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March
TPG Telecom has finally won control of Australian network Pipe in a deal valued at $373 million
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A group of New Zealand entrepreneurs are planning a cable to increase the country’s capacity to California and Australia
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PHS operator Fitel has won a WiMax licence from Taiwan’s regulator and plans to start services in the north of the island later in 2010
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South Korean smartphone maker LG has launched its first Android phone in its home market and is expected to have 10 on offer this year
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China Mobile, the world’s largest operator, is setting up a Taiwanese subsidiary, but it will not be allowed to invest in local telecoms operators
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Sony head Howard Stringer is reported to be planning to launch a smartphone to challenge Apple’s iPhone
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NTT is using wholesale provider TTK to deliver its services to customers across Russia
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Mike Quigley of Australia’s open-access company has announced the first five areas where it will build fibre-to-the-home fibre networks
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The Australian federal government has taken an equity stake of $89m in the first state rollout of its national broadband network
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China Mobile is considering taking a 20% stake in a Shanghai bank, according to reports from China
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February
Private equity owned Pacnet, created from Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet, plans to raise $500m in an IPO for acquisitions and expansion
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YTL, headed by Wing Lee, is about to launch a nationawide WiMax network in Malaysia
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The Philippines telecom regulator will allow existing 3G licence holders to bid for the country’s last 3G licence
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Australia’s minister for broadband, Stephen Conroy, has launched the first construction work on the country’s planned National Broadband Network
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China Unicom has made China;s biggest ever bid for international telecoms expansion with a $2.5 billion offer for Nigeria’s Nitel
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Willcom, a Japanese operator owned by Carlyle and Kyocera is expected to file for bankruptcy protection but is seeking investment from rival operator Softbank
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Smartphone maker HTC is to buy back 15 million shares at a cost of around $1.8 billion
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SingTel’s Australian business, Optus, is refusing to sell its hybrid fibre coax network to the state-controlled National Broadband Network
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Globe Telecom in the Philippines is to spend nearly $500 million in 2010 on expanding its mobile and broadband activities
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Software-defined radio has allowed Telstra’s Hong Kong mobile operator to run 2G and 3G services on the same infrastructure
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With investment from Saudi Telecom and Malaysia’s Maxis, Axis has started to build its market in Indonesia, explains CEO Erik Aas
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January
New Zealand’s incumbent operator is suggesting an alternative solution to the government proposal for a national fibre-to-the-home project
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The Indian government is claiming that SingTel was offering international long distance services without a licence
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Personal computer maker Lenovo Group is planning to introduce an Android smartphone in China
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The Chinese government is believed to be telling mobile operators that they have to scan text messages to filter out content it dislikes
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The Opposition parties in Australia’s federal parliament have come out against the government proposals to break up Telstra
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Google has told China Unicom, Samsung and Motorola that it will delay the launch of Google-branded Android handsets in the Chinese market
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AIS, part-owned by SingTel, is to spend $335 million on expanding its network in Thailand in 2010, reaching 15-22 extra cities
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According to sources, Singapore Telecommunications is to sell 25% of its Australian operator, Optus, raising around $3.7 billion
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LG is aiming to increase its sales of mobile phones in 2010 from last year’s figure of 117 million to 140 million
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China Unicom, one of China’s three telecoms operators, is integrating its fixed and mobile operations and reorganising its business
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Huawei plans to hire 5,000 research and development staff in Bangalore in an expansion of its R&D centre costed at $500 million
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Li Ka-shing’s Hong Kong industrial giant Hutchison Whampoa is offering $542 million to acquire the shares in its mobile telecoms offshoot, HTIL
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Australian operators Telstra, Optus and Vodafone Hutchison are expected to bid for 4G spectrum to be auctioned by the government
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Huawei expects global contracts to rise from $30 billion to $36 billion in 2010, a rise of 20% — though slower than the previous year’s 36% growth
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SK Telecom in South Korea is responding to iPhone competition from rival KT by planning the launch of 12 Android phones
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Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison Whampoa is considering taking complete ownership of HTIL, its telecommunications subsidiary with interests in emerging markets
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Telkom Indonesia is to raise $214 million to help fund its planned $2 billion capital expenditure for 2010, according to CEO Rinaldi Firmansyah