The Indian government has approved plans to sell a 10% stake in state-owned operator BSNL, and discussed measures to help address the company's deteriorating profitability.
Philippine operator Globe Telecom has petitioned the local Court of Appeals to block regulator NTC from implementing its per-pulse billing mandate.
China Unicom's upcoming app store, UniStore, could be ready to start internal testing within the month. The store will initially offer only free apps, but Unicom will add a paid download model at a later date.
The US Justice Department has announced it will conduct an antitrust review of Comcast's proposed acquisition of NBC Universal.
Industry body Taiwan Telecommunication Industry Development has slammed a plan by regulator NCC to cut tariffs for fixed and mobile telecom services by 5.8%, stating that the policy will cost the local telecom industry NT$37 billion ($1.16 billion) in lost revenues.
Nokia has revealed it is considering developing dual-SIM handsets for the Indian market, as it prepares to launch a digital marketing campaign in the region for its top-end devices.
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