Former Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski has filed for more than $12 million (€8.2 million) in claims for pension, bonus and severance payments from the bankrupt company.
The consumer electronics industry is in the early stages of recovery, but the mobile phone, wired communications and PC segments will not return to a sustainable pattern of growth until 2010, Gartnersaid.
Philippine operator PLDT has launched an IPTV service named Watchpad with content partner Mediascape.
Unitech Wireless has contracted Nokia Siemens to supply and manage its GSM network in six telecom circles. NSN was last week contracted to build and manage Unitech’s pan-India core network.
Russian state satellite operator RSCC has signed long-term leases with Israel's RRSAT and Britain's Earthly Orbit for its new Russian Express-AM44 satellite.
Finnish mobile operator DNA has launched a free mobile TV trial for its 3G subscribers. The channels will be offered as a dedicated, DVB-H network,
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