Telstra said it was committed to the Australian government’s next-gen broadband scheme, but warned that a deal with the new state-owned carrier might breach competition rules.
The Thai regulator introduced yet another 3G plan, this time offering four licenses at an auction due to start on August 30. O2 joined AT&T in abandoning unlimited mobile data bundles.
Tata Communications called off its planned JV with China Entercom, saying it was not certain it would be approved, while South African cellco MTN abandoned a tilt at Orascom’s African assets.
Mobile network spending fell by a fifth in the first quarter, said Infonetics.
Big-spending former tech execs Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina broke into US politics with victories in Republican primaries.
BP bought key search terms such as “oil spill” from Google to direct internet users to its website.
A government department offered Hong Kongers the ability to commemorate their loved ones online.
Chinese police detained 18 people suspected of selling wireless devices to help students cheat in college entrance exams.
And AT&T apologized to a customer for sending him a “cease and desist” letter after he emailed a complaint to CEO Randall Stephenson.