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.

Maxis and Transfer To? Team Up to Offer 'i-Share' Festive Rewards For Airtime Transfers to Indonesia and the Philippines
Maxis and Transfer To? have teamed up to launch two promotions to reward Maxis and Hotlink i-Share customers during the Aidil Adha (Hari Raya Qurban) and Christmas festive holidays. (PRWeb Dec 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1687674.htm

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.

Massachusetts Passes Security Law
Telecommunications providers in Massachusetts will be grappling with a new data security law that legal experts indicate is among the most forward-looking in the nation.

Asian stocks mostly down ahead of key US data, rate decisions
Asian stocks were mainly lower Monday as dealers remained cautious ahead of a slew of economic data from the United States, while also awaiting decisions on interest rates across the world.

Equinix Launches the First Roaming Mobile Data Exchange Service in the U.S.
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced the expansion of its GRX Peering @ Equinix (GPE) service to customers located in the company?s Washington, D.C. area International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center campus. The service, currently offered to customers located in Equinix?s Singapore IBX, will represent the only service in the U.S. that ...

Indonesia's Jan-Oct foreign direct investment up 54 pct
JAKARTA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment in Indonesia jumped 54 percent to $13.95 billion for the first 10 months from a year ago, driven by the telecommunications sector, official data showed on Monday.

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

AT&T Offers to Help EPA Find Ways to Cut GHGs
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- AT&T offered last week to help the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by tapping the information and communications technology (ICT) sector.

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

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.

CITTIO Becomes Newest Performance Advantage Partner for Sales of Fluke Networks Performance Management Systems
Fluke Networks, provider of innovative Network SuperVision Solutions? for the testing, monitoring and analysis of enterprise and telecommunications networks, today announced that CITTIO has become the newest member of the company?s Performance Advantage Partner program. Fluke Networks? NetFlow Tracker will be added to CITTIO?s Watchtower solution, providing customers with improved visibility ...

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Willcom Inc, which provides mobile services using the personal handy-phone system, will launch data transmission services using NTT DoCoMo Inc?s mobile phone network as early as this spring, sources said Monday.

Willcom to use NTT network
Willcom Inc., which provides mobile services using the personal handy-phone system, will launch data transmission services using NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s mobile phone network as early as this spring, sources said Monday. Amid the rapid spread of wireless data communications services in the mobile and PHS markets, Willcom hopes to increase subscribers by gaining access to the high-speed network of ...

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Edith Dees is responsible for telecommunications and information technology (IT) at Holy Spirit Health System.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-01 01:33 HK shares tipped to fall; US data eyed
HONG KONG, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares are expected to ease on Monday after a four-day 11.5 percent rally last week, with investors still worried over the weak global economy. "We will fall a little bit today, probably by 200 points. We had a strong four straight days of gains last week and that's a bit too much. People are still waiting for signs of an economic revival in the U.S.," said ...

Nokia Siemens Networks, Qtel sign $61m agreement to double Qtel's mobile broadband speeds
Qatar Telecom QSC (Qtel), the leading telecommunications company, took another important stride towards delivering the highest standard of communications infrastructure today, with the completion of an agreement to implement a full network modernization project that will double mobile broadband speeds in Qatar.

01-12-2008: 3G uptake driving mobile broadband
KUALA LUMPUR: Local telecommunications players expect their mobile broadband user base to expand exponentially as the market warms up to third-generation (3G) services.

NetEx Brings Economic Relief to Enterprise Customers With HyperIP Appliance Rental Solution
NetEx®, the leader in high-speed data transport over TCP, today announced an innovative appliance rental program, enabling IT managers to acquire market-leading Data Transport acceleration technology for short-term, large-scale data migration projects while minimizing their capital outlay during a period of economic challenges.