This annual publication provides analysis on the telecoms market in 2010, forecasts, overview and discussion on:
- National Broadband Network
- International broadband and trans-sector activities
- Mobile communications market
- Mobile data
- Smart grid infrastructure
- Social networks
- Broadcasting and pay TV
NBN full steam ahead
The industry is...
Published: Thursday 9 December 2010
Region: Global
Tags: Distimo
I attended, and presented at, the GSMA’s Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong last month, featuring App Planet. A few...
Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom has planned to invest at least TWD 3 billion to double the number of wireless hotspots to 12,000 next year to offer Wi-Fi bandwidth for users of Apple's iPhone and other smartphones, reports The Taipei Times. The...
China Telecom, Huawei, and Corning Incorporated, jointly announced that the completion of China's first 100G wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ultra long haul transmission test. The test also set a new record of 100G WDM transmission distance of over 3000...
For more than a decade, Kim Jung Yeon only bought phones from Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., passing on best sellers made by non-Korean companies such as Motorola Inc.’s Razr. Her loyalty ended with Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
“The iPhone has a cool design...
Local San Jose wireless chip maker Altera has said it will boost its R&D spending in 2011 while optimistically forecasting a rise of between 3-6% in its fourth quarter revenue – in line with earlier analyst predictions.
Qualcomm has not quite given up on Mobile TV and indeed the product’s future could lie in live broadcasting, according to CEO, Paul Jacobs, speaking at a technology panel in Silicon Valley Tuesday night.
It's been exactly two months since Apple Inc. acquiesced and approved a third-party Google Voice app for the iPhone, but now there's finally an official offering from Google Inc.
The new Google Voice app, which made its debut on the App Store yesterday, is simpler...
Hewlett-Packard Co. will play $16.25 million to the government as part of a settlement for alleged fraud in the E-rate program, which funds Internet connections in schools and libraries.
The Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission has been investigating allegations that contractors working...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has rolled out an iOS 4.2 update that finally brings the latest features in iOS to iPad users. For starters, iPad users can finally enjoy background processing, multitasking and folders.
But there are two key new features — AirPrint and AirPlay —...
Despite a run of recent setbacks in the United States, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is making strategic moves, including hires, to keep its big plans for this market alive.
John Roese, former CTO at Nortel Networks, is now joining the company as SVP and GM...
Despite a run of recent setbacks in the United States, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is making strategic moves, including hires, to keep its big plans for this market alive.
John Roese, former CTO at Nortel Networks, is now joining the company as SVP and GM...
Despite a run of recent setbacks in the United States, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is making strategic moves, including hires, to keep its big plans for this market alive.
John Roese, former CTO at Nortel Networks, is now joining the company as SVP and GM...
Apple is hiring up an army of legal beagles to help it in its fight against other smart phone makers, as the giants of the mobile space begin to slug it out in the International Trade Commission’s courts.
The European Union today announced that they will be launching a preliminary anti-trust investigation into alleged down-ranking of competitors on Google Inc. search results – as well as deliberate preferential treatment for Google products.
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is acquiring Art Technology Group Inc. (ARTG) for approximately $1 billion in an purely cash-for-stock deal.
Oracle plans to push further into mobile following the deal, particularly with ATG's ability to create mobile commerce apps for business.
ATG made the announcement on the...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has rolled out an iOS 4.2 update that finally brings the latest features in iOS to iPad users. For starters, iPad users can finally enjoy background processing, multitasking and folders.
But there are two key new features — AirPrint and AirPlay —...
Despite a run of recent setbacks in the United States, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is making strategic moves, including hires, to keep its big plans for the U.S. market alive.
John Roese, former CTO at Nortel Networks, is now joining the company as SVP and...
In what could see the coming together of two of the scariest media empires in the world, rumours reach us that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Apple have been secretly collaborating on a tablet-based newspaper called The Daily, and it's set to launch early next year.
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, California, CEO Eric Schmidt pulled an unreleased Android phone (rumored to be the Nexus S) out of his pocket and released the newest tidbit of Gingerbread intel: it will include a Near Field Communication feature.
There has been a lot of talk about the latest version Android: 2.3 a.k.a. Gingerbread recently. Rumours of a successor to the Nexus One as well as reports of Gingerbread being rolled out "any day" have abounde
After months of rumours and speculation Facebook finally got round to unveiling their "Project Titan" messaging product yesterday. The new system centres around a unified inbox that deals with your IMs, SMS, email and Facebook messages, so in theory you'll only have one conversation thread for each of your contacts.
Nice move Apple, very nice. With the uploading of one simple image Apple have stolen most of Facebook's thunder just an hour before the social giant's much-anticipated press conference.
On the eve of their big press conference where they are expected to announce their "Gmail killer", Facebook has overtaken eBay in value to become the third most valuable web-based company in the US.
