LG to accelerate push into emerging markets

LG Electronics plans to accelerate its push into emerging markets to raise global market share from 9.3 per cent to 15 per cent in the next 18 months

• LG leapfrogs Samsung in US
• LG Electronics announces record earnings

Scepticism rises as BT fails to impress

At the presentation of his first set of results as BT chief executive last month, Ian Livingston disappointed investors on profit and cash flow

Ericsson and STMicro to join forces

Ericsson and STMicroelectronics are creating a joint venture to supply semiconductors to mobile phone manufacturers

Overseas predators hunt down clients

BT is experiencing a sustained onslaught from competitors in supplying multinational companies with telecommunications networks and information technology

HTIL still sitting on $4.6bn in cash

Li Ka-shing’s telecommunications company will decide by the end of the year what to do with the money it reaped from the controversial sale of its Indian arm to Vodafone

Vodafone to raise minimum rate by up to 50%

Vodafone is to increase its minimum British call charges from September by between 25 and 50 per cent

Sky takes broadband market by storm

Sky has taken the broadband market by storm since it began offering internet access two years ago, signing up 1.6m customers

Mobile phone groups lag in broadband market

Mobile phone operators look set to be second-tier players in the fixed-line broadband market