FASTTAKES: Apple, M1 Tata Comm, Optus, Gartner, Qualcomm, 3 UK

Apple will hold a news conference at its Cupertino headquarters on Friday to discuss the iPhone 4, antenna problems, US media have reported. 

 

M1 increased its first-half net 1.5% as operating revenue rose 25%. CEO Karen Kooi said earnings for the full-year were likely to improve over 2009.

Tata Communications will deploy Google’s cloud-based SaaS platform in India.

Optus and Nokia Siemens Networks’ LTE2100 field tests demonstrated peak download speeds of over 50 Mbps and upload speeds of 20Mbps. The trial used pre-commercial LTE USB dongles over 10MHz of spectrum. 

 

India’s DoT has fined operators 2.75 billion rupees ($60m) for taking on unregistered customers, said the Economic Times.