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...The exhibition Africa Fashion at the V&A in London was a barometer of this shift....
...credentials, in the form of designs by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel + Partners, regular collaborators who this time round have partnered with local Parisian firm Valode & Pistre....
...Patricia Russo, Alcatel-Lucent chief executive, denied it was a cost-cutting exercise for the equipment maker, which last week reported a €2.6bn ($3.8bn) net loss for the fourth quarter....
...model involves luring customers to company stores with cheap subsidised handsets, selling them large volumes of airtime at flat rates, and packaging this with company-backed entertainment services like V...
...As Patricia Russo, Alcatel-Lucent’s chief executive, acknowledged on Tuesday, the possibility of accelerating LTE’s development was the key factor behind the decision announced on Tuesday by Alcatel-Lucent...
...It takes up to a minute to download a song from the V-Cast service offered by Verizon Wireless, an AT&T competitor, even on its 3G network....
...“We will continue to roll out more exciting partnerships and features for the mobile user over the coming year.”...
...Patricia Russo, Lucent’s chief executive who will become the Paris-based chief executive of the combined company, acknowleged that Lucent had faced a succession of tough challenges....
...He cited last week’s launch of V CAST Music, Verizon Wireless’ new digital music download service, as an example of the innovation and new products that continue to drive wireless growth....
...Patricia Russo, chief executive, has steered Lucent towards sales of equipment to mobile-phone carriers including Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless in the US as they roll out 3G networks based on CDMA...
...Cingular’s biggest rival, Verizon Wireless, uses Microsoft’s media player for its V-Cast mobile video service that delivers news and entertainment video clips to customers over its 3G wireless data network...
...“We continue to see strength in the mobile market,” said Patricia Russo, Lucent's chief executive....
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