Telecom Italia Sells TIM for $1.4 Billion (AP)   04 Apr 2005 13:01 GMT
AP - Italian communications giant Telecom Italia SpA has sold its Greek cellular phone unit, TIM Hellas Telecommunications SA, for 1.1 billion euros ($1.4 billion), the Greek company announced Monday.
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Skype dreams for developers   04 Apr 2005 11:00 GMT
Fast-growing Net phone service has developers scrambling to figure out the best ways to add on--and cash in.
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3G mobile phone services seen soaring in Asia Pacific by 2009 (AFP)   04 Apr 2005 07:16 GMT
AFP - Third generation (3G) mobile phone subscribers in the Asia Pacific region outside Japan are projected to soar to 142.6 million in 2009 from just 10.5 million in 2004, an industry analyst said.
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Cable and tech feeling closer   04 Apr 2005 01:15 GMT
Jerry Yang, Paul Allen and other luminaries sound off on ways cable and Silicon Valley can collaborate.
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MCI-Verizon: A happy ending, but for whom?   04 Apr 2005 00:00 GMT
That means that telecom managers looking to safeguard their services by issuing competitive RFPs have basically three options: SBC/AT&T, Sprint/Nextel and Verizon/MCI - nobody that's not actively merging, and one fewer than if Verizon remained a stand-alone alternative.Hate to tell you, guys, that's not a good thing.
Source: InfoWorld

Reshaping the telecom landscape   04 Apr 2005 00:00 GMT
The next two years will be painful. But once the digestion is completed, we can expect serious competition to ensue and more emphasis on innovation.
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Verizon may drop MCI acquisition attempt   04 Apr 2005 00:00 GMT
Sounding like a spurned suitor, Verizon on Monday said it will drop its efforts to acquire MCI if the latter's board deems superior a competing offer from Qwest.
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MCI-Verizon: A happy ending, but for whom?   04 Apr 2005 00:00 GMT
That means that telecom managers looking to safeguard their services by issuing competitive RFPs have basically three options: SBC/AT&T, Sprint/Nextel and Verizon/MCI - nobody that's not actively merging, and one fewer than if Verizon remained a stand-alone alternative.Hate to tell you, guys, that's not a good thing.
Source: InfoWorld

Watchmakers cast nervous eye on mobile phone challenge (AFP)   03 Apr 2005 21:16 GMT
AFP - After the depressed economic climate caused by SARS and the war in Iraq, watchmakers at the Baselworld international watch and jewellery fair are bracing for a new challenge to their declining sales: the cellphone.
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Mourners share grief in pope's tech-savvy footsteps (AFP)   03 Apr 2005 19:49 GMT
AFP - Pope John Paul II was known as a gifted communicator in an electronic age and his followers are making creative use of e-mail, mobile phones and text messages to share their grief.
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