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Investors still keen on Asian tech startups
News Region's tech sector remains a hot favorite for investors who, wary of banking funds, opt to park their monies instead in venture capital companies.
Tags: Investments, Angel investing, Mobile applications, Business applications, Intel Corp., mobile communication, Investor, Singapore, Malaysia, venture capital
Asia's demand for mobile comms growing
News ForgetMeNot aims SMS product at burgeoning demand for communications amid lack of available infrastructure in Asia's emerging markets.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Smart Phone, Asia, mobile communication, Cell Phone, Mobile Device, phone, SMS
Philippine carriers eye various growth areas
News As analysts expect phone sales in the country to fall this year, mobile operators mull revenue sources such as data traffic services, to overcome any handset sale slump.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Philippines, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Wireless, phone, 3G
British Airways won't retrofit for mobile communications
News Airline is planning to launch a mobile e-mail, Web browsing and texting service on two new Airbus A318 planes this fall. But retrofitting old planes is too costly, CEO says.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web services, Budgeting/cost control, Mobile, mobile communication, Telecommunications, aircraft, CIO, British Airways Plc., GPRS
Tech and a nation's altered psyche
Blogs The sun's out here in Metro Manila, but the northern part of the Philippines is currently pounded by "stationary" typhoo...
In-flight mobiles takes off in EU
News The European Union welcomes the take up of in-flight comms by airlines a year after it created rules allowing for safe use of phones on planes across European airspace.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, mobile communication, Cell Phone, European Union, Europe, aircraft, phone, European Commission, European company
Yahoo, Siemens to launch co-branded WAP phone
News Yahoo! Singapore yesterday announced that it has teamed up with Siemens to launch a co-branded Siemens-Yahoo! 3518i WAP-enabled mobile phone, which would be available in Singapore and Malaysia from August.
KDD to lead in any alliance negotiation
News KDD, Japan's largest international telephone company which is to be bought by DDI, will lead negotiations with foreign telecommunications companies on any business alliances.
Nortel wins US$270m GSM deals from China Unicom
News Nortel Networks Corp has been awarded contracts worth about US$270 million to expand China Unicom's existing Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) 900/1800 networks in the country.
Telekom Cellular gives US$8m deal to Dancom
News Cellular equipment supplier Dancom Telecommunications has landed a RM30 million (US$8 million) contract to supply voice compression equipment (VCE) to Telekom Cellular, the service provider for TMTouch.
Nortel wins US$270m GSM deals from China Unicom
News Nortel Networks Corp has been awarded contracts worth about US$270 million to expand China Unicom's existing Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) 900/1800 networks in the country.
Japan: Matsushita to build US$1.2b chip plant
News Matsushita, the maker of the Panasonic line of electronics products, will invest 130 billion yen (US$1.2 billion) to build a new semiconductor plant in Japan.
China and Hong Kong get wireless portals
News Chinadotcom has entered into an agreement with Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communication to provide Siemens' Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) phone customers in China with access to Chinadotcom's Web portal network.
Alcatel lands US$180m China wireless deal
News The telecommunications equipment maker announces a $180 million deal that extends its relationship with Jiangsu Mobile Communication of China.
Siemens to cut 2,300 jobs
News The cell phone maker's mobile communications group plans to eliminate the positions by the end of its fiscal year, a move undertaken as part of a broader restructuring program.
