Mobile Telecom
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China's SMBs to up mobile investments
News Small and midsize businesses in Asian IT powerhouses China and India, are expected to spend US$9.5 billion to boost their wireless infrastructure, finds AMI-Partners study.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Network infrastructure, SMB
Analysts question the point of dot-mobi
News Design and better access, not a new domain extension, will draw users to the mobile Internet, say analysts.
S'pore begins search for 'number administrator'
News The winning bid will build centralized database to facilitate "true number portability" in the local telecoms market, says regulator.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, VoIP/IP telephony, Network infrastructure, VoIP
WiMax: Waiting to explode in Philippines?
Blogs Last weekend, I had the chance to take part in an offsite press event organized by Smart Communications, the topdog in t...
Softbank to expand investments in Korea to US$400 million this year
News Softbank Corp, Japan's largest Internet investment company, said its joint venture will quadruple investments in Korea up to US$400 million by the end of this year, aiming to control the Korean Internet market.
Softbank-led group to buy half of Korea Thrunet
News A group led by Softbank Corp, Asia's largest investor in Internet-related companies, will pay US$250 million for about half of Korea Thrunet Co, buying into the world's fastest growing high-speed Internet market.
Thai 3G mobile phone services by 2004
News Third generation (3G) mobile phone services will not take off in Thailand until 2004, when they will be launched by a joint venture between the two state telecom agencies.
A good reason to read e-mail at the beach
Blogs I received the first watch notice by e-mail about the Indonesia tsunami on Monday afternoon (17 July) at 16:38 Singapore...
Tags: Wireless e-mail devices, E-mail clients, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail servers, Mobile applications, IT strategy
S'pore SMBs move in on M2M
News The island-state aspires to be the Southeast Asian hub for machine-to-machine applications, a market that is estimated to be worth US$264 billion worldwide by 2010.
Tags: Hardware, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Diagnostics and monitoring, Business applications, SMB
Tech darling Qualcomm stumbles
News For Qualcomm, like so many technology stocks, the unraveling of months of stock market hype has proved painful.
Mobile phone mast blamed for vanishing pigeons
News Could a mobile phone mast damage a bird's sense of direction? One UK pigeon fancier thinks so--and he's planning legal action.
3G gets closer to EDGE
News Although 3G networks are beginning to spring up in Europe, reports indicate that some networks will take an intermediary step.
Two 3G operators in the UK "destined for bankruptcy"
News Mobile commerce hasn't lived up to the hype, and two mobile operators could be in real trouble if 3G is not a big hit with the public.
One size doesn't fit all for Asian telcos
News New entrants, incumbents and global operators that see Asia Pacific as a single, homogenous region are making a dangerous mistake, according to market researcher Ovum.
Sendo sues Microsoft over 'stolen' secrets
News Britain's Sendo files suit in a U.S. federal court against the software giant--its former partner--in a dispute over intellectual property.
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