FASTTAKES: PCCW, Bharti Airtel, SingTel, Indosat, NSN

PCCW chairman Richard Li is in rescue talks with lenders and the Bulgarian government over Vivacom, saidSCMP.

Bharti Airtelsaid it has partnered with US-based software firm VMware for cloud computing services.

SingTel has announced that international chief Lim Chuan Poh is retiring and will vacate his position by year-end.

SingTel-owned NCShas been appointed the ICT partner in the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) S$850mi ($605.4m) Standard ICT Operating Environment for Schools program. Under the scheme, NCS will provide all schools in Singapore with central infrastructure and computing services.

Nokia Siemens Networks has completed an HSPA+ upgrade for Indosat, enabling 42Mbps downloads for consumers and reduced network energy consumption by as much as 50%.

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