Orange CEO says targets met, but warns on 2015 earnings | India's spectrum auction draws big guns

DAILY EDITION 17 FEBRUARY 2015 Share:      TOP NEWS Orange CEO says targets met, but warns of 2015 earnings dip Stephane Richard, Orange Group CEO, claimed the operator achieved all of its financial targets during 2014, but warned that EBITDA in 2015, on a restated basis, would fall below current levels.   ADVERTORIAL 45% of DNS attacks are tunneling attacks, siphoning revenue and data from your network. Find out how to protect your DNS network from tunneling. Free whitepaper: DNS Tunneling India’s spectrum auction draws big guns  Eight operators in India, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, have stepped forward to participate in the country’s long-awaited spectrum auctions next month. LATEST Force BT to give up spectrum, says Vodafone UK CEOBT will control 45 per cent of the UK mobile industry’s spectrum holding if its proposed takeover of EE is successful but should give up some of those radio frequencies, according to aFinancial Times interview with Jeroen Hoencamp, CEO of Vodafone UK. O2 Czech Republic CEO says odds are 50-50 on demerger O2 Czech Republic CEO Tomas Budnik said there is a “50-50” chance that the company will be divided into two units, according to an interview with Hospodarske Noviny, while previously it was believed a demerger was almost certain. Telefonica suffers €2.84B asset writedown in VenezuelaTelefonica Group, in a regulatory filing, said it was reducing the value of its assets in Venezuela to take account of the country’s weakening currency. VIDEO MWC 2015 previewThe countdown is on until the world’s biggest ever mobile industry event opens its doors. Mobile World Live takes a sneak peek at what to expect from this year’s show. VIDEO Interview: MediaTek CMO Ambitious chipmaker MediaTek’s strength in the consumer electronics space gives it the lead over rivals such as Intel and Qualcomm, Johan Lodenius, the company’s CMO, told Mobile World Live.  ANALYSIS Cellular M2M forecasts: unlocking growthCellular M2M connections are forecast to reach one billion by 2020, according to new research by GSMA Intelligence.