Cloud needs Thai government backing
Asian governments must look to cloud computing to help spur domestic IT sectors, but top officials need convincing still, Thai delegate reveals.
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Local Government,
Cloud computing
PayPal eyes Asian SMBs' e-commerce moves
Citing study it commissioned, PayPal says small and midsize businesses in region are looking at e-commerce to power growth and enter new markets in year ahead.
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E-commerce,
Web sites,
Web 2.0,
Web services,
Internet
Language translator offers telcos new opportunity?
Pan-Asian consortium unveils real-time speech translation program with potential for use on mobile phones and portable devices.
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Business applications
Expats not necessarily first to go in recession
When companies in Asia initiate retrenchment exercises, they consider salaries and skills first and not whether an employee is a foreign worker, say HR experts.
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HR policies and procedures,
Layoffs,
Trends
Thailand's video games potential
International experts view Thailand as a professional and fast growing source for game and animation development and services, advising that now is the right time to bring Thai products to the global market.
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Games
Singapore firm eyes medical tourism dollar
Local startup launches Web platform offering patients help with travel arrangements and advice on hospital selection, in hopes of boosting tourism into the region.
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Web services,
Web sites
Thai telco pledges to launch 3G this year
TOT Plc will spend US$83 million to upgrade its 2G network to 3G and roll the new service out by year end.
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3G (Third Generation)
True Move denies iPhone claims
Thai mobile operator calls for an investigation into claims by a consumer group that its sales of the Apple iPhone violated the law and exploited consumers.
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Smart phones
AIS full-year profit up despite poor Q4
Despite a 92 percent fall in fourth-quarter 2008 earnings, Thai mobile operator Advanced Info Service reports full-year net profit increase of 0.7 percent to US$462 million.
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Earning reports/forecasts,
Cellular phones,
Handhelds,
Mobile/Wireless
Thailand hopes to be taken off Priority Watch List
It expects the Untied States will move Thailand from the PWL to the Watch List because of the country's huge success enforcing intellectual property law.
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Copyright
Microsoft is expanding and investing in Thailand
The software giant will collaborate with the country's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center on research and development, among other initiatives.
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Innovation
Thailand's DTAC tightens SMS scrutiny
It responds to complaints that customers were automatically subscribed to services without knowing service rates or content, after replying to marketing messages sent by providers.
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Cellular phones,
Smart phones,
PDA phones,
Personal broadband
Thai managed services market booming
The outsourcing market in Thailand contributes about 25 percent of the overall IT services market, worth US$856 million and expected to achieve double-digit growth.
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Outsourcing,
Web services,
Service level management,
Location-based services,
Offshoring
Still no universal broadband access in Thailand
More fiber networks will be rolled out to the well-to-do this year, but lack of government subsidy and strategy will prevent cheap connectivity to the masses, says Ovum.
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Cable,
DSL,
3G (Third Generation),
Network infrastructure
Vnet to re-launch Apple's iStudio in Thailand
To capture growing lifestyle retail market, Thailand's Vnet has taken a controlling stake in Copperwired and is set to re-launch an iStudio Apple shop the same size as that in San Francisco.
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Smart phones,
Sales strategy
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