SBC, Microsoft in &#36;400 Million Deal
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SBC Communications Inc., the second-largest local phone company in the United States, said Wednesday it signed a 10-year, &#36;400 million agreement with Microsoft Corp. to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft's TV Internet protocol television edition software platform.
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NEW YORK, November 17  - SBC Communications Inc (SBC.NYS) announced an agreement with Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) today, under which the US-based telecom giant will provider IP-based TV services based on Microsoft&#39;s IP television
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SBC Communications Inc. SBC.N is  in talks to acquire AT&T Corp. T.N for more than $15 billion  to bolster its business among large corporations, sources  familiar with the talks said on Thursday.
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SBC Communications SBC.N on Wednesday said it reached a 10-year, $400 million deal with Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O to provide next-generation television services.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- SBC Communications said Monday it will offer high-speed wireless access for $2 a month to customers of the company&#39;s DSL Internet service.
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Software maker Microsoft Corp. on  Friday said it and computer maker Dell Inc. will supply  software and services to the U.S. Air Force, in a deal valued  at more than $500 million over 6 years.
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Microsoft has turned the channel on its slow-moving television software business by winning a key contract for its new Internet-based TV platform from SBC Communications.
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Customers of Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. will be able to use both companies' wireless Internet connections with less hassle under a reciprocal deal announced Friday.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - SBC Communications Inc.  said Monday it will buy AT&T Corp. for about $16 billion,  aiming to bolster its services for large corporations and end  "Ma Bell's" independence.
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SBC Communications today became the second major local phone carrier to unveil plans to offer cable-like television services. Earlier, the company said it agreed to use new technology by Microsoft for delivering
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SBC and Microsoft strike a $400 million deal to provide internet TV.   Also: Gates agrees to computer charity work in developing countries & hellip;.  Japan gives us surround-sound cell phones & hellip;. and more.
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Facebook will sell a $240 million minority stake to Microsoft, which as part of the deal will also expand the advertising services it provides to the social networking phenom, the companies said Wednesday in a statement.The size of the ownership stake Microsoft will take during Facebook&#39;s next round of financing puts Facebook&#39;s valuation at a whopping $15 billion.&#160;Google had reportedly been courting Facebook as well.In addition to the ownership piece, Microsoft will also extend its existing agreement to provide banner ads to Facebook in the U.S. With this deal, Microsoft will become Facebook&#39;s exclusive third-party ad platform as well as provide Facebook ads internationally.Facebook will likely devote the cash influx from its next financing round to bankroll the torrid growth it is expecting in the coming 12 months in usage and headcount.With about 300 employees now, Facebook expects to have about 700 a year from now, its CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said last week at the&#160;Web 2.0 Summit.Meanwhile, the site is growing its usage at breakneck speed with about 250,000 new users registering every day.Founded in 2004, it currently has about 49 million active users today, up from 12 million in December. More than half of its active members return to the site daily. Some 59 percent of its users are outside the U.S.Earlier Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post reported that Facebook was in the final stages of making a decision on whether to do this deal with Microsoft or Google.For Microsoft, which hasn&#39;t attained as strong a position in online advertising as it had hoped and lags behind Google, landing this deal could be a major win, as long as Facebook proves to be as attractive an advertising vehicle as expected.The Journal reported later on Wednesday that Facebook expects a profit of about $30 million this year, on revenue of $150 million.Google and Yahoo provide ads for Facebook rival MySpace.Still, questions remain about social networking sites&#39; full potential for advertising, since most of their content is largely unregulated and created by millions of individuals, resulting often in material that is vulgar and objectionable.Facebook plans to share more ideas for revving up its advertising business on Nov. 6, at an event in New York to which it has invited what it calls &quot;its closest advertisers.&quot;&quot;As part of [the event], Facebook executives will discuss new approaches for advertising online,&quot; a Facebook spokeswoman said. &quot;We are not sharing any further details.&quot;Facebook, MySpace, and others are also under close scrutiny from law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad because sexual predators use social-networking sites to stalk and victimize people, in particular minors.The Journal first reported Google&#39;s and Microsoft&#39;s pursuit of the Facebook investment a month ago.
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Microsoft signed a rare deal with an  open source software group on Thursday, taking a step towards  meeting sanctions imposed by the European Commission for  antitrust violations.
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Software giant Microsoft Corp. opened its wallet again Monday to clear more of its courtroom problems, paying &#36;536 million to rival Novell Inc. and an undisclosed smaller amount to a trade group that had backed antitrust complaints by the U.S. government and the European Union.
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SAN ANTONIO SBC Communications will use a Microsoft software system to transmit television over high-speed Internet connections. Those are like the ones San Antonio-based SBC will offer after replacing the
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The boards of directors of SBC  Communications Inc. SBC.N and AT&T Corp. T.N met on Sunday  afternoon to vote on a more than $15 billion stock deal in  which SBC will acquire AT&T, according to a source familiar  with the situation.
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Microsoft Corp  on Friday said  it had offered to acquire Yahoo Inc  in a proposed cash  and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion.