BARCELONA, Feb 16 (Reuters) – UAE’s Etisalat (ETEL.AD: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), a
telecom dealmaker with ambitions to become a top 10 global
operator, sees at least a 60 percent chance of success with its
$12 billion offer for Kuwait’s Zain (ZAIN.KW: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz).

The deal would add seven or eight countries to Etisalat’s
portfolio that stretches from West Africa to Indonesia, chief
international investment officer Jamal al Jarwan said at a trade
fair on Wednesday.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Internet telephone service Skype said Nokia’s alliance with Microsoft presented an opportunity for the company to tap into Finnish engineering talent looking for new jobs.

“There is going to be tremendous talent out there,” Skype Chief Executive Tony Bates told Reuters on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Internet telephone service Skype said Nokia’s alliance with Microsoft presented an opportunity for the company to tap into Finnish engineering talent looking for new jobs.

“There is going to be tremendous talent out there,” Skype Chief Executive Tony Bates told Reuters on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Internet telephone service Skype said Nokia’s alliance with Microsoft presented an opportunity for the company to tap into Finnish engineering talent looking for new jobs.

“There is going to be tremendous talent out there,” Skype Chief Executive Tony Bates told Reuters on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Carlos Slim’s America Movil may join the 4 billion euro Polkomtel auction, switching its focus away from Serbia, the company’s CEO Daniel Hajj told Reuters at a telecoms trade fair on Tuesday.

Hajj, speaking on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, said he would decide next week whether to bid for Polkomtel, Poland’s largest mobile company.

BARCELONA, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Vimpelcom (VIP.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Chief
Executive Alexander Izosimov said there was a high possibility
his company would acquire telecommunications assets of Egypt’s
Naguib Sawiris even as disgruntled shareholder Telenor is
seeking to derail the deal.

“Chances that the deal will happen are still rather high
from what I hear from shareholders,” Izosimov told Reuters in
an interview on Monday on the sidelines of the Mobile World
Congress in Barcelona.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Russia’s top mobile phone company MTS
(MBT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has made a bid for KT Corp’s (030200.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) 80 percent
stake in New Telephone Company, Chief Executive Mikhail Shamolin
told Reuters.

“We submitted an indicative bid, and we are doing due
diligence, which we expect to end in about two to three weeks,”
he said at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

BARCELONA, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Turkey’s biggest mobile
operator Turkcell (TCELL.IS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said it was open to Deutsche
Telekom taking a stake in its German MVNO business Turkcell
Europe and said it could launch something similar in Syria.

“We discussed Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) taking a stake but
wanted to wait until the launch. It’s still a possibility, and
we are open to it,” Chief Executive Sureyya Ciliv told Reuters
in an interview on Monday at the Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona.

FRANKFURT, Feb 1 (Reuters) – German chipmaker Infineon
(IFXGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and British chip designer ARM Holding (ARM.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) expect
semiconductor demand to remain robust after a strong quarter,
signalling stability for the notoriously volatile sector.

Infineon, which has clawed its way back to profitability
over the past 18 months, raised its outlook for 2011 on Tuesday,
due to demand in the automotive and industrial electronics
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FRANKFURT, Jan 26 (Reuters) – German business software maker
SAP (SAPG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) raised its dividend 20 percent when forecasting
double-digit revenue growth this year, seeking to refocus
investor attention on its prospects after a damaging court case.

“We showed rock solid revenue across the globe (in the
fourth quarter), particularly in the fast-growing emerging
markets,” co-chief executive Bill McDermott said on Wednesday.