Articles tagged with: Union and Wave

Vodafone's Vodacom Investment Thrown Into Doubt

.. Vodacom to Telkom shareholders. As the proposed takeover is being opposed by the unions, the regulator issued a brief statement that it felt the legal uncertainty made it difficult to offer regulatory authority for the takeover. A series of pub more

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EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz

The decision by the European Parliament to accept the amendment of the GSM Directive to allow UMTS (WCDMA-HSPA) technology to be deployed in the 900 MHz band has been welcomed by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).  more

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OECD Countries Use Tax Breaks to Drive Corporate R&D Spending

More and more OECD governments are giving firms tax breaks to drive innovation while cutting their direct spending on business research and development (R&D), and are also encouraging public research organisations to commercialise their inventions, according to a new OECD report. According to the report, two thirds of the 30 OECD member countries offered businesses tax subsidies in 2006, up from 12 in 1995, and most have tended to make it more generous over the years. Direct government funding financed an average of 7% of business R&D in 2005, down from 11% in 1995.  more

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Bush Administration Seeks Power To Grant Immunity To Telcom Companies

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Twenty Years of Research at Nokia

Nokia's corporate research unit, Nokia Research Center, celebrated its 20th anniversary yesterday, at its global headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Established in 1986, the research center currently employs some 1,100 researchers located in Finland, China, Germany, Hungary, Japan and the United States.

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