Archive for November, 2009

France Telecom loses in European court

November 30, 09 by David Goldstein

France Telecom, Europe’s third-largest telecoms group, on Monday lost its court appeal against a European Commission order to repay about €1bn ($1.5bn) of state aid to the French government that Brussels had deemed illegal.

The European Commission’s competition department ruled in 2004 ...

France Telecom and Sunrise Merge Swiss Mobile Units

November 30, 09 by David Goldstein

France Telecom said Wednesday it would pay 1.5 billion euros to merge its Swiss subsidiary with Switzerland’s No. 2 mobile phone operator, Sunrise, in an effort to challenge the state-run market leader, Swisscom.

France Telecom said it planned to combine Sunrise, which is owned by TDC o...

Big marketing budget drives Moto Droid sales

November 30, 09 by CNET News.com - Wireless
Verizon and Motorola are spending big bucks--$100 million--on marketing the new smartphone, and it looks like it will pay off with 1 million devices sold by year's end.

Buying American: tough but not impossible

November 30, 09 by Christine Frietchen

In a recent ConsumerSearch poll of 1,200 readers, we asked about buying American-made goods: 67% said they were trying to buy more American-made products or would like to buy them if they were easier to find. And that's the problem, really -- finding them. You'd be hard pressed to find made-in...

Buying American: tough but not impossible

November 30, 09 by Christine Frietchen

In a recent ConsumerSearch poll of 1,200 readers, we asked about buying American-made goods: 67% said they were trying to buy more American-made products or would like to buy them if they were easier to find. And that's the problem, really -- finding them. You'd be hard pressed to find made-in...