StarHub’s profit also shrank thanks to continued spending on next-gen broadband and IT.
After winning more than 90% of new broadband subs in Hong Kong this year, Hong Kong Broadband Network forecast profit growth in 2011.
BT narrowed losses in its troubled global services group and boosted pretax earnings 48%.
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will go on sale in Q1 next year, priced at below $500.
Asian operators and global telecom and IT vendors formed a new regional body to speed cloud take-up.
Nokia took full control of Symbian once more, HTC weighed joining the app store craze, and more takeover rumors swirled around Yahoo.
And 40,000 people rushed to “like” the Queen in the first hour after the British monarch joined Facebook.