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With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

Hoping to clear the way for its US$85 billion takeover of BellSouth before the calendar turns to 2007, AT&T has offered additional concessions, including some limited network neutrality guarantees to win Federal Communications Commission blessing for the delayed deal. AT&T had balked at requ...

Hoping to clear the way for its US$85 billion takeover of BellSouth before the calendar turns to 2007, AT&T has offered additional concessions, including some limited network neutrality guarantees to win Federal Communications Commission blessing for the delayed deal. AT&T had balked at requ...

Hoping to clear the way for its US$85 billion takeover of BellSouth before the calendar turns to 2007, AT&T has offered additional concessions, including some limited network neutrality guarantees to win Federal Communications Commission blessing for the delayed deal. AT&T had balked at requ...

Apple shares fell again Thursday after a published report suggested CEO Steve Jobs had been granted stock options without the knowledge of the company's board of directors and that the company may have falsified documents to cover up the misdeed. Apple reportedly granted Jobs 7.5 million stock optio...

Nortel Networks will pay US$2.45 billion to settle shareholder lawsuits stemming from accounting fraud at the telecom gear maker between 2000 and 2005; U.S. judges gave the settlement their final blessing on Tuesday. Though Canadian courts have yet to clear the settlement of suits brought there, the...

Two billionaires are burying the technology hatchet this holiday season. Rupert Murdoch and John Malone ended a two-year battle over Liberty Media's stake in News Corp. with a US$11 billion deal. Specifically, Liberty Media has agreed to exchange its 16.3 percent stake in News Corp. for News Corp.'s...

Research In Motion provided more evidence that it was distancing itself from a slew of rivals in the mobile e-mail space, saying strong demand for its category leading BlackBerry device helped it post a 47 percent jump in profit and a nearly 50 percent rise in sales for the third quarter. RIM said i...

Many clients and friends often ask me about the wisdom of serving on a board. My immediate answer is, yes, you should serve. I then go into detail as to what are the pros and cons of board service. Here's some of what I tell them. Since the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley, there is no question that boa...

After several disappointing years, the telecom market experienced renewed growth in 2006, and a number of surprising developments occurred. The highlights include the integration of cellular and WiFi features, a rush to deliver mobile music services, movement toward bundled services, a focus on high...

A law firm has filed a class action suit against Nintendo on behalf of owners of the new Wii gaming console for selling remotes with inadequate wrist straps. San Francisco-based Green Welling filed the lawsuit against Nintendo of America in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washing...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to make it easier and faster for telephone companies to enter markets with television services, clearing the way for a showdown with cable companies for the right to deliver bundles of products into consumers' homes. By a 3-2 margin, the FCC...

Telecommunications gear maker Ericsson said Tuesday it would buy Redback Networks, which makes routers used by telecom carriers to direct data traffic, for US$2.1 billion. Sweden-based Ericsson said it would pay $25 in cash for each of share Redback stock, an 18 percent premium over Tuesday's closin...

What is shaping up to be a landmark technology patent lawsuit, KSR v. Teleflex, is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court right now. At its most basic, the decision could redefine the standard of "obviousness" that is used when deciding whether a patent should be granted for a particular invention or...