Such a definition usually excludes making deals over the telephone because negotiating on the phone may not provide access to as many different prices as an exchange does.
In a cluttered office above a Manhattan disco, Mr Mashinsky is trying to set up such a market through his company, Arbinet.The need, he says, springs from the transformation of the international telephone business: "Not long ago, there were perhaps 190 telephone companies negotiating rates for international calls every four or five years.
Western officials said the aide was heard on a wiretapped telephone conversation negotiating a bribe from an Afghan banker suspected of laundering money for opium traffickers and the Taliban.
On the night of June 15 -- the day Colombia was most recently praised for meeting benchmarks on its action plan -- Yanini says he received an anonymous threat by telephone after negotiating over his union's collective bargaining agreement.
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As the hostages woke up, Chris Cramer, a sound organiser for the BBC, became seriously ill and his colleague, Sim Harris, was taken to the field telephone to negotiate for a doctor.
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Agent Altpeter said the police contacted the men by telephone and began negotiating their surrender.
The commission's rules also block telephone companies from negotiating with commercial building owners for exclusive access to premises where they can set up equipment.
Illustrating the growing pressure on telecommunication companies to merge in Europe, Spain's largest telephone operator, Telefonica S.A., is negotiating to acquire the Netherlands' largest telephone company, Royal KPN, for about 60 billion euros, or $54.5 billion.
