Acision Bolsters MTN Nigeria's Messaging Business With Next-Generation Messaging Solution Nov 12, 2009
With Acision working with Techfuture we also have guaranteed assurance that we will have local technical support at all times. The partnership also supports our corporate social responsibility initiative of building out the range of technical skills for future African generations, something that is very close to our hearts. (Canada Newswire)
Telco misses out in attempt to sell network to NBN Nov 12, 2009
THE fledgling national broadband network company has rebuffed approaches by telecommunications company TransACT about selling its infrastructure to the $43 billion enterprise. The development is the first glimpse at the behind-the-scenes negotiations between NBN Co and a multitude of telecommunications companies, as NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley strives to make the Federal Government's vision a reality. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
AT&T: Union workers agree to contract Nov 12, 2009
Telecommunications company Inc. said Wednesday members of the Southwest Region s have voted to ratify a four-year contract with the company. The agreement will cover 26,000 union workers in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Andersen Will Settle Suit Over WorldCom Nov 11, 2009
The fraud pushed the telecommunications company into the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history in 2002 and cost investors billions. WorldCom has emerged from bankruptcy protection and now operates as Ashburn, Va. (Yahoo News -- WorldCom/MCI)
* World Business Quick Take Nov 11, 2009
Telecommunications company Vodafone Group PLC yesterday reported a 15 percent increase in first-half net profit, boosted by favorable currency movements, acquisitions and a lower tax rate. For the six months ending Sept. 30, Vodafone made a net profit of G4. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Travel smart Nov 11, 2009
A former engineer with a telecommunications company, she quit her job in 2005 to relocate to Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, where her husband, who works in the oil and gas industry, was posted. Travelling with children of different ages is both challenging and rewarding. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Unemployed facing new kind of job hunt Nov 8, 2009
The Scripps Ranch resident was laid off as a project manager at a telecommunications company in May, a casualty of its global downsizing. Since then, Clayton has sent out more than 100 resumes and gone to every networking event she can find. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
* MOFA confirms Solomon Islands fund Nov 8, 2009
According to the Solomon Star, the money was presented by Taiwanese Ambassador George Chan (qo) as part of the compensation fund needed for Our Telekom, the countrys sole telecommunications company, to relinquish its monopoly. Deputy spokesman James Chang (p) said the government based in Honiara had intended to break up Our Telekoms monopoly over the industry in order to elevate the quality of the countrys telecommunication service by allowing other privately run companies to join... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Sector Snap: Airline shares rise Nov 7, 2009
Telecommunications company CenturyLink on Thursday said its third-quarter profit more than doubled following its July purchase of Embarq Corp.. The company, formerly known as CenturyTel, also raised its profit forecast for the year. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
P1 to set aside up to RM300mil for capex Nov 7, 2009
He claimed that no other telecommunications company in Malaysia has yet to be given such an important role within the telecoms world. Most Viewed. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Mexico's Largest Companies Say Calderon Budget Will Avert Rating Downgrade Nov 6, 2009
Officials from , the countrys largest consumer-products maker, , Latin Americas largest telecommunications company, and Citigroup Inc.s local unit, speaking at the Bloomberg Economic Forum in Mexico City yesterday, said the budget deficit is under control even as declining oil output curbs government revenue. More and more you hear voices that there probably wont be a downgrade after the revenue law was approved, said , chief executive officer of Mexico City-based Kimberly- Clark. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Govet Official Position On The Report Of The Vodafone Review Committee Nov 4, 2009
The Government of Ghana has reviewed the report of the Inter-Ministerial Review Committee it set-up in furtherance of a campaign promise to review the sale of seventy percent (70%) of Ghana Telecommunications Company (GT) to Vodafone International. The 70% stake was divested for nine hundred million US dollars ($900m) under a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA). (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Government to re-engage with management of Vodafone Nov 4, 2009
It said government had reviewed the report of the Inter-Ministerial Review Committee established in furtherance of a campaign promise to review the sale of 70 per cent of Ghana Telecommunications Company (GT) to Vodafone International ... The Government of Ghana has reviewed the report of the Inter-Ministerial Review Committee it set-up in furtherance of a campaign promise to review the sale of seventy percent (70%) of Ghana Telecommunications Company (GT) to Vodafone International. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
MICHAEL WEST Nov 3, 2009
The Government's decision to split Telstra may prove a boon to consumers but has incensed shareholders of the telecommunications company. Michael West12. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Kabul Faces its Fears Amid Election Uncertainty Nov 2, 2009
The tower headquarters of Etisalat, the countrys major telecommunications company, is just down the street. One block over is the large Kabul home of Gul Aga Sherzai, governor of Nangarhar Province, whose brother-in-law died in the violence. (Time.com)
US giant puts up $5m to trap hackers Nov 1, 2009
a large telecommunications company currently requi. up to 70000. (Yahoo News -- Computer Viruses & Worms)
Soaring costs hurt employee benefits Nov 1, 2009
He recently began selling insurance after a jobless spell that followed being laid off from a telecommunications company. "I'm pretty comfortable with what I have," the Jackson resident said, adding he'll make changes as he sees fit should the economy worsen or benefit costs increase. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Telecom firm will bring 68 jobs to Louisville Oct 30, 2009
NeuStar Inc., a telecommunications company based in Sterling, Va. will bring at least 68 jobs to Louisville early next year, with an average salary of about $48,000 a year. (Courier-Journal -- Business)
Global Crossing 3Q Loss Widens Oct 29, 2009
Bermuda-based telecommunications company Global Crossing Ltd. said Wednesday that its third-quarter loss widened as revenue slipped 4 percent. For the quarter that ended Sept. 30, Global Crossing reported a loss of $74 million, or $1. (ABC News -- Wire)
NIB's $700,000 For Akufo-Addos Campaign Oct 29, 2009
In a letter to NIB in January regarding the bank guarantee covering the US$300,000, GT notified the bank of the agreement it entered into in November 2008 with Sky Telecom and said Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited (hereafter referred to as GT) under which GT agreed to provide them with IVR and Terminal Services. . (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Troubled FairPoint files Chapter 11 Oct 27, 2009
With a battered financial sheet and a tattered reputation, FairPoint filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, barely 18 months after becoming the dominant telecommunications company in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The bankruptcy filing was widely anticipated and fulfilled critics predictions that FairPoint was taking on more than it could handle when it bought the Verizon properties for $2. (Boston Globe)
FairPoint files for Chapter 11 in deal that gives control to lenders Oct 27, 2009
In return, the creditors will receive nearly total control of the telecommunications company. Last year, FairPoint bought Verizon Communications Inc. s land-line business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont for $2. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Level 3 makes plans to take telecom firm to next stage Oct 27, 2009
A telecommunications company based in a Denver suburb is ramping up its area operations after three years of digesting acquisitions. Communications Inc. plans to spend more than $1 million over the next six to nine months hiring people and transferring employees from other locations, as well as adding to its local fiber network. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
FairPoint files for bankruptcy Oct 27, 2009
"Besides negotiating with banks and bondholders to restructure its debt, FairPoint has been asking its nearly 3,000 union employees in the three-state region for concessions in a cost-cutting move.Union leaders, meanwhile, said FairPoint's problems were caused by "crushing debt and an organizational chaos," not by its work force."We recognized from the start that the business plan was flawed, the debt was too high and they were in over their heads in rolling into their new computer systems,"... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
He never worked for the firm, yet collected US$479,000 in wages Oct 27, 2009
Prosecutors say Armatys accepted a job with Basking Ridge, New Jersey-based telecommunications company Avaya Inc. in September 2002, then changed his mind. But the company's computer system never removed his name from the payroll. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Zain donates to Dakpema Education Fund Oct 26, 2009
Tamale, Oct 25, GNA - Zain Communications Network, a mobile telecommunications Company, has donated GHc 2,500. 00 to the Dakpema Education Fund. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Menino machine grinds fine, indeed Oct 25, 2009
Robinson, a Duxbury resident and lawyer who became wealthy in the late 1990s after selling a Caribbean-based telecommunications company, said Republican leaders have not asked him to back off. If he were asked, he said, he would tell them that primaries are good for the party and that he would not back down. (Boston Globe)
Consumer groups oppose Ohio phone deregulation Oct 24, 2009
OVERVIEW: Verizon, the country's second-largest telecommunications company and largest wireless carrier, was left behind by the summer's bull market. Verizon is fighting the same headwinds as other phone companies: households are giving up landlines. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
AT&T: Smartphone trumps laptop connections Oct 24, 2009
The Dallas-based telecommunications company reported Friday that the company had the most Wi-Fi connections made on its network in a single quarter. AT&T said the new connections record shows more consumers are using smartphones and Wi-Fi enabled devices. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Vodafone Report-Dont hang yourself with it, Mr President Oct 24, 2009
The Report is based on a supposedly study of a Commercial deal between the Government of Ghana led by Mr Kuffour, the ex-President on behalf of Ghana Telecommunications Company (GT) and a Global Company, Vodafone Plc. They also examined the management and finances of GT prior to the Sales and Purchases Agreement (SPA). (Ghana Web, Ghana)
AT&T profit dips, but iPhones power strong wireless results Oct 23, 2009
AT&T is the first major telecommunications company to report for the quarter. Rival posts its results Monday. (USA Today -- Money)
Robbers take nude pics of victim and feed him drugs Oct 23, 2009
The dailies reported that in the latest case, three robbers broke into the bedroom of a 40-year-old telecommunications company em-ployee in Petaling Jaya and woke him up before covering his face with a cloth. They then tied his hands with a telephone wire, stripped his pyjamas off and took pictures of him in the nude with their mobile phones. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Oct 23, 2009
Jameel Jaffer, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union's national security program, said it is unlikely that the FBI would set up an ongoing technical operation -- in this case, for several years running -- inside a room of a telecommunications company. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed by Congress in 1978, requires law enforcement officials to obtain warrants from a secret federal court for domestic surveillance operations involving the protection of national... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Tollgrade cuts some directors' pay Oct 23, 2009
Tollgrade Communications Inc., Pittsburgh-based telecommunications company, has cut compensation to non-employee directors by one-third and eliminated fees for board and board committee meetings, according to a Wednesday filing with the SEC.. Tollgrade (Nasdaq:TLGD) also reduced annual cash retainers paid to the chairs of its audit, compensation, corporate governance and investment committees for $2,500 each. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Zambia: Telecoms Giants Bid for Zamtel Oct 23, 2009
BSNL has cash reserves of more than $7 billion and is the second-largest telecommunications company in India with 57. 3 million mobile subscribers and 28. (allAfrica.com)
Iridium Mobile Satellite Communications Services to be Offered in Mexico Oct 22, 2009
In connection with Iridium's Mexican market entry, Iridium has partnered with Spacenet Communications Services de Mexico SA de CV ("Spacenet"), a Mexican telecommunications company. Spacenet provides integrated communication solutions to the Mexican market, including a range of voice and data services and applications, ped to meet customized communications needs. (Primezone Releases)
Rash policy: Opposition amendment move on Telstra Bill Oct 21, 2009
vertically-integrated telecommunications company which the government now seeks to break up, so these issues must be constructively addressed. " More to come AAP Join the conversation 2 people are reading this now. . . Top Business articles Story Tools Forget golf. When billionaires come out to play they do it the extreme way. Employers are warming to the idea of an afternoon siesta for sleepy workers. In David Beckham's carefully controlled world, growing a beard has never been so conspicuous.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Uganda: MTN Loan Move Good for Telecom Market [editorial] Oct 21, 2009
MTN Uganda, the country's biggest telecommunications company, on Monday announced the conclusion of a $100 million (Shs191 billion) syndicated loan from local financial institutions to its network expansion. The development, the first of its kind in Uganda's history, comes at a time when the company is celebrating 11 years of thriving operations. (allAfrica.com)
MSB Fills Entrepreneurial Studies Post Oct 21, 2009
He left his position as executive director for entrepreneurial studies at UNC for Washington, D.C., where he joined the management team of a start-up telecommunications company based in northern Virginia. Most recently, he led a non-profit organization the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship which focused on teaching entrepreneurship to young people in inner-city high schools. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
No winner for African leadership prize Oct 20, 2009
"Some of these people are personal friends," said Ibrahim, who founded the African telecommunications company Celtel International. This year's prize committee was chaired by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and included Nobel peace laureate Martti Ahtisaari of Finland and former Irish President Mary Robinson. (MSNBC -- International)
Officials to Explain Burlington Telecom Controversy Oct 20, 2009
At the heart of the controversy is $17 million the telecommunications company borrowed from taxpayers to cover a deficit. Mayor Bob Kiss and the city's chief administrative officer say it was legal but admit they should have told regulators at the Public Service Board that the company borrowed the money sooner. (WCAX.com, VT)
Williams & Connolly Sues Client for $2 Million Oct 20, 2009
According to the filing, the firm billed telecommunications company IDT $3 million for representing one of its subsidiaries in a patent case. Afterwards, in September 2008, IDT's CEO allegedly traveled to Washington to meet with Williams & Connolly heavy hitter Brendan Sullivan Jr. in order to work out a payment plan. (Law.com)
Khalid Ramli tipped to be MCMC chairman Oct 20, 2009
Little is known of Khalid and we are left guessing the stance he will take as chairman (of MCMC), the chief executive of a telecommunications company said. Khalid, who retired from the ICU on Sept 24, is a career civil servant, having spent more than 20 years in government service. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Full text of Vodafone Review Report released by the government Oct 17, 2009
In 2008, the Government of Ghana divested seventy percent (70%) of its shares in the Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited (GT) to Vodafone International Holdings BV for nine hundred million US dollars ($900m) und= er a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA). The then Minority group in Parliament urged on by a large section of Ghanaians strongly opposed the sale, on grounds among others, that the sale was shrouded in secrecy, fraught with irregularity, ignored time-honoured procedures, contravened... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
DPS: Burlington Broke Law Oct 17, 2009
Commissioner Dave O'Brien says the city also violated a promise it made when it started the telecommunications company that taxpayer money would not be used. "The key factor that allowed me to be comfortable was that the risk of this project was going to be kept from taxpayers and the lenders were the ones that were going to carry the risk," O'Brien said Friday. (WCAX.com, VT)
Phillip R. Woodie Appointed as President of Lotus Entravision Reps Oct 16, 2009
Prior to that, he was Chief Sales & Marketing Officer and TCN Telecommunications Company. Woodie also held various roles at Univision, ABC, CapCities and Disney. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Vodafone Group Launches BlackBerry Storm2 Oct 16, 2009
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.LN), a mobile telecommunications company, announced Thursday along with Research In Motion or RIM (RIMM) the introduction of the BlackBerry Storm2(TM) smartphone for customers in seven European countries as well as South Africa. MAIN FACTS. (SmartMoney)
Breast cancer survivor turned model urges early detection Oct 15, 2009
She had been laid off from her job with a telecommunications company, had no income and no health insurance. She calls that time her "tribulation period.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
N.J. High Court Weighs Limits of Fair-Reporting Privilege Oct 15, 2009
Salzano is the son of Thomas N. Salzano, the former chief managing office of NorVervence, a defunct telecommunications company placed under control of the trustee. The complaint against the son included counts of conversion and unjust enrichment and sought avoidance of allegedly fraudulent conveyances and imposition of a constructive trust. (Law.com)
GT sold for only $267M ...Official report reveals Oct 14, 2009
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, whose government sold off the national telecommunications company, according to details in the report of the inter-Ministerial review committee on Vodafone, worked against the interest of Ghanaians. The Committee also finds that the quoted price, through a series of complicated financial arrangements, led to the Government of Ghana (GoG) eventually realising only US$266. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Dogtopia Founder Is There For Dog Day Care Franchisees Oct 13, 2009
The center, since renamed , is in a cavernous building that previously housed a telecommunications company. Dogs spend the day in one of four playrooms, ranging in size from 600 to 2,000 square feet. (W-USA News, DC)
Man 'sold his passport to killer driver' Oct 13, 2009
The court heard on Tuesday that Singh had begun working with Puneet in February doing door-to-door sales for a telecommunications company. Police say the pair called or messaged each other 55 times but contact between them ended on June 1. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
New Iran sanctions could strengthen Guard Oct 11, 2009
Most recently, a consortium linked to the Revolutionary Guard, Etemad-e-Mobin, bought a 50 percent stake in the country's newly privatized telecommunications company. The deal was valued at $7. (MSNBC -- International)
Andersen Will Settle Suit Over WorldCom Oct 11, 2009
The fraud pushed the telecommunications company into the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history in 2002 and cost investors billions. WorldCom has emerged from bankruptcy protection and now operates as Ashburn, Va. (Yahoo News -- WorldCom/MCI)
• Rita Pollard Lund Oct 10, 2009
In 1983, when President Reagan's deputy science adviser left the White House to form his own telecommunications company, he asked Ms. Lund to leave the White House and work for him. So Ms. Lund spent the next 12 years working in Washington for Telecom Futures Inc., an international telecommunications company that specialized in satellite-based telecommunications systems. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
MTNL in race to acquire majority stake in Zamtel Oct 9, 2009
The company, which runs telecom operation in Indias two main metros, New Delhi and Mumbai, has joined the race to acquire majority stake in Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel). The Zambian government plans to sell a 75% equity of Zamtel, valued at around $200 million in a bid to stabilise the ailing operator. (India Times)
Telecoms IPO raises $71m in Bangladesh Oct 9, 2009
The initial public offering this week of Bangladeshs biggest telecommunications company has been heralded as the long-awaited coming-of-age of the Dhaka Stock Exchange. Grameenphone raised $71m from local retail investors, in a country where the stock market has been viewed with suspicion since a brutal 1996 crash. (FT.com -- Markets)
Rural India set to ring in 3G Oct 9, 2009
The state-owned telecommunications company Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd has launched a promotional drive in most of New Delhi, charging 1. 80 rupees (3. (Asia Times Online)
KDDI Shows Low-cost Joystick for Mobile Phones Oct 8, 2009
Japanese telecommunications company KDDI showed a low-cost, 3D joystick for mobile phones at Ceatec on Wednesday. The system consists of software on the phone and a piece of hardware, resembling a spring, mounted over a handset's camera. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Saudis eye Maxis IPO Oct 8, 2009
PETALING JAYA: The initial public offering of Maxis Bhd is the crowning of Saudi Telecom Cos investment in the Malaysian telecommunications company, said STC chairman Muhammad Al-Jasser. We (have) learnt a lot together and enhanced the businesses. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
We May Also Need a National Punctuation Day Oct 7, 2009
That happens to be the experience of Rogers Communications Inc., a Canadian telecommunications company whose misplacement of a comma in a contract earned her $2. 13million debt and a cancellation of a lucrative contract. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
PRESS DIGEST - Iran - Oct 5 Oct 5, 2009
- "The state telecommunications company is not responsible for filtering Internet websites," senior official Alireza Seidi said. news is provided by. (AlertNet)
Telenor, Alfa end battle, plan asset merger Oct 5, 2009
MOSCOW: Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor and Russia's Alfa Group say they are ending their legal battles and combining their main holdings in Russia and Ukraine into a single company. Alfa and Telenor have been fighting for control of Russia's No. 2 mobile operator Vimpelcom. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
$115M proposed for MPC stockholders Oct 3, 2009
The telecommunications company later filed for bankruptcy. Montana Power stock had traded as high as 65 a share before a deregulation bill the company lobbied for allowed it to sell its electricity generation and transmission properties. (Montana Standard, MT)
A Lot of Static in Roxbury for a Cell Tower Oct 2, 2009
Without informing the town, this summer the telecommunications company floated a test balloon, to act in part as an indicator of visibility, on the site. However, no one in attendance at last week's meeting, not even those with abutting properties, saw the balloon. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
