China Telecom Corp Ltd, the smallest of the country's three wireless carriers, has contacted Apple Inc to introduce the popular iPhone based on CDMA (code division multiple access) technology, Chairman Wang Xiaochu said on Friday. Larger rival China Unicom is the only operator in China, which has 886 million mobile phone users, to offer the

Japan's Panasonic Corp will have an extremely tough year, with the effects of the devastating March earthquake continuing to hamper sales through September, the head of the electronics giant said on Friday. The company will also split the 17,000 job cuts it plans by March 2013 in roughly equal proportions between Japanese and foreign operations,

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to make his second visit to China as the world's No. 1 social networking company looks for the best way to expand into that country. "Our company mission is really clear, which is we want to connect the whole world," said Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at the

Sony Corp is considering resuming its U.S.-based online games service on Tuesday, following a massive security breach last month, Kyodo news agency said on Friday. The consumer electronics giant was forced to close down its PlayStation games network and its PC-based online gaming network after discovering that hackers had accessed personal details on more than

For more than 60 years this French Riviera city has hosted the Cannes film festival and the movie market that takes place with it. The city, which has a history dating to the second century B.C., plays host to a variety of conventions throughout the year and is a major tourist stop on France's Cote

Long haul flights offer better value for money for European travellers, according to a survey, with Bangkok the best destination of all. The survey, which compared routes on a cent-per-kilometre (c/km) basis, found that on average, short-haul flights in Europe — those of less than four hours within the same continent — are 140 percent

– G8 venue Deauville is playground of Parisian elite  The gently sloping beaches of Normandy lend themselves well to invasions. From here, William the Conqueror set out to invade England in 1066 and in World War II they were the landing site for the allied assault on Nazi-occupied France. Next week, Normandy's seaside resort town

Moving further into the digital age, Playboy said on Thursday it was putting 57 years of its iconic magazine online. The web-based subscription service i.Playboy.com, is optimized for the iPad, gives users the opportunity to read, search and explore every issue of Playboy magazine ever published. With more than 130,000 pages in total, the iPlayboy

The estimates on tourist arrivals in Cyprus this season are very optimistic, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Antonis Paschalides said on Thursday, adding that stakeholders must show complacency. Paschalides' remarks came in the wake of the 43% increase in tourist arrivals in April 2011 compared with the corresponding period of 2010. The projections of

Commerce Minister Antonis Paschalides said that in the next few days, 13 Cypriot firms would be receiving 50% of the amount of money owed by Libya to Cyprus businesses. The debt has accumulated since 1980 for goods and services provided to Libya by Cypriot companies. Libya’s total debt to Cyprus reaches 5.886.163 euro, including both