VSNL to buy Tyco Global Network
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Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, India&#39;s leading provider of international telecommunications and Internet services, on Monday announced that the company has agreed to acquire Tyco Global Network, one of the world&#39;s most advanced and extensive submarine
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NEW YORK  - DirecTV Group  the largest U.S.satellite television service, will buy its controllingshareholder News Corp Ltd.'s  stakes in Sky LatinAmerica for $579 million and combine its operations withDirecTV Latin America, the companies said on Monday.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. NWS.N   has agreed to buy 51 percent of Verisign Inc.'s VRSN.O   ringtones unit Jamba for $187.5 million, Berlin-based Jamba   said on Tuesday, confirming a report in the Wall Street   Journal.
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The software giant says it is buying Tellme Networks in a deal believed to be in the range of $800 million.
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Manufacturing conglomerate Tyco International Ltd. said Monday that it agreed to sell its Tyco Global Network unit to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
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Business software company Oracle Corp   said it agreed to buy Netsure Telecom Ltd, a maker of  network related software, for an undisclosed sum.
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Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks on  Wednesday said it would buy Internet video and games company  Atom Entertainment Inc. for $200 million as big media companies  move to compete with online upstarts such as video leader  YouTube.com.
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Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of British telecom giant Vodafone Group PLC and Verizon Communications Inc., said late Thursday that it agreed to purchase all of NextWave Telecom Inc.
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BT Group Plc will buy Infonet Services  Corp for $965 million in cash, giving Britain's top fixed-line  telecoms company 1,800 multinational corporate clients and an  expanded presence in the United States and Asia.
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BT Group confirmed this morning it is to buy the Californian telecoms group Infonet Services Corp for Â£965 million. The news followed reports which said that the UK telecoms
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British bus and train operator FirstGroup PLC said Friday it agreed to buy U.S.-based bus company Laidlaw International Inc. in a 1.9 billion pound ($2.7 billion) deal.
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In a story Oct. 21 on Chinese investments overseas, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Global Crossing was sold to a joint venture owned by Hutchison and Singapore Technologies Telemedia. Hutchison withdrew from the deal and ST Telemedia proceeded alone in purchasing Global Crossing.
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Further strengthening India&#39;s position in the global communications arena, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (Quote, Chart) will pay $130 million for Tyco&#39;s (Quote, Chart) undersea fiber-optic network, the companies announced today.
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In a move to strengthen its position as a global provider of IT and networking services, BT Group PLC has agreed to buy U.S.-based Infonet Services Corp., the companies announced Monday.
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Internet investor Softbank Corp. took another step Tuesday toward its goal of being a comprehensive Japanese telecommunications provider, by agreeing to purchase Cable &amp; Wireless IDC.
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Sony Communication Network Corp. (3789.T)  said on Friday it would buy a 27 percent stake in Gamepot Inc.  (3792.SP), an operator of a popular online golf game, for 2.6  billion yen ($22 million), as Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) Internet  unit strives to beef up its online game operations.
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British power company National Grid   said it would complete the acquisition of U.S. utility  KeySpan Corp  on Friday after receiving final approval  from New York State regulators earlier this week.