Costs drag PT Telkom's 9-month profit
Indonesia's PT Telkom has reported a 6.7% slump in its net profit for the first nine months of the year, as the costs of an early retirement plan outweighed revenue gains.
Vietnam hands satellite deal to Japan
The Vietnamese government has awarded NEC and other Japanese companies the contracts to construct two monitoring satellites, to be used for purposes including natural disaster management.
Amazon in talks to bring Kindle to China
Amazon aims to introduce the Kindle and the Kindle Fire tablet to the market, but is currently in talks with regulators over copyright issues surrounding the content.
iPhone 4S battery drain blamed on LBS bug
A bug in Apple's location services system for iOS 5 may be the cause of reported rapid battery drain in some iPhone 4S handsets.
BSNL may get reprieve for cash drain services
Indian state-owned operator BSNL may soon get compensation for maintaining unprofitable services, or be allowed to exit the lossmaking operations, according to a telecom ministry source.
TOT sticks to 3G targets in wake of floods
Thai state-owned operator TOT is maintaining its 3G rollout targets, including having 4,772 base stations by next may, despite acknowledging the risk of delays due to the recent severe flooding.
Motorola Mobility cuts 800 jobs
Motorola Mobility will lay off 800 employees, at a cost of around $31 million, as it prepares for its $12.5 billion acquisition by Google.
MTN Group had 158.6 million customers across 22 African and Middle Eastern countries by the end of September.
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