Our new poll: Do you plan on buying Apple's new iPhone? Visit our web site to vote.Swisscom Launches US$4.86 bil. "Friendly" Bid for FastWeb
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Switzerland's leading telecoms group, Swisscom, has launched a 3.7 billion euro (US$4.86 billion) 'friendly' bid for the Italian alternative broadband provider, FastWeb. The move, an all-cash bid for 100% of FastWeb's shares, follows a due diligence exercise Swisscom conducted on FastWeb. It also marks a radical ...
Alltel Merger Speculation Grows
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Speculation that a deal is in the offing for Alltel, which has recently made moves that position it for merger, has mounted to higher levels after Alltel cancelled meetings with investors at CTIA Orlando later this month. Significance: Alltel has continued to raise its stock price on the back of the ongoing merger ...
Conflicting Radio Signals Hamper Rescue Robots
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When conflicting radio signals reach a cellular phone or other communications device, the resulting interference is usually nothing more than an annoyance. But when overlapping signals interfere with mobile robot communications, the outcome may be deadly. Sensor-embedded robots, designed for vital search and rescue missions at ...
Vonage 'Workarounds' May Ease Patent Pain
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A source close to Vonage Holdings Corp. says the VOIP provider has technologies at the ready that will keep it from 'borrowing' anymore technology from Verizon. A District Court in Virginia Thursday found Vonage guilty of infringing three Verizon Communications Inc. patents.; The court ordered Vonage to pay ...
AT&T, Yahoo Relationship on the Rocks?
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According to a Wall Street Journal report, AT&T is considering scaling back the expansive marketing partnership it has shared with Yahoo for six years. If it does, Yahoo stands to lose $200 to $250 million in annual revenue. The current agreement stipulates that AT&T pay Yahoo a percentage of revenue from its broadband ...
Funding Roundup: 3/9/2007
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Cheap WiFi, enterprise VOIP, and thousands of Japanese phone users help bring in the bacon in this week's funding roundup. FON: The upstart public WiFi provider has raised $13 million in VC money as it attempts to promote wireless connectivity sharing between users that buy into its low-cost access point scheme. The Madrid, ...
Global Consumer Electronics Sales Defying Economic Cycles
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A succession of attractive new products, along with falling prices and increased capabilities, has helped make the consumer electronics (CE) market seemingly impervious to economic ups and downs around the world, reports In-Stat. Strong CE sales are expected to continue for several years, with total shipments ...
Iron Mountain Makes Email Move
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Iron Mountain will unveil a managed service for email at the Cebit show Monday, part of a major overhaul of its strategy for handling digital data. Digital archiving has been something of a sore spot for Iron Mountain. Last week, the vendor admitted that this part of its business is losing money, and it described some of the ...
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