International Business News - TIA http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Telecom Italia will cut 5,000 jobs by 2010, mostly through the combination of its fixed and mobile units, Chief Executive Franco Bernabe said in an interview published Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/telecom-italia-to-cut-5-000-jobs.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:19:46 EDT TeliaSonera AB has agreed to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the Nordic telecom operator said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/teliasonera-to-sell-iphone-in-nordic-markets.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 15:56:31 EDT U.S.-traded shares of European companies headed higher Thursday, with the top gainers including wireless companies Telecom Italia SpA and Vodafone Group PLC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/adrs-in-focus-europe.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 15:49:19 EDT French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46988-iphone-sold-out.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/frances-orange-signs-new-iphone-deal-with-apple.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/frances-orange-signs-new-iphone-deal-with-apple.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:23:02 EDT Apple Inc. said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation featuring faster Internet surfing speeds. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45632-iphone-sold-out.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/apple-iphone-sold-out-online.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/apple-iphone-sold-out-online.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 15:43:08 EDT In another step in the worldwide march of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/apple-inks-latin-american-deal-for-iphone.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 20:44:55 EDT President Evo Morales celebrated May Day by announcing the nationalization of Bolivia's leading telecommunications company, Entel, and returning four foreign-owned natural gas companies to state control. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43403-aptopix-bolivia-telecoms.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/morales-nationalizes-bolivian-telecom-foreign-gas-companies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/morales-nationalizes-bolivian-telecom-foreign-gas-companies.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 23:37:15 EDT President Evo Morales says he is nationalizing the leading Bolivian telecom company, Entel, which is a subsidiary of Telecom Italia SpA. Morales announced plans to buy back a majority of the former state company last year, but negotiations with Telecom Italia have dragged out. Terms of Thursday's nationalization announcement are not immediately clear. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/bolivia-orders-nationalization-of-telecom-entel.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 14:09:13 EDT Lines stretched for blocks outside phone stores Monday as ordinary Cubans were allowed to sign up for cellular phone service for the first time. The contracts cost about $120 to activate half a year... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/cubans-line-up-for-cell-phone-service.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:36:23 EDT Cell phone service will soon be widely available to Cubans for the first time. Some questions and answers: Q. What kind of service will be provided? http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080328/q-a-on-cuban-cell-phone-service.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:05:33 EDT A Singapore sovereign wealth fund will invest about euro1 billion (US$1.5 billion) into the share capital of Italian holding company Sintonia, the Italian company said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080312/gic-to-invest-us-1-5-billion-in-sintonia.htm Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:17:44 EDT Telecom Italia's new chief executive outlined a three-year plan Friday to invest $22.98 billion to exploit the merger of mobile and fixed line telecommunications, while cutting debt and compensating shareholders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080307/telecom-italia-new-ceo-hopes-to-cut-debt.htm Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:22:41 EST