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July 20, 2010

FASTTAKES: Google, IBM, Grameenphone, Cisco, Digital Sky

Google has given up on the Nexus One smartphone. It said the latest shipment, received last week, would be its last.

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June 30, 2010

AmCham warns on Bangladesh telecom bill

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bangladesh and local operators have gone on the war path against the government’s planned telecom reforms. 
 
AmCham executive Mainuddin Monem said the proposed new telecom law sends a wrong signal to foreign investors about the country’s investment climate, reports the

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May 5, 2010

FASTTAKES: China Unicom, Globe, Grameenphone, Digi, Wateen

China Unicom has cut its iPhone handset prices by as much as 17%. The cheapest 3G iPhone now costs 4,999 yuan ($732) vs. 5,999 yuan previously.

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April 22, 2010

FASTTAKES: Visa, Softbank, NBN Co., AlcaLu, BSNL, Grameenphone, Hutchison

Credit card firm Visa will pay $2 billion for CyberSource, a specialist in online payment security.

April 6, 2010

Bangladesh govt plans Teletalk IPO

The Bangladeshi government is planning a public float of 25% of the equity it owns in struggling cellco Teletalk.
 

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February 9, 2010

Axiata Bangladesh finalizes IPO plans

As share market confidence continues to return, two leading mobile operators in developing Asia – Axiata Bangladesh and Vietnam’s MobiFone – prepare for local IPOs.
 
Axiata Bangladesh’s chairman, Ghazzali Sheikh Abdul Khalid, is due to arrive in Dhaka today to di

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February 8, 2010

FASTTAKES: China Mobile, KDDI, KT, SKT, GrameenPhone, Quippo

Chinese sent 784.04 billion text messages last year, up 8.4% over 2008, according to MIIT figures.

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February 3, 2010

FASTTAKES: Leap Wireless, Telecom NZ, KDDI, GrameenPhone, Koryolink, InterDigital

Small US cellco Leap Wireless has hired Goldman Sachs to help it find a buyer or arrange a merger, WSJ reports.
 
The number of young internet addicts in China has doubled in the past four years to 24

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January 15, 2010

Bangladeshi mobile market grows despite slow ‘09

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With an annual rise of 17 percent, 7.79 million subscribers were added by six mobile phone companies in Bangladesh. However, this has been the lowest growth rate since 2005. The lower growth rate has been at[Content protected for Silver members only]

October 30, 2009

Telenor’s international strategy pays off

Norway’s Telenor has beaten market expectations with a 14% rise in Q3 ebitda to 4.5 billion kronor ($646.3 million).
 
During the quarter the operator added 4 million mobile subs, reaching 172 million across the Nordic states, eastern Europe and in emerging Asia, where it is the second-largest foreign operator behind Vodafone.
 

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