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• UPDATE 3-Vodafone keeps Verizon payout to make up for European slump Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 6:52 AM ET

  LONDON, May 21- Vodafone will reinvest a $3.2 billion dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to counter weakness in southern Europe that contributed to the largest ever quarterly fall in the group's main revenue measure.

• UPDATE 2-Vodafone keeps Verizon payout after European weakness Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 4:14 AM ET

  *CEO refuses to comment on sale of Verizon stake. *Will keep hold of latest Verizon payout. Rapid growth in Verizon, a solid performance in emerging markets and cost cuts however helped the group to offset some of the weakness and report slightly better than expected profit and earnings per share.

• Vodafone Hit by Southern Europe: Pro   Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 4:02 AM ET

  

  Paul Kavanagh, partner and senior market at Killik & Co, tells CNBC that Vodafone¿s business has been hit by its focus on Southern Europe.

• Vodafone Can't Rely on EM to Offset Europe: Pro  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 2:15 AM ET

  

  Emeka Obiodu, principal industry, communication and broadcast analyst at Ovum, talks about Vodafone's earning, its European challenges and why emerging markets can no longer offset struggling Europe.

• Pressure To Find Verizon Deal 'Astute': Pro  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 2:00 AM ET

  

  George Godber, fund manager at Miton Group, discusses why Vodafone is taking so long to reach a deal for Verizon and says Vodafone will see some kind of value realisation in the next 12 months.

• Final Glance: Telecom companies Monday, 20 May 2013 | 6:05 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 22 or. 6 percent, to $37.22. Sprint Nextel fell$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $7.29. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 61 or 1.1 percent, to $52.74.

• Midday Glance: Telecom companies Monday, 20 May 2013 | 1:17 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 12 or. 3 percent, to $37.32. Sprint Nextel fell$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $7.31. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 05 or. 1 percent, to $53.30.

• U.S. justices endorse FCC authority in cellphone tower case Monday, 20 May 2013 | 11:57 AM ET

  WASHINGTON, May 20- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has authority to try to speed up the process for installing wireless communications towers when local governments have been slow to act.

• Early Glance: Telecom companies Monday, 20 May 2013 | 10:32 AM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 19 or. 5 percent, to $37.26. Sprint Nextel fell$. 05 or. 7 percent, to $7.27. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 10 or. 2 percent, to $53.25.

• REUTERS SUMMIT-Cyber attacks against US banks more severe than most realize Friday, 17 May 2013 | 7:16 PM ET

  U.S. banks, Internet service providers and security companies "have had trouble keeping up with the recent DDoS attacks that have had the sophistication and the level of resources that a nation-state entity like Iran can devote to them," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers told Reuters.

• Final Glance: Telecom companies Friday, 17 May 2013 | 6:03 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 06 or. 2 percent, to $37.44. Sprint Nextel rose$. 04 or. 5 percent, to $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 15 or. 3 percent, to $53.35.

• UPDATE 1-US FCC nominee Wheeler will divest holdings if confirmed Friday, 17 May 2013 | 4:07 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, May 17- Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

• U.S. FCC nominee Wheeler to divest telecoms holdings if confirmed Friday, 17 May 2013 | 3:10 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, May 17- Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

• PREVIEW-All eyes on Vodafone's Colao for signs on Verizon Friday, 17 May 2013 | 2:40 PM ET

  LONDON, May 17- After months of speculation, Vodafone's Vittorio Colao will be under pressure next week to set out whether he may sell its prized stake in Verizon Wireless in what would be one of the biggest deals ever.

• Midday Glance: Telecom companies Friday, 17 May 2013 | 1:33 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 09 or. 2 percent, to $37.29. Sprint Nextel fell$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $7.27. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 02 or percent, to $53.22.

• Early Glance: Telecom companies Friday, 17 May 2013 | 10:25 AM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 06 or. 2 percent, to $37.32. Sprint Nextel rose$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $7.31. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 14 or. 3 percent, to $53.35.

• PREVIEW-Clearwire investors aim to force Sprint to sweeten bid Friday, 17 May 2013 | 6:59 AM ET

  *Clearwire shareholders to vote on Sprint buyout May 21. NEW YORK, May 17- Minority shareholders of Clearwire Corp are expected to vote down a buyout offer from Sprint Nextel Corp next week and force the No.3 U.S. wireless company to cough up more cash for control of Clearwire's valuable spectrum.

• Penitent Romanian hacker aims to protect world's ATMs Friday, 17 May 2013 | 4:37 AM ET

  *Valentin Boanta in prison for helping skimmer gang. *Says no ATM is currently secure against attack. VASLUI, Romania, May 17- Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself.

• Final Glance: Telecom companies Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 6:03 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 15 or. 4 percent, to $37.38. Sprint Nextel rose$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $7.28. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 40 or. 7 percent, to $53.20.

• Midday Glance: Telecom companies Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 1:29 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 05 or. 1 percent, to $37.58. Sprint Nextel rose$. 07 or 1.0 percent, to $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 36 or. 7 percent, to $53.25.