T-Mobile and 3 have begun merging base stations in a joint venture that will see the number of T-Mobile's masts reduced from 18,000 to 15,000 by the end of this year – a move that will actually result in better coverage.
The number of people who venture to Llangennith is negligible compared to most of Devon or Cornwall, but the road is like a funnel and it doesn't take much to get jammed.
Milton Keynes health and social care services, a joint venture between the council and the local primary care trust (PCT), is one of 26 social enterprise pathfinder projects across England.
Only a few months later, the Morningside Foundation, led by Hong Kong venture capitalists Ronnie and Gerald Chan, topped that with a $350m donation to the school of public health, where Gerald earned his master's and doctorate degrees.
In a joint venture with Chinese manufacturer TCL Communications, the company also manufactured a range of Android and Windows Phone smartphones predicated on low-cost but feature-rich devices, as well as wearable devices and smartphone accessories.
In that, Xiaomi's advantage is that it doesn't have any of what Benedict Evans, an analyst at venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz, calls "technical debt".
The six directors include Rupert Pennant-Rea, the former editor of the Economist and deputy governor of the Bank of England; Stephen Grabiner, the venture capitalist who previously worked in the Telegraph's commercial department; and Veronica Wadley, who was the editor of the Evening Standard until the Lebedev takeover.
He daren't even venture out for a pint of milk in case he misses an offer of another job.
Foreigners who venture into Afar usually include researchers, aid workers and adventure tourists visiting geographical wonders such as the Danakil depression and ancient salt mines.
The directors include Rupert Pennant-Rea, a former editor of the Economist, and Veronica Wadley, the former editor of the Evening Standard who now chairs the Arts Council London as well as two little known peers, and Stephen Grabiner, a former partner at venture capital firm Apax.
Bob Dudley, BP's chief executive, resigned as head of the venture and fled Russia during a bitter row in 2008.
