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Telus says to buy mobilicity for c
Toronto(Reuters)Telus corp, one of canada's biggest wireless telephone companies, on thursday said it will pay c$380 million($370 million)To acquire debtladen mobilicity, in a likely test of government efforts to open up a tight market to smaller players.

The deal, already backed by some mobilicity debt holders, is subject to regulatory approval from a canadian government that wants to help small operators enter a cellphone market dominated by three big players, one of them telus.

"This is the only true alternative that was out there for us, and it is one that returns a fair bit of capital to all of the stakeholders,"Mobilicity chief executive officer stewart lyons told reuters in a phone interview. "Given the spot that we're in, i think this is the right deal for us and hopefully the government will approve it quickly. "

Privatelyheld mobilicity, whose formal name is data audiovisual enterprises holdings inc, was one of three aggressive startup companies that used cutrate pricing of unlimited talkandtext plans to challenge the big three.

But the company, which bought up airwaves that telus and rivals bce inc and rogers communications were blocked from bidding on in a 2008 auction, has been losing money and building up debt.

Telus said the alternative was a likely mobilicity bankruptcy, and that the asking price would be used to pay down the startup's debt.

The federal government said it will weigh telus' bid for mobilicity carefully.Under the rules of the 2008 auction, telus cannot take ownership of mobilicity's spectrum before february 2014.

Telus stock rose 1 percent to c$37.29 by mid morning.The shares are up more than 13 percent so far this year as vancouverbased telus notched up impressive growth in wireless and its newest tv product, and confirmed its healthy dividend outlook.

"Our government has taken significant action to promote competition in the wireless sector,"Industry minister christian paradis said. "The agreement between telus and mobilicity is subject to regulatory approvals.The government Pandora Charms UK will take the time required to review the proposal carefully. "

Another of the startups, wind mobile, may also be looking to sell itself.Vimpelcom ltd, owner of wind mobile, says it would consider various options, including divestment.

Ottawa has since started auctioning more prime wireless spectrum as demand explodes for speedy streaming of video and other dataheavy applications on smartphones and tablets.

Mobilicity, which has 250, 000 prepaid customers, was expected to struggle to raise funds to compete in those auctions, where the rules are not as favorable to the startups.Telus overtook bce as the secondlargest wireless company by subscribers last quarter, with 7.7 million.Rogers, the market leader, has more than 9 million.

Ottawa is also looking at the rules on the sale of spectrum after established cable company shaw communications was also allowed to buy setaside spectrum but later decided not to build a wireless network.Shaw is seeking regulatory approval to sell the airwaves to rogers.

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(Additional reporting by randall palmer in ottawa;Editing by janet guttsman, john wallace and chris reese)

Telus says to buy mobilicity for c$380 million

By alastair sharp toronto(Reuters)Telus corp, one of canada's biggest wireless telephone companies, on thursday said it will pay c$380 million($370 million)To acquire debtladen mobilicity, in a likely test of government efforts to open up a tight market to smaller players.The deal, already backed by some mobilicity debt holders, is subject to regulatory approval from a canadian government that wants to help small operators enter a cellphone market dominated by three big players, one of them telus.
Dali museum centerpiece of arts

St.Petersburg, fla.Chihuly and degas?

It's possible to see all three in one weekend in the tampa bay area and still have time to savor the beach.The opening of the new salvador dali museum in st.Petersburg this january is the latest in a string of splashy arts venues on florida's west coast.The $33 million tampa museum of art soon to host a degas show opened in february of 2010.And the chihuly collection, a permanent gallery devoted to the vibrant glassworks of washington artist dale chihuly, was unveiled across the bay in st.Petersburg in july.

Add these to the 2008 renovation and expansion of the museum of fine arts in st.Petersburg, and the area has suddenly become much more than a side trip from orlando to see busch gardens or spring training ball games.Instead, it's now an arts destination in its own right.

Most visitors will be drawn to the area by the new dali museum, a $36million building that features a stunning collection of dali's works.It replaces the old dali museum, more than doubling the exhibition space for what is considered the world's most comprehensive collection of the surrealist master's work even surpassing the dali theatre and museum in figueres, spain.

The building itself is a treasure.It's in downtown st.Petersburg, across the street from a marina and overlooking tampa bay.The sleek concrete building is graced by the"Glass enigma,"A wave of glass Ralph Lauren Outlet paneling that undulates around the building and shifts hue and color with the florida sunshine.Architect yann weymouth, who had a hand in creating the glass pyramid at the louvre in paris, designed the new museum.

Just stepping inside the museum is a surreal experience.Visitors enter through the gift shop and often return after touring the gallery, since every item is tied in some way to dali's work, from the antthemed tshirts to the melting wristwatches.Dali would have wanted it that way;He was an intense selfpromoter.

Tickets can be purchased at a counter in a grand hallway.It is worth spending a few minutes contemplating the tall, helixlike concrete spiral staircase that stretches from the ticket counter to the third floor. (Dali was fascinated by spiral forms and dna, hence the staircase's design).

Pause to snack on some spanish tapas or a glass of wine at the cafe on the first floor and gaze at the"Glass enigma"From the inside.It is comprised of 900 different triangles none of which are alike and stretches from the floor to the ceiling.Then walk up the spiral staircase to the third floor pause again to look out the wave of glass, this time to savor the waves of tampa bay before entering the galleries.

While the dali museum is likely to be the starring attraction of any artsthemed trip here, the other arts venues are worth noting.Don't miss"Ruby red icicle chandelier"At the chihuly collection, which also offers studio edition glass for purchase.The chihuly collection is presented by the morean arts center, which has a separate venue a mile away.There you'll find art classes, exhibitions and workshops, including a glass studio and hot shop where you can watch artists create glassworks.

If you're visiting later this year, the tampa museum of art will host a degas exhibit with sculptures and paintings, march 12june 19, in addition to its collection of american modernist and realist works.At the museum of fine arts, an exhibit called"Romantics to moderns,"Scheduled to open jan.22, offers watercolors and drawings by British artists from the late 18th to early 20th centuries.And at the crislip arcade, artists rent nooks and studio spaces and sell their works in what was once a rundown building.You're likely to find a fun gift amid the jewelry, photography, paintings and other handmade items.

If you're spending more than a weekend in the area, drive an hour south to sarasota and check out the ringling museum of art, a 30room mansion and the location of an impressive rubens collection, among other works.It was all gathered by circus founder john ringling.

Dali had no connection to st.Petersburg, and the museum's collection of 100 of his works ended up there almost by accident.The pieces were acquired by a.Reynolds and eleanor morse of ohio much to the surprise of their staid midwestern friends and family beginning with their first dali purchase in 1942, a painting titled"Daddy longlegs of the eveninghope! "

The couple became so enamored of daliAnd his style that they eventually befriended theArtistAnd his wife, gala.Later they started looking forA home for the collection.A. Reynolds Morse was willing to donate the works for free toAny venue that would keep them together,AndA St.Petersburg lawyer, Jim Martin, who readAbout the collection inA newspaperArticle, suggested St.Pete.The original museum was built in 1980.

The works were rotated in and out of storage at the old museum but the new site has room for all the morses' dalis to be on display, along with temporary exhibits by students and other surrealist artists.

The collection also shows that dali wasn't always a trippy surrealist painter.The museum chronicles his beginnings as a classically trained Louis Vuitton Bags uk artist who painted still lifes of bread and soft landscapes of his spanish hometown, his evolution into the world of surrealism, and his later, religiousthemed paintings.And while the museum keeps his legacy alive, it also draws artlovers to a place dali never visited st.Petersburg.