July 16, 2008 - SK Telecom, Sprint chat up possible partnership, sources say

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July 16, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders       News of the Day    SK Telecom, Sprint chat up possible partnership, sources say Sprint Nextel is in early stages of discussions over forming an alliance with SK Telecom for developing handsets and new services, say sources close to the parties. Sprint is said to be weighing a minority investment from the South Korean company, rather than an outright merger. ClipSyndicate/KCTV-TV (Kansas City, Mo.) (7/16) , The New York Times (7/16) , The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (7/16) From network planning through deployment and maintenance, Volt Telecom Group's Wireless Network Solutions division is the only nationwide single-source solution for your wireless infrastructure needs. Find out today how Volt Telecom Group can make it all happen for your business. 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The main suitors reportedly are Microsoft Corp., which ostensibly would acquire AOL from Time Warner, and Yahoo!, which would merge AOL into its own operations. The New York Times/Reuters (7/16) Icahn sets stage for Aug. 1 showdown over Yahoo! board control Investor Carl Icahn, having been spurned in his attempt to engineer a friendly takeover of Yahoo! by Microsoft, has taken the gloves off, by filing the final paperwork to run a roster of nine board candidates to oppose the current Yahoo! lineup at an Aug. 1 shareholder meeting. Icahn in a letter to shareholders said the board had put its own interests above those of the company in rejecting Microsoft's offers. Yahoo! in its own letter termed the Microsoft deal "ludicrous," and said the shareholders should decide the fate of the company. The Washington Post/Associated Press (7/15) Other News Former Samsung chief convicted, will serve no jail time The Wall Street Journal (7/16) Enjoy crunching numbers? 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Contact Amy Abbey at 202-737-5500 ext 250 or aabbey@smartbrief.com.   Technology Trends  Verizon Wireless ready to launch 4G net in 2010 Verizon Wireless will introduce 4G service in two years using Long Term Evolution, or LTE, technology and the 700-MHz spectrum that it recently purchased, the company said Tuesday. The carrier now operates a 3G network that it says covers 80% of the U.S. population. TMC Internet Telephony (7/15) WeCare takes WiMAX under the roof WeCare Wireless Networks is working with builders and integrators to build long-range WiMAX networks inside the home in a strategy designed to complement and build upon existing wired infrastructure, the company said. CEPro.com (7/15) Broadsoft certifies Fonality phone-system products Broadsoft has certified Fonality's trixbox Pro and PBXtra as interoperable the BroadWorks' VoIP application platform. The collaboration is part of an effort to offer smaller companies the ability to go to market with a fully integrated product, Broadsoft said. TMCnet.com (7/16) Other News Alcatel-Lucent secures multimillion-dollar contract from Bulgarian telecom Vivatel Forbes/Thomson Financial News (7/15) Twitter makes purchase to boost search, enhance real-time news tracking mocoNews.net (7/15)   IP Download  Nortel wins contract for VoIP technology Nortel Networks will deliver its IP multimedia Communication Server 2000 softswitch to Bermuda Telephone Company. The VoIP solution will enable BTC customers to gain access to fixed-mobile-convergence features. TeleGeography Research (7/16) AdMob: iPhone, related devices to hasten mobile media change The mobile ad network reports it has served nearly 250 million iPhone ads worldwide since the iPhone advertising network debuted last July, and that the top countries for traffic were the U.S., Philippines, the U.K. and France. 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