India, Aug. 23 -- Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Salt's second quarter is no great shakes; Serbia Broadband extends gigabit service; Safaricom's bad apples.
Austrian operator A1 is conducting a pilot that allows its customers to pay for goods and services with their phones using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dash in certain stores, TechXplore reports.
Salt, the Swiss mobile operator, saw second-quarter EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) fall 10% to 109.9 million Swiss francs (US$111.3 million) on revenue that was down 2.3% to CHF254.5 million ($257.7 million). On a mildly brighter note, Salt's postpaid mobile customer base stood at 1,229,000, up 1,200 during the quarter, while on ...