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March 11, 2010

Google-China talks to end soon: Schmidt

Filed under: Business and managed services, China, Daily News, Google, Operator Services, Public — fmmonteverde @ 6:09 am

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has predicted an early end to talks with the Chinese government over the search firm’s operations in China.
 
“We are in active negotiations with the Chinese government,” he said at a media summit in Abu Dhabi, WSJ

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Cable firm plots EU’s biggest IPO in two years

German cable company Kabel Deutschland has initiated plans for an IPO – expected to be Europe’s largest in more than two years.

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March 10, 2010

DoCoMo snatches the lead again

Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo pipped out third-ranked Softbank Mobile from its perch as the market’s fastest=growing operator in February.
 
And the Japanese behemoth is expected to hold onto the position in March as well, and possibly longer.
 
The story starts with the

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PCCW profits up 18%

Lower costs and a property gain helped to boost PCCW’s net profit 18% in 2009.
 
The Hong Kong incumbent said its net profit rose from $163 million in 2008 to $193 million in 2009, in line with analysts’

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March 9, 2010

Regulator warns it could block China Mobile bank deal

China’s state-owned assets regulator SASAC has signalled it could block China Mobile’s plan to buy into a state-owned bank.
 
Liu Nanchang, the head of SASAC’s general office has told Chinese media that the agency was opposed to state-owned enterprises (SOE) buying into non-c

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Hutchison HK unit doubles profit

Hutchison Telecom’s Hong Kong and Macau operations have more than doubled net profit in their first full year since being spun off.
 
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong (HTHK), which listed on the Hong Kong bourse last May, recorded a 104% surge in net profit to HK$468 million ($60m) in 2009.
 
The rise in net income was m

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Govt shareholding could scupper Taiwan cable deal

A merger to create Taiwan’s biggest cable company could founder because of a government shareholding in one of the major investors.
 
Cable operator kbro announced last September that it would merge with Taiwan Mobile in a $1 billion share swap driven by its

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March 8, 2010

BSNL cans $10b GSM tender

BSNL’s board on Friday agreed to cancel the Indian mobile operator’s $10 billion GSM expansion tender, after 22 months of debate.
 
The scrapping of the tender follows a decision by a high-level government committee recommending that it be called off,

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CSL launches online shop

CSL on Friday launched a new e-commerce platform, giving customers the option to shop for handsets, voice and data plans as well as value-added services online.
 

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March 5, 2010

HTIL lowers profit after SEC probe

Hutchison Telecom International (HTIL) has wiped almost $100 million from its profits for 2008 after the SEC queried its treatment of an Indonesian tower deal.
 
The US securities watchdog said the $500 million transaction should have been treated as a finance lease rather than a sale, HTIL

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