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Europe RSS FeedsEuropean resorts get stuck into improvements - From new lifts and runs to snowmaking and terrain park upgrades, summer is a busy time for the ski resorts of Europe!...Feed Source: news.ski-europe.com New summit walk at CairnGorm Mountain - A guided walk launching in July will allow visitors to CairnGorm Mountain to appreciate the peak?s full height as well as the surrounding area... Sarajevo Gets Two Six-Seaters - The 1984 Winter Olympic venue of Sarajevo which became a war zone in the 1990s during the Balkan conflict has at last seen an upgrade to its life network. The ski area of Jahorina, which is located in the Republika Srpska sector of Bosnia Herzegovina has installed two new six-seater detachable chairlifts at a cost [ ]... Two Big New Lifts For Kitzbühel In 2010-11 - Lift manufacturer Leitner has reported that the leading Austrian resort of Kitzbühel has ordered two new lifts for next winter ? a 10 passenger cable car and another eight-seater chairlift. The new Maierl gondola will be Austria?s first ten-seat gondola, and will replace a double chairlift and a drag lift on the route. The 2.7km [ ]... Huge Expansion of Avoriaz Gets Underway - A massive expansion of Avoriaz ski resort in France gets underway this month that will create two totally new resort districts, ach with several new accommodation complexes. Perhaps more exciting for guests staying in the existing resort, Avoriaz is also building a large new water park and a spectacular new lift to replace the cable [ ]... Best Ski Club Trip Deals are Here! - SkiEurope’s Best Ski Club Deals for the 2010/ 2011 ski season are now posted online. Best group trip pricing includes Canada from $345 and Europe from $734! Whether you’re planning a group ski trip, club ski vacation, alumni ski trip or corporate incentive travel, we can assist you in creating a travel plan that will [ ]... Super Skiing Vacation Deal in the Italian Alps! - Nowhere is more picturesque than chic Cortina, the most up-market of Italian resorts. Dramatic pink-tinged peaks rise from the top of the slopes, giving picture-postcard views from wherever you are. Cortina personifies Italian vivacity and the nation's passion for "la dolce vita".... Ski Now! SuperSki Week in Bansko, Bulgaria! - Until recently, Bansko was not one of the best known ski areas in Bulgaria. But heavy investment across the ski area and the resort have utterly transformed this quaint medieval town and its ski area into a year-round, international destination resort. Not yet well-known in North America, prices remain, for the moment, relatively low, making it the best value in European skiing.... Olympic Innsbruck. A Great Ski Vacation Destination! - Innsbruck is one of Europe's oldest and most beautiful ski centers. Nestled in the Tyrolean Alps, the area has some 200 trails covering 500 kilometers (310 miles) and is perfect for beginner and intermediate skiers. It's located three miles from the airport and six ski areas are within one hour of the city.... SuperSki Week Deal in the Italian Alps! - Nestled in between the truly breathtaking scenery of more than 14 peaks and tucked under the magnificent Mount Blanc, Courmayeur is a charming village with cobblestone streets and a car-free center. There is an easygoing friendliness in town, and Courmayeur has an international feel.... World Snow Report 10 February: Another Few Feet For Europe As North America Experiences ?Snowmaggeddon? - * Whistler is ?Games ready? * Olympic Snowboard venue Cyprus Mountain to host events as planned despite warm weather. * US overtakes Europe For Deepest Snowbase in the world * Another few feet in the Alps. * More than 40 die worldwide in avalanches in the past week. Heavy snow across North America, dubbed ?Snowmaggeddon? [ ]... Skiing Germany?s Winter Sports Capital! - Garmisch-Partenkirchen is Germany?s undisputed ?Winter Sports Capital,? located only a short distance from the Austrian border. Once the host of the Winter Olympics, Garmisch is a large, cosmopolitan town with plenty to see and do both on and off the slopes.... Deutsche Telekom adds 3D content to Entertain TV - (Telecompaper) Deutsche Telekom has added 3D content to its Entertain TV offer. Via the online video store Videoload's TV menu, Entertain subscribers have access to 3D movies from Hollywood giants like Warner Bros and Sony Pictures Television. Other movie highlights and documentaries from Discovery Channel as well as adult programmes will also be available in 3D. At no extra charge, Entertain subscribers can browse the TV archive and call up sporting events in 3D. The 3D content is available for all Entertain subscribers and can be viewed for the next 24 hours without any restrictions after it has been called up. Since every Entertain media receiver is capable of transmitting 3D signals, Entertain subscribers require no new hardware. The only requirement for calling up and viewing 3D content via Entertain is a 3D-compatible TV set and the appropriate 3D glasses.... Tata Teleservices signs Huawei for 3G network in India - (Telecompaper) Indian operator Tata Teleservices has signed a contract with China's Huawei Technologies to roll out the company's 3G mobile network. Tata Teleservices has selected Huawei's 3G technology under the managed services model, which includes the installation of thousands of Huawei's LTE-ready, SingleRAN radios. Tata earlier announced a contract also with Nokia Siemens Networks for 3G radio equipment. Tata Teleservices won 3G spectrum in nine regions in India in the May auctions, for a total price of INR 58.64 billion.... Vestel to deliver Yahoo! Connected TV across Europe - (Telecompaper) Consumer electronics maker Vestel has signed a partnership agreement with Yahoo!. Under the terms of the contract, Vestel and partner OEM brands will ship Yahoo! Connected TV to consumers in more than 40 countries across Europe starting in the first quarter of 2011. Consumers across Europe will be able to access content sources, movies, TV shows, social networks, and videos via Yahoo! Connected TV. Via the Yahoo! Connected TV platform, customers can launch TV widgets or apps, and gain direct access to thousands of entertainment sources, movies, TV shows, videos, and other internet content on demand. Users can also stream the latest movies on Coolroom, get local and global updates from Sky News and BILD News, browse the latest sports scores on Bild mein Klub, listen to music on Putpat, shop on eBay, play games on PlayJam, and keep up with their friends on Twitter and Facebook ? all while watching TV.... Israeli mobile interconnection fees slashed 73% - (Telecompaper) Israel's telecommunications regulator has ordered mobile operators to cut interconnection fees by nearly 73 percent. Communications Minister Moshe Kahlon said interconnect fees will drop to ILS 0.0687 a minute at the start of 2011 from ILS 0.251 currently. Fees will decline further to ILS 0.0634 per minute from the start of 2012, to ILS 0.0591 from 2013 and to ILS 0.0555 in 2014. Termination fees for text messaging will also fall sharply, from ILS 0.0284 now to ILS 0.0016 from 1 January 2011, to ILS 0.0015 in 2012, to ILS 0.0014 from 2013 and to ILS 0.0013 at the start of 2014. The reduction is based on the final recommendations by Nera Economic Consulting, which examined the cost pricing model of mobile network components. The cuts to mobile termination rates could have been deeper as the ministry initially said it planned a reduction to as low as ILS 0.0414. Kahlon said reducing interconnection fees will save the public about ILS 1 billion a year, significantly lower ... Fastweb brings 100 Mbps internet to 2 million households - (Telecompaper) Italy's Fastweb is launching Fibre 100, a new offer that will permit about 2 million households and small businesses to use the internet at symmetrical speeds of 100 Mbps. The service will reach the cities of Milan, Rome, Turin, Genoa, Bologna, Naples and Bari, in areas already covered by fibre optics. From October the service will be extended to all those who are already Fastweb customers. Fibre 100 will be sold as an additional option for internet subscribers, at EUR 15 per month plus a EUR 100 activation fee.... ETB's investor search fails over lack of bidders - (Telecompaper) Colombian state-controlled operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) has stopped its investor search. ETB was planning to sell a controlling stake of 36.6 percent in the company to a new partner in a public auction scheduled for 15 September. Prequalified bidders had until 1 September to submit their offers. However, ETB received no bid, the company said in a filing to the Colombian stock exchange market regulator. "The company will keep on working to add value for its shareholders," ETB said. At the beginning of July, Colombia's Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) authorized Telefonica to bid for the ETB stake. ETB did not release a complete list of interested parties. However, besides Telefonica, Millicom International Cellular and Telmex were also reported to have shown interest in the acquisition.... Telstra plans SouFun IPO - (Telecompaper) Telstra has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the planned IPO of its SouFun stake. The company expects the initial public offering of American Depositary Shares to be completed on 30 September. Telstra will sell the ADS at USD 40.50 to 42.50 which values the entire company at around USD 810 to 850 million. Telstra intends to sell down its entire 50.5 percent stake in the Chinese online property site, which the company acquired in 2006 for USD 254 million. On 13 August, Telstra said it would sell shares that it is not selling at the IPO to private equity firms Apax Partners and General Atlantic, along with two other SouFun shareholders. Should the IPO not be completed within the specified time frame, the parties will buy Telstra's entire shareholding.... Vodafone Germany confirms Vodafone TV specifications - (Telecompaper) Vodafone Germany has unveiled a DSL router with DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standards, which enable end users to connect all network-based devices to a home network The Vodafone DSL Box also includes Vodafone Media Manager software that automatically scans and manages all digital media available on the network. The software includes Packet Video's Twonky Software enabling wireless transfers and playing of all digital content on the network. At the same time, Vodafone confirmed the upcoming launch of its own hybrid IPTV service called Vodafone TV. The service is enabled with the Vodafone TV set-top box, which enables customers to continue to use their current satellite based TV service plus Vodafone's IPTV service, which can be used with a 2 Mbps or more DSL connection. Vodafone also signed a licensing agreement with pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland to offer all Sky channels to the users of Vodafone TV. The package further includes 120 digital TV channels, 60 ra... Vodafone Germany unveils LTE tariffs, roll-out planning - (Telecompaper) Vodafone Germany plans to cover more than 1,000 municipalities in Germany with mobile broadband via LTE technology by the beginning of December of this year. The first phase of deployment starts at the end of September with several hundred municipalities in regions, where currently no broadband services are offered. For 2011, Vodafone plans to cover 1,500 municipalities by May and by the end of the year, the operator ensures that no municipalities will be without broadband coverage. The operator also unveiled its LTE tariffs called LTE Zuhause (LTE At Home). Customers can choose between three subscriptions: 7.2 Mbps with 10 GB data included for EUR 39.99 per month; 21.6 Mbps with 15 GB for EUR 49.99 per month and 50 Mbps with 30 GB for EUR 69.99 per month. When the included data is used, the download speeds is automatically reduced to UMTS levels (384 Kbps) until a new month begins. The LTE tariffs cost EUR 10 per month less for existing Vodafone postpaid customers.... Vimpelcom Q2 revenues up 23% on Kyivstar merger - (Telecompaper) Russia and CIS operator VimpelCom reported second-quarter revenues up 23.1 percent year-on-year to USD 2.64 billion, helped by its merger with Ukraine's Kyivstar. Adjusted OIBDA rose 16 percent to USD 1.26 billion, while net profit fell 52 percent to USD 334.7 million. Kyivstar was acquired from 21 April. On a pro forma basis, the company's revenues were up 8.9 percent and OIBDA rose 0.5 percent from a year earlier, while capex increased 89 percent to USD 445.3 million and operating cash flow was up 9 percent to USD 1.03 billion. On an organic basis, VimpelCom said it had a strong quarter, with Russia reporting record revenues in rubles and other markets benefiting from the economic recovery.... 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