Cable and Wireless Communications has announced the sale of the majority of its Monaco and Islands division.

BBC: Cable and Wireless sells Islands group to Batelco

Tony Rice, CEO of Cable and Wireless Communications, said the move was part of a focus on growth in the Americas.

BBC: Cable and Wireless sells Islands group to Batelco

Imposing inconsistent local regulations on providers of broadband technology "could undermine the development of intermodel competition, " between cable operators, telephone companies, providers of wireless telecommunications services, and satellite communications firms, the FCC brief says.

CNN: FCC backs AT&T in Net-access battle

The cable industry is aggressively competing with the parent companies of Verizon Wireless-- Verizon Communications and Vodafone--and Cingular--SBC Communications and BellSouth--and it's tough to imagine a tie-up between them.

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The shop was so jammed with reporters and photographers that he could barely squeeze past the displays of cell phones, pagers and interactive televisions that represent Rogers Communications' ambitions to remain a player in Canada's heated convergence of wireless, cable and content.

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