SIM card scandal claims head of Brazil phone group TIM

ROME (Reuters) - Luca Luciani, head of Brazil's second biggest wireless phone group TIM Participacoes , who has been embroiled in an investigation into irregular SIM cards, has resigned, the group's parent company Telecom Italia said on Saturday.

Telecom Italia Spa (TI) Q4 2010 Earnings Call February 25, 2011 04:00 AM ET Executives Franco Bernabe – CEO Marco Patuano – Head, Domestic Market Operations Luca Luciani – CEO, TIM Participacoes Franco Bertone – CEO, Telecom Argentina Andrea Mangoni – General Manager, Telecom Italia Sparkle and Director, International Business Oscar Cicchetti – Head, Domestic Market Operations

Telecom Italia S.p.A. (TI) Q4 2011 Earnings Conference Call February 24, 2012 4:00 AM ET Executives Alex Bolis – Head, IR Franco Bernabè – Group Chairman and CEO Marco Patuano – COO Luca Luciani – CEO, TIM Brasil Franco Bertone – CEO, Telecom Argentina Andrea Mangoni – Director, Administration, Finance and Control Analysts JP Davids – Barclays Capital

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Prepaid debit cards are the new celebrity fragrance. In the past two years ago, we've seen stars like the Kardashian sisters, Suze Orman, Russel Simmons, and George Lopez all plaster their faces on plastic. 

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's No.2 telecom operator Etihad Etisalat Co (Mobily) has been suspended from selling pre-paid sim cards by the industry regulator, the firm said in a statement to the kingdom's bourse on Sunday. Mobily's sales of pre-paid, or pay-as-you-go, sim cards will remain halted until the company "fully meets the prepaid service provisioning requirements," the telco said in the statement. These requirements include a September order from regulator, Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC). ...