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Pacnet to concentrate on Asian SMBs
News The newly-formed telecoms service provider will direct most of its capital to serve small and midsize enterprise customers, says Pacnet CEO.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Mobile/Wireless, Business broadband, Communications
Asia Netcom, PacNet complete merger
News Known as Pacnet, the new entity retains existing staff from the two companies and is headed by former Asia Netcom CEO Bill Barney.
Tags: Mergers, Networking technology, Mobile/Wireless, LANs and WANs, Web sites
Power up technology to lessen bills
Insight Rising energy prices are showing no signs of abating, but data center owners and telcos can look to technology to lessen the burden of energy bills.
Tags: Servers, Power supplies, surge suppression, Data centers
MediaRing partners China telco
News Internet voice communication service provider MediaRing.com has partnered telco China Netcom (CNC) and CE-Infocom Network Technology (CNT) to promote its services to China users.
Asia Netcom readies for HDTV
Cobrand The emerging requirements of high-definition TV plays a big part in the infrastructure operator's plans to double its cable systems bandwidth capacity.
Tags: TVs, Business broadband, Cable
China blocking access to Facebook?
News Twitter messages and blog posts suggest that problems accessing Facebook in China may be more than just Internet service provider issues.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Twitter, China Netcom, social networking, China Telecom, Facebook, theory, network, China
Transpacific undersea cable completed
News Some of the world's leading phone companies complete the construction of an undersea cable to provide more Internet capacity between the United States and parts of Asia.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Network infrastructure, Networking, Cable, Japan, phone, Chunghwa Telecom, China Telecom, data cable, Dow Jones & Company Inc.
China: Govt censorship slows Net access
News The Chinese government’s attempt to control subversive and obscene Web content has left millions of Internet users with complaints of a dramatic slowdown.
China govt does telco reform right
News update The country's third telecoms restructuring in a decade facilitates market competition and provides least resistance in rollout, says research firm Ovum.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., Unicom, China Unicom, China Netcom, China Telecom, network, marketing
China to top global broadband market
News Net telephony and IPTV will bolster the Chinese marketplace, though regulatory challenges remain, says analyst.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband
Chinese telecom: Who wins, who loses?
News A restructuring will shift power among Chinese operators, but will foreign players become full participants in the world's largest market?
Tags: World Trade Organization, China Mobile Ltd., Telecommunications, China Unicom, phone, China Netcom, Spain, China Telecom, China, Vodafone Group Plc.
China Orient in stake talks with Jitong, others
News Zhang Hongwei, one of China's richest businessmen, said his closely held company China Orient Group Inc is in talks to take a stake in Jitong Communications Co and other Chinese phone network operators.
China Telecom ends controversial service
News Fixed-line giant China Telecom has halted its controversial call-forwarding service just 10 days after its launch.
Go to VPLS for privacy
News Virtual private local area network services are finding takers among businesses that are nervous about data privacy, says Telstra executive.
Tags: LANs and WANs
AsiaInfo buys stake in Intrinsic to tap China wireless market
News AsiaInfo Holdings Inc, China's biggest Internet network builder, agreed to buy a stake in software developer Intrinsic Technology to help it expand into the market for wireless Internet services.
