Global operator strategies - 03/05/06

Vonage plans to raise nearly $600m from an IPO, the double amount it was previously aiming to raise.

Yell Directories has bought 60% of Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion (TPI) for $3.1bn.

California has approved a plan to trial BPL (broadband-over-power-line) access.

DT confirmed its 2006 targeted sales of €62.7bn (up 5%) and 2006 EBITDA of €20bn+, and provided guidance for 2007 with sales up to €66.2bn and EBITDA of €22bn+.

Spain' s government is mulling to revoke Xfera 3G license, as the operator has not yet started 3G operations and received a dead line of June 30 to launch services or lose its telephony license.

Tiscali is rumored to talk merger with Eutelia in Italy.

Microsoft and Yahoo could be talking strategic alliance in order to join forces against Google.

Amazon will use Microsoft' s technology to power the Internet retailer's A9 search unit, at the expense of Google, the previous supplier.

Napster rolled out a new Web service, offering free music, paid by ads. Napster would split advertising revenues with the record companies.