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Rodney Chan, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Wednesday 8 December 2010] The China telecom market officially entered the 3G era just two years ago, much later than some of its neighbors, such as Japan …

Optus today announced a significant update to its fixed broadband and home phone plans, providing loads more value for both new and existing customers. Including updates to its ‘Fusion’ broadband …

The Telstra Foundation today announced Telstra veteran, Geoff Booth will replace Herb Elliott as Chairman, effective January 1, 2011. Mr Booth spent 38 years working at Telstra in senior executive …

Telstra today launched a new high definition video conferencing solution to give the more than 6.5 million regional and rural Australians greater access to care from city health professionals. The …

TELSTRA and the competition watchdog are locked in an intense number-heavy debate about the value of the copper network, as the government prepares to announce how many exchanges will be …

By Lorraine Luk Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TAIPEI (Dow Jones)–Asia’s major mobile operators are moving to launch a fourth-generation wireless technology known as long-term evolution, as they look to boost …

By Tiernan Ray Interesting piece by Matthew Campbell and Jonathan Browning over at Bloomberg this morning, who write that European telecoms are demanding that Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), Facebook and …

PARIS and SINGAPORE, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — mig33, the world’s largest mobile-first community, today launched mig33 for Android, a much-anticipated, feature-rich version of the mobile social entertainment service that …

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — On December 10, 2010, “2010 China International New Generation of Wireless Communication and China 4G Summit” is being held at the Chengdu High-tech …

By: Maravedis Over the week of  November 22nd I had the opportunity to speak at the “WiMAX Forum Southeast Asia Regional Focus 2010” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference was …

By Phisanu Phromchanya, Dow Jones Newswires Execs support law to set up new regulator to supervise telecoms, broadcasting sectors. Thailand’s two leading mobile operators Wednesday called for the government to …

As of 20 October 2010, another 3G technology based product of Globalcctvsec is available for sales. Globalcctvsec customers can now use 3G+ Surveillance Cameras to have remote video surveillance. This …

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) — The following companies may have unusual price changes in Asian trading, excluding Japan. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close, …

Marking a new era in network bandwidth technology, Alcatel-Lucent has introduced the first commercially available solution to carry a single carrier 100 gigabit per second (100G) on a wavelength through …

Mobile VoIP apps may promise to slash users’ phone bills, but the lack of security, patchy performance and need for constant wireless broadband access mean that it will take time …

December 09 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Philippine-based Globe Telecom’s (Globe) Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR), Long-term local currency IDR and the rating of its outstanding global …

December 09 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Philippine-based Globe Telecom’s (Globe) Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR), Long-term local currency IDR and the rating of its outstanding global …

From: techwenchcom China Telecom is the third largest Chinese wireless carrier in the service and is also the smallest China’s Wireless Carrier. Reports are that China Telecom will become the …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 08, 2010 – Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced that it has signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan, …

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom and Five Star Appliance, Best Buy’s electronics retail subsidiary in China, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering various services of China Unicom. Under the …

The South Asian region’s large population of 1.47 billion still offers a huge room for growth, and hence, immense opportunity for local as well as regional service providers. The region’s …

It is easy to own a mobile phone that is made in Vietnam these days, as phones with Vietnamese trademarks such as ABTel, Viettel, Hanel or FPT are available in …

By Owen Fletcher, Dow Jones Newswires Thursday 09 December 2010 Telecoms ministry document will provide guidelines for telcos on notifying customers of tariffs. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology …

Surging demand for live sheep and cars should help to propel Australian exports to the UAE to a record of more than A$2 billion (Dh7.22bn) this year. Meanwhile, a dozen …

Chloe Yu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Friday 10 December 2010] Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plan to …