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Top News from 30th May 2008
France Telecom seeks USD15.6bn loan for TeliaSonera takeover - Rumour
 
France Telecom is seeking USD15.6bn (EUR10bn) in loans from a number of banks to fund a bid for Swedish telecoms firm, TeliaSonera, reports Reuters. According to bank sources, France Telecom initially approached five banks but is now in talks with more... [read on]
BBC website slammed for USD71m overspend
INM buys 20% stake in Indonesian media giant
Disney trials first free channel
BT head hits out on polluting paper bills
Viewpoints
VIEWPOINT: MTS and the dawn of 3G in Russia
VIEWPOINT: Apple to go solar?
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M&A
Yahoo! and Microsoft continue non-buyout talks
comScore buys M:Metrics for USD44.3m
  2 out of 5 Mergers & Acquisitions deals - click to see more
Partnerships
Adobe in mobile software push with Qualcomm
  1 out of 4 Partnerships deals - click to see more
Other News
IGA to serve in-game adverts on 'Football Manager'
Liberty's Starz abandons Vongo and inks movie deal with Verizon
Tesco picks C&W for USD197m global network deal
AOL and Netlog join Google's OpenSocial
Intelsat wins Middle East satellite deal
Playlogic and Virgin PLAY team up for UK game venture
Hughes and Wayport set Wi-Fi access deal
Glam Media signs video deals and rejects USD1.3bn buyout offer - Rumour
Thailand's Buzz buys sports firm and signs VoIP deals
VMware buys virtualisation startup B-hive
Japan's Oki sells semiconductor business to Rohm for USD853m
Chinese ringtone retailer A8.com plans USD27.8m IPO
KPCB's iFund backs Pelago and iControl
Business mobile data startup, SkyData, raises USD4m
Creandum leads USD5.5m round for mobile advertising startup, Xtract
Online auction house Openlane raises USD25m led by Meritech
Former Vibrant exec to lead LinkedIn's European sales
Skydivers spell out live Honda advert on Channel 4
Amazon, Blockbuster and Netflix unveil rival video rental strategies
MTS earmarks USD1.6bn for Russian 3G service
Bauer Consumer Media loses another exec
Netvibes founder and CEO steps down
Live Nation debuts Facebook-based live music search tool
FCC considers free wireless internet service plan
Centre sets digital watermarking standards
MySpace five times more popular than Facebook in the US
Market Information
Handset sales down 16.4% in Western Europe
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