The Bolivian government has moved closer to nationalizing Entel, the country's largest telecommunications company. On Monday, President Evo Morales' government ordered the transfer of 47 percent of Entel's stock from two private pension funds to state control.

T-Mobile USA, Inc and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® 8800, a slim, performance-driven handset aimed at users who want a phone with both power and style. The BlackBerry 8800 allows users to stay connected and productive while on the go.

Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated's Telecommunications segment, is providing its Evolant Advantage Optical Solution for the Lake Las Vegas fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment

Demonstrating its leadership position as a developer of embedded switches for the commercial, military and telecommunications markets, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems today announced the Neternity line. The Neternity family of embedded switches encompasses existing products as well as products that will be announced in the future.

Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an "optical cloaking" device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this "cloak."