oned that from an international perspective, the American market is by far the most generous in terms of revenues. For instance, in 2006, out of 1.3 trillion dollars generated worldwide, 30% were provided by the U.S. market especially through its consumer segment. Therefore, U.S.A remains one of the most desired debouches in the world that borrows the allure of a battle field for domestic companies which resort to various alliances for gaining advantages over their enemies. For example, competition became very tight on the wireless market after AT&T Wireless was acquired by Cingular Wireless in 2004, and Sprint merged with Nextel, in 2005 (http://investor.verizon.com/profile/history/index.aspx). But maybe the most eloquent proof probating the highly competitive environment in the telecommunications industry is the Fortune 500 hierarchy, an annual ranking of America's largest companies, drawn out by CNN. For the current year, the top comprises a significant number of enterprises operating within the framework of this domain. Thus, Verizon hol
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