PCCW to buy up Sunday for $1.16b, SCMP.com, 14 June 2005

“PCCW said yesterday it will buy a near-60 per cent stake in Sunday Communications, Hong Kong's smallest mobile services operator, from two shareholders for $1.16 billion in cash. The purchase would trigger a mandatory offer for the remaining shares in Sunday, which is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Sunday is 8 per cent-owned by mainland network equipment giant Huawei Technologies. Should Huawei and other minority shareholders accept the terms of the general offer - which PCCW said would also be 65 cents per share - Sunday could be delisted.”

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Hong Kong’s PCCW to Buy Sunday Communications, WSJ.com, 13 June 2005

“Sunday, one of four mobile operators in Hong Kong, holds a license to offer third-generation, or 3G, mobile services. Mr. Li said PCCW will pay cash for the acquisition, which would turn it into Sunday's largest shareholder, according to government-owned radio RTHK. Sunday will share its 3G network with PCCW.”

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Yahoo! Buys Internet Phone Provider, Yahoo.com, 14 June 2005

“Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it had acquired DialPad Communications Inc., a 6-year-old company whose software lets people to place calls over the Internet for a fraction of the cost of regular telephone service. New products from Yahoo that integrate DialPad technology could debut within a month. It's unclear what Yahoo might charge for VoIP service involving calls to traditional phones.”

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Yahoo to buy Net phone services company, CnetNews.com, 14 June 2005

“Internet giant Yahoo has agreed to purchase Dialpad, a company that offers Internet telephony services, and expects to offer new voice services within the next few months. The company had re-evaluated itself as a communications provider, servicing voice and video exchanges alongside e-mail and IM. Still, it's unclear what the Dialpad acquisition means to Yahoo's longstanding relationship with regional dial-up and broadband service provider SBC. However, Stevens said buying Dialpad would not conflict with its relationship with SBC.”

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Tacit upgrades WAN acceleration line, InfoWorld.com, 14 June 2005

“Tacit Networks on Tuesday added e-mail acceleration, distributed software management capabilities, network and Web services, increased performance features, and flexible product packaging options to its wide-area network (WAN) optimization products. For e-mail acceleration, Tacit now offers Ishared Exchange Services, an acceleration and consolidation technology for branch office e-mail services that natively integrates with Microsoft Exchange.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/14/HNtacit_1.html



Britney Spears ranked top virus celebrity, InfoWorld.com, 13 June 2005

“Pop singer Britney Spears has edged out Bill Gates as the celebrity most commonly associated with malicious software distributed via e-mail. Virus writers will use the names of well-known people in order to entice users into clicking on Web links or open up files that then infect their computers.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/13/HNbritneyspears_1.html



Britney Spears Ranked Top Virus Celebrity, Yahoo.com, 13 June 2005

“Pop singer Britney Spears has edged out Bill Gates as the celebrity most commonly associated with malicious software distributed via e-mail. Virus writers will use the names of well-known people in order to entice users into clicking on Web links or open up files that then infect their computers.”

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