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King Pharma to acquire Alpharma for about $1.6 billion

"We believe this deal is a no-brainer for King, as it not only provides increased revenue diversification with the animal health cash-cow, but more importantly positions King to be the leading company in the promising...

iBasis Honored as Finalist in WCA 2008

iBasis, a KPN affiliate, has been named as a finalist in the Best Wholesale Carrier category for the World Communication Awards 2008 (WCA), an independent communications industry event. The WCA, organized by Terrapinn Media in...

GSMA Successfully Completes First Carrier ENUM Initiative with Industry Support

The GSM Association (GSMA), together with NeuStar, a company that provides clearinghouse and directory services to communications industry, announced the completion of the pilot of their Carrier ENUM service named PathFinder.

Research and Markets Offers Report: Bolivia - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bolivia - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: One of the poorest and...

Libya eyes major deals with Italian companies

DEEPA BABINGTON | ROME, ITALY - Nov 23 2008 10:10 Libya is in talks to invest in five or six Italian companies, with some of those deals "more important" than that of its recent purchase of a nearly 5% stake in UniCredit,...

Consumer devices to get 3G connectivity

By George Bevir on Sunday, November 23, 2008 Chinese vendor Huawei has teamed up with mobile network trade body the GSM Association to launch an initiative that aims to install 3G connectivity in a new range of products, from...

Gaeta base gets mini-mart; other services remain limited

The Navy Exchange's newly opened mini-mart at Fleet Landing in Gaeta, Italy, will offer a wide range of services for customers, putting to rest fears that they might have to travel more than an hour to the Navy base in Naples...

Italy antitrust body fines phone firms for call charges

Italy's antitrust watchdog has fined Telecom Italia and 12 other telephone companies a total of 2.4 million euros (2 million pounds) after consumers were charged for calls they did not knowingly make.

Expert System Selects Walter Kostiuk to Lead Internet & Mobile Corporate Development Strategy

Expert System, leading provider of semantic software that searches, discovers, classifies and interprets unstructured text information, today announced the appointment of Walter Kostiuk as vice president of business...

Italian telecoms talks collapse

Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary 3 Italia failed to reach a merger agreement with Telecom Italia because of disagreements about price, 3 Italia's chief said. The two firms were in merger talks but disagreed on price and market...