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PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents
The CommunicationsDirect Daily Update
For May 11, 2007
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Russia: MegaFon Looks to the Future with US $1-billion 3G Investment Plan
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/24317?11228
Having been awarded a 3G licence last month, MegaFon has revealed
plans to direct US$1 billion towards the technology by ...
Finland's Nokia in US$2.5 billion deal with China Postel
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/24311?11228
HELSINKI, Finland Nokia Corp. said Friday it had signed a US$2.5
billion (1.85 billion) contract to supply China Postel with
mobilephones. The world's largest handset maker said the deal
also includes developing networks and other cooperation.
Finland-based Nokia has provided China Postel Mobile
Communication Equipment Co ...
Alcatel-Lucent posts 1st-quarter loss
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/24310?11228
PARIS - Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent posted
a loss of 8 million (US$10.8 million) for the first quarter on
Friday because of effects from the merger that formed the company
but promised a strong second half. Its shares rose 2.7 percent.
Since the trans-Atlantic merger that created the company, it ...
Portugal Heralds Creation of Pan-European Telecoms Regulator Dur
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/24301?11228
Portugal, which takes over the presidency of the European Union
(EU) during the second half of 2007, is planning to work on the
creation of a pan-European telecoms regulatory body, as well as a
proposal for the revision of the 2003 Telecoms Package. The
existing telecoms regulatory framework, which is valid until
2010, comprises ...
Carrier Scorecard: Ma Bell's Metamorphosis
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/24300?11228
Once again, it's scorecard time for the nation's largest wireline
carriers. Light Reading will, each quarter, publish scorecards on
the world's most influential, publicly held carriers, giving them
a grade of A through F based on their financial and business
performance. Our previous North American carrier scorecard ...
Dethroned Vonage Claims Workaround, But Growth Still Stalled
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/24298?11228
VoIP pioneer Vonage, valiantly attempting to put the best light
on another quarter deep in the red, reported higher revenues and
a smaller loss than in previous quarters and said it thinks it
finally has figured out a workaround for two of the three Verizon
patents it's been convicted of violating. But the company
also ...
Report: Majority of 'Tweens' Own Phones
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/24295?11228
According to a recent study by research company iGR, a majority
of 12- to 14-year-olds have their own wireless phones and a
significant percentage of children under 10 also have their own
phones. iGR surveyed "tween" and teen parents and more
than 1,000 children ages 5 to 17 and found that between 50% and
70% of ...
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