91.   Another reported bidder is Purple Communications Ltd., a privately held, low-profile telecoms company based in Hong Kong.

92.   As Poosana put it earlier, his group could not stand still while other telecom companies had direct political links.

93.   At the core of the battle is competing legislation that in many ways will determine how the competing telecom companies will deliver high-speed Internet connection in coming years.

94.   Brazil auctioning off telecom company.

95.   But analysts remain bearish as the company kicks off the earnings season for telecom companies with its quarterly results on Tuesday.

96.   But telecom companies have been wary, in part because of fears of violating customer privacy.

97.   Communications and Telecommunications Minister Sulaiman al-Muamari called on foreign telecom companies to invest in the sector as strategic partners, the official Oman News Agency reported.

98.   Currently, the only way for a telecoms company to transfer mobile phone licenses is through a merger or by handing it back to the government to resell.

99.   Deutsche Telekom last week announced dramatic price cuts for long-distance evening calls, a move quickly followed by price reductions at other German telecom companies.

100.   Dutch political leaders called for an investigation into allegations that a Dutch telecommunications company resorted to bribery to seal a lucrative deal with the national Czech telecom company.