Recently added articles from Telecom Asia:
Net neutrality you can believe in.(TANNER)
Dec 01, 2008; ... For most of October, just about every conversation I had with friends, colleagues and even total strangers I was supposed to interview about this technology or that inevitably included the question: "Obama or McCain?" And while I'm not in the business of discussing politics in a ...
Carrier Ethernet's future may depend on smart apps, not speed.(FIRST MILE)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Carrier Ethernet services have been on the rise in recent years, but they're typically pitched as fast, cheap broadband connections to enterprises that can't afford ATM or leased lines. But vendors and operators alike are starting to move away from Ethernet's fast, cheap broadband pitch in ...
Indonesian cellcos suffer margin pinch.(STAT SNAP)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Despite being the world's sixth largest mobile market and amid rapid growth in subscriber numbers, Indonesian mobile operators are not thriving with the booming demand as margins continue to shrink. According to Wireless Intelligence, the 116 million connections in place and the average ...
Finally, China says it's ready for 3G.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... After years of dragging their feet, Chinese officials finally seem ready to issue 3G licenses. Xi Guohua, the MIIT vice-minister responsible for telecom in the Ministry for Industry & Information Technology, gave the strongest hint yet when he said conditions for handing down ...
Telstra bids for NBN, but on its own terms.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Australian government's national broadband network (NBN) officially began last month, but not without more controversy from Telstra. After months of attacks on the project, and after refusing to say whether it would take part, the incumbent submitted a bid just on the ...
Mobile payment market gains steam.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The mobile payment market will continue to gain a wider following, driven mainly by mobile money transfer and contactless NFC transactions. According to Juniper Research, these two mobile payment transaction types will account for 50% of the overall market globally by 2013. Although the ...
APAC embraces LBS.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(location-based services )(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Asia-Pacific region, particularly advanced and saturated mobile markets Japan and South Korea, is craving location-based services (LBS) more, with the market seen rapidly expanding in the next five years. A Frost & Sullivan report says the mobile LBS market in the region will surge to ...
Consumers snap up smartphones.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Global smartphone shipments surged to a new high of 39.9 million units in the third quarter, amid bleak economic conditions. According to research from Canalys, shipments to the US market more than doubled, while sales in the EMEA region grew 21% due to a 45% rise in Central and Eastern ...
Mobile networks critical for remote healthcare.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Around 50 million people in the EU and US stand to benefit from wireless home healthcare solutions, but only if the healthcare industry will have enough confidence in the capability of existing mobile network infrastructure. Berg Insight says that right now, there are still few commercial ...
DoCoMo takes another gamble in India.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... While corporate planners in the rest of the world are bunkering down to survive the economic crisis, NTT DoCoMo is on a shopping spree. Its latest move is to invest $2.7 billion in India in a strategic alliance with Tata Bros. DoCoMo is taking 26% of Tata's subsidiary Tata ...
Vendors cool on MIIT mobile phonebook standard.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... At a time when mobile users are beginning to save their data in the cloud, China's MIIT is aiming to standardize the handset phonebook. It announced a "unified phonebook standard" in March with the aim of allowing users to easily port their phone numbers from one phone to another. ...
Huawei will enter the smartphone market in the first half of 2009, producing devices running on the Symbian and Google Android platforms.(SHENZEN)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Huawei will enter the smartphone market in the first half of 2009, producing devices running on the Symbian and Google ...
Billionaire Richard Li and China Unicom offer to buy up the remaining 52% of PCCW and take the company private.(HONG KONG)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Billionaire Richard Li and China Unicom offer to buy up the remaining 52% of PCCW and take the company ...
Chinese network suppliers dominate China Mobile's 30b yuan ($.4b) TD-SCDMA tender, winning nearly 90% of the total.(HONG KONG)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Chinese network suppliers dominate China Mobile's 30b yuan ($.4b) TD-SCDMA tender, winning nearly 90% of ...
Telenor spends $1.07b for a 60% stake in Unitech Wireless, which will focus on 2G for the next few years and won't take part in India's upcoming 3G auction.(NEW DELHI)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Telenor spends $1.07b for a 60% stake in Unitech Wireless, which will focus on 2G for the next few years and won't take part in India's ...
India adds a record 8m GSM subscribers in October.(NEW DELHI)
Dec 01, 2008 ... India adds a record 8m GSM subscribers in October and will ...
BSNL joins the Europe India Gateway consortium, which plans to invest $50m on a trans-Atlantic submarine cable.(NEW DELHI)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BSNL joins the Europe India Gateway consortium, which plans to invest $50m ...
Fixed-line operator TT&T earns court approval to enter a business rehabilitation plan in a bid to avoid bankruptcy.(BANGKOK)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Fixed-line operator TT&T earns court approval to enter a business rehabilitation plan in a bid to avoid bankruptcy. The court gives the operator ...
Motorola sells its Malaysian R&D center to Indian IT firm Satyam.(KUALA LUMPUR)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Motorola sells its Malaysian R&D center to Indian IT firm Satyam. The center ...
Malaysian airlines becomes the first Asian carrier to allow in-flight mobile use.(KUALA LUMPUR)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Malaysian airlines becomes the first Asian carrier to allow in-flight mobile use. The service is provided by ...