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Taiwan Mobile buys CATV assets from Carlyle Group(Telecompaper) Taiwan Mobile will buy CATV related assets in Taiwan from US private equity fund Carlyle Group for a total consideration of TWD 32.8 billion. The acquisition will make Taiwan Mobile the
number one TV player in Taiwan with a market share of 32 percent. The mobile operator will buy the assets for TWD 440 million in cash and 589 million shares in Taiwan Mobile, representing 15.5 percent. The deal still needs regulatory approval.
DMeurope.com Thursday, September 17, 2009YouTube clip exposes Hong Kong spectacle scam, watchdog saysHong Kong - A YouTube clip viewed by 48,000 people has exposed a scam in which Hong Kong optical salesmen steal people's spectacles and then try to sell them new ones, a consumer watchdog said Thursday. According to Hong Kong's Consumer Council, the ...
Earth Times Thursday, September 17, 2009Music publishers: iTunes not paying fair shareMusic publishers and songwriters want Apple and other Web retailers to pay performance fees for music samples and video downloads. What's right here?
CNET Thursday, September 17, 2009Seagate Unveils Filesharing Hardware For The HomeDockStar is a hardware device designed to allow sharing documents and files over a home network and the
internet.
Information Week Thursday, September 17, 2009VimpelCom buys 78% Millicom stake, enters Laos mobile market(Telecompaper) Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom has acquired a 78 percent stake in Millicom's mobile operator in Laos. The remaining 22 percent of Millicom Lao is owned by the
government of the Laos
government. The acquisition price is estimated to reach USD 66 million, based on the enterprise value of Millicom Lao of USD 102 million. The acquisition is scheduled for completion by end-2009. With a population of 6.5 million inhabitants, mobile penetration in Laos currently stands at 23 percent. According to Boris Nemsic, VimpelCom CEO, the operator's entry into Laos is the next logical step in
the company's
international expansion strategy. Laos provides a complement to VimpelCom's existing operations in Vietnam and Cambodia and fits into the
company's strategy of building a solid Southeast Asian cluster, Nemsic said. The VimpelCom Group currently operates in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, as well as Vietnam and Cambodia.
DMeurope.com Thursday, September 17, 2009Almost 1 mln Dutch households want over 50Mbps broadband(Telecompaper) The potential market for broadband connections of at least 50Mbps is 900,000 households in the Netherlands, according to a report from Telecompaper. The consumer survey, conducted in August, shows that 900,000 households would like to have at least 50Mbps download within four years. The report 'Dutch Consumer Connected Q3 2009' was
released to coincide with the FTTH Netherlands
conference sponsored by Telecompaper. The survey found DSL is currently the most used
technology with 49 percent of the market, followed by cable with 40 percent, fibre-optics with 4 percent and other technologies at 6 percent.
around 5 percent of respondents said they still use a dial-up connection. Asked about the most important element of a broadband connection, 55 percent said price, while 37 percent appreciate the possibility of a dual-play plan of
internet and telephony. Over a quarter (26%) said that a download speed of at least 50Mbps is also important, while 8 percent want a minimum uploa
DMeurope.com Thursday, September 17, 2009Google Plans Private Government CloudAs the
government moves to adopt cloud computing and considers limited use of free consumer services, Google is trying to address lingering concerns about security and control in the cloud.
Information Week Thursday, September 17, 2009Skype founders start copyright suit against eBay(Telecompaper) A
company owned by the founders of Skype
called Joltid has filed a copyright suit against eBay and a group of
investors that plan to buy Skype from eBay for USD 2 billion deal. Joltid, which is owned by Skype's founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, has filed an injunction against Skype and is seeking damages for copyright infringements in a US District Court, the Wall
Street Journal
reported. Joltid
claims that it owns the rights for the use of a peer-to-peer
technology called 'global index' utilised in Skype, which is the subject of an intellectual property dispute with Skype since March. The technology is used at the core of Skype's
software. Joltid terminated Skype's licence for the
software in March, and the two companies have since been involved in a suit about that termination in a UK court. Besides damages for copyright infringements, Joltid also seeks profits that Skype has made while using the technology in breach of its licence. Joltic claims that eBay's a
DMeurope.com Thursday, September 17, 2009Twitter funding would value it at $1 billion: reportSan francisco (Reuters) - Twitter is closing a round of funding that will value
the company known for its 140-character, stream-of-consciousness blogs at $1 billion,
technology news site TechCrunch
reported on Wednesday.
Reuters Thursday, September 17, 2009Ebay petitions EU to stop blocks on Internet tradeBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Three quarters of a million eBay Inc users have signed a petition urging European Union antitrust regulators to stop companies blocking online sales, the
internet auction house said on Thursday.
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