Telecom companies may well use the data for commercial purposes.

Telecom companies had significant repair costs as about 10,000 kilometers of lines were affected.

It was actually carried out on behalf of a youth project sponsored by a commercial telecoms company.

Digitalisation is causing new and strong actors - the telecoms companies, for example - to force their way onto the market.

Grey routes are arrangements that fall outside the regular course of business between the licensed telecoms companies in each country.

Such details matter because western telecoms companies can make only limited investments until they know when and how they might gain a return.

However, authorities may not be able to access the full wealth of data available to telecoms companies because of legal restrictions.

They clearly didn't fancy life in the second tier and were replaced by telecoms company Ericsson.

Telecom companies here have spent years paying down debt and reorganizing their businesses after expansion on a grand scale in 2000.

The former Vodafone chief is in the running for Yahoo's top job just months after leaving the telecoms company.