CDG | January 10, 2011 | Press Release
New regulations provide for more effective use of 450-470 MHz band for fixed and mobile broadband, telephony and multimedia services to bridge the digital divide
COSTA MESA, CA — January 10, 2011 — The CDMA Development Group (CDG)...
Wall Street Journal | January 10, 2011
Research In Motion said it will apply Internet filtering on BlackBerrys in Indonesia to comply with a government demand to block websites containing pornography. WSJ's Spencer Ante reports on Digits.
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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 transportation in order make his government "the infrastructure administration."
Calderon said he wants the new Cabinet...
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, compliant filtering solution" for Indonesia BlackBerry users by the country's January 21 deadline. If RIM doesn't...
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 the National Broadband Plan (PNBL) slashed to just BRL590 million. Telebras director Rogerio Santanna says...
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) of the Board Audit Committee, the internal investigation on the alleged improper payments to TM...
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 the ministry is not looking to ban IP telephony operators, ‘but only those operating illegally...
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 the ministry is not looking to ban IP telephony operators, ‘but only those operating illegally...
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 daily Reforma reported.
Rafael del Villar, a commissioner for the agency known as Cofetel, said in...
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 of exploding Apple iPod batteries were reported, Japan is once again complaining about Apple. If Google's...
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 against consumers' basic right to information.
In the latest version of its draft Memorandum Order (MO)...
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 against consumers' basic right to information.
In the latest version of its draft Memorandum Order (MO)...
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. Telecompaper quotes Bernardo as saying that state-owned telco Telebras will be tasked with providing internet...
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...
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 telecom operator Telebras SA (TELB4.BR) in order to implement a broadband network, the company said...
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...
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...
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...
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, a move designed to strengthen the country's technological security and sovereignty.
Once the migration is fully...
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) could be lightly fined for providing poor service, a Mexican regulator said on Wednesday.
In a...
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 promulgating an Industry Code of Practice for Telecommunications Service Contracts (the "Industry Code") for adoption...
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 Baidu Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU | PowerRating) and had lunch together with Robin Li, CEO of the...
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 laws to entrench President Hugo Chavez's...
Boeing | Press Release | December 20, 2010
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2010 -- Boeing today announced that it has received a contract for approximately $1 billion from the government of Mexico to deliver an end-to-end satellite communications system. The system, known as...
