Technology and the Internet
Telecom: Even at that price, a sale to rival IDT would represent a significant loss. A judge appoints a monitor to preserve records.
June 29, 2002
Business
The financier’s firm says its offer for the troubled fiber optic network firm is worth $700 million.
May 31, 2003
Prepaid phone cards that allow college students to make long-distance calls via the Internet will be among the blizzard of promotions that greet them when they return to campus this fall.
Aug. 31, 1998
IDT Corp., an upstart phone company dwarfed by the likes of AT&T; Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc., jumped into a price war with the long-distance Goliaths on Wednesday by launching a flat rate that sharply undercuts AT&T;’s latest plan.
Sept. 2, 1999
Telecom: Justice Department seeks OK for an independent examiner; FCC joins proceedings.
July 23, 2002
Telecom: John Sidgmore asserts that the firm’s survival is a matter of economic and national security.
July 3, 2002
Entertainment & Arts
In a bid to build a fully integrated studio, IDT Entertainment has tapped veteran Hollywood executive Chris McGurk to help develop a live-action theatrical arm.
April 6, 2006
IDT Corp., a long-distance telephone and Internet services company, plans to bid for Global Crossing Ltd., a fiber-optic network operator that had agreed to sell a majority stake to two Asian companies.
Feb. 25, 2003
Shares of North Hollywood-based Film Roman Inc., the animation company that produces “The Simpsons” and other cartoon hits, rocketed more than 300% on Thursday after the company said IDT Corp. will take a controlling stake in the business.
May 16, 2003
The phone firm had sought to block a sale to Asian investors, but a judge refuses to allow CEO to present his case.
Feb. 28, 2003