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UPDATE 1-Verizon unveils three Droid phones from Motorola

By Sinead Carew NEW YORK, July 23(Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile service provider, on Tuesday announced three new phones under its Droid smartphone brand from Google Inc's Motorola and said that Motorola would be its exclusive Droid phone vendor going forward. T

Verizon Wireless unveils three Droid phones from Motorola

NEW YORK, July 23(Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile service provider, on Tuesday announced three new phones under its Droid smartphone brand from Google Inc's Motorola. The phones, the Droid Mini, Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx will go on sale for $99, $199 and $299 for cust

EU Commission drops action against Hungary over telecoms tax

* Commission decision reinforces position of Hungarian prime minister * Relations between Brussels and Budapest hit low ebb BRUSSELS, July 23 (Reuters) - The European Commission has dropped legal action against Hungary's special tax on the telecoms sector, one of a battery of measures

UPDATE 4-KPN's $11 bln deal with Telefonica tests European antitrust stance

* KPN sells unit for 5 bln euros cash, 17.6 pct of merged co * Deal would combine third, fourth-place players in Germany * Antitrust review expected to be tough * Telefonica says deal won't affect net debt to EBITDA ratio * To finance deal via cap hike at German unit plus

UPDATE 1-Vodafone says would consider Verizon offer

LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - The board of Vodafone would seriously consider any offer for its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless if it offered more value to investors than the current status quo, its chairman said on Tuesday. Vodafone's partner in the United States, Verizon Communication

E-Plus CEO- Regulator may demand remedies in Telefonica tie-up

FRANKFURT, July 23 (Reuters) - E-Plus, the German mobile phone operator, expects regulators may demand remedies in order to approve its sale to Telefonica Deutschland for some 8.1 billion euros ($10.7 billion), its CEO told Reuters. "It was that way with the merger of Hutchison with Orange

RPT-Fitch Affirms Telefonica, Telefonica Germany on E-Plus Acquisition

July 23 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Telefonica SA's (TEF) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB+' with Negative Outlook, and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG's (TEF DE) Long-Term Issuer Default rating (IDR) of B

Vodafone says would consider Verizon offer

LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - The chairman of the world's second-largest mobile operator Vodafone said that the group would seriously consider any offer for its stake in its U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless, but that there was nothing new to announce on Tuesday. Vodafone's partner Verizon

UPDATE 3-UPDATE 3-KPN's 8 bln euros deal with Telefonica tests Europe antitrust stance

Regulators to examine E-Plus takeover by Telefonica Deutschland

DUESSELDORF, Germany, July 23 (Reuters) - Germany's Federal Network Agency said on Tuesday it would examine the impact on network frequencies of the planned sale of KPN's German mobile telecoms unit to Telefonica Deutschland, to see if it would distort competition. Separately, Germany's Fed

UPDATE 1-SFR and Bouygues Telecom in talks to share network

* Deal expected before the end of the year PARIS, July 22 (Reuters) - French mobile operators SFR and Bouygues Telecom on Monday said they had entered into exclusive talks to share part of their mobile networks. The deal, which would help reduce costs, should be reached before the en

UPDATE 2-Telefonica in talks to buy KPN's German business

* Telefonica, KPN boards meet Monday on deal - sources * Telefonica would pay $6 bln and give KPN stake in new firm * KPN confirms in talks to sell business * Telefonica confirms negotiating a deal * Deal likely to face EU antitrust review By Andrés González and L

UPDATE 1-Telefonica in talks to buy KPN's German business

* Telefonica, KPN boards meet Monday to approve deal-source * Business valued at 5 bln euros - source MADRID, July 22 (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica is in talks to buy KPN's business in Germany and the two companies could approve a deal as early as Monday, a source with knowledge of t

UPDATE 1-UN warns on mobile cybersecurity bugs in bid to prevent attacks

* UN's ITU to issue advisory to nearly 200 nations * Advisory is on risk identified by German researchers * Researchers develop remote attack on mobile SIM cards * Researchers say at least 500 million phones vulnerable By Jim Finkle BOSTON, July 21 (Reuters) - A Unit

UN warns on mobile cybersecurity bugs in bid to prevent attacks

* UN's ITU to issue advisory to nearly 200 nations * Advisory is on risk identified by German researchers * Researchers develop remote attack on mobile SIM cards * Researchers say at least 500 million phones vulnerable By Jim Finkle BOSTON, July 21 (Reuters) - A Unit