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2 hrs ago | Digital Video Editing

Telecom Italia eyes network deal with regulator by early 2014

Telecom Italia aims to reach a deal with Italy's telecommunications regulator AGCOM on the spin off of its domestic fixed line network by early next year, the company's chairman said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Telecom Italia SPA

6 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

Wind Mobile backer withdraws application to get control

Orascom Telecom Holding says it's withdrawing an application to acquire control of Wind Mobile Canada, one of the smaller wireless carriers that's seeking to grow into a stronger rival for the country's three main cellphone companies.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Orascom Telecom Holding

8 hrs ago | Russia Taday

Rostelecom won't allow foreign shareholders on security concerns

Rostelecom, Russia's biggest telecommunication group, will reportedly not allow foreign investors into its $5 billion privatization.

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Related Topix: Rostelecom

13 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Telecom Industry Could See Biggest Merger Spree Since '06

Global telecommunications companies are chasing deals from Kansas to Munich in a quest for revenue growth that could lead to the biggest year for mergers in the industry since at least 2006.

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Related Topix: Vodafone Group, Verizon Communications, IT Services, Sprint Nextel, Sprint, Wireless, T-Mobile

16 hrs ago | Reuters

New CEO begins Alcatel makeover

Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent will focus on its high-growth fixed and mobile products and slim down via 1 billion euro in cost cuts by 2015 in a bid to reverse years of losses.

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Related Topix: Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Reuters

Nikkei rises 1.3 pct on weak yen, Fed hopes; Softbank soars

The market also got a boost from Softbank Corp, which soared after Dish Network Corp said it would abandon a bid for Sprint Nextel.

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Related Topix: SoftBank, Financial Services, Investment Services, Sprint Nextel, IT Services, Financial Markets

The Washington Post

FCC nominee Tom Wheeler touts telecom industry ties

Thomas "Tom" Wheeler, President Barack Obama's nominee as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission , at his Senate nomination hearing.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Reuters

Huawei says has no plans to buy Nokia

Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies Co said it "has no plans to acquire Nokia", responding to a Financial Times report that it would consider buying the Finish phone maker.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Wireless, Huawei Technologies Co

AmericanBankingNews.com

Nomura Reiterates "Reduce" Rating for Metro One Telecommunications

's stock had its "reduce" rating restated by analysts at Nomura in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports.

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Related Topix: Info, Metro One Telecommunications

WFTV Orlando

Cops: Arrested man said he downloaded child porn out of curiosity

Osceola County Sheriff's detectives arrested Elxio Rafael Colon and charged him with 10 counts of possession of child pornography Monday, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Osceola County, FL, Qwest, Savvis, Cable & Satellite, CenturyTel

Information Technology

Stonesoft Receives Enterprise Firewall Certification From ICSA Labs

Only vendor with both the ICSA Labs Intrusion Prevention System Certification and Enterprise Level Network Firewall Certification Helsinki, Finland -18 June 2013 - The cyber security expert Stonesoft has obtained the ICSA Labs Enterprise Firewall Certification for Stonesoft FW-315 appliance.

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Related Topix: Finland, World News, Verizon Communications, Verizon, IT Services, VoIP, Science / Technology, Product Management

Sunday Mail

How al-Qaeda snared Aussie accountant

This courtroom sketch shows Sabirhan Hasanoff , his defence attorney Anthony Ricco and US Magistrate Judge James Francis during Hasanoff's arraignment at the US District Court in New York.

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Related Topix: L 3 Communication Holdings, Australia, Oceania, World News, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Terrorism

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Telco Systems Presents New Solution for Mobile Backhaul and Ethernet Business Services

Telco Systems , a BATM company and developer of CE 2.0 multi-service Carrier Ethernet and MPLS edge and access solutions for mobile backhaul , business Ethernet services and cloud networking , today unveiled the T-Metro 8001 next generation 10GE service aggregation solution - a breakthrough in Carrier Ethernet and MPLS service delivery for service ... (more)

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Reuters

Sprint sues Dish, Clearwire as key deadline looms

Sprint Nextel Corp on Monday said it has sued Dish Network Corp to block its tender offer for Clearwire Corp, on the eve of a key deadline in a takeover battle that also includes Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp. The lawsuit filed on Monday in Delaware Chancery Court accuses Dish of trying to "fool" and "coerce" Clearwire shareholders into ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, IT Services, Wireless, Emerging Technology, SoftBank, Financial Services, Investment Services, Overland Park, KS, Park, KS

The Hartford Courant

Kabel Deutschland confirms preliminary offer from Liberty Global

Kabel Deutschland - Germany's biggest cable operator - confirmed on Monday that they have received a preliminary approach from U.S. media group Liberty Global Plc after a British newspaper reported that the company had put forward a 7.5-billion-euro bid for the company.

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Related Topix: Vodafone Group, Ansonia, CT

Customer Interaction Solutions

DISH Network Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period ...

DISH Network Corporation today announced the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act in connection with the tender offer by DISH Acquisition Holding Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DISH, to purchase all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of Corporation , including any shares of Class ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, DISH Network, Television, Clearwire, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

CNet News

Earthlink Augments Cloud Plan by Buying CenterBeam

Earthlink is transitioning from a standard ISP for 150,000 enterprises and 1 million consumers to a full-service IT and cloud services provider for middle-market customers.

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Related Topix: EarthLink, IT Services, Internet Service Providers, Sunnyvale, CA

Business Journal

AT&T update will let iPhones receive emergency alerts

AT&T Inc. is sending out a carrier update that will enable owners of some versions of the Apple Inc. iPhone to receive wireless emergency alerts, including Amber alerts and alerts for severe-weather warnings and other emergencies.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, ATT, Startups, Versant, Apple, iPhone, Weather

The Washington Post

IPhone Eclipsed by TV Remote as Broadband Back in Europe: Tech

Move over, iPhone. At France Telecom SA's flagship store facing Paris's Madeleine church, fancy handsets have been shoved aside by the TV remote control, once an unlikely candidate for star product.

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Related Topix: iPhone, France Telecom, Telefonica SA, TeliaSonera AB, IT Services, Business News

ARMINFO news agency

Rostelecom: In five years number of internet users in Armenia has grown by 50-60 times

In the last five years the number of internet users in Armenia has grown by 50-60 times, CEO of GNC- ALFA Hayk Faramanyan told journalists on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Rostelecom

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