Recently added articles from Telecom Asia:

Betting on the 4G patent pool.(TANNER)

May 01, 2008; Tanner, John C. ... Patents are a fact of life in the technology sector, but they're also a major source of fear and loathing. Witness the current dithering over patents for 3G and so-called 4G technology. Much of the dithering has been directed at Qualcomm, which has had numerous high-profile legal clashes ...

P2P: if you can't beat it, fix it.(FIRST MILE)

May 01, 2008; Tanner, John C. ... Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is the bane of both ISPs trying to keep control of their bandwidth resources and content companies worried about file sharinwg software that enable video and music "piracy" P2P filtering products that use deep packet inspection (DPI) have been touted as the ...

Flat rates key to boosting mobile data revenue.(STAT SNAP)

May 01, 2008; Tanner, John C. ... Operators can take advantage of flat-rate pricing plans to boost their mobile data service revenues, but only if these are based on affordable price points. According to a Pyramid Research report, mobile data usage worldwide has been on an uptrend, with revenue growing by 34% in 2007 due ...

Thuraya comes to Asia.(NEWS ANALYSIS)

May 01, 2008; Tanner, John C. ... The handheld mobile satellite services (MSS) sector in Asia Pacific has a new player in town with the launch of Thuraya's satellite service in April--and while it's unlikely to result in price wars or massive subscriber uptake, it's bringing handheld MSS into the broadband age. ...

Interest picks up for mobile LBS.(IN SIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(Location-based services)(Brief article)

May 01, 2008 ... Wireless subscribers are finally taking notice of mobile Location-based services (LBS), with many now looking at various navigation applications as an important part of the mobile experience. ABI Research says the growth is also driven by the rollout of more LBS-enabled W-CDMA and GSM ...

Outsourcing decisions critical to success.(IN SIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)

May 01, 2008 ... Decisions on what products to outsource, which types of contract manufacturers to employ and what services to use are critical in separating the winners from the losers in the mobile handset space. According to iSuppli, 30.1% of mobile phones produced in 2007 were built by original design ...

Scramble starts for mobile broadband rollouts.(IN SIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)

May 01, 2008 ... Operators are making a mad dash to put the necessary mobile broadband infrastructure in place, in preparation for demand that is expected to significantly build up over the next several years. A Rethink Research report says mobile broadband systems based on key technologies will generate ...

Operators need to go beyond fiber.(IN SIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(Brief article)

May 01, 2008 ... A network-generation access (NGA) strategy without rapid core transformation will not address the long-term problem of rationalizing a legacy of multiple network overlays, says Analysys. Service orientation, rather than NGA, is the key to renewal for fixed-line operators. Investment in ...

OSS vendors on M&A hunt.(NEWS ANALYSIS)(Operations Support Systems )

May 01, 2008; Chau, Fiona ... Consolidation in the telecom BSS/OSS market is accelerating as large telecom IT vendors continue to expand and enhance their existing product portfolios to meet telecom operators' growing need for quick service launches and multi-play services deployment. Last month Amdocs and ...

China Telecom says its annual profits fell 13% last year as more customers switched to mobile phones.(BEIJING)

May 01, 2008 ... China Telecom says its annual profits fell 13% last year as more customers switched to mobile phones. Net profit in 2007 fell to 23.7b yuan ($3.4b), from ...

China Mobile offers commercial TD-SCDMA services in May in eight Olympic cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, in a new trial ahead of the Beijing Olympics.(BEIJING)

May 01, 2008 ... China Mobile offers commercial TD-SCDMA services in May in eight Olympic cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, in a ...

Hutchison Whampoa reports that its 2007 net profit surged 53%, helped by smaller losses in its 3G mobile business.(HONG KONG)(Financial report)

May 01, 2008 ... Hutchison Whampoa reports that its 2007 net profit surged 53%, helped by smaller losses in its 3G mobile business. The ...

SmarTone-Vodafone launches a new wireless fixed-line service that offers local, IDD and VoIP calls over its GSM/W-CDMA network, challenging fixed-line leaders PCCW and Hutchison Telecom.(HONG KONG)

May 01, 2008 ... SmarTone-Vodafone launches a new wireless fixed-line service that offers local, IDD and VoIP calls over its GSM/W-CDMA network, challenging fixed-line leaders PCCW and ...

An anti-graft body set up to investigate ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will seek to prosecute the ousted leader in connection with a government loan to Myanmar.(BANGKOK)

May 01, 2008 ... An anti-graft body set up to investigate ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will seek to prosecute ...

AIS may file a lawsuit against Hutchinson CAT Wireless for damaging its corporate reputation over alleged call blocking.(BANGKOK)

May 01, 2008 ... AIS may file a lawsuit against Hutchinson CAT Wireless for damaging its corporate reputation over alleged call blocking. AIS ...

Samsung Electronics plans to build a $670m plant to make mobile phones in northern Vietnam.(HANOI)

May 01, 2008 ... Samsung Electronics plans to build a $670m plant to make mobile phones in northern Vietnam. The ...

Qualcomm signs an agreement with Vietnamese operator S-Fone.(HANOI)

May 01, 2008 ... Qualcomm signs an agreement with Vietnamese operator ...

Indosat posts a better-than-expected 23.6% rise in fourth-quarter net profit, thanks to strong growth in its subscriber base.(JAKARTA)(Financial report)

May 01, 2008 ... Indosat posts a better-than-expected 23.6% rise in fourth-quarter net profit, thanks to strong growth in its subscriber base ....

Telkom cuts its long-distance call rate by up to 46% in an attempt to boost landline service usage.(JAKARTA)

May 01, 2008 ... Telkom cuts its long-distance call rate by up to 46% in an attempt to boost ...

Globe Telecom expects slower revenue growth this year as rising oil and food prices soak up income used for texting and calling.(MANILA)

May 01, 2008 ... Globe Telecom expects slower revenue growth this year as rising oil and food prices soak up income used for ...