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AOL names ex-Yahoo exec Garlinghouse to head email groupNEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL Inc, the
internet unit of Time Warner Inc, said on Tuesday it has appointed
former Yahoo Inc
executive Brad Garlinghouse as president of its Web and mobile communications group.
Reuters Tuesday, September 08, 2009Indonesian city government blocks Facebook for employeesSurabaya, Indonesia - The mayor of Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya, has banned civil servants from accessing popular
social networking site Facebook during work hours, an official said Tuesday. Hundreds of employees working at the municipal...
Earth Times Tuesday, September 08, 2009T-Mobile, Orange merge UK operations in 50-50 joint venture(Telecompaper) Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have agreed to merge their UK mobile operations in a 50-50 joint venture. The move will create the UK's largest mobile operator, with 28.4 million customers and 37 percent of the market, based on end-
2008 figures. The combination is
expected to lead to better network coverage, a broader distribution network and a stronger competitive position versus the previous market leaders Vodafone and O2. Synergies from the deal are estimated at over GBP 3.5 billion, with annual operating cost savings of GBP 445 million from 2014. To achieve these synergies, the joint venture expects extra costs of GBP 600-800 million over the period 2010-14, for integration work such as decommissioning mobile sites, rationalising the network of retail stores and workforce reductions. Capex savings are estimated at GBP 620 million over the period 2010-14, plus GBP 100 million per year thereafter. Orange UK CEO Tom Alexander will head up the new venture, while T-Mo
DMeurope.com Tuesday, September 08, 2009Garlinghouse to head AOL internet, mobile communications(Telecompaper) AOL has appointed Brad Garlinghouse its new president of
internet and mobile communications, as part of the portal's global efforts to expand the reach of its e-mail and instant messaging services. Garlinghouse will also head AOL's Silicon Valley operations from its Mountain View campus and serve as
the west Coast lead for AOL Ventures,
the company's venture capital arm headed globally by Jon Brod. Garlinghouse was most recently at Silver Lake Partners as an in-house senior advisor. Prior to Silver Lake, Garlinghouse spent
nearly six years at Yahoo!. Garlinghouse will report directly to AOL's chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong.
DMeurope.com Tuesday, September 08, 2009Mexican telecom sector growth slows to 11% in Q2(Telecompaper) The telecommunications sector in Mexico climbed 11 percent during the second quarter, the Telecommunications Sector Production Index (ITEL) shows. This is the lowest growth registered by this sector over the last seven years, reflecting the current global
economic recession and the decline of the national
economy. The 11 percent growth is 27 percentage points lower than the growth level registered in the year-earlier period. The mobile
customer base in Mexico rose by 9.7 percent versus the year-earlier quarter, to 77.8 million users, equalling
around 72.3 lines per 100 inhabitants, according to the report by Mexican regulator Cofetel. The fixed telephony segment rose by 2.4 percent year-on-year. However, Mexico shed 137,000 fixed lines between April and June, reaching around 20.52 million lines at end-June. The national long-distance traffic, measured in minutes, decreased by 2 percent during the quarter. The
international long-distance traffic dropped by 11.8 in the qua
DMeurope.com Tuesday, September 08, 2009UK behind in fibre-to-the-home broadbandThe UK is well behind many of its European neighbours in terms of fibre-to-the-home broadband connections, according to a report.
Webuser.co.uk Tuesday, September 08, 2009Twilight: New Moon video scam warningSurfers have been warned to look out for scams relating to the upcoming Twilight: New Moon movie.
Webuser.co.uk Tuesday, September 08, 2009Report: Rivals eye Microsoft's former Linux patentsA group of Microsoft rivals is trying to buy a set of patents to protect Linux from patent trolls, according to The Wall
Street Journal. The patents were sold by Microsoft to another group earlier this year.
CNET Tuesday, September 08, 2009Report: Rivals hope to use Microsoft's former patents to protect LinuxA group of Microsoft rivals is trying to buy a set of patents to protect Linux from patent trolls, according to The Wall
Street Journal. The patents were sold by Microsoft to another group earlier this year.
CNET Tuesday, September 08, 2009Broadcom Chip Integrates Wireless Voice, Video, DataThe triple-play chip integrates ADSL2+ and 802.11n wireless LAN with Gigabit Ethernet switching, DECT, and VoIP for use in residential gateway applications.
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