Fixed operator strategies - 7/12/05

New World Development (HK) is close buying a stake in Telstra' s CSL unit in HK. Telstra would own 76.4% of equity and New World Mobile would own the remaining 23.6% of the merged operation.

Etisalat (UAE) has taken a 40% stake in Sudan' s Canar Telecom and will help manage, operate and maintain the Canartel new NGN network.

Verizon could sell or spin-off off the domestic operations of its directories publishing business.