FASTTAKES: Twitter, Alca-Lu, ZTE, Nitel, HP, FCC, UnisonFibre, Femto Forum

Staff writer
13 Oct 2010
00:00

Twitter is signing up around 1.8 million users every week and is aiming for a billion members, according to co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams.

Alcatel-Lucent has opened a regional delivery center in Bangalore to support multi-vendor fixed and mobile networks worldwide.

ZTE has joined the tablet party with the unveiling of the ZTE Light, a seven-inch touchscreen 3G device running Android 2.1.

Nigeria has approved a $2.5b offer for fixed-line incumbent Nitel, but has demanded that the winning consortium make a $750m down payment, FT.com reports.

HP has opened a new service center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, for enterprise customers, including a new data center, a global delivery hub and an application development center.

New Zealand's UnisonFibre has contracted Alcatel-Lucent to implement IP/MPLS infrastructure for its fiber networks in Hawke's Bay, Taupo and Rotorua.

US regulator FCC is expected tomorrow to unveil regulations aimed at tackling bill shock, which are likely to be similar to new EU standards requiring carriers to send alerts to consumers.

The latest Microsoft patch Tuesday has been the largest ever, fixing 49 PC vulnerabilities.

Most US consumers would be interested in acquiring a femtocell – if they knew what they were, according to research by the Femto Forum.

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