Fiber Optic Network
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China to lead metro Ethernet adoption
News Metro Ethernet broadband access services in Asia-Pacific are expected to soar this year with China leading the charge.
Optical gear market shrinks 18 percent
News In a sign that a telecom recovery is a long way off, the market for optical gear declined 18 percent in the first quarter.
SingTel, Bharti seek partner in cable network
News Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and India's Bharti Group, which are partners in building a submarine cable to link Chennai, Mumbai and Singapore, may bring another partner into the project.
SingTel, DoCoMo frontrunners for Time dotCom
News Singapore Telecommunications Ltd is likely to vie with Japan's NTT DoCoMo for Khazanah Nasional Bhd's 30 percent interest in Malaysia's Time dotCom.
Time dotCom to launch S$866m IPO
News Time dotCom released its IPO plans yesterday, offering 343 million shares to the public at RM3.30 a (S$1.51) share.
Microsoft CFO leaves for start-up
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Time dotCom falls 27% in Kuala Lumpur debut
News Shares of Time dotCom Bhd, Malaysia's biggest initial public offering in more than five years, tumbled as much as 27 percent in their debut on concern a slowing economy will hurt demand for its phone services.
No truth in foreign bid for Time dotCom shares, say analysts
News Several analysts have played down market speculation that a foreign telecommunication company could buy up a substantial stake in beleaguered Time dotCom via a private placement.
Time dotCom falls 27% in debut
News Shares of Time dotCom Bhd, Malaysia's biggest initial public offering in more than five years, tumbled as much as 27 percent in their debut on concern a slowing economy will hurt demand for its phone services.
Sino-I.com to spend US$51m, hire 800 for pay TV
News Sino-i.com Ltd will spend HK$400 million (US$51.3 million) to HK$500 million and hire 800 people to set up a Hong Kong pay TV service for which it won a license last week, the South China Morning Post reported.
Time Engineering falls on report its telco unit IPO delayed
News Time Engineering Bhd, manager of Malaysia's biggest fiber optics network, fell as much as 5.3 percent on a report that the company's plan to sell shares in its main telecommunications unit may be delayed.
Nortel earmarks US$350m for Indian operations
News Networking equipment-maker Nortel Networks has committed up to US$350 million to an expansion of its operations in the liberalizing economy of India over the next three years.
Alcatel, 360networks seal billion-dollar deal
News French telecom equipment maker Alcatel plans to make a US$1 billion investment in 360networks, as the emerging Canadian telecommunications carrier has agreed to buy at least US$1.2 billion worth of Alcatel equipment.
Fujitsu may buy small US makers of optical network parts 
News Fujitsu Ltd, Japan's biggest computer maker, said it is looking to buy US companies to compete with Nortel Networks Corp to sell high-speed optical equipment to telephone companies.
Lucent revs up optics push
News Communications giant Lucent Technologies on Wednesday introduced a new high-speed fiber-optic technology and signed a contract to provide the equipment to Time Warner Telecom.
