https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Wednesday it had made a preliminary approach to Kabel Deutschland over a possible offer for the firm, Germany's biggest cable operator. https://www.thelocal.de/20130612/50273 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:07:00 +0200 50273 For many, watching television is all about the size of the screen and the sharpest image rather than mobile access. Only one in four Germans told a poll released on Thursday they want TV channels on their smartphone. https://www.thelocal.de/20130530/50017 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:25:00 +0200 50017 Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German political leaders with access to state secrets are to be issued state-of-the-art, high security mobile phones later this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20130304/48309 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:56:00 +0100 48309 German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom said on Thursday that its chief executive Rene Obermann would step down early, at the end of 2013, and was being replaced by its finance chief. https://www.thelocal.de/20121220/46901 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:30:00 +0100 46901 The eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt said on Tuesday that it had re-drafted a law in order to let police shut down mobile phone networks in times of imminent danger without the go-ahead from a court. Critics voiced have concern about misuse. https://www.thelocal.de/20121218/46837 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:50:00 +0100 46837 Holiday makers are celebrating the end of astronomical roaming charges after new rules were announced to cut the cost of using a mobile phone to call loved ones or check emails while abroad within the EU. https://www.thelocal.de/20120630/43475 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:26:00 +0200 43475 Complaints are mounting against a company operating payphones for US military personnel in German airports, after it saddled soldiers ringing home with sky-high bills. https://www.thelocal.de/20120302/41109 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:57:00 +0100 41109 German secret services have ramped up surveillance of online communications in the fight against terrorism. A new report reveals the authorities accessed 37 million emails and data connections in 2010 - five times as many as in 2009. https://www.thelocal.de/20120225/40975 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:26:00 +0100 40975 German businessman Thorsten Heins became the surprise choice on Sunday to replace previous heads of the Canadian-based Research in Motion (RIM), struggling makers of the Blackberry smartphone. https://www.thelocal.de/20120123/40273 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:25:00 +0100 40273 AT&T has abandoned its $39-billion (€30-billion) deal to buy Deutsche Telekom's US wireless unit T-Mobile after running into stiff opposition from American regulators. https://www.thelocal.de/20111220/39619 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:53:00 +0100 39619 US and German telecommunications giants AT&T and Deutsche Telekom said on Thursday they are preparing for the potential collapse of their $39-billion (€29-billion) deal for T-Mobile USA. https://www.thelocal.de/20111124/39095 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:53:00 +0100 39095 Deutsche Telekom has suffered a major blow at the hands of the US Justice Department, which could block the sale of the German telecom giant's US subsidiary T-Mobile to the corporation AT&T. https://www.thelocal.de/20110901/37323 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:49:00 +0200 37323 German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom said Thursday that its second quarter net profit fell by 26.7 percent owing to restructuring costs, but confirmed its full-year targets. https://www.thelocal.de/20110804/36739 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:34:00 +0200 36739 The Greek government on Thursday approached Germany's Deutsche Telekom to discuss the sale of the state's remaining stake in Balkans telecoms giant OTE. https://www.thelocal.de/20110526/35287 Thu, 26 May 2011 18:52:00 +0200 35287 AT&T on Sunday agreed to buy T-Mobile USA from Germany's Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion (€27.5 billion) in a blockbuster deal in the US wireless telecommunications sector. https://www.thelocal.de/20110320/33847 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:35:00 +0100 33847 Germany's cabinet is expected to agree on a draft law on Wednesday that would prevent companies from charging customers while they are on hold on the telephone. https://www.thelocal.de/20110302/33439 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:13:00 +0100 33439 Seven companies, among them Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom, have purchased tender documentation for the upcoming sale of a majority stake of state-controlled Telekom Serbia, officials said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20101211/31745 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:08:00 +0100 31745 German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom disappointed investors with third-quarter results on Thursday, and spotlighted the impact on earnings of smartphones such as Apple's iPhone. https://www.thelocal.de/20101104/30965 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:45:00 +0100 30965 Europe's first auction of "fourth generation" frequencies, which promise to revolutionise what mobile phones can do, raised €4.4 billion ($5.4 billion), German authorities said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100520/27331 Thu, 20 May 2010 20:41:00 +0200 27331 A decade ago, telecoms paid big to snap up 3G mobile licenses and later regretted it. Now in Germany, the next generation 4G frequencies are about to go up for auction. https://www.thelocal.de/20100411/26471 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:46:00 +0200 26471