Telstra has secured an A$450 million ($351 million) three-to-five year loan facility with various Asian banks.
Microsoft has been ordered to pay $200 million to i4i for allegedly breaching the Toronto-based company\'s document management patent. Microsoft said it would appeal.
Google has added an automatic language translation feature for its Gmail email service. The function currently supports 41 languages.
Nokia has released a new version of its Ovi Maps app, as well as the API for the Ovi Maps Player.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) will rehire about 700 staff it fired during the peak of the economic crisis.
The Australian government has committed A$2 million ($1.56 million) to help set up a telecom consumer lobby group ACCAN.
Telecom NZ has cut the number of mobile calling plans from 60 to 14 and eliminated its off-peak rate ahead of the May 29 launchof its mobile broadband service.
Fiber to the building now represents 63% of all Asia-Pacific fiber subscriptions, the FTTH Councilsaid.
Alcatel Lucent and US-based 1020 Placecast have partnered to provide LBS solutions for service providers.