Australia Seeks A$3 Billion From Telstra, Optus Spectrum Sales
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Australia expects to get about A$3 billion ($3.2 billion) in the next four years from the renewal of mobile phone spectrum to providers including Telstra Corp., Optus and Vodafone Group Plc. Read Full Story
Telus Misses Profit Estimates After Subsidizing Smartphones
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Telus Corp., Canada’s third-largest wireless carrier, reported fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as the company spent more to subsidize the smartphones with which it is wooing customers. Read Full Story
Groupon Hires Taaffe to Improve Coupon Site’s Public Face
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Groupon Inc. hired public-relations executive Paul Taaffe to run communications for the daily-deal site, which has had several publicity mishaps in the last year. Read Full Story
Alcatel Rises on Profit Forecast, Patents Strategy: Paris Mover
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Alcatel-Lucent, France’s largest telecommunications-equipment supplier, rose the most in a year in Paris after forecasting higher profit margins and announcing a plan to boost cash from its trove of 29,000 patents. Read Full Story
France Telecom Said to Be Near Deal to Boost Mobinil Stake
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France Telecom SA is nearing a deal to increase its control of its Egyptian mobile phone joint venture, according to a person familiar with the situation. The transaction will probably involve Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris reducing his stake in the Mobinil venture. Read Full Story
Orascom Says in Advanced Talks With France Telecom on Mobinil
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Orascom Telecom Media & Technology Holding SAE, an Egyptian mobile phone services company, said it is in advanced talks with France Telecom SA “regarding the future” of Egyptian Co. for Mobile Services, known as Mobinil. Read Full Story
Alcatel-Lucent Joins Ericsson, Kodak to Chase Cash From Patents
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Alcatel-Lucent, the latest technology company to announce plans to make money from its patents, may generate several hundred million euros this year alone from its trove of 29,000 rights, Chief Financial Officer Paul Tufano said in an interview today. Read Full Story
Antipirates attacked for pirating NFL game
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The Web fulminates when it is revealed that executives from VEVO--vehement music industry antipirates--played a pirated stream of an NFL playoff game at a party. VEVO claims it left its Wi-Fi unsupervised. Have we heard that argument before? Read Full Story
U.S. Air Force May Buy 18,000 Apple IPad 2s for Flight Crews
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The U.S. Air Force may buy as many as 18,000 iPad 2s in what would be one of the military’s biggest orders of computer tablets, accelerating Apple Inc.’s inroads into the federal government. Read Full Story
Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty
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BERLIN/SOFIA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance. Read Full Story

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