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European 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!...

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....

Google prepares for TV launch - (Telecompaper) Google will launch its new service to bring web content to TV screens in the US this autumn and worldwide next year, CEO Eric Schmidt at the Ifa trade show in Berlin. Google will work with a variety of programme makers and electronics manufacturers to bring the TV service to consumers, but does not plan to get into content production, Schmidt told journalists after his keynote speech. According to a report from Reuters, Schmidt also said Google would announce partnerships later this year with makers of tablet computers that would use Google's new Chrome operating system, due to be launched soon, rather than its Android software that has been used for mobile devices until now....

Motorola, Ericsson to provide LTE public safety platform - (Telecompaper) Motorola Solutions and Ericsson entered an alliance to provide an LTE-based platform for public safety broadband. The unified platform will allow real-time information sharing between an integrated multimedia command centre and a collaborative portfolio of rugged radios, in-vehicle terminals, and hand-held LTE data devices. Ericsson will provide the benefit of global scale economies and proven performance across a large, globally deployed LTE base. Combined with Motorola's public safety optimised LTE core and interoperability platform, Ericsson will provide its LTE access equipment as well as parts of its packet core and related services to deliver broadband multimedia services to public safety. Motorola's advanced devices, video security and command and control products will leverage these platforms to offer public safety situational collaboration and situational awareness. In addition, Motorola will deliver the full spectrum of advanced services to the public safety co...

Telenor sticks to Indian investment plan - (Telecompaper) Telenor said it will maintain its investment in Uninor, its Indian subsidiary, and denied reports that the company was under pressure from investors to exit the loss-making venture, reports the Economic Times. Uninor's target is still to secure an 8 percent market share by 2018 and cash-flow positive in five years, said director of communications for Telenor Asia, Glenn Mandelid. He added that there was no change in the company's long-term plans for India. Telenor currently has less than 1 percent market share in India's mobile market. Bloomberg reported earlier that some investors in Telenor viewed the company's plans to become profitable in India within three years as unrealistic. These investors pointed out that tariff wars in India's ultra-competitive mobile market had significantly lowered the average revenue per customer, making Telenor's earlier guidance irrelevant. Telenor said it expects additional EBITDA losses this year on Uninor of around USD 470 million and ...

Brazil starts new universal service plan - (Telecompaper) Brazil's telecommunications regulator Anatel unveiled a new plan for achieving the country's universal service targets. The PGMU III as the plan is known will cost BRL 2.1 billion, which will be invested in infrastructure and maintenance from 2011 to 2015. The reviewed goals for universal telephony cover rural and poorer areas, with plans for the installation of public telephone booths in all rural schools and rural health posts in Brazil. Also planned is the creation of the Telephone Exchange service, at an average cost of BRL 25 for families enrolled in the Bolsa Familia programme. The plan is open to public consultation until 22 September....

Deutsche Bank raises France Telecom stake to 5.07 percent - (Telecompaper) Deutsche Bank has informed French stock market authority AMF that its holding of France Telecom voting rights passed the 5 percent ownership threshold. The German bank indicated that after buying some shares off-market, it now owns 134.35 million France Telecom shares, directly and indirectly, giving it 5.07 percent of equity and voting rights. France Telecom dismissed claims by the CFE-CGC/Unsa trade union that this indicated some kind of rapprochement between it and Deutsche Telekom, reports Reuters....

LG to offer DLNA sharing on Optimus 7 - (Telecompaper) LG Electronics is showcasing at the Ifa trade show in Berlin a new media-sharing service for its upcoming Optimus 7 mobile phone. The new technology makes it possible to share multimedia files on the Optimus 7 and all DLNA-compliant digital devices. This pre-installed feature allows users to send files directly from the phone's media galleries, without having to leave for another application. The phone will automatically display compatible devices in the same Wi-Fi zone and let users send media files such as photos, video and music wirelessly to the targeted device. The Optimus 7 will go on sale in the fourth quarter....

TDC wins DKK 2.9 bln in arbitration case against TP - (Telecompaper) The Arbitration Tribunal in Vienna has issued a ruling in the case against Telekomunikacja Polska. TDC owns a 25 percent stake in Danish Polish Telecommunications Group (DPTG), which is part of Telekomunikacja Polska. The dispute concerns the determination of traffic volumes carried via the NSL fibre optical telecommunications system in Poland. DPTG is entitled to 14.8 percent of the net profits from NSL during the period 1994 to mid-2004. The current ruling awards DPTG around DKK 2.9 billion, of which TDC will receive DKK 0.7 billion. The amount corresponds to DKK 0.5 billion after tax. TDC said the effect will be recognized in the statement of income under special items related to income from joint ventures and associates in the third quarter....

Orange, T-Mobile offer joint roaming in UK - (Telecompaper) Orange and T-Mobile customers in the UK will be able to roam across both networks from 5 October, Everything Everywhere CEO Tom Alexander announced. Customers who sign up for access to both networks will benefit free of charge, with no changes to their existing tariffs or call or text charges. Once registered, should a customer lose signal on their existing network, they will then automatically pick up the signal from the other network where it's available. Users will be asked to opt-in to the new service for the time being as the networks handle around 1,600 different handsets and some devices may have problems with the service. However, from the beginning of 2011, the roaming service will become automatic. Alexander said that Everything Everywhere would use the period between 5 October and the end of the year to gauge customer reactions to the service. The launch will backed by an advertising campaign from both Orange and T-Mobile. Alexander described the adverts as "'...

RCom abandons GTL Infra deal - (Telecompaper) Indian mobile operator Reliance Communications has abandoned its plan to create a mobile infrastructure company with GTL Infrastructre. The two announced an agreement in June to merge Reliance Infratel's tower assets into GTL Infra, creating a company with more than 80,000 towers. However, RCom said that it failed to reach a definitive agreement with GTL on the transaction. The company could not comment on the reasons for dropping the deal. As a result, Reliance said it's in talks with other strategic and financial investors. RCom is looking to raise cash to reduce its debt and finance expansion. The company owns 95 percent of Reliance Infratel....

Private equity groups line up Polkomtel bids - (Telecompaper) Private equity groups are lining up EUR 4 billion leveraged buy-out bids for Polish mobile operator Polkomtel, in which Vodafone owns a stake of almost 25 percent. Apax Partners, Blackstone, TPG and CVC Capital Partners are among the big private equity groups working on potential bids for Polkomtel, which is expected to start a sale process as early as next month, the Financial Times writes. The mobile operator is thought to be unlikely to attract interest from large European telecommunications groups. Blackstone and TPG are working on a joint bid for Polkomtel, according to the paper. The company is likely to be valued at about six times EBITDA, which fell 14 percent to PLN 2.7 billion last year. Vodafone has made no decisions on whether to sell but people familiar with the UK group said it was willing to exit if an appropriate offer was made. While Vodafone could retain its stake, it is unlikely to exercise a right of first refusal that would enable it to buy out Polko...