Ericsson is building an HSPA-enabled 3G network for leading Argentinean operator, Personal. Ericsson will also expand and modernize Personal’s existing network with its Mobile Softswitch solution and be the prime-integrator for the network and will provide business consulting services. The HSPA technology solution will enable Personal to break through with a new generation of mobile
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A new wave of trojans is using phishing-type techniques to steal users’ bank details. BanKey.A and BankFake.A are the latest such examples, according to Panda Software. When run, both trojans show users a page that looks like an online bank website for them to enter their bank passwords and account numbers. However, if users do
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Bank of Cyprus is counting on overseas expansion to fuel future growth in earnings as its earnings base stabilizes in Greece and Cyprus, while maintaining its position as one of the largest and most efficient banking organisations in Greece-Cyprus area. BOC Chief Executive Officer, Andreas Eliades told more than 1300 shareholders present during the Bank’s
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Motorola has won the WiMAX World Europe 2007 Award for the CPEi 200/300 series WiMAX desktop unit in the Devices Category. The awards recognize leaders in the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies. Nominations were open to exhibitors and sponsors of the WiMAX World Europe Conference held May 29-31, in Vienna, Austria, and selected by
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Timothy P. Flynn, 50, has been elected chairman of KPMG International for a four-year term, effective October 1, 2007. He succeeds Sir Michael Rake,  who is retiring from KPMG – and will become the next chairman of BT Group plc. Mr Flynn was elected unanimously by the KPMG International Board and Council. He will lead
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AXA and BNP Paribas announced they have reached an agreement for the establishment of a partnership on the Ukrainian property and casualty insurance market. AXA will acquire from BNP Paribas’ subsidiary UkrSibbank a 50% stake in its insurance subsidiary, Ukrainian Insurance Alliance (UIA). AXA will take the management control of the joint company, which will
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Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II will meet this month at the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI. CNA has learned that the meeting will take place on June 16. A press conference will follow.Archbishop Chrysostomos II will go to Italy on June 12 and will leave on June 17. During his stay there he will also
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Cyprus House of Representatives has unanimously condemned the policy of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot puppet regime, to usurp Greek Cypriot properties in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus, violating every principle of the international and European law. In a resolution approved on Thursday, the plenary of the House called on the government to use
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The Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) released new data on the performance of a vaccine in West African children, suggesting that the new vaccine — expected to sell initially for 40 US cents a dose — will be more effective in protecting African children and their communities than any vaccine currently on the market. MVP, a
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In its statement and press conference this week, the ECB retained a tightening bias but suggested that the policy outlook is more uncertain. The tightening bias appears to reflect the assessment that risks to prices are on the upside even if GDP growth is projected around trend. Reflecting this rhetoric, Citigroup analysts now expect rates
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