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.
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.
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.
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