FASTTAKES: Woolworths, UTStarcom, HTC, Qwest, Cablevision

04 Aug 2009
00:00

Australian retailer Woolworths will become an MVNO on Optus's network. Woolworths said its stores already process more than 21 million prepaid transactions each year.

UTStarcom executive chairman Hong Liang Lu has stepped down from the post. Lu, a co-founder of the US-China vendor, will remain on the UTStarcom board. Thomas Toy will resume the role of chairman.

HTC will launch up to three Android handsets in China this year, including the Click, which is not yet available in other countries.

Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio, who was convicted of insider trading in 2007, may have his prison sentence reduced after an appeals court ruled he was sentenced incorrectly.

US multiservice operator Cablevision has hinted that it may launch a wireless voice service that would run on its Wi-Fi hotspots in New Jersey and New York.

PCCW Global has installed an MPLS network for Dubai-based Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), which operates seven pan-Arabian satellite channels.

T-Systems Singapore has extended its condolences to the family of Deutsche Telekom Asia CEO Calvin Lee, who died on Sunday during the swimming leg of the annual Singapore Triathlon.

City Telecom subsidiary Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) has deployed Juniper's M Series multiservice edge routers on its network.

68% of multinational corporations are looking outside of their own markets for growth, according to a survey from Cable&Wireless.

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