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Russia unveiled four 3G licenses could be granted in Russia, but not before the end of the year. The IT and Telecommunications Minister Leonid Reiman said “Russia may not be ready to build 3G networks in the near future”.

Nextel (US) has invested $ 4.2m in French content protection company MediaLive AS.

Telecom Italia bought Tiscali France for € 266m.