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...approximate number of iconic red phone booths--one-third of the nation's total--that British telecom giant BT has removed in the past six years in response to decreased usage...
...observations form the basis of an executive-education program he designed for Judge, and they likewise infuse the consulting work De Rond does for companies, including BT and KPMG. De Rond's insights have helped KPMG, for example, as it constantly assembles teams of consultants from around the world. "They're all talented individuals, and getting them to pull the oars in the same direction sounds simple, but it's tough to do because they have to rewire their DNA," says Steve Hollis, head of markets for KPMG Europe. De Rond's advice to factor a social element into...
...Craig McCaw, while others include Irish Broadband in Ireland, Wimax Telecom in Eastern Europe and Unwired in Australia. "It's like a big landgrab," says Ryan Jarvis, founder and chief executive of London-based WiMax start-up Macropolitan. Fixed-line telephone and broadband providers including Softbank in Japan, and BT and Pipex in the U.K., are also getting in on the act. A wireless WiMax network could help fixed-line carriers extract delicious revenge on cellular carriers, which have undermined the fixed-line voice business in recent years...
...bank's ability to turn tired old assets into lucrative investment vehicles has become so well known in financial circles that some have dubbed deals like the proposed PCCW acquisition "Macquisitions." Macquarie "has developed a lot of intellectual capital in this area," says Jack Chemello, an investment analyst with BT Funds Management. "They are way ahead of their competitors...
...years, Moss has taken that model global. In 2004 Macquarie bought the Asian securities operations of ING Barings, giving it more muscle to market its key infrastructure funds to retail and institutional investors. "The ING assets gave them a footprint in Asia which they didn't have before," says BT's Chemello. Macquarie subsequently went on a shopping spree. It invested in a South Korean toll-bridge project in Incheon for $64.6 million in 2005. Last December it bought a 40% stake in Taiwan Broadband, a cable operator in Taiwan, for roughly $200 million. A few months ago Macquarie also...