Robi seeks extension on $257m license fee
Bangladeshi mobile operator Robi Axiata has requested a six month extension to pay the 49% of its maiden 19 billion taka ($256.9 million) spectrum license fee that is due in November. Other mobile operators have also sought more time to pay.
Smart fires back at Globe in spectrum tustle
PLDT subsidiary Smart has called on the Philippines government to recall some spectrum it accuses rival Globe of using illegally, in a counterattack against Globe's attempt to have PLDT surrender spectrum if its bid to buy Digitel is approved.
MS online services hit by DNS fault
Microsoft has blamed a DNS error for a major service failure, including another outage for its web-based Office suite, Office 365.
LGE denies it plans to cut mobile staff
LG Electronics has denied claims it is planning to cut 30% of its overseas mobile phone staff, stating that no such decision has been made.
Google launches web-based Music app for iOS
Google has launched a web-based Google Music beta app for iOS devices. Google Music is s a rival for Apple's own iCloud music streaming service.
Computer could predict revolutions, map sentiment
Researchers expect a supercomputer to one day be able to predict major events such as the recent revolutions in the middle east, by charting the sentiment of documentation such as news stories.
Bartz resigns from Yahoo board
Carol Bartz has resigned as a director of the Yahoo board, despite claiming last week that she intended to keep her seat even after being fired as CEO.
YouTube founders seek to revive Delicious
The co-founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, have set up a new start-up to revive social bookmarking service Delicious.
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