STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 1756 GMT 07 May13- Ghana index rises on CAL Bank, Ghana Oil Co.-----------------------------------------------------------------------. Shares in CAL Bank and Ghana Oil Company rise on Tuesday, helping the GSE Composite Index record its second rise in a row.
A 4 G network will give the fourth-biggest operator in Spain an advantage over rivals Telefonica and Vodafone, which have lost share to low-cost providers as customers in Spain- where the unemployment rate stands at 27 percent- seek cheap deals. Taulet said Yoigo, owned by Sweden's Teliasonera, will offer 4 G services in the Madrid region from July 18.
STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 0859 GMT 07 May13- MTN drops as Ivory Coast threatens to withdraw licence------------------------------------------------------------------------. Ivory Coast, French-speaking West Africa's largest economy, has around 18 million mobile phone subscribers out of a total estimated population of 24 million.
STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 0859 GMT 07 May13- MTN drops as Ivory Coast threatens to withdraw licence------------------------------------------------------------------------. Ivory Coast, French-speaking West Africa's largest economy, has around 18 million mobile phone subscribers out of a total estimated population of 24 million.
ABIDJAN, May 6- Ivory Coast mobile telecoms companies risk losing their licences if they do not improve their poor levels of service, a minister said on Monday.
VIENNA, May 6- T-Mobile Austria claimed partial victory on Monday in its legal battle against the allocation of radio frequencies resulting from rival Hutchison Whampoa's. The Deutsche Telekom unit said in a blog entry on its website that an administrative court in Vienna had referred the case to the European Court of Justice.
MADRID, May 6- Telefonica has signed a new contract with Spanish cable operator ONO allowing it to use its network for another 2-1/ 2 years to sell on phone services, a source familiar with the deal said on Monday. Telefonica, Europe's biggest telecoms firm by revenue, and ONO declined comment on the deal.
EDF, AEROPORTS DE PARIS GDF SUEZ. France's biggest holdings include 84.44 percent of EDF, 54.54 percent of Aeroports de Paris and 36.71 percent of GDF Suez. For story ALSTOM, EDF ENERGIES NOUVELLES, GDF SUEZ, NEXANS.
PARIS, May 5- There is no need for France Telecom's Dailymotion, an online video-sharing website, to remain wholly French-owned, and all options must be studied, the junior minister for digital economy, Fleur Pellerin, told French media on Sunday.
PARIS, May 5- France Telecom's Dailymotion, an online video-sharing website, must not remain exclusively French and all options need to be studied, the junior minister for digital economy, Fleur Pellerin, told French media on Sunday.
**Verizon Communications would like to buy out Vodafone from their Wireless joint venture but will not do so at any cost, its chief executive has told JP Morgan analysts.
PARIS, May 3- Entertainment group Vivendi. A consortium made up of Iliad founder Xavier Niel, Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse and industrialist Pierre Berge has also made a bid, although at a much lower price than previously offered by U.S.-based web portal Yahoo, the website said.
PARIS, May 2- France Telecom on Thursday castigated the government, its largest shareholder, for derailing its plan to sell a majority stake in video-sharing website Dailymotion, reigniting debate about state interference in the French economy.
**Goldman Sachs Group Inc affiliate plans to spend $743 million to buy Ebix Inc, an insurance software provider that has been a target of allegations from short-sellers about inaccuracies in its financial statements.
Iraq's second-largest mobile operator said on Thursday it made a net profit of 662 billion dinars last year, on an 18 percent rise in revenue to 2.17 trillion dinars.
Iraq's second-largest mobile operator said on Thursday it made a net profit of 662 billion dinars last year, on an 18 percent rise in revenue to 2.17 trillion dinars.
PARIS, May 2- France Telecom will search for a new partner for video-sharing website Dailymotion after France derailed its plan to sell a majority stake to Yahoo Inc, its CEO was quoted saying. "Dailymotion is a unit of France Telecom and not of the state.
LONDON, May 2- European shares were set to fall on Thursday, with concerns about the global economy's health and caution ahead of the European Central Bank's policy meeting prompting investors to trim their trading positions. A separate report from the Institute for Supply Management showed the manufacturing sector expanded only modestly in April.
ZURICH, May 2- Swisscom said net revenues fell 2.4 percent in the first quarter as record customer growth failed to offset weakening market prices. First quarter net profits fell 12.4 percent to 390 million Swiss francs missing average expectations for 407 million in a Reuters poll.
Peugeot and U.S. peer General Motors GM.N are studying an alliance to market vans outside of Europe that would allow the French car maker to boost sales volumes and reap royalty revenues, according to Les Echos newspaper. FRANCE TELECOM France's industry minister said he had blocked Yahoo Inc's. Dailymotion is owned by France Telecom.