http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/unofficial.end.occurred.months.earlier/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/iphone3gs-3sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />America's Apple and Orange, a division of France Telecom, have formally dropped an arrangement for exclusive French iPhone sales, says Dow Jones. France was in 2007 one of the first markets to receive the iPhone, and as in other countries at the time, negotiations left only one carrier in control of sales; unlocked phones were still available only through Orange, and at a high premium. Orange ri... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/unofficial.end.occurred.months.earlier/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/19/asia.cut.off.due.to.break/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/interoute.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Broken underwater cables sever global communications International Internet and phone communications have been severely affected between Europe, the Middle East and Asia due to a break in three underwater optical fibre cables, according to a Friday BBC News report. The three cables normally carry 90 percent of phone and Internet traffic to the Middle East and 65 percent of traffic to India, with... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/19/asia.cut.off.due.to.break/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/f.telecom.backs.off.telia/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone-orange.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />TeliaSonera today confirmed late-breaking rumors on Monday with the announcement that France Telecom has withdrawn its takeover bid for the company, putting an end to the potentially significant merger of the two companies. Sweden-based TeliaSonera maintains that France Telecom has not "significantly" improved its bid that was hinted at on Sunday and insists that the French firm would have underv... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/f.telecom.backs.off.telia/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/29/f.telecom.closer.to.telia/ <img align='left' src='http://images3.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-french.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />France Telecom has increased the value of a takeover bid for TeliaSonera to where the two are now in serious talks, according to word from alleged sources of the Wall Street Journal. The French company, which runs the Orange brand worldwide, is said to have increased its offer per share to a level that Sweden-based TeliaSonera is no longer dismissing a takeover offer out of hand, as it did earlie... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/29/f.telecom.closer.to.telia/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/10/telenor.mulls.teliasonera/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/telenorstore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Norway's Telenor has expressed interest in buying its Scandinavian competitor TeliaSonera in light of the latter's rejecting an initial France Telecom bid, TeliaSonera board member Elof Isaksson says. He declines to elaborate on the seriousness of the deal but is supported by Norwegian industry committee chair Ola Borten Moe, who says the union of the two telecoms companies would be beneficial. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/10/telenor.mulls.teliasonera/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/05/ft.moves.on.teliasonera/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/teliasonera.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />France Telecom has entered negotiations to buy Sweden's TeliaSonera, writes the Wall Street Journal. Although no formal offer has been made, France Telecom says it has begun discussing the idea with TeliaSonera's board of directors, as well as its two biggest shareholders. A combination cash and share offer has been proposed, valued at 39 percent over TeliaSonera's share price on April 15th; whe... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/05/ft.moves.on.teliasonera/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:45:00 GMT