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An Athens Appeals Court prosecutor on Wednesday reopened the case of the alleged suicide of a mobile telephone company executive implicated in a major wiretapping scandal in the wake of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Turkish champion Beşiktaş is on the cusp of the last 16 and a draw will be enough to secure top spot in Group G when it hosts Porto at Vodafone Park on Nov. 21.

Troubled alternative telecommunications provider Forthnet has four suitors - two from the industry (Vodafone and Wind) and two others which have not been named but are private equity funds with a strategic interest.

The expressions of interest in acquiring Forthnet - owner of the Nova satellite TV platform - were made last Friday, as consultant Nomura had dictated.

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank has reached a deal with Uber to invest billions in the ride-hailing giant.

Kenyan athletes dominated the 39th Vodafone Istanbul Marathon on Nov. 12 in which tens of thousands of people from around the world ran from Asia to Europe.

Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE posted a 2.3 percent drop in third-quarter core profit on Thursday, hit by what it described as challenging conditions in its international operations.

Greece's four main banks on Thursday authorized Japanese company Nomura International to seek a strategic investor for telecom provider Forthnet, in a bid to cover the Greek corporation's financial exposure.

The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has upheld orders to ban unfair practices of two telecoms issued by the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC). It is about the mobile operators BTK (trade name Vivacom) and Mobiltel (trade name Mtel), announced by the CPC, reports mediapool. 

An unexpected third suitor has emerged for Cyta Hellas: Besides Vodafone and Wind Hellas, which confirmed on Thursday their interest in the Cypriot telecommunications group's Greek subsidiary, Hong Kong-based PCCW is also interested.

The process to elect a center-left leader is in danger of being thrown into disarray due to difficulties in finding a company to organize the ballot.