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  • Telecom Italia confirms Telecom Argentina sale

    ARGENTINA, 2013/11/10 Telecom Italia (NYSE: TI) has confirmed that it will dispose of its Argentine unit Telecom Argentina (NYSE: TEO) in a conference call with investors. The company's board has received an unsolicited offer for Telecom Argentina and is negotiating the terms of a transaction, Telecom Italia executives said, without revealing the potential price tag on the Argentina subsidiary. The move is part of the heavily indebted Italian firm's 2014-16 strategic plan, which involves raising up to 4bn euros (US$5.37bn) in cash to focus on increase opportunities in the Italian and Brazilian markets.
  • Prime Minister and Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic

    SERBIA, 2013/08/21 Turkish companies Dogus Holding and Sabanci Group demonstrated interest in participation in the privatisation of Telekom Srbija telecommunications company, company officials stated at the Istanbul conference between Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic with the company representatives. According to the release issued by Ljajic's cabinet, the minister met in Istanbul with Director General of the Dogus Holding Ferit Sahenk and CEO of the Sabanci Group Cagatay Ozdogru and discussed the possibilities for expansion of their business to the Serbian market.
  • Hackers collaborate, innovate across the Balkans

    EASTERN EUROPE, 2013/07/01 Technology enthusiasts from across the region have joined together to share experiences, improve the performance of computer programmes and enhance innovation. Known as "hackers," they have formed 10 hack clubs in the Balkans. Through communication and gatherings, inclunding a conference held before this month in Struga, Macedonia, they hope to contribute to an environment that will improve the region's technology base and keep young, tech-savvy citizens from seeking employment elsewhere.
  • Satellite unit Hellas SAT to Saudi Arabia-based ArabSat

    GREECE, 2013/02/09  Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE said on Thursday it agreed to sell its satellite unit Hellas SAT to Saudi Arabia-based ArabSat for 208 million euros as part of measures to cut its deficit. OTE, managed and half-owned by Germany's Deutsche Telekom,
  • Telecom Italia spurns offer to invest from Egypt tycoon

    ITALY, 2012/12/08 Telecom Italia has rejected a €3bn ($3.9bn) investment offer from Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris and will take extra time to consider the possible sale of a stake in its copper network. The heavily indebted company said in a statement that its board had decided “not to proceed further” with regards to an expression of interest from Sawiris, who had proposed to invest capital to engineer a strategic turnaround.
  • The Spanish operator Telefonica 2012-07-14

    MEXICO, 2012/07/14