Date: 02/09/11 Rome event highlights importance of ICTs for climate change
ITU, together with the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, is organizing the first Green Standards Week from 5 to 9 September in Rome, Italy. Hosted by Telecom Italia,
Date: 01/09/11 Telecom NZ unveils demerger details, CEO to leave
Telecom Corp. of New Zealand on Wednesday unveiled details of its proposed demerger and announced that it won't be paying a dividend before the demerger, and that current chief executive Paul Reynolds will leave after the separation next year.
Date: 01/09/11 Israel's Hot Telecom swings to Q2 profit
Israel's second-largest telecommunications company Hot Telecommunication Systems Ltd. said Wednesday that it swung to a second-quarter net profit of 78 million shekels ($21.9 million), after reporting a loss in the second quarter of 2010.
Date: 01/09/11 Brazil to offer $2.5bn tax incentives for telco investments
Brazil's government plans to offer four billion Brazilian reais ($2.5 billion) in tax incentives to telecom sector companies over the next four years for expansion of communications infrastructure throughout the country, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said Tuesday.
Date: 01/09/11 Toshiba, Hitachi, Sony team up on small LCD venture
In a move to support technology companies striving to compete with aggressive rivals from other parts of Asia, Japan is pumping $2.6 billion into a merger of the small-size LCD panel operations of a trio of the country's biggest electronics blue chips.
Date: 01/09/11 Apple continues to hold lead over RIM in US mobile market
Samsung Electronics Co. continued to dominate the U.S. market for mobile subscribers in the three months ended in July, while Apple Inc. preserved its lead over Blackberry-maker Research in Motion Ltd., according to market researcher comScore Inc.
Date: 01/09/11 Mexican telcom industry urges end to 3% phone tax
Representatives of Mexico's telecommunications industry called Tuesday for a two-year-old excise tax on phone service to be eliminated when President Felipe Calderon submits the 2012 budget proposal to Congress next month.
Date: 01/09/11 Norway's Telenor slams Swedish regulator
Nordic telecommunications company Telenor ASA criticized the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency, saying that a majority of the regulatory body's decisons are rejected by courts and that regulatory uncertainty threatens Sweden's position as an IT-nation.
Date: 01/09/11 Senior Nokia exec leaves for investment fund
Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. Wednesday said its long-serving senior executive Tero Ojanpera is resigning to join a newly-established investment fund, Vision+. Ojanpera has been at Nokia for 21 years and served as the company's chief technology officer from 2006 to 2008.
Date: 01/09/11 US government sues to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger
The Justice Department on Wednesday sued to block AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA, saying the combination of the second- and fourth-largest U.S. cellphone companies would hurt competition and likely raise prices.
Date: 01/09/11 China Telecom to light up fourth Europe-Asia fibre route by end-2011
China Telecom Europe (CTE) on Wednesday confirmed its plan to switch on its latest fibre cable linking Europe and Asia before the end of the year. The cable system has been in the works since July 2010, and will expand the company's Euro-Asia Network Solution (ENS), becoming the fourth of its terrestrial routes to span the two continents.
Date: 27/08/11 Why Verizon strikers filed for jobless benefits
U.S. workers are usually denied jobless benefits when they go on strike. After all, they walked off the job. Except in New York. The state is the only one in the U.S. that in some cases allows striking workers to receive unemployment benefits,
Date: 27/08/11 India panel studying possible licence violations by Bharti, Tata Communications
A panel within India's Department of Telecommunications is examining whether Tata Communications Ltd. and Bharti Airtel Ltd. violated international telecommunications licensing rules by entering into a pact with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.,
Date: 27/08/11 Softbank to sell most of 4% stake in Yahoo to repay Citibank loan
Softbank Corp. said Friday it will pocket a handsome profit by repaying a $1.135 billion loan it took out from Citibank in the U.S. with its 4% stake in Yahoo! Inc., which is worth around $650 million at current market value.
Date: 27/08/11 U.S Federal Communications Commission restarts 180-day clock on T-Mobile USA deal approval Process
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission Friday restarted an informal 180-day clock it set to review AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39 billion takeover of Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA after a 37-day halt.
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