Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a jury Friday he made mistakes in his troubled bid to turn the French water company into a global media giant, but he never misled shareholders about the risks.

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have signalled they are unwilling to make concessions to competition regulators who will decide whether to allow the merger of their UK mobile phone businesses.

The board of Telephone and Data Systems Inc. has authorized the company to buy back as much as $250 million worth of its common and special common shares, as market conditions permit.

Moody's Investors Service said Friday that it downgraded ratings for Sprint Nextel Corp. because it is taking longer than expected to stanch a deterioration in its profit.

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A fresh set of rumors are circulating that Deutsche Telekom is looking for a partner in the U.S. to help finance a high-speed data network for its T-Mobile wireless subsidiary.

Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded its corporate family rating on Sprint Nextel Corp. to Ba2 from Ba1, saying the wireless-services provider's ability to stem the deterioration of its earnings is taking longer than it had originally anticipated.

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Anite, the telecommunications testing group, has pinned its hopes for a second-half upturn on renewed spending on next-generation networks.

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Motorola Inc. said Friday that it has purchased the base station business of RadioFrame Networks Inc., which uses a technology that allows walkie-talkie features on cell phones.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & SAN DIEGO----Sprint and Kyocera Communications Inc., provider of Kyocera- and SANYO-branded wireless devices, today announced the launch of the SANYO Incognito™ SCP-6760.

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Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" a leading international provider of telecommunications services operating in Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and South-East Asia today announced that it will webcast its conference call on its third quarter 2009 financial and operating results on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at 6:30 p.m.

China Mobile Counts On 3G for Its Growth China Mobile is pinning its hopes on new 3G services such as mobile television and mobile readers to drive growth as it faces increasing competition and falling voice revenue.

The board of directors of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of telecommunications services, has declared a fourth quarter 2009 dividend of $.1075 per Common Share, Special Common Share and Series A Common Share.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. , today announced that its board of directors has authorized a new $250 million stock repurchase authorization that will expire in three years. The new repurchase authorization allows the repurchase of TDS Common and TDS Special Common shares, as market conditions permit.

Clearwire was able to raise more debt than originally anticipated, which has bumped up its recent fundraising efforts to a little more than $2 billion, according to a document filed today with the SEC.

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan.----As they’re making their list and checking it twice, customers can download holiday-friendly apps for their Sprint device to help organize, navigate and shop during the busy holiday season.