Korea Telecom | December 30, 2010 | Press Release
▶ KT successfully launched its satellite “Olleh 1” from the Guyana Space Center in French Guyana, South America at 06:27 on Dec. 30, 2010
▶ High quality satellite services including HD and 3D are to be provided...
Korea Telecom | December 29, 2010 | Press Release
▶ KT to combine its wire service brand, “Qook,” and its wireless service brand, “Show,” into “Olleh” without there being a distinction between wire and wireless service brands from Jan. 1, 2011
▶ Customer-oriented reorganization...
Via CNTV
Chip making giant Intel has recently opened its new factory in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China. CCTV reporter Yin Hang sits down with Yang Xu, President of Intel China, to find out why the Chinese market is so valuable to Intel.
Taipei Times | January 4, 2010 | Jason Tan
EVER EVOLVING:An analyst said that Taiwanese firms have carved out a firm niche in the sector, but they must continually offer new innovations to keep customers
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday said it is forming...
Business Standard | January 4, 2011 | Mehul Shah
Global telecom equipment makers Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei are in the fray to supply broadband gear to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s most valued company in terms of market capitalisation, for its re-entry into the sector.
In...
Following a trial at last year's World Expo in Shanghai, China Mobile Communications Co. is planning to expand its technology choice for future 4G networks to six cities.
The next phase of tests, which was approved by China's government last week, will put TD-LTE, or...
Reuters | January 1, 2010 | James Topham
Jan 1 (Reuters) - Japan's top mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, is looking to launch a tablet computer that will be produced by LG Electronics and run on software developed by Google, the Nikkei business daily reported on...
Philippine Business Inquirer | January 3, 2011 | Doris Dumlao
MANILA, Philippines—San Miguel Corp. has expanded its presence in the highly competitive telecommunications business with the acquisition of a 40-percent interest in Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc. from a group led by former Trade...
Reuters |January 3, 2010 | Kelvin Soh and Tarmo Virki
HONG KONG/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Some iPhone users in Asia and Europe complained of malfunctioning alarms on the first working day of 2011, even after Apple reassured users that its phones' built-in clocks will work from...
Reuters | December 28, 2010 | Manunphattr Dhanananphorn
BANGKOK, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Thailand's Central Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday approved a rehabilitation plan for fixed-line phone firm TT&T Pcl involving the restructuring of 26 billion baht ($862 million) in debt. After the court's decision,...
Bloomberg | December 21, 2010 | Tim Culpan
Rexchip Electronics Corp. suspended shipments to Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., a key customer and major shareholder, because of overdue accounts, the memory-chip maker said in an exchange filing today.
Some bills weren’t paid “due to financial constraints,” Eric Tang,...
Wall Street Journal | Jason Dean and Owen Fletcher | January 3, 2011
Is China’s government going after Skype?
Media reports over the past week have raised that prospect in relation to a government clampdown on “illegal” voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VoIP, telephone services.
But it’s far from clear...
Via CCTV | January 1, 2011
For more on the development of the microblog in China, we now come back to our current affairs commentator, Mr Raymond Zhou, from China Daily, in our studio.
Q1: Hello, Mr Zhou, the microblog has been the hottest thing on...
Wall Street Journal | December 31, 2010 | Owen Fletcher and Aaron Back
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) said Friday it will start large-scale testing of a domestically developed fourth-generation mobile communications technology, having received approval from regulators.
China Mobile, having developed a local Chinese...
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has released the E398 modem, which claims to be the first tri-mode LTE modem. The E398 modem supports LTE, 3G and 2G network technologies.
The Chinese vendor says it has already shipped the new equipment to Net4Mobility in Sweden and Mobilkom...
StockBriefings | Sammy Daniels | January 3, 2011
Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) Siemens has revealed delays in Motorola network assets acquisition. Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) stocks are currently standing at 10.32.
Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) and Siemens AG (SI), has...
Taipei Times | By Lisa Wang | December 28, 2010
Taiwan Mobile Co (台灣大哥大), the nation’s No. 2 telecoms carrier, yesterday unveiled a new digital Internet TV service and other products that utilize convergent telecoms technologies, allowing subscribers to access digital content via the Web...
PC Mag | Sara Yin | December 30, 2010
Skype may soon join Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube on China's Internet blacklist.
Today, The People's Daily, a Communist Party-run newspaper, declared that all Internet phone services other than those provided by the two state-run telcos, China Telecom...
DigiTimes | December 29, 2010 | Marvin Ma, Taipei; Adam Hwang
KKBOX Taiwan, an operator of online streaming music services in Taiwan, and in the Hong Kong market through cooperation with Hutchison Telecom, witnesses an increase in its chargeable handset-based members from 19,000 in both...
Lanka Business Online | Jayantha Kovilagodage | December 29, 2010
Dec 29, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to delay a move to restrict the number of mobile phone SIM cards individuals can own after requests for more time from mobile phone companies, a senior...
The Himalayan Times | December 29, 2010
KATHMANDU: Teletalk Pvt Ltd has launched two new Spice mobile phones: M-5262 and M-5170. M5262 is a multi-SIM phone.”Its wide screen gives a fabulous experience and its upgraded fun spice makes it a cool combination of sense as...
TeleGeography | December 30, 2010 | Thailand
Thai cellco True Move, part of domestic integrated telecoms operator True Corp, has announced in a statement to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) that it will buy the Bangkok-based CDMA2000 mobile operations belonging to Hong Kong’s Hutchison...
Jakarta Globe | December 28, 2010 | Shirley Christie
XL Axiata, one of Indonesia’s largest cellular operators, plans to spend Rp 4.5 trillion ($500 million) to invest in its growth next year, a top executive said on Tuesday.
That investment is almost the same as the...
TeleGeography | Thailand | December 29, 2010
The Thai Cabinet has approved state-owned CAT Telecom’s decision to cancel a plan to buy 100% of its Bangkok-based ‘Hutch’ branded CDMA mobile joint venture from partner Hutchinson Telecommunications International (HTI). The cancellation of the takeover of Hutchison...
