ICANN's board has voted to approve top level domains in categories including industry and ethnicity, as well as domains in any language or script.
Globe asks DoJ to act on PLDT-Digitel
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Chunghwa to let Falun Gong TV use ST-2
Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom has agreed to let a TV station led by China's Falun Gong movement use its new ST-2 satellite, after coming under fire last month for stating there won't be enough bandwidth on the new craft for the station.
Panasonic expects profit slump on quake impact
Panasonic expects an 11% decline in operating profit for the year ending in March, as it feels the effects of the supply chain issues caused by the Japanese earthquake.
Bharti mobile customer base grows to 167.1m
India's Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar both signed up 2.45 million domestic mobile subscribers in May. Incumbent mobile operator Bharti Airtel now has 167.1 million Indian customers.
Softbank chair expects to settle Alipay dispute soon
Softbank chairman Masayoshi Son expects to resolve his dispute with Alibaba over the fate of online payment unit Alipay soon.
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