The purchase of Virgin Media by Liberty Global revises conduct of company online. United Kingdom television cable provider Virgin Media Inc has been bought out by media giant Liberty Global Inc.

Verizon and Vodafone discussing future of Verizon Wireless. Verizon Communications Inc, which is now deep in a battle for control with Vodafone Group Plc, has proposed to dissolve their relationship through the wireless joint venture.

Government competition bureau approves sale of Astral to BCE. Approval has been issued by the Competition Bureau of Canada for the purchase of BCE Inc of Astral Media Inc.

News Ltd of News Corp sells of shares in Sky Network Ltd. As previously reported in Reuters, News Corp SA has completed the sale of its 44% share in New Zealand's Sky Network Ltd.

News Corp sells off interest in Sky TV New Zealand. New Zealand's top television operator, Sky Network Television Ltd has confirmed that is near majority shareholder News Corp would be selling off its 44% stake in the company.

New Zealand's dominant television company Sky Network said that News Corp., its major shareholder, will be selling its 44% stake to institutional and retail investors.

MetroPCS faces pressure from P. Schoenfeld Asset Management, which owns about 2% of its shares, to update the merger documents with the Deustche Telekom AG's unit T-Mobile USA to reflect T-Mobile's earnings.

Zain Iraq's IPO would lower Zain Kuwait's stake in company. Zain, Kuwait's largest telecommunications operator would be selling of its Iraqi unit through an IPO.

Singapore Telecommunications, along with Amdocs, a software provider for telecoms, have opened a new development center in Israel in addition to similar centers in Singapore and Boston.

Shares in Australia's rural broadcaster Southern Cross Media climbed to 22-month high when newspaper The Australian revealed that the company's board met about possible Nine Entertainment Co. merger.