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Dec. 4 -- John Paul Rathbone of the Financial Times' Lex commentary team talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton about the battle between Vivendi SA and Telefonica SA for control of Brazilian phone operator GVT SA.

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Brazil's stock exchange regulator requests more information on takeover. Regulator demands for more details on the takeover of Brazilian telecom operator GVT Holding SA by France's Vivendi SA do not represent a threat to the deal, said a Vivendi spokesman Tuesday.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has won a contract in Peru to deploy a Gilat SkyEdge II broadband satellite communications network.

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First it announced it is buying a 21 percent stake in Digital +, the satellite TV operation of Spanish media giant Promotora De Informaciones , for 470 million .

IE Market Research Corp. , the Canadian-based provider of market intelligence services, announced today the release of its 4Q09 Mexico Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013.

Spanish incumbent strengthens pay TV ops with 21% holding in satellite broadcaster.

It already powers Tesco Mobile's network , now O2 is launching its own UK virtual carrier with a difference.

The auction, first scheduled to occur by Jan. 22, may be done by March, according to Pascual Garcia Alba, who's coordinating the process for the Communications Ministry.

Telefonica has upgraded its 3G networks in those cities to support downlink speeds up to 21 Mbit/s and uplink speeds up to 5.7 Mbit/s. And the first devices available on the new network are Sierra Wireless Inc.

Ciena Corp. , the fiber-optic gear maker for phone companies, won an auction for Nortel Networks Corp.

Full technical guidelines for the auction will be available in early January and bidders must win approval from Mexico's antitrust agency to participate, according to rules published today in Mexico's federal gazette.

Vivendi SAa s planned $4.18 billion purchase of Brazilian telecom company GVT SA may add impetus to the French companya s deliberations on whether to sell its 20 percent stake in NBC Universal.

Dutch telco's CEO says his company and Telefonica are being discriminated against in spectrum process.

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. is the latest operator to unveil its plans for the proto-4G mobile technology Long Term Evolution , announcing today its intention to conduct trials in four Asia/Pacific markets -- Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines -- starting in early 2010.

Vivendi entered the ring back in September, when it offered 42 Brazilian reais per GVT share, or 5.4 billion Brazilian reais for the whole company.

Vivendi SA Chief Executive Officer Jean-Bernard Levy , who snatched Brazil's GVT SA away from Telefonica SA late last week, got what he earlier this year said he enjoys: "the revenge of the underdog." Levy defied the expectations of analysts from Paris to Sao Paulo by winning GVT instead of walking away from a bidding war with Telefonica , which is ...

The ongoing feud between French media conglomerate Vivendi SA and Spanish telecom giant Telefonica SA for the acquisition of Brazil' telecom operator GVT Holdings SA took a sharp twist on Friday, when Vivendi acquired 37.9-per cent stake in the company from its controlling shareholders and third parties.