TelecomDirect News Daily Update - Tuesday, March 14, 2006

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A Pricing Analysis of Broadband Take-up in Europe

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Europe is increasingly becoming a "network society"  Our lives are defined to an extent by the social networks (real or virtual), which we participate in. We can all be perceived as nodes of information in those networks, as we convey information to people by liasing with other nodes in the same or different networks. To illustrate...

Service Integration Puts OSS at Center Stage

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OSS is finally coming into its own, thrust into the spotlight by a confluence of technological advancement and market opportunity. Never before has the value proposition behind OSS been so central to the future of service providers' businesses. Where it was once stuck in the back office and typically focused on process improvement and...

IDT completes Net2Phone Acquisition

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NEW YORK -- Communications company IDT Corp. completed its acquisition of the Internet telephone provider Net2Phone Inc., now a wholly owned subsidiary. Newark, New Jersey-based IDT said its NTOP Acquisition Inc. unit merged with and into Net2Phone, which offers Voice-over Internet Protocol services. Net2Phone stockholders ...

Government Rules Out OTE Sale in 2006

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Greek Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis has ruled out any sale of the government's 36% stake in OTE in 2006. While debunking unconfirmed reports in the financial daily Imerisia about three foreign private-equity funds' interest in the company, he insisted that his government had not been approached by anyone, and added that even if it...

Telekom Austria 2005 Net Income Up 84%

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Telekom Austria has announced an 83.5% rise in consolidated net income to 417.1 million euro (US$498.1 million) for the 2005 financial year. The group's income growth was driven by higher operating income and lower expenses on debt repayment. In addition, lower income tax expenses, resulting mainly from a lower tax rate in Austria...

Verizon: All Together Now?

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The time could be right for Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ - message board)'s reported $40 billion dollar bid to buy its erstwhile partner Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD - message board) out of their Verizon Wireless joint venture, according to analysts. In the past, Verizon has made no secret of its interest in buying out...

Consumers Need Compelling Reason to Switch TV Service to Telcos

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- As telecom companies enter the market for TV services, they face a somewhat skeptical customer base, reports In-Stat. Only 5% of satellite or cable TV subscribers that responded to an In-Stat consumer survey said they would definitely switch to a telco TV provider, the high-tech market research firm says....

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