31.   But the government also wanted a well-balanced ownership structure to stop one chaebol from controlling the telecoms giant.

32.   The telecoms giant had been providing a trial service since April to analyze the technology and collect information on usage.

33.   The South Korean government on Friday increased pressure on top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. not to try to take control of fixed line telecoms giant KT Corp.

34.   The telecom giant is scheduled to release its full year earnings to March on Thursday.

35.   The telecoms giant is scheduled to publish first-quarter earnings next Wednesday.

36.   Wall Street was up on Wednesday, mainly because of gains by telecom giant AT and T which announced its breakup into three separate companies.

37.   Japan is considering pressing the United States to reverse its decision to delay approval of licence requests from two Japanese telecom giants, a senior government official said Thursday.

38.   Telecom giants Motorola, Cellular Communications and Hughes Networks and several financial services firms have also sent their representatives on the mission.

39.   The current market valuation of the German telecoms giant was barely higher than it was when it first went public.

40.   The French telecoms giant acquired the stake via its Dutch unit Digital Future Investments, the magazine said, without revealing its sources.