According to a new Bloomberg report, European phone operators - like France Telecom SA, Telecom Italia SpA, and Vodafone Group Plc - are pushing for a new deal to get bigwig content providers, such as Google and Apple, to pay for their usage.

The hosting and network process arm of France Telecom Orange Business Services which functions in 172 nations which has wedged the cloud jinx and has paired up with the triumvirate following the Acadia partnership with the Cisco Systems, EMC, and VMware which are about to roll out an array of personal clouds it wishes to sell, install, and handle in support of customers.

An executive with wireless operator France Telecom implied that Apple is on the verge of releasing a tablet equipped with a Web cam, and offer 3G connectivity to its Orange customers across Europe.

The Egyptian Financial Services Authority has officially turned down an appeal put in by the telecommunications provider Orascom Telecom against the regulators previous ruling that could allow the purchase of Egypt's top ranked and largest mobile services provider's Mobilini share by a subsidiary of France Telecom.