| Battle to open up the network |
 'Trench warfare' in European battle to free the last mile
Despite widespread privitisation of state-owned telcos, the so-called local loop or last mile to the customer's door remains largely in the incumbents' grip. Opening up the network to new service providers has all the makings of a battle royal. . .more | |
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| 3G Infrastructure: |
 Site costs are set to soar
Network operators will incur huge expenses rolling out their 3G networks, with cell installation alone costing billions of euros . . .more | |
