Reuters: Technology, Media & Telecommunications

UPDATE 1-Activision says "Call of Duty" series tops $3 bln

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:22 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc said on Friday its "Call of Duty" video game franchise pushed past the $3 billion mark in global retail sales.

UPDATE 1-Canwest posts drop in revenue, operating profit

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:39:51 +0000

TORONTO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Canwest Global Communications Corp posted a sharp drop in quarterly revenue and operating profit on Friday and said a weak advertising market continues to hurt the company as parts of it restructure under creditor protection.

UPDATE 3-Carphone ups earnings view, confident on Christmas

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:09:17 +0000

* To accelerate Wireless World rollout; megastores on track

UPDATE 1-China's Lenovo to reaquire handset unit

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:18:48 +0000

* Expects op margins above 10 pct for mobile devices

Lenovo sees op margins above 10 pct for mobiles

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:16:00 +0000

TAIPEI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Lenovo , the world's No. 4 PC maker, expects operating margins for its mobile Internet devices to be higher than 10 percent, after saying it would reacquire the cellphone business it sold last year.

UPDATE 1-Intralot nine-month profit down 25 percent

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:48:15 +0000

ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Intralot , the world's second-largest lottery systems provider, posted a 25 percent fall in nine-month net profit, hit by weaker Turkish operations and foreign exchange losses.

Vivendi eyeing Orascom Telecom's Algerian unit -report

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:40:45 +0000

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Vivendi , which is keen to expand in emerging markets, could be eyeing the Algerian subsidiary of Egypt's Orascom Telecom , French daily La Tribune reports on Friday.

UPDATE 1-France Tel work deal won't impact financial goals

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:16:03 +0000

* Sees provision tied to part-time work deal at 700 mln eur

Poland won't sell TPSA stake this year-Treasury Min

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:57:06 +0000

JASLO, Poland, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Poland will not sell its 4 percent stake in the country's top telecom operator TPSA this year, Treasury Minister Aleksander Grad said on Friday. "Until the end of the year the Treasury Ministry does not plan to sell its stake in TPSA," Grad told Reuters during a visit to the south-eastern town of Jaslo. (Reporting by Wojciech Zurawski, writing by Gabriela Baczynska) ((gabriela.baczynska@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: gabriela.baczynska.reuter

Telefonica to appeal Spanish network decision

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:42:21 +0000

MADRID, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Telefonica said it would appeal a Spanish telecoms watchdog decision to impose conditions on the opening of its network infrastructure allowing competitors to use their conduits to roll out their own fibre networks.