Swisscom bids â¬3.7bn for Fastweb
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The Italian Job Swisscom, the former state telecommunications monopoly, has announced plans to acquire Italy's second-largest broadband operator, Fastweb, in a deal valued at â¬3.7bn ($4.9bn).â¦
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A consortium of Hewlett-Packard Co.   and France Telecom's  Equant has won a 210  million euro ($266.8 million) contract to supply a secure  communications infrastructure for the European Union.
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The high bids totalled $3.2 billion in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission&#39;s&#160;auction of wireless spectrum licenses in the 700MHz band&#160;after three rounds and a day and a half of bidding.
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A multi-billion pound auction of  airwaves for a new wave of digital services is announced by Ofcom.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) - Swiss mining conglomerate Xstrata said Thursday it has offered to buy the entire issued share capital of Australian company WMC Resources for A$7.
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The Swiss pharmaceuticals company said that it would pay $3.1 billion for Ventana Medical Systems.
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Swisscom  has agreed to repurchase a 25 percent stake in Swisscom Mobile from British mobile phone company Vodafone  for 4.25 billion Swiss francs ($3.48 billion), in a long-awaited deal.
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DSL at 3mbps debuts in areas within company's existing footprint.
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CSC has a distinguished history in IT, and its latest deal comes to $3.73 billion.
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Swiss-based miner Xstrata says it will take its A$7.4 billion (3.1 billion pound) bid for Australia&#39;s WMC Resources directly to the company&#39;s shareholders, effectively making a hostile bid after WMC&#39;s management rejected its offer
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BERN, Switzerland -- Swisscom posted a 0.7% increase in revenue to CHF 7.53 billion for the first three quarters of 2004. Operating income before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) decreased year-on-year by 3.5% to CHF 3.4 billion.
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Swisscom  has agreed to  repurchase a 25 percent stake in Swisscom Mobile from British  mobile phone company Vodafone  for 4.25 billion Swiss  francs ($3.48 billion), in a long-awaited deal.
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Italian broadband company Fastweb   and the Italian unit of mobile phone giant Vodafone   on Friday will announce a commercial agreement, sources  familiar with the deal told Reuters.
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WMC currently is fending off a AU$7.4 billion takeover bid by Switzerland-based Xstrata PLC. The mining company upgraded its earnings forecast to around $1.3 billion for the calendar year, above analysts&#39; expectations.
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The $3.7 billion deal will form the Nasdaq OMX Group which will list more than 4,000 companies with a combined market value of $5.5 trillion.
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Australian property and construction group Multiplex announced Tuesday that it backs a 7.3 billion dollar (6.1 billion US) takeover offer from Canada&#39;s Brookfield Asset Management.
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Switzerland's leading telecommunications firm has officially launched its third-generation (3G) mobile phone services, which will include video and television.