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IBM has won two contracts from Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica to manage its midrange servers in Argentina and Brazil through its services center in Hortolandia near Sao Paulo. It will also provide support and maintenance services.

Storage company SanDisk has reported a net loss of $155.19m for the third quarter 2008, against a profit of $84.63m in the year-ago quarter, on revenue down 21% at $821.49m. The loss was attributed to $109m of inventory-related charges.

Netherlands-based chip maker NXP Semiconductors has reported a net loss of $2.54bn for the third quarter 2008, against a net loss of $12m in the year-ago quarter, on revenue down 4% to $1.37bn.

Oracle has announced plans to buy back $8bn worth of its stock as its shares fell 20% as the global financial crisis continues.

COMPLAINTS about telephone services to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman have rocketed in the past 12 months.

A report outlining the estimates for the on-costs of Labor's much-maligned computers-in-schools program is still under wraps.

TELCO Dodo has been fined $147,400 for allegedly engaging offshore call centres that flouted local Do Not Call Register laws.

Microsoft has developed a comprehensive suite of software, training, content, services and support for the Magellan, an affordable portable computer for primary and junior high school students made in Portugal.

The two companies will leverage their CRM and data warehousing and business intelligence strengths to plan, design and implement an integrated customer database for Deutsche Telekom and a new portal for sales partners.

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