FASTTAKES: Telstra, Sprint, Quippo, BT, HKIRC, Idea

The bill to split Telstra into wholesale and retail arms is likely to be put on ice, reports the Australian.

 

Sprint will next week unveil its first Wimax phone, the Supersonic, built by Taiwan manufacturer HTC, the WSJ reported.

Quippo-WTTIL has purchased the Indian tower assets of listed firm Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) in a deal valued at 13.18 billion rupees ($290.5m).The deal makes Quippo-WTTIL India’s largest independent tower company with more than 38,000 towers.

 

BT has won a contract to connect Spanish embassies and consulates worldwide, worth an estimated €31.9m ($44m). 

 

The Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation (HKIRC) has signed a new MoU and Designation Agreement (DA)  with the Hong Kong government following a review of domain administration in the territory.

 

Idea Cellular has been cleared of revenue reporting discrepancies by government-appointed auditors. 

 

Smartphone shipments in Japan grew 200% in 2009 to 1.72 million units, according to IDC.