The US and China are each other’s largest trading partners and the two largest economies on earth. When discussing US/China relations, trade is predictably a central topic—and this year, a particularly contentious one. US politicians have decried China’s “unfair” trade advantage propped up by...
* Telkom seeks majority stake in top Cambodia mobile firm
* CamGSM valued at about $1 billion
JAKARTA: PT Telekom-unikasi Indonesia , Indonesia’s biggest telecommunications company, is in talks to acquire a majority stake in Cambodia’s largest mobile operator CamGSM in a...
Nokia has delayed the rollout of its next top-of-the-range model to next year, another blow to the cellphone maker's plans to regain ground lost to Apple and Google in the smartphone market.
Nokia said it would postpone shipping the E7 model from this month to...
SINGAPORE : The Traffic Police went on a 3-hour blitz on Thursday to catch those who drive and use their mobile phones at the same time.
2,609 motorists have been caught so far this year for using their mobile phones while driving.
That is just a...
The total year-to-date (YTD) 2010 Asia 9* market panels generally continue to experience positive growth across the board in terms of value and volume during October. However, the Telco market registered slight price erosion of -1.3% this month when compared to...
New Zealand stocks rose, with Telecom pacing gainers on the exchange after the Commerce Commission dropped its probe into national mobile roaming services, while New Zealand Oil & Gas fell to a 5-year low.
The NZX 50 Index rose 8.96 points, or 0.27%, to 3,297.92....
One widely touted solution for current U.S. economic woes is for America to produce more of the high-tech gadgets that the rest of the world craves.
Yet two academic researchers have found that Apple Inc.’s iPhone — one of the most iconic U.S. technology products...
China will continue to boost the rapid development of its telecommunications industry and construct key network infrastructure in its 12th Five-Year Program period (2011-2015), said an official of the department of communications development of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
In the 2006...
Wang Gaofei, VP of Sina Mobile, a division of Sina and the largest infotainment Web portal in China, discusses the countries rapid 3G growth and how Sina will deliver Brew MP in China.
Wang Gaofei, VP of Sina Mobile, a division of Sina and the largest infotainment Web portal in China, discusses the countries rapid 3G growth and how Sina will deliver Brew MP in China.
It’s true. You have to be smart to use a smartphone.
It is also true that my smartphone is a lot smarter than I am because I’ve yet to figure out how to use all of its bells and whistles.
Smartphones are the newest generation...
The sun hits your eyes as you wake up on a beach somewhere in Thailand with hazy memories of the night before. You pull yourself up out of the sand trying to figure out how you’re going to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, indicates that worldwide enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) shipments grew 35 percent in Asia...
SINGTEL will be teaming up with Portugal Telecom (PT) in a collaboration deal, announced a SingTel representative on Monday.
Both leading telecommunication providers domestically and internationally have agreed to share operational and commercial best practices in fibre optic and IPTV based pay TV...
Contests designed to promote Google's Android mobile software by offering prizes for new mobile applications appeared to disappear in 2010, but Taiwan held out with its second annual Android competition, called Mobile Hero.
The fact that Taiwan kept an Android competition...
BEIJING – December 13, 2010 – Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its Wireless Reach™ initiative, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (OCAO), the Chinese Language and Cultural Education Foundation (CLCEF) and China Telecom’s Gansu Bureau Linxia...
Google may have breached Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, but the Australian Federal Police won't prosecute, saying the chances of a successful prosecution are "low."
Google collected private data, including full e-mails and passwords, off unsecured wireless networks with its Street View cars...
By Patrick O’Connor
6 December 2010
The final parliamentary session in Canberra concluded late last month with the Senate approving government legislation that breaks up Australia’s dominant telecommunications provider, Telstra, between its retail and wholesale divisions. The decision paves the way for the rollout of the...
Washington, D.C. – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, commends President Obama and President Lee for reaching a final agreement of the U.S.-Korea...
The chairman of TOT Plc says he will resign if the bid for the state telecom enterprise's 19-billion-baht 3G network expansion project fails to materialise by the end of this month.
Areepong: Contract to be signed in February
Areepong Bhoocha-oom, who is also the...
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ANN) -- The number of smartphone users in Korea is expected to surpass 7 million by the year end, according to industry sources.
The total number of people using a smartphone here was about 6.8 million as of last...
Prepaid mobile-phone customers in Thailand have been clearly treated like second-class citizens as they are tied to substandard service contracts, says an independent telecom researcher.
Anuparb Thiralarb slammed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for wilful neglect of its statutory duty to implement...
Malaysian communications firm Maxis in partnership with Bridge Alliance has launched its one-flat rate unlimited data roaming plans across ten countries starting from MYR 33 per day. As a Bridge Alliance member operator, Maxis enables its customers to roam with Bridge...
After years of solid growth, the mobile segment of the telecom market in the Philippines slowed dramatically in 2009, reflecting a general downturn in the economy. Whilst growth in mobile subscribers slowed, so also had mobile revenues with just a 1%...
