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Inquirer | January 29, 2011 | Carla Gomez BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Senator Vicente Sotto III will push anew for the registration of pre-paid subscriber identity module (SIM) cards following …

Reuters | January 31, 2011 | Isabel Reynolds (Reuters) – Japan‘s Toshiba Corp (6502.T) more than doubled its quarterly operating profit on booming sales of NAND flash memory chips and robust …

PR Newswire | January 31, 2011 | Press Release Qualcomm’s Industry-leading Multi-mode Chipset Solution Elevates Mobile Broadband Experiences for Consumers in Japan SAN DIEGO — Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) congratulates NTT …

Reuters | January 27, 2011 | Ho Binh Minh HANOI – Vietnam’s FPT Corp FPT.HM, a major company in the telecoms, software and technology sectors, and an affiliate are to …

This week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave nine firms, including Google, backing to manage databases which will coordinate the usage of “white spaces” for high-speed wireless broadband networking.

Bloomberg | January 27, 2011 | Jun Yang KT Corp., South Korea’s largest phone and Internet company, reported fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates after marketing and smartphone costs increased. …

NTT DoCoMo | January 28, 2011 | Press Release Similar billing for data-only devices also to be introduced TOKYO, JAPAN, January 28, 2011 — NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that …

BBC News | January 28, 2011 Demand for smartphones has helped South Korea’s Samsung Electronics to a strong fourth quarter profit. Net profit was 3.42 trillion won ($3.1bn; £1.9bn) compared …

Bangkok Post | January 27, 2011 True Move, the country’s third-largest mobile phone operator, and state-owned CAT Telecom on Thursday morning signed a deal to develop a Code Division Multiple …

Bloomberg | January 25, 2011 | K. Oanh Ha Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Co., the nation’s second-biggest mobile-phone company by subscribers, said sales surged 31.5 percent last year as new …

Cisco | January 25, 2011 | Press Release Cisco and Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited (HKBN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of City Telecom (HK) Limited, HKEX: 1137, NASDAQ: CTEL) today announced …

Ericsson | January 26, 2011 | Press Release DTAC signs its first contract with Ericsson to modernize its 2G network DTAC to meet Thailand’s growing data-traffic demand and get ready …

Wall Street Journal | January 26, 2011 | Yun-Hee Kim HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–More than a year after Google Inc. threatened to pull out of China, throwing into doubt its …

NTT DoCoMo | January 26, 2011 | Press Release Share Repurchase under the provisions of Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165 (2) of the Corporation Law TOKYO, JAPAN, January …

Telecom NZ | January 27, 2011 | News Release We are aware that some Telecom Retail broadband customers across New Zealand experienced difficulty when connecting to the Internet this morning. …

Telstra | January 26, 2011 | Press Release Telstra and PCCW today signed an agreement to restructure the assets in their 50/50 joint venture, Reach, as part of an ongoing …

SK Telecom | January 26, 2011 | Press Release SK Telecom today revealed the first step to commercialize LTE by announcing the selection of Samsung Electronics, LG-Ericsson and Nokia Siemens …

Bloomberg | January 26, 2011 | Young-Sam Cho China, the world’s largest mobile- phone market, may begin commercializing its TD-LTE technology standard for so-called fourth-generation mobile services next year. Trials …

International Business Times | January 25, 2011 | Gabriel Perna International Business Machines’ ever-expanding cloud computing services will continue development in Asia. The company announced it is collaborating with Range …

Bloomberg | January 25, 2011 | Mark Lee Tencent Holdings Ltd. said it has set up a 5 billion yuan ($759.3 million) fund to invest in technology firms, as China’s …

Google is “not happy” with current app sales in the Android marketplace according to Android platform manager Eric Chu speaking at the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco yesterday.