Debitel Pays US$756 mil. for TDC's German Unit
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TDC has agreed to sell its wholly-owned German mobile services provider, Talkline, to its local rival, Debitel, for 560 million euro in cash on a debt-free basis. The transaction is subject to approval from the EU competition authorities. TDC expects to make an after-tax gain of 3.3 billion Danish kroner (US$598 million), which will be ...
Swedish Telecom Equipment Maker Ericsson to Buy Germany's LHS
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- LM Ericsson, the world's largest maker of wireless networks, said Tuesday it has offered to buy Germany's LHS AG in a deal that values the billing and customer care software company at around E310 million (US$418 million). Ericsson will pay E22.50 (US$30.33) per share under an agreement by which it ...
Silver Lake, TPG Capital to Buy Telecom Avaya for $8.2B in Cash
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BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey -- TPG Capital is embarking on its second big telecom venture in two weeks, joining with another private equity firm, Silver Lake, in an $8.2 billion (E6.08 billion) bid for Avaya Inc. Avaya said Monday night that it has agreed to the firm's offer of $17.50 in cash per share, two weeks after ...
France Telecom Eyes An Indian Market Entry
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France Telecom (FT), in what would be its first foray into the hot Indian telecom market, is reportedly negotiating to buy the enterprise and managed services division of India's GTL. GTL put the unit, which represents about 20-25 percent of the company in revenue terms, up for sale in order to focus on its core network services ...
Survey: Ala Carte Value Vexes Consumers
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Only 53 percent of consumers surveyed by Forrester Research Inc. said they would be interested in getting their cable programming via ala carte, a business and TV pricing model the cable industry strongly opposes despite heavy duty pushing by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin. Although it might ...
Aepona & Appium: SDP Minnows Merge
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Two of the service delivery platform (SDP) market's specialist vendors, U.K. firm AePona Ltd. and Sweden's Appium AB , are merging in an effort to increase their chances of picking up more carrier business in an increasingly competitive market. Malm-based Appium, the smaller of the two companies, will become a ...
Wanted: Virtual Desktop Services
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What if the service provider that offers you online backup could provide ready-to-use desktop configurations, enabling you to set up and manage desktops and laptops without having to touch the users' machines? If you think it sounds attractive, you're not alone. We are seeing a lot of interest around desktop ...
North American Home Network Support Service Market to Double in 2007
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The increasing popularity and increasing complexity of home networks will spur a doubling of fee-based home network support subscriptions in North America in 2007, reports In-Stat. Home networks are still primarily set up by tech-savvy consumers for themselves, their family, and their friends; however, consumer ...
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