Goldman Sachs today delivered a bullish assessment of prospects for the UK’s major landline-based telecoms services groups. It put “buy” recommendations on each of BT, BSkyB, Virgin Media and Talk Talk.

BATM Advanced Communications' telecoms division's focus on internet services will be the basis for future growth, the company told Proactive Investors. Following a review of the division, the company now plans to focus on fibre internet infrastructure.

The broker rushes to the defence of Inmarsat after the satellite operator shares fall by more than a fifth despite producing forecast-busting results

Deutsche Bank has a positive view of the shares, raising its target price to 225 pence while Société Générale is stubborn in its view that the shares remain a ‘sell’, citing question marks regarding Vodafone management’s decision to declare an extraordinary dividend rather than add the cash to its ordinary dividend. Meanwhile, Espirito Santo believes there are “more dividends still to come, and bigger”

Vodafone's interim management statement on Friday revealed that group revenue for the quarter ended 30 June increased by 3.5 percent. However, J. P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Royal Bank of Scotland have differing views of where the shares are headed.

Mobile Streams this morning revealed its Appitalism.com applications service has hit a significant milestone. It now has more than 10 million music downloads suitable for phones and home computers. The company has signed up the major independents as well as four main music labels - EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.

We talk apps with Simon Buckingham, the chief executive of Mobile Streams, who has launched an online store that provides content for just about every type of hand-held device and tablet computer on the market.

Vodafone has lagged its peers, but with improved visibility, strong fundamentals and an enticing technical outlook it could be a good time to accumulate shares.