FASTTAKES: Smart, China Mobile, Apple, ICANN, Verizon

Staff writer
04 Jan 2010
00:00

Philippine mobile operator Smart has announced it has surpassed the 40 million subscriber mark, as Bangladesh's Grameenphone revealed it had reached 23 million subscribers.

China Mobile has stated it has no plans to acquire Tencent Holdings, operator of Chinese IM system QQ.

Hong Kong's City Telecom has applied for a domestic free television program license, and is planning to offer free IPTV-based services to complement its existing subscription offerings.

A US court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit seeking to hold Apple responsible for possible hearing loss while using iPods.

ICANN's introduction of non-Roman scripts to registrable domain names may increase cybercrime, as phishers take advantage of similarities between scripts to fool unsuspecting web users, an IP lawyer has warned.

Verizon has earned certification from the US Green Building Council for its main operations center in New Jersey, months after earning an Energy Star rating for the same building.

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