Shenandoah Telecommunications Closes on Cable Properties in Virginia and West Virginia
EDINBURG, Va. , Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (Nasdaq: SHEN) announces that today it has completed the acquisition of cable assets and customers in Virginia and West Virginia from Rapid Communications, LLC. The transaction was previously announced on August 6, 2008 . RBC Daniels was Shentel's advisor for the transaction.

Kuwait Telecommunications to Start Commercial Operations Dec. 3
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Kuwait Telecommunications Co., licensed to be the Gulf state?s third mobile-phone company, will start commercial operations Dec. 3.

Telecommunications / Perspectives
Brazil is the only country in which US power company AES (NYSE: AES) holds telecommunications operations.

Iran Telecommunications Report Q3 2008
In the first three months of 2008, the number of Iranian cellular subscribers grew by an estimated 22.6% to reach 35.049mn; which helped to increase mobile penetration to 49.4%. -Business Monitor International

Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group repays Dhs2.4bn in Eurobonds and Maturing Bank Loans
Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group (DHOG), the holding company of Dubai Holding's real estate, tourism, infrastructure and telecommunications business, has recently announced that it has repaid its first publically traded Eurobonds.

Telecom Stocks: Telecoms tumble as market does, too
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Telecommunications stocks fell sharply in Monday trades along with the broader U.S. market, repeating a pattern that's been in effect since the end of the summer.

Vt. authority pushes cellular, Internet
TOWNSHEND -- The Vermont Telecommunications Authority is taking its message -- statewide cellular phone and broadband Internet access -- on the road. ...

Future calling in Thailand
Thailand needs a modern telecommunications infrastructure not for the sake of any telecommunications company or vendor, but for Thailand's own sake in competing with other countries in the region in being a destination for investment and business.

GENBAND CEO Named to the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Board of Directors
GENBAND Inc., a market-leading developer of next-generation IP infrastructure solutions, today announced its president and chief executive officer, Charles D. Vogt, has been unanimously confirmed as a board member of the TIA, the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.

Weak peso may cut PLDT's full year income but keeps profit forecast
MANILA, Philippines - Foreign exchange losses may cut the full year income of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), the country"s largest telecommunications firm.

Tollgrade pushed to accept $79 million buyout
An Aspinwall investment firm that has become Tollgrade Communications Inc.'s largest shareholder is pressing the telecommunications company to accept a buyout for as much as $79.4 million.

BCE board hatching plan
MONTREAL -- Board members of Bell Canada parent BCE Inc. will have to put Humpty Dumpty together again if -- as now seems all but certain -- the plan to privatize Canada's largest telecommunications enterprise collapses.

Federal Tariff Service Introduces New Tariffs For MGTS Subscribers
?COMSTAR ? United TeleSystems? JSC (?Comstar? or ?the Group?) (LSE: CMST), the largest integrated telecommunications provider in Moscow and 66 Russian cities, today announced that the Russian Federation?s Federal Tariff Service has introduced new tariffs for the local connection services and line rental provided by Comstar?s 55.73% owned subsidiary, Moscow City Telephone Network (?MGTS?). MGTS? ...

Teletech to hire 150
Teletech Holdings Inc. of Englewood, Colo., said Monday it will hire about 150 people to handle telemarketing duties for clients in the banking and telecommunications industries from its office near the Uniontown Mall

SDM consolidates telco services
RECOGNISING the change in how people now access mobile and Internet services, telecommunications network provider Nokia Siemens Networks has come up with a subscriber data management system to help telcos better deliver services to subscribers.

Mitsubishi Electric Receives Order for ST-2 Satellite from SingTel-Chunghwa Joint Venture
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura) announced it has received an order to build the ST-2 communications satellite for a joint venture between Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and Taiwan?s Chunghwa Telecom Company Limited (Chunghwa). Currently, SingTel and Chunghwa jointly own the ST-1 and use this satellite in their various communications ...

Kuwait Crime News
Kuwait : Police during a raid on several apartments have arrested 16 persons for offering telecommunications services. Most of those arrested are believed to be Asians, reports Al-Anba daily.

Virgin taps Yahoo for mobile Web search
SAN FRANCISCO -- British telecommunications titan Virgin Media announced on Monday that it will use Yahoo oneSearch to power Internet exploration for its mobile service customers.

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A DTV converter box is an easy-to-install electronic device that hooks up to your analog television set and over-the-air antenna and converts the digital television signal into analog, making it viewable on your analog TV. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will issue up to two converter box coupons valued at $40 each to households to help defray the cost of ...

All Systems Go for Nationwide WiMax With Sprint, Clearwire Merger
Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have joined forces to build a nationwide high-speed wireless Internet network using worldwide interoperability for microwave access, or WiMax, technology. The $14.5 billion merger closed Monday with $3.2 billion in equity funding from a variety of heavy hitters in the technology and telecommunications industries.