vodafone: Barclays reiterates overweight, 260p target. Next: HSBC keeps at hold with a 4485p target. Asos: JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a 5400p target. Moneysupermarket: RBC stays at outperform with

Thursday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Sanne Group: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 600p. Vodafone: Barclays reiterates overweight, 260p target. Petrofac: Jefferies downgrades to hold with a 800p target. Anglo American: JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a 1150p target. RPC Group: Berenberg stays a

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Liberum Downgrades Hargreaves Lansdown To Sell

Vimpelcom, CK Hutchison can invoke buy-sell option on Italy JV after 3 yrs

MILAN, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Vimpelcom and CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd can invoke a buy-sell option on the stakes they hold in the joint venture that merges their Italian units from three years after the deal's conclusion, a Vimpelcom presentation showed. Earlier this month, the EU gave its gre

UPDATE 2-RCom, Aircel to merge businesses as India telco consolidation gathers pace

* Reliance Comm, Maxis to own half each of merged entity * Merged cellular carrier to have $4.2 bln debt - source * High competition fuelling consolidation in India telecoms (Adds further details, analyst comment) By Sankalp Phartiyal and Devidutta Tripathy MUMBAI, Sept

FTSE 100 movers: Rate fears weigh on banks

(ShareCast News) - UK blue chips were mostly in the red on Monday as investors got in a tizzy as they feared various economic and political possibilities across the Atlantic at the end of last week, sending London-listed financial stocks lower in particular. With worries about the US Federal Reserv

Vodafone shares may be set to rise by a third, Barron´s says

(ShareCast News) - Shares in Vodafone may rise by a third, according to a report in financial weekly Barron´s. For starters, a tie-up with Liberty Global was possible, even if the London-based firm had already said that talks were no loner ongoing. After eight years in the dumps, sales in Europe ha

UPDATE 4-Croatia's conservatives take clear lead in preliminary results

* Party officials cautious * European authorities urge painful cuts, restructuring * Disenchanted voters stay away (Adds preliminary results) By Igor Ilic and Ivana Sekularac ZAGREB, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Croatia's conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) had a clear l

Vodafone stock could rise 33 pct, benefit from a merger -Barron's

Sept 11 (Reuters) - Vodafone Group Plc could benefit from a merger with Liberty Global Plc, according to a report in Barron's, which added the British telecommunications company's shares could also be poised for a 33 percent rise. A Vodafone merger with the cable group would "yield conside

UPDATE 2-Juncker demands better EU telecom roaming charge plan

* Withdrawal of draft on "fair use" after consumer disappointment * But mobile operators complain proposal was already too generous * Juncker, reacting to Brexit, seeks to show EU works for voters (Adds industry reaction, EU officials, edits) By Julia Fioretti and Alastair Mac

EU Commission to withdraw and revise telecom roaming plans

BRUSSELS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it was withdrawing and would revise its proposals designed to end mobile telecom roaming charges. The Commission said in a brief online statement that President Jean-Claude Juncker had instructed staff to work on a new vers

UK mobile operator Three calls for spectrum cap to rein in EE

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Britain's smallest mobile network operator, Three, wants the regulator to rein in market leader EE by setting a 30 percent cap on the proportion of airwaves an operator can own. Such a move would boost competition in a market that delivers "mediocre" service to c