May 8, 2008 - France Telecom confirms interest in TeliaSonera

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May 8, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day  France Telecom confirms interest in TeliaSonera While no official talks have been launched, France Telecom is "interested in TeliaSonera, I am not going to tell you the contrary," said FT finance director Gervais Pellissier, who believes the telecom could announce a deal within weeks. Reuters (5/7) Mobile-broadband subs double at Orange: Orange, a unit of France Telecom, said Wednesday that its mobile-broadband base had doubled from a year ago to 14.8 million customers, of which 8.2 million are in France. Unstrung (5/7)   NXTcomm08 is coming... Advertise in the USTelecom dailyLead while subscribers set their sights on Las Vegas. With 49,000 highly engaged subscribers, USTelecom dailyLead offers the perfect opportunity to reach telecom industry decision-makers. 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Tekelec ENUM Whitepaper   IP Download  Vonage adds fewer customers in Q1 Vonage Holdings experienced a dip in subscriber growth during the first quarter, attracting 30,000 net new subscribers, which is down from 166,000 adds a year earlier. Customer churn crept up to 3.3%, compared with 2.4% in the same quarter a year earlier. OneTRAK (5/8) Comcast considers broadband-download limits for heavy users Comcast, with 14.1 million Internet subscribers, is weighing a plan that would set a limit for monthly online downloads and charging those who go beyond that amount, the company confirmed Wednesday. One plan being bandied about would set the limit at 250 gigabytes per month, which is enough to download about 250 standard-definition movies or 6,000 songs. 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