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2nd UPDATE: Tel Italia Confirms View Despite Suffering At Home

Wall Street Journal | May 6, 2011 | Giada Zampano ROME (Dow Jones)--Telecom Italia SpA (TI) Friday confirmed its full-year targets despite a sharp fall in first-quarter net profit, as a strong performance in Brazil and Argentina failed to offset continued weakness in its domestic...

Alcatel-Lucent first quarter 2011 earnings: Growth continues in Americas

Alcatel-Lucent | May 6, 2011 | Press Release (Highlights) Alcatel-Lucent released it's first quarter 2011 earnings. Key Highlights: Alcatel-Lucent continues its momentum into 2011 with a strong start to the year: 15% top line year-over-year growth in Q1’11 & positive adjusted operating profit KEY NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST...

Texas Venture Week talks Asia

As I sat listening to a series of presentations by successful entrepreneurs at the University of Texas’s AT&T Conference Center in Austin for Texas Venture Week today, it became increasingly obvious that one particular factor was key to their success....

Mexico stocks hurt as America Movil drops

MarketWatch | May 4, 2011 | Carla Mozee LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Mexican stocks dropped Wednesday, with shares of market heavyweight America Movil SAB extending losses and ending at an eight-month low following a court ruling about telecom industry fees. Mexico’s IPC equity index XX:IPC -0.95% fell 1%...

News Corp. online properties continue bleeding money

In News Corp.'s quarterly earnings call yesterday there was good and bad news for the media giant - although mostly bad. TV revenues grew, movie revenues were reasonable, however Murdoch's online division, which includes the likes of MySpace and The Daily, lost a massive $165 million in the first three months of the year.

Spiceworks Raises $25 Million to Bring Integrated Commerce to World’s Largest Social Network of IT Buyers

Spiceworks | April 28, 2011 | Press Release Adams Street Partners and Tenaya Capital Lead Growth Investment Financing Round AUSTIN, Texas – April 28, 2011 – Spiceworks™, Inc. today announced it has closed a $25 million financing round with new investors Adams Street Partners and Tenaya Capital...

Spice switches focus to mobile Internet

The Hindu Business Line | May 2, 2011 To invest Rs 1,000 cr this year NEW DELHI, MAY 2: Spice Mobility Ltd on Monday announced that it will invest Rs 1,000 crore in the current financial year in a bid to reposition itself as a mobile Internet...

RIM sees sluggish sales of BlackBerry, cuts profit forecast

Hindustan Times | April 29, 2011 Research In Motion has sharply cut its quarterly profit forecast, citing sluggish sales of BlackBerry smartphones, which are facing security concerns in India and the Middle East as well as stiff competition from other mobile phone makers. The announcement,...

WSJ: Hong Kong Exchange Rejects Carving Up of PCCW

Wall Street Journal | April 27, 2011 | Polly Hui, Kate O'Keefe, Fiona Law HONG KONG—Hong Kong's dominant fixed-line operator, PCCW Ltd., said Wednesday the Hong Kong bourse rejected its plan to carve out its telecommunications business in the form of a listed business trust,...

MercadoLibre, Inc. to Report First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

MercadoLibre | April 27, 2011 | Press Release BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, April 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq:MELI) (http://www.mercadolibre.com) intends to release financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011 on May 4, 2011 after the close of the day's...

NII Holdings Announces Strong Results for First Quarter 2011

NII Holdings | April 28, 2011 | Press Release Company achieves record level of Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization - Net subscriber additions of 403,000 - Consolidated operating revenues of $1.62 billion - Consolidated operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) of $431 million - Consolidated operating income...

Telefonica Del Peru 1Q Net Income PEN201.1Mln Vs PEN154.7Mln

LIMA (Dow Jones)--Peru's largest telecommunications company, Telefonica del Peru SAA (TELEFBC1.VL), reported first-quarter net profit of 201.1 million soles ($70 million) compared with PEN154.7 million in the same period of the previous year. The increase was due to reduced costs. ..... Read full article here via Wall...

Wipro net rises 15 % to Rs.5,298 crore

The Hindu | April 27, 2011 Wipro on Wednesday announced that it had posted consolidated revenues of Rs.31,099 crore, an increase of 15 per cent over the previous year. The company posted a net profit of Rs.5,298 crore, an increase of 15 per cent over...

WSJ: Argentina Takes Greater Control Over Private Companies

Wall Street Journal | April 13, 2011 | Taos Turner BUENOS AIRES --Argentina's government increased its sway over dozens of companies through a presidential decree on Wednesday, a move that will grant the administration a larger influence in some of the key sectors of the...

Reuters: KT CEO says in talks to sell Russian unit

Reuters | April 22, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) - KT Corp , South Korea's top fixed-line and No.2 mobile company, is in talks to sell its Russian unit New Telephone Company (NTC), its chief executive said on Friday. "We are in talks to sell the business,"...

The Star: Smartphone subsidy may hit Celcom margin

The Star | April 23, 2011 | Leong Hung Yee KUALA LUMPUR: Celcom Axiata Bhd expects high subsidy on smartphones will put a dent on its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) margin. “It (subsidy) will put a pressure on our ebitda margin but we...

Press Release: Brightpoint Announces Completion of Latin American Strategic Investment in Intcomex

Brightpoint | April 20, 2011 | Press Release INDIANAPOLIS, April 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brightpoint, Inc. (Nasdaq:CELL), a global leader in providing supply chain solutions to the wireless industry, today announced the successful completion of its strategic investment in Intcomex, Inc. by its wholly-owned Miami-based subsidiary, Brightpoint Latin America, Inc. ("Brightpoint Latin America")....

Reuters: Japan's TEPCO says no decision yet on sale of KDDI shares

Reuters | April 18, 2011 | Joseph Radford (Reuters) - Troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.T) said on Monday it is mulling the sale of stock holdings and real estate, but said it has not decided whether to offload its shares in Japan's No. 2 mobile...

Telefónica bolsters its shareholder remuneration policy and shares its growth forecasts for the coming years with the market

Telefonica | April 13, 2011 | Press Release The company reiterates its commitment to pay a dividend of €1.75 per share in 2012 and announces a minimum annual shareholder remuneration target of €1.75 per share from 2012. Madrid-London, 13 April 2011.- Telefónica today announced its shareholder...

Telefonica Forecasts Sales Growth Through 2013, Plans $39 Billion Spending

Bloomberg | April 13, 2011 | Manuel Baigorri Telefonica SA (TEF), Spain’s former phone monopoly, forecast revenue growth of at least 1 percent annually through 2013 and budgeted as much as 27 billion euros ($39 billion) in spending as part of its Latin American push. Group sales...

Reuters: Indian IT firms set for robust outlook as tech spending rises

Reuters | April 12, 2011 | Bharghavi Nagaraju (Reuters) - India's top three technology firms are likely to post strong quarterly profit and indicate robust revenue growth for the year ending March 2012 as overseas clients boost technology spending in an improving global economy. However, salary increases...

SingTel Raises Stake in Bharti Airtel

Wall Street Journal | April 11, 2011 | Kenan Machado Mumbai--Singapore Telecommunications has increased its stake in India's Bharti Airtel through the purchase of 2.83 million shares for 934 million rupees. In a filing to the Singapore Stock Exchange, SingTel said a wholly owned uni --...

Vodafone-Essar deal: Essar to ask Voda to pay $700 mn more for 33% stake

Economic Times | April 8, 2011 | Deepali Gupta MUMBAI: Vodafone's $5-billion deal to buy out Essar in India's third-largest mobile phone company may run into trouble with the local partner seeking $600-700 million more for its 33% holding. Essar group, known for its strong-arm negotiation...