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Saudi Telecom has posted a 20 per cent drop in third-quarter net profit, partly due to investments in overseas affiliates, missing analyst forecasts.

Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd, the largest telecom and Internet services provider in Taiwan, plans to spend around NT$30 billion each year over the next two to three years to expand its optical-fiber network due to increasing demand, Joseph C.P. Shieh, chief financial officer, said on Thursday, Dow Jones Newswire...

Fixed-line monopoly Telecom Egypt has started rolling out fibre optic cable networks near Cairo to offer 'triple play' services, the company said, after the government announced a telecoms tender.

* New licences add to pressure on fixed-line incumbent * Interest expected from regional players, some Europeans * State pulls back from second full fixed-line competitor CAIRO/BANGALORE, Oct 14 - Telecom Egypt's fixed-line infrastructure will...

Iran has started a probe into the $7.9 billion privatisation of a state-owned telecoms company after allegations emerged that one of the buyers was linked to the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, according to media reports.

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a multi-million euro contract with Saudi Telecom to expand and upgrade its existing broadband network to serve an additional two million customers by the end of 2010.

South Korea-based SK Telecom Co Ltd will sell all the shares it holds in China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd<600050><0762><CHU> back to the Chinese telecom operator.According to the conditional irrevocable offer, SK Telecom will sell approximately 899.75 million shares at HK$11.11 apiece. Total consideration is...

BANGKOK, Sept 28 - Thailand's telecoms regulator said on Monday it expected a long-awaited auction for third-generation mobile phone licences to be held in the second week of December. The regulator expected to issue licences...

China Telecom Corp Ltd<0728><CHA>, the nation's largest fixed-line operator, and EMC Corp yesterday jointly launched an online data back-up service for personal computer users, the Shanghai Daily reported. The back-up service, which is based on the new E-Yun service, allows users to store information in China...

China Telecom Corp Ltd<0728><CHA>, the nation's largest fixed-line operator, added 2.08 million CDMA subscribers in August, compared with 2.45 million in July, sources reported. The telecom carrier had a total of 43.81 million CDMA subscribers at the end of last month. China Telecom attracted 690,000 new...