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Vodafone Fails To Meet 3G Coverage Compliance, Ofcom Will Not Take Action

UPDATE 2-Swisscom's new CEO sees future in the "cloud"

* Swisscom names Urs Schaeppi as chief exec * Q3 net 450 mln Sfr vs 438 mln in poll * Revenue rises 2.2 pct to 2.87 bln Sfr * Says Fastweb not for sale * Shares rise 1.9 pct, outperform Swiss market By Caroline Copley ZURICH, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Swisscom AG named

UPDATE 1-EU regulators to investigate Hutchison, Telefonica's Irish deal

* EU decision due by March 24 * Along with Germany deal, Ireland is key test case * Hutchison says remains confident deal will be approved BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - European antitrust regulators will investigate whether Hutchison Whampoa's $1 billion bid for Telefonica's unit

EU regulators to investigate Hutchison, Telefonica's Irish deal

BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will investigate whether Hutchison Whampoa's $1 bln bid for Telefonica's Irish unit will reduce competition in the mobile telephony market in Ireland, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The move will put pressure on Hutchison to of

UPDATE 1-Safaricom drives Kenyan shares higher; shilling steady

* Safaricom H1 earnings beat market expectations * Kenya Airways shares jump on earnings bet * Tight liquidity seen supporting shilling By Kevin Mwanza NAIROBI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Kenyan main share index rose on Wednesday, pushed up by telecoms operator Safaricom which reported

UPDATE 1-Vimpelcom growth squeezed by regulatory pressures

* Total revenue down 1 percent in Q3 at $5.7 billion * Growth lags targets * Net profit halves on deferred tax provision MOSCOW, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Vimpelcom, Russia's third biggest mobile operator, said on Wednesday competition and tougher regulations hit sales growth in the thi

BROKER RATING CHANGES: Canaccord Raises Moneysupermarket To Buy

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Vodafone rises as Bernstein eyes AT&T deal

Telecoms group Vodafone edges up by around 1 percent to add the most points to Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 index, as analysts at Bernstein raise their price target on Vodafone on the back of speculation of a possible merger with American peer AT&T. Bernstein increases its price target on V

UPDATE 3-T-Mobile US Q3 subscriber growth tops Street estimate

(Adds executive, analyst comments, updates share price) By Sinead Carew Nov 5 (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc, the No. 4 U.S. mobile provider, reported much better-than-expected subscriber growth, outpacing bigger rival AT&T and also putting pressure on other competitors, including market

Hungary PM says telecoms taxes may be cut in return for growth boost

* Investments that boost growth could lower tax bill, PM says * Does not specify when, on what conditions cut could happen * Telecoms sector has paid special taxes since 2010 to cut deficit By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orba

CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-T-Mobile US Q3 subscriber growth tops Street; shares rise

(Corrects year-ago GAAP revenue to $4.89 billion, not $4.26 bln; error also occurred in update 1) By Sinead Carew Nov 5 (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc, the No. 4 U.S. mobile provider, reported third-quarter subscriber growth well ahead of expectations on Tuesday, and showed it was putti

UPDATE 2-Telefonica sells Czech business as turns sights to Italy and Brazil

* Telefonica sells Czech unit to PPF for 2.47 bln euros * Deal will cut Telefonica's debt, free up capital * PPF wins major deal ahead of Czech 4G auction By Julien Toyer MADRID, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Telefonica has agreed to sell its Czech business for 2.47 billion euros ($3.

T-Mobile US revenue rises, subscriber growth beats Street

Nov 5 (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc said on Tuesday its third-quarter revenue rose 7.4 percent and it added many more wireless subscribers than expected. The No. 4 U.S. mobile provider, which is 74 percent owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, also increased its customer growth target for 2013 to a r

Indian stocks to watch - Nov 5

Nov 5 (Reuters) - GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP * Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange edge down 0.06 percent and the MSCI-Asia Pacific index excluding Japan falls 0.18 percent. * Asian shares rose while the dollar was flat against a basket of currencies on Tuesday, after a spate of comments from F

Telefonica seeks EU okay to buy KPN's German unit

BRUSSELS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Telefonica has asked EU antitrust regulators to clear its planned 8.6-billion-euro ($11.6 billion) takeover of KPN's German unit E-Plus, which will reinforce the Spanish telecoms provider against rivals Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone. The deal will boost Telefonic