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Strategy Analytics, reported its 1Q 2004 marker share statistics. Based on its estimate of 153 million total units shipped in the quarter (versus Nokia’s 128M estimate), Strategy Analytics said that Nokia’s share slipped to 29.2% from 34.9% a year ago. Hopefully the downward spiral will eventually stop.

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Frank Dunn, the chief executive of Nortel Networks has been fired, even as the company continues to investigate the accounting issues that have plagued the company, reports Bloomberg.
bq. Brampton, Ontario-based company also fired its chief financial offer and controller and said Director William Owens, a 63-year-old retired admiral and former vice chairman of the U.S. [...]

Comcast has finally called off its bid for Disney. Brian L. Roberts, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast, said “We have always been disciplined in our approach to acquisitions. Being disciplined means knowing when it is time to walk away. That time is now.” Right on Brian. We always have said that [...]

Business2.com: In India, just getting a phone line used to be cause for celebration. Now the country’s hypercompetitive telecom industry is putting a telephone in every home. (Download file)

They say, however hard you may try it is nearly impossible to straighten a dog’s tail. Well same is the case for Global Crossing, which is one again stinking up the telecom waters, and there is whiff of another scandal in the making.
bq. Global Crossing Ltd. expects to restate its 2003 financial results after determining [...]