Asia Pacific

China Mobile - the world's largest mobile operator by subscribers - is seeking a minimum 50 percent cut of all sales from its soon-to-be-launched Mobile Market application store, according to a Telecom Asia report.

SingTel is planning to extend a credit line of as much as US$3.6 billion to partner operator Bharti to support the Indian operator's proposed merger with South Africa's MTN, reports Dow Jones Newswires.

Nokia has announced that its new flagship device - the Nokia N97 - will go on sale this month in more than 75 countries.

ROK Entertainment Group has announced the launch of 'Tiny TV' across India with state-owned operator BSNL.

Fast-growing Chinese vendor Huawei has complained that unfounded national security concerns in India are jeopardising its future success there, according to a report in the Financial Times (FT).

Chunghwa Telecom and Far EasTone - Taiwan's largest and third-largest mobile operators, respectively - are reported to be considering adopting China's homegrown 3G standard, TD-SCDMA. Reuters claims that both operators are in talks with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which last week signed a deal with China's Datang Telecom to set up a trial TD-SCDMA network on the island.

Two industry groups - the TD Industry Association (TDIA) and the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance - are teaming up with the aim of promoting TD-LTE technology worldwide and ensuring the development of a converged standard for Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)-