Time DotCom wins APG cable deal
Malaysia's Time DotCom has won the contract to build and maintain the 10,000km Asia-Pacific Gateway cable. The subsea cable - an initiative of a consortium including Chunghwa Telecom, KT and NTT Com - will link Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, and branch to other Asian countries.
Apple said to plan smaller, cheaper tablet
Sources claim Apple is planning to bring out a smaller, cheaper iPad by the end of the year, to challenge low-cost iPad rivals such as Amazon's Kindle Fire, and Google's planned Nexus 7.
Vodafone, 3 Ireland may share equipment
Vodafone and Hutchison Whampoa are reportedly finalizing talks to merge their telecom infrastructure in Ireland. Under the plan, Vodafone Ireland and 3 Ireland would become equal owners in a JV owning the equipment, but maintain separate spectrum holdings and retail services.
Google, Samsung to patch Nexus to skirt US ban
Google and Samsung are preparing a software patch for the Galaxy Nexus that they hope will ensure the handset no longer infringes on an Apple patent, which may help the companies overcome last week's court-ordered injunction on US sales on the device.
Telstra may refarm 900-MHz for LTE-A
Australia's Telstra is considering re-farming the 900-MHz spectrum it currently uses for 2G services to deploy LTE-Advanced, in order to keep it ahead of its competitors in the 4G race.
BSNL hands 10m line GSM tender to ZTE
Chinese vendor ZTE has won a massive 10.15 million line GSM tender from Indian state-owned operator BSNL, and will start shipping equipment for the deal later this month.
Leaked roadmap suggests BB10 devices due Q1
An apparent leaked product roadmap indicates that RIM is planning to launch the first two BlackBerry 10 devices in Q1 of next year, and a tablet device codenamed the BlackBerry Forest in Q3 2013.
Apple drops no virus claims from Mac webpage
Apple has quietly removed from its website claims that Mac computers are not susceptible to PC viruses, in the wake of the outbreak of the Flashback Trojan virus earlier in the year.