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Lycos Europe to Sign Off

Online portal, buffeted by competition from Google and Yahoo, plans asset sale after failing to find buyer.
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Mobile Gaining Green by Going Green

Using one part environmental concern and four parts greenbacks, the mobile industry is switching from diesel to clean energy for powering networks.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Kyte Nabs $15M for Mobile Social Network

Startup targets carriers and handset makers as investors continue to pour money into the crowded mobile social-networking market.
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Alcatel-Lucent, 3 Italia Tune Up Mobile-TV Hybrid

Telecom 3 Italia and Italian broadcaster RAI announce the launch of a mobile TV network trial that will use a combination of satellite and terrestrial communications.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet

Vodafone, Telefonica Stake Mobile Ads Startup

In a move to battle the threat of online giants Google and Yahoo, mobile phone group Vodafone and Spanish carrier Telefonica take stakes in San Francisco-based mobile advertising startup Amobee.
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Vodafone: Injunction in T-Mobile's Apple iPhone Deal

German court grants British telecommunications company Vodafone a preliminary injunction designed to stop sales of Apple's iPhone linked to a 24-month T-Mobile contract.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Vodafone, Nokia Team on Services

Market saturation and falling handset prices are forcing phone makers into services. But can they really compete with carriers?
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Communications, Internet

T-Mobile Wins German iPhone Deal

Deutsche Telekom's mobile phone division, T-Mobile, will sell Apple's iPhone in Germany for 399 euros ($558) each, the companies say.
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Computers, Communications

Apple Picks O2 as U.K. iPhone Carrier

Telefonica subsidiary O2 and retailer Carphone Warehouse clinch first deal to offer Apple's popular iPhone to European customers.
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Communications

Network Nirvana?

Startups, equipment vendors, and service providers warily gear up for fixed-mobile convergence. Ommm.
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Internet

Google Rated as Best Brand

Search king tops Apple, Starbucks, and Skype in a survey as most influential brand.
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Computers

IBM Buys Micromuse for $865M

Big Blue’s acquisition of the network management software provider is expected to bring in many big customers.
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General news, Communications

Telefonica Buys O2 for $31.6B

Spanish phone company acquires the British wireless carrier to up its European presence.
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TechSpin: Yahoo Scans Books

Yahoo’s scan more modest than Google’s; Telefonica, KPN merger off again; bye to Sprint’s trench coat guy; Starbucks picks Toronto for music.
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Communications

Alcatel Taps Acme Packet

Supplier turns to startups as sub-contractors on BT’s 21C project.
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Media, Communications

Telcos’ Hollywood ending?

The saga continues as carriers try again to deliver “IP TV” entertainment, and amuse a fidgety audience.