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Broadband: Asia's balancing act
Insight Bogged down by poor network infrastructure, Asia's developing countries are now working hard to close the gap with broadband powerhouses Korea and Japan.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Business broadband, Personal broadband, VoIP
Alcatel debuts China R&D base
News After establishing a regional head office in Shanghai, French telecommunications giant Alcatel has also decided to house its first Asian research and innovation (R&I) center in the city.
Telecom giants join forces against hackers
News Group of well-known telecom and networking companies, including BT, Cisco, EarthLink and MCI, will share data on hackers.
Tags: Data security
Asia's cables on the blink
Blogs On Dec. 26, 2006, the Hengchun earthquake near Taiwan was actually two shocks within 5 minutes of each other at 8:30 p.m...
MediaRing revises H2 earnings forecast for 2000
News Mainboard-listed MediaRing.com Ltd has revised its preliminary unaudited revenue for the second half of 2000 to be about S$13.5 million, from an earlier forecast S$15 million.
Chinese state broadcaster plans fiber optic backbone
News The Information and Network Center (INC) of China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is planning a 3,000-kilometer fiber optic backbone to carry radio, TV and data services across the country.
Security expert: DNS attacks are happening
News IOActive researcher Dan Kaminsky says people are looking for unpatched DNS systems and some attacks are due to a fatal vulnerability with the DNS Web address lookup system.
Tags: Network security, Domain names, Security, Vulnerability, Attack, Password, Server, phone, sensitive information, penetration testing
Nokia gives cell phones new address
News Nokia is giving its cell phones a new address.
China's mobile users ever ready to switch providers
News Chinese telcos are introducing special membership programs to retain customers.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless
Lucent wireless add-on ready to roll
News The high-speed wireless data add-on for 3G networks successfully supports video, voice and data in Shanghai test, Lucent says.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Software
China's Net cafes to be consolidated
News Nearly all of China's 110,000 Internet cafes will be consolidated under the management of larger mainly state-owned companies in the next three years, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
Motorola expands Bluetooth bets
News Struggling handset maker Motorola said Monday that it's going to widen its effort into making products using Bluetooth, the much-hyped wireless technology that lets devices communicate.
Motorola backs Chinese 3G standard
News US phone giant Motorola says it is willing to invest in China's home-grown third generation mobile technology.
Alcatel-Lucent, NEC to build new cable
News The Asia-America Gateway undersea cable will connect Southeast Asia directly to the United States, and hopefully minimize Internet disruptions in the seismically active region.
Tags: Networking, Business broadband
China adopts global 3G standards
News Mobile networks similar to those used in the developed world are now acceptable in China, as the country's government extends its options.
Tags: Network standards/protocols, Government, 3G (Third Generation)
