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Hong Kong’s PCCW sets offering at low end of range

Hong Kong fixed-line operator PCCW said Wednesday it had priced the initial public offering of its telecoms unit at the low end of its target range, raising US$1.2 billion in a choppy market. (more…) Related items Hong Kong’s PCCW sets IPO at low end of range Palmer delays float as Asian demand cools Apple...

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Hong Kong’s PCCW sets IPO at low end of range

HONG KONG: Hong Kong fixed-line operator PCCW said Wednesday it had priced the initial public offering of its telecoms unit at the low end of its target range, raising US$1.2 billion in a choppy market. (more…) Related items Hong Kong’s PCCW sets offering at low end of range Grow into the crown New China...

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PCCW’s HKT Trust Listing to Raise $1.2 Billion

PCCW ‘s telecom business spinoff, HKT Trust , is raising $1.2 billion in an Hong Kong IPO, pricing the deal at the bottom end of an indicative range as global market turmoil dented demand despite the high yield offered. (more…) Related items Hong Kongers protest over end to all-you-can-eat tariffs Asia could be the...

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Eastday-Telcos said to admit fault in case

CHINA Telecom Corp and China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd admitted fault in a broadband access antitrust case, Caixin Online reported, without saying where it got the information. (more…) Related items China Mobile puts more pressure on Unicom China Telecom appoints Yang Jie as president, COO China Unicom: Priced CNY15 Billion 1-Year Commercial Paper To...

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Celebrities bring early yuletide cheer to OFWs

DIETHER Ocampo, Bugoy Drilon and comedian Ate Gay brought joy to homesick overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong and Taiwan in early Christmas salu-salos presented by Globe Telecom, in partnership with Hong Kong’s CSL and Taiwan Mobile. There are an estimated 200,000 Filipinos living and working in Hong Kong and about 96,000 in...

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China, India embrace LTE tech for 4G networks

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China and India, the world’s biggest mobile phone markets, are building fourth-generation (4G) networks based on the long-term evolution (LTE) technology although it will be years before it takes off as both countries are still ramping up 3G services. (more…) Related items Apple juggernaut to see more China gains as...

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China, India embrace LTE, some time before wide adoption

* Commercial 4G networks in only a handful of Asia mkts * Operators look to data services to lift margins * China, India still developing 3G markets * More LTE compatible devices expected next year By Lee Chyen Yee and Devidutta Tripathy HONG KONG, Nov 17 (Reuters) – China and India, theworld’s biggest mobile...

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NTT Docomo to spend $11 bln on 4G LTE, launch LTE smartphones

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Japanese cellular carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc plans to spend a total of 880 billion yen ($11 billion) on the rollout of 4G LTE (long term evolution) networks through fiscal 2015 and to launch LTE-enabled smartphones this winter, President and Chief Executive Ryuji Yamada said on Wednesday. He made the comments...

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3 Austria to activate LTE in Vienna on 18 November – CEO

(Telecompaper) 3 Austria will activate its LTE network in Vienna on 18 November, according to CEO Jan Trionow at the sidelines of the Mobile Asia Congress in Hongkong, cited by Austrian newspaper Der Standard. Trionow said that LTE is ready to become a mass market service offering mobile broadband with speeds up to 100...

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City Telecom FY2011 Annual Report: 10 Brothers’ United Strength

HONG KONG — City Telecom (HK) Limited — In this year’s annual report, we proudly feature and name 74 of our colleagues. This year’s theme is based on the well-known Chinese legend “10 Brothers”, … (more…) Related items "Gift of Life" – 3,584 Lives Saved Via Blood Donations So Far Warm and Cozy Season’s...

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