Paris sewers give city of light a fiber-optic edge: Mayor offers system as lower-cost route for high-speed line

Article Abstract:

Bertrand Delanoe, the M ayor of Paris, France, is offering fee breaks to telecommunications companies that use Paris' sewer system to lay fiber optic cables. Use of underground sewers eliminates the need to dig up roads and to obtain rights of way. However, some are questioning the $8.9 billion cost to lay fiber optic cable for all of France.

Government domestic functions, Financial management, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, Sewage Systems, Sewage Treatment Facilities, Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Services information, Nonferrous wiredrawing & insulating, Sewerage systems, Fiber Optics Cable, Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing, Sewer Programs, Usage, Finance, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Sewer systems, Communications industry, Design and construction, Paris, France, Government communications regulation, Company financing, Fiber optic cables, Delanoe, Bertrand, Telecommunications policy, Service enhancement, Fibre optic cables

---

Vivendi's profit falls 51 percent, but outlook is improved

Article Abstract:

Vivendi S.A. of France posted a net profit decrease by 51 percent for the fourth quarter to 610 million Euros ($800 million) down from 1.25 billion Euros last year. Profits for 2007 are forecast to be at least 2.7 billion Euros. Strong financial outlook is due to increased sales of new World of Warcraft internet role-playing game.

Sales, profits & dividends, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Mass media industry, Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, Company business forecast/projection, Company forecasts, Vivendi S.A., Financial report

---

Lagardere names media executive to lead revamp

Article Abstract:

Didier Quillot is appointed to head the management boards of Filipacchi Medias and Lagardere Active, subsidiaries of Lagardere Groupe S.A. of France. The publishing giant is currently restructuring Hachette Fiipacchi Medias and Lagardere Active into separate companies.

Organizational history, Executive changes & profiles, Publishing, Publishing Industries, Printing & Publishing, Publishing industry, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Lagardere Groupe S.A., Company organization, Quillot, Didier

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: JetBlue and Aer Lingus to set partnership. United cancels flights for systems check. UAL posts $16.9 billion loss on bankruptcy-related claims
• Abstracts: Valero's Texas-size refining bet. London Stock Exchange suffers from lack of brand recognition. Silver Lake Partners plans sale or public offering of Instinet
• Abstracts: Multiple-attribute decision support system based on fuzzy logic for performance assessment. Minimizing fleet operating costs for a container transportation company
• Abstracts: Modelling (s, Q) inventory systems: parametric versus non-parametric approximations for the lead time demand distribution
• Abstracts: Stochastically minimizing the makespan in two-machine flow shops without blocking. A heuristic for minimizing the expected makespan in two-machine flow shops with consistent coefficients of variation

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.