Despite lower losses, mobile operator Deutsche Telekom has a pain in the OTE

For those waiting to see how Deutsche Telekom was doing financially, this morning the results were published. The company narrowed down its losses for Q4 2009, something it attributes lowered losses to “cost discipline”. But it also got a serious hammering in Greece, where the 2008 purchase of OTE, the largest telecoms provider in the country, has not been paying off.

Another one bites the dust - T-Mobile USA could be sold off to the public

Deutsche Telekom (DT) has not been having a great year outside of its home country of Germany. It decided that its English subsidiary, T-Mobile UK, was underperforming so much that it should merged off with another UK operator - a decision that is still going through legal wrangling. And now it has announced that its America operation may be put up for sale to the public through an IPO.

Are Mobile Barcodes nearing tipping point?

At the recent Mobile World Congress, I visited the stands of many of the major new mobile barcode companies. Each company stand showcased the potential of barcodes -but the corporate identity and drag queen back stabbing of the players in the industry could hurt the future of the barcode industry.
The way forward is and has to be standardisation, [...]

Deutsche Telecom tries to focus, fix and grow with Myfaves

Rating: is myFaves 2.0?
Rene Obermann made it clear in his presentation this morning that Deutsche Telekom wants to focus and grow. He is aware of many of the issues that have hampered the company’s success (crap mobile Internet strategy for one) and is set to pave the way for a tighter DT.
MyFaves was touted as [...]

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