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SingTel to put another US$200m into India's Bharti
News Singapore Telecoms Ltd has decided to invest another US$200 million (S$365 million) into India's Bharti Group.
India's trains to offer broadband access
News Passengers on India's railways may be the first in the to world to enjoy broadband access from a moving train.
Cable & Wireless: We never left
News Telecommunications company Cable & Wireless hopes to correct the misconception that it has abandoned doing business in Asia.
NTT units to halve rate of fiber-optic Net service
News Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp's regional phone units will offer high-speed Internet access via fiber-optic cables in May or June at less than half the current rate charged.
Redback Asia "least affected" by global layoffs
News Redback Networks Inc's operations in Asia Pacific (including Japan) is the least affected by its worldwide retrenchment of about 150 workers.
Japan's NTT sells ¥130b of 10-year bonds
News Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp sold ¥130 billion (US$1.04 billion) of 10-year bonds, said a banker at Nomura Securities Co, which arranged the sale.
Asia Global Crossing Q1 loss widens on higher costs
News Asia Global Crossing Ltd, which is building fiber-optic communications network in Asia, had a wider first-quarter loss from higher costs for depreciation, and operating and maintaining its cables.
C&W to invest US$1.4b in Japan to boost data service
News Cable & Wireless Plc, the UK's No 2 phone company, said it will invest ¥150 billion (US$1.4 billion) over the next five years in Japan to boost its data transmission capability.
Cisco M'sia signs on 3rd SI partner within 1 month
News Cisco Systems (M) Sdn Bhd has added yet another systems integrator (SI) to its list of partners, bringing to total 13 local and 10 global SIs who help the Internet networking giant completely fulfill its installations in Malaysia.
Layoffs purely a rumor, says Worldcom Asia
News Recent reports of Worldcom Inc retrenching about 11,550 employees worldwide are "purely rumors," the company's Asia Pacific spokesperson told Singapore.CNET.com yesterday.
Alcatel sees sales in AP doubling in three years
News Alcatel, Europe's second-biggest phone-equipment maker, said it expects its Asia Pacific sales to more than double in the next three years on greater demand in the region for its products.
News Corp, others buy 12% of China Netcom
News News Corp Ltd, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and two of China's biggest banks, will pay US$325 million for a stake in China Netcom Corp for the largest private equity placement yet in China's telecommunications industry.
Lucent to offer early retirement to 10,000
News The struggling company will offer early retirement to more than 10,000 managers in its effort to cut costs and buoy its foundering operations.
Time dotCom appoints foreign CEO
News Australian Robert Carlile Fox has been appointed as chief executive officer of Time dotCom Sdn Bhd effective July 4, the company announced to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) late Wednesday.
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.
