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(BEIJING)China has eased access for foreign investors to its booming telecommunications industry by cutting minimum required investments but retained a ban on foreign majority ownership of ...READ MORE

(SAO PAULO, Brazil)A rule change allowing fixed-line telecoms to operate in more than one region of Brazil will spark competition by creating a major new continental player, officials said Friday.READ MORE

(MEXICO CITY)Spain's Telefonica says it plans to sell Apple's iPhone in Latin America. Telefonica said in a statement Wednesday it will sell the phone in 12 countries in the region.READ MORE

(TOKYO)Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp. said Wednesday it has a deal with Apple Inc. to start selling the iPhone later this year--the first such agreement in Japan for the hit cell ...READ MORE

(SEATTLE)Microsoft Corp. agreed Monday to buy cell phone software maker Danger Inc., strengthening its position in consumer mobile phones and building its defenses against a major Google In...READ MORE

(BRUSSELS, Belgium)Record labels and film studios cannot demand that telecom companies hand over the names and addresses of people suspected of breaking European copyright rules by swapping illegal d...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)U.S. shares of European telecommunications stocks fell with the broader market Friday, with Nokia Corp. shares losing ground in spite of an upgrade from an RBC Capital Markets anal...READ MORE