Recently added articles from Asia Pacific Telecom:
Australian government plans to roll out $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network.(AUSTRALIA)
May 01, 2009 ... The government of Australia is planning to deploy a $30.7 billion high-speed optical fiber broadband network, beating the bids submitted by the country's leading telecom players. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that the ...
Vodafone to deploy 3G in many regional centers in Australia.(AUSTRALIA)
May 01, 2009 ... After the federal government announced its decision of spending $250 million in the bush to kick-start the national broadband network (NBN) project, Vodafone Australia is deploying its third-generation network in many regional centers on May 1. Regional users of Vodafone could ...
Australian government planning to allow 2G/3G operators to retain spectrum ownership.(AUSTRALIA)
May 01, 2009 ... The government of Australia is intending to expand the rights of 2G and 3G cellular players with regard to spectrum ownership. Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has launched a consultation for seeking industry opinions on the contentious decision to renew current ...
Australian government's NBN announcement.(AUSTRALIA)(National Broadcasting Network)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... The Australian government is announcing the most ambitious infrastructure project ever undertaken in Australia, possibly one of the most ambitious FTTH networks undertaken in the world. The government's plan sees us skipping the halfway point of so-called "fiber-to-the-node," which would ...
Telstra could be forced to abandon $217 million upgrade of its cable network.(AUSTRALIA)
May 01, 2009 ... Australian telecommunications firm Telstra Corp. is reportedly contemplating giving up its plan to undertake the $217 million upgrading of its cable network owing to the federal government's announcement to deploy a NBN (national broadband network), according to the ...
ACCC refuses to accept Telstra's new unbundling plan.(AUSTRALIA)
May 01, 2009 ... The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has refused to accept Telstra's unbundling plan to charge a flat rate of $21.24 per month to provide wholesale access. This marks the third proposal from the company, which has been rejected by the ACCC. ACCC Chairman ...
CSIRO arrives at a settlement HP in its WLAN patent case with HP.(AUSTRALIA)
May 01, 2009 ... Australian state-run research agency CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization) has achieved some success in its WLAN patent case as PC producer HP has agreed to settle in for an unrevealed sum of money. CSIRO is known to have filed cases against global ...
China Unicom plans to invest $16 billion to purchase capital equipment this year.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... Chinese telecom player China Unicom has announced its decision to invest $16 billion over its capital equipment in 2009. The firm said that its net income soared to $4.96 billion, from $31.3 billion one year earlier. It is contemplating increasing its capital expenditure by 56 percent out ...
China to cooperate with Japan over 3G mobile technology.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... A Reuters report stated that China is planning to cooperate with Japan to develop 3G (third-generation) mobile services. This would allow China to continue its development of wireless technologies while providing the Japanese operators with a window of opportunity to expand into China ....
MetroPCS selects ZTE to make LTE phones.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... U.S.-based CDMA operator MetroPCS has chosen Chinese telecom equipment vendor ZTE for producing LTE (Long Term Evolution) phones, giving a clear shape to the former's 4G plans. Keys, MetroPCS's chief operating officer, said that the telecom vendor and the carrier are already teaming up to ...
China Mobile, China Telecom, and Alcatel-Lucent sign US$1.7 billion framework agreements for 2009.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has inked two framework agreements valued US$1.7 billion in total with China Mobile and China Telecom, to provide network upgrades, integration, and maintenance services in 2009. As the leading operators in China, China Mobile and China Telecom were granted ...
China Mobile selects Alcatel-Lucent to expand GSM/EDGE network in Pakistan.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has signed a contract worth US$52.87 million with China Mobile Pakistan Limited (CMPak), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Mobile, to expand its existing GSM/EDGE network. The expansion, which is now under way, will allow CMPak to provide enhanced ...
China to deploy NGB in major cities by 2011.(CHINA)(next-generation broadcasting)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... China has achieved important breakthroughs pertaining to key technologies of the NGB (Next-generation Broadcasting) and has decided to undertake the industrialization of this sector. NGB involves the integration of Internet, telecom, and cable television networks. It can augment the speeds ...
China Telecom selects Huawei for the launch of 3G CDMA.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... China telecom has selected telecommunications vendor Huawei Technologies for the launch of its 3G CDMA networks in several cities of the country. The telecom operator has selected Huawei's equipment to launch 3G CDMA services in 52 cities, ...
MediaTek to produce smartphone IC solutions for white-box handsets in China.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... Taiwan-based MediaTek, which has launched its TD-SCDMA as well as WCDMA (3G) baseband/radio spectrum mobile handset ICs, plans to commence the manufacturing of smartphone IC solutions to white-box handset makers in China during the third quarter of 2009. MediaTek's smartphone ICs would ...
Indian telecommunications industry welcomes clear mandate given during the elections.(INDIA)
May 01, 2009 ... India's telecommunications industry has welcomed the decisive mandate arrived at by the people during the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. Sunil Bharti Mittal, the chairman and group CEO of Bharti Enterprises, has said that the industry is very happy to know that a strong and stable ...
DoT asks BSNL to trial all equipment supplied by Huawei.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... The Indian Communication Ministry has urged state-run telecom operator BSNL to trial and examine the equipment supplied by China-based equipment maker Huawei and has directed it to initiate the maintenance of its own networks within a period of two years. ...
DoT puts stake sale in Bharti Hexacom on the agenda of the new government.(CHINA)(Department of Telecommunications)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has identified as many as five issues that need to be addressed by the new government. This includes some unforeseen things like the addressing of a stake sale from Telecommunications Consultants of India Ltd. to Bharti Hexacom, in addition to the ...
DoT's panel opposes the lock-in period on stake sale by the operators' promoters.(CHINA)
May 01, 2009 ... The panel appointed by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has opposed the safeguard mechanism recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) under which owners of telecom entrants that bought licenses last year would be subject to a three-year lock-in period before ...
DoT asks operators to point out key issues to be dealt with by the government.(CHINA)(Department of Telecommunications)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... The Department of Telecommunications has asked telecom players to outline all issues requiring urgent policy decisions from the government. Telecom Secretary Siddhharth Behura said that the government that would be in place by the latter part of this month would be required to make ...