* BT heads new fixed-mobile alliance

"Six telecommunications giants in Europe, Asia, South and North America have formed an alliance to encourage convergence between mobile and fixed-line services, Switzerland's top operator Swisscom revealed. British Telecom will head the Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA) in the first year, alongside the Swiss firm, Korea Telecom, Brasil Telecom, Canada's Rogers Wireless, and NTT Communications in Japan, Swisscom said in a statement Wednesday" reports AFP