The S&P 500 ended nearly flat on Tuesday as concerns about global weakness and political turmoil were offset by gains in technology and energy shares.

French low-cost telecom operator Iliad has set a mid-October deadline to decide whether to improve its bid for T-Mobile US or walk away as it faces resistance from seller Deutsche Telekom, several people familiar with the situation said.

T-Mobile US added 2.75 million customers in August, the largest number of monthly subscriber additions in its history, the carrier announced at a company event on Wednesday.

More than 100 technology companies, including Google Inc, Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Amazon.com Inc, have written to U.S. telecom regulators to oppose a new "net neutrality" plan that would regulate how Internet providers manage Web traffic.

Intel Corp is asking USD 500 million for OnCue, the service that allows users to access pay TV programs through a high speed Internet connection, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.

AT&T, Verizon Communications, and even tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo had been pushing for the US government to allow them to publish surveillance orders to appease shareholders in light of the revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The prospects of EZChip of Israel improved as Verizon announced its latest LTE programs. The second largest chipmaker in Israel, EZchip Semiconductor Ltd, jumped to its one month high on prospects that the company would benefit from the projected capital spending of Verizon Communications Inc.

The complaints from Fire Island residents post Hurricane Sandy was the reason that Verizon started to change its tune on its actions.

The interest rates and maturities of standing loans to back up the Verizon buyout of Vodafone was determined.

USD800,000 was received by MobileRQ from its latest funding round. The initial funding round of MobileRQ was completed with Verizon Investments LLC leading the way.