Global operator strategies - 09/06/06

Yahoo is to buy 10% stake in South Korean e-commerce company Gmarket.

DT has completed the merger with its Internet service provider unit T-Online International.

FT is preparing the sale of its 54% stake in the PagesJaunes group (Directories) as this activity is not strategic. It could bid, in association with Carlyle Group, for Austrian operator One.

NTT should be broken up into independent entities to boost competition in the domestic industry, according to a Japanese government panel.