'Visionary' Canadian telecommunications titan Ted Rogers dead at 75
TORONTO - Ted Rogers, the visionary entrepreneur whose long career in Canadian telecommunications allowed him to boast of pioneering both FM radio

'Visionary' Canadian telecommunications titan Ted Rogers dead at 75
TORONTO - Ted Rogers, the visionary entrepreneur whose long career in Canadian telecommunications allowed him to boast of pioneering both FM radio and high-speed Internet, died in his Toronto home Tuesday morning at the age of 75.

Shenandoah Telecommunications Closes on Cable Properties in Virginia and West Virginia
EDINBURG, Va. , Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (Nasdaq: SHEN) announces that today it has completed the acquisition of cable assets and customers in Virginia and West Virginia from Rapid Communications, LLC. The transaction was previously announced on August 6, 2008 . RBC Daniels was Shentel's advisor for the transaction.

Hong Kong Stocks Advance; China Communications Services Jumps
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong stocks rose, led by telecommunications stocks, after state-owned China National Radio said the nation will issue three licenses for high-speed mobile- phone services by the end of the year.

Quebecor Marks Passing of Telecommunications Pioneer Ted Rogers
MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 12/02/08 -- Quebecor Inc. was saddened to learn today of the death of the founder of Rogers Communications, Ted Rogers.

Telecommunications king dies
By admin Tuesday, 2 December 2008 - 5:17pm. TORONTO?Ted Rogers, creator of Canada?s largest cable television and mobile phone company, has died at his Toronto home at the age of 75.

`Visionary? Canadian telecommunications titan Ted Rogers dead at 75
Rogers? investment paid off in spades, turning what started out as Rogers Cantel into Canada?s largest cellphone company. Today Rogers Communications employs 24,000 people and is worth about $18 billion.

Top 5 Vanguard Funds Get a Bounce
Energy and telecommunications funds from Vanguard got a reprieve last month.

Canadian telecommunications king Ted Rogers dead at 75
TORONTO - Ted Rogers, creator of Canada's largest cable-television and mobile-phone company, has died at his Toronto home at the age of 75. The founder of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) had been treated in hospital in October for an existing heart condition.

Polish Price Cut May Signal Telekomunikacja Split (Update1)
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Price reductions announced yesterday by Poland?s telecommunications regulator may be its first step toward breaking up Telekomunikacja Polska SA , the country?s largest phone operator.

TIA Revises Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, recently updated the TIA-568-C.3 Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard

Recession's Official ? Here's One Quick Green Fix
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The telecommunications giant sent a comment letter to the agency to establish itself as a stakeholder as the EPA considers whether to use the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

NTC enables WiMAX for 8 Chiang Rai schools
CHIANG RAI : The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Mae Fah Luang University, Jasmine, TT&T and TTT Broadband have launched a WiMAX network connecting eight schools in the far north of Thailand as part of a 70 million baht NTC-funded project.

Costa Rica, Singapore start trade talks
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is in Singapore to start talks on a bilateral free trade agreement. The accord will cover investment, services, telecommunications and tourism, among other areas. Arias has long lobbied for greater economic ties with Asia. He...

Kuwait Telecommunications to Start Commercial Operations Dec. 3
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Kuwait Telecommunications Co., licensed to be the Gulf state?s third mobile-phone company, will start commercial operations Dec. 3.

Equinix launches new wireless data exchange in Ashburn
Equinix Inc. has picked its Ashburn data center to launch a new roaming mobile exchange service that allows the exchange of mobile Internet traffic between telecommunications service providers. (EQIX)

Canadian telecommunications king Ted Rogers dead at 75
TORONTO - Ted Rogers, creator of Canada's largest cable-television and mobile-phone company, has died at his Toronto home at the age of

MP wants probe into spectrum allotment
A month after the department of telecommunications announced its in-principle decision of levying charges on GSM operators who hold spectrum beyond 6.2 mhz, Abani Roy, MP and a member of the Revolutionary Socialist Party has written to the Prime Minister urging a probe as to why no fee has been charged till date.

Media mogul Ted Rogers dead at 75: Communications pioneer had strong ties to Brampton
BRAMPTON - Brampton is fortunate to have had an early and historic association with Ted Rogers, the man who helped pioneer the telecommunications industry in Canada, Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell said.

Timeline of Thailand's political crisis
(The Associated Press) Thailand's long-running political conflict reached another watershed Tuesday, as a court forced the prime minister from office. The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy declared victory following the ruling and said it would end its occupation of the capital's two airports. Feb. 9, 2001 -Thaksin Shinawatra, a telecommunications mogul, is elected prime minister. ...