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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

'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.

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

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.

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.

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)

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)

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.