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Associated Press | January 8, 2o11 | MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Felipe Calderon shuffled his Cabinet on Friday, changing the two ministers in charge of energy, communications and …

CNET | January 10, 2011 | Don Reisinger Research In Motion will block pornography accessed through its smartphones in Indonesia. The company announced today that it will develop a “prompt, …

TeleGeography | January 7, 2011 According to an unconfirmed report from Brazilian newspaper Estadao, the country’s state-owned telecoms company Telebras has seen its proposed BRL1 billion (USD595 million) budget for …

Malaysia Star | January 7, 2011 PETALING JAYA: Telekom Malaysia Bhd informed Bursa Malaysia yesterday, barring unforeseen circumstances, and based on the terms of reference of the Board Sub-Committee (BSC) …

TeleGeography | January 7, 2011 China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has attempted to clear up confusion over VoIP services in the country by issuing a statement that …

Bloomberg | January 6, 2011 | Thomas Black Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission is studying holding an auction to create two new national television networks in digital format, the Mexico City …

TechTree| January 5, 2010 | Samir Makwana Censorware to protect minors from accessing objectionable content The relationship between Apple and the Japanese government hasn’t been great last year. After cases …

GMA News | Philippines | TJ Dimacali UPDATED 30 DEC 2010, International rights lawyer Romel Bagares warned that the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC’s) proposal to allow data volume caps goes …

TeleGeography | January 5, 2010 Brazil’s newly appointed communications minister, Paulo Bernardo, used his acceptance speech to announce his intention to reduce the cost of broadband access in the country. …

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 …

Wall Street Journal | January 3, 2011 | Rogerio Jelmayer SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)–The Brazilian government will provide a loan worth 300 million Brazilian reals ($177 million) to the state-run …

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 …

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 …

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 …

XinghuaNet | Mo Hong’e | Decemebr 28, 2010 HAVANA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Cuba has set a strategic goal in 2011 to migrate most of its computers to open-source software, …

Reuters | Cyntia Barrera | Wed Dec 22, 2010 Dec 22 (Reuters) – A company controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim as well as an affiliate of broadcaster Televisa (TV.N) (TLVACPO.MX) …

OFTA |Press Release | December 21, 2010 The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (“OFTA”) today (21 December 2010) welcomes the efforts of the Communications Association of Hong Kong (“CAHK”) in …

Trading Markets | Tue. December 21, 2010 BEIJING, Dec 21, 2010 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — On December 20, 2010, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg was said to visit …

Reuters | Daniel Wallis | Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:49pm EST (Reuters) – Venezuela’s parliament approved tighter regulation of the Internet on Monday in the latest of a package of …

Boeing | Press Release | December 20, 2010 EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a contract for approximately $1 billion …

TeleGeography | Thailand | Monday December 20, 2010 A review committee appointed by Thailand’s Information and Communications Technology Minister Juti Krairiksh has highlighted various ‘illegal’ amendments to the Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) …