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UAE issues Gulf's first mobile TV license
News EMTC group pays US$4.6 million for 10-year license to offer mobile TV services, targeted to launch fourth quarter next year, in United Arab Emirates.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile applications, Regulations, Mobile Broadband, Mobile TV, mobile, Mobile applications, TV, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
S'pore forms group to boost 3D chips
News New consortium seeks to advance Singapore's 300mm wafer manufacturing capabilities by focusing on through-silicon via for 3D integrated circuit packages.
Tags: Processors, R&D, Integrated Circuit, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip, Singapore, 3D, consortium, transistor
Language translator offers telcos new opportunity?
News Pan-Asian consortium unveils real-time speech translation program with potential for use on mobile phones and portable devices.
Tags: Business applications, Language, Cell Phone, Singapore, Japan, consortium, Server, phone, network, telecommunications company
Toshiba brings out business-card-size solid-state drives
News New solid-state drives, which feature capacities of up to 62GB, are designed for notebooks and Netbooks.
Tags: Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Notebook, consortium, Hardware, hardware maker, Dell Computer Corp., manufacturer, Toshiba Corp.
Thai telecom TOT may recall, upgrade 470 MHz
News The state telecom enterprise had signed an agreement with a consortium led by Starcom and Huawei to upgrade its analogue cellular system to accommodate wireless internet and voice services.
Tags: Cable, Network infrastructure, 3G (Third Generation), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Telecommunications, Spectrum, Wireless, consortium, Cable, phone
Alcatel-Lucent aims to lead 4G consortium
News The telecoms company pulls together manufacturers and developers in an attempt to steer the creation of 4G wireless devices, applications and content.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, LANs and WANs, Alcatel, Mobile, Wireless, chief marketing officer, Software Technology, consortium, 4G, network
Rays of hope from the polls
Blogs The local IT industry has been teeming with activities in the last few weeks, so much so that you'll wonder if there's r...
Web standards group scrutinizing Apple patent
News The W3C aims to get a handle on an Apple patent that could hold back the consortium's work to standardize Web applications.
Tags: Standards, Prior Art, W3C, consortium, RFC, PNG, Standards, software update, software, computer
S'pore SOEasy to roll out this month
News Mega project to standardize desktop, network and messaging elements across government agencies begins in July, but authorities are sketchy on details.
Tags: IT budgeting, IT outsourcing, Infrastructure/architecture management, Government, Officer, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Spokesperson, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, consortium
A look at the open source OW2 Consortium
Blogs During the OSCAMP event in Beijing, I had a chance to talk to Cedric Thomas, the CEO of OW2 open source organization. He...
Google-backed tool detects Net filtering, blocking
News A new open platform from Google, the New America Foundation and PlanetLab allows consumers to monitor their broadband connection for Internet-provider interference.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web 2.0, 3G (Third Generation), Bluetooth, Google Inc., BitTorrent, Tool, Broadband, Net Neutrality
Olympics IT gets lean, mean and green
News To control costs during the worst recession, the London 2012 Olympic Games will adopt green tech.
Tags: Green IT, Atos, Virtualization, IT Services, consortium, Olympics IT, Hardware, broadcaster, information technology, Olympic Games
IBM offers AI help to mobile developers
News A project funded by the European Union uses brute force and intelligence to auto-optimize mobile software.
Tags: Open source, IBM Corp., Mobile, Cell Phone, Developer, operating system, consortium, Hardware, Web Site, Open source
Thai telco pledges to launch 3G this year
News TOT Plc will spend US$83 million to upgrade its 2G network to 3G and roll the new service out by year end.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Thailand, Bangkok, 2G network, consortium, TOT Plc., 3G, chairman, network, brand
Region's banks still spending on MSS
News Despite current economic climate, spending on managed security services by financial institutions in Asia will continue, say industry watchers.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Security Management, Business security, Services, Security, Managed Security Service, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Gartner Inc.
