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C&W Worldwide cautious on Vodafone offer vote
Cable & Wireless Worldwide shareholders will meet next Monday to vote on whether to accept Vodafone's £1.04 billion takeover offer. Vodafone agreed to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide in April. At the time the latter's directors recommended unanimously...
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Samsung may launch Facebook-like service in 2013
Samsung Electronics is expected to make a foray into the social network service (SNS) market early next year by introducing a Facebook-like service, according to Samsung officials, Tuesday. They said that the electronics giant is developing a social...
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Reliance Communications gets Singapore approval to list cable ops
Company plans to list up to 75% of its submarine network business. Reliance Communications Ltd. Wednesday moved a step closer to cutting its massive debt, saying that the Singapore Exchange has approved a proposal to list its undersea...
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Google expects 10bn mobile subscriptions by 2020
Internet giant also predicts number of end users accessing Web via PCs to grow to 5 billion over next eight years. Google's U.K. director Peter Fitzgerald on Tuesday predicted that global mobile subscriptions will grow to 10 billion...
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Samsung says Nokia takeover rumours are without merit
Finnish vendor's shares rose on Friday after report of Samsung's interest. South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. Monday said speculation that it is planning to launch a bid for Nokia Corp. are without merit."The rumor regarding...
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India court to issue summons to Google, Facebook executives
Internet companies accused of failing to censor objectionable content on their sites. A trial court in India Friday moved ahead with a criminal case against Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Facebook Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and some other entities, by...
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Revamped Google Maps goes offline for mobile
New service enables mobile users to save maps for use when they have no data connection. Google Inc. unveiled a revamped maps program Wednesday that allows mobile users to use the service offline in places where they lack...
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