Penang
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Layoffs loom for M'sian electronics sector
News One of the pillars of Malaysia's economy, its electronic and electrical sector has become a double-edged sword during the current global slowdown.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Layoffs, Business planning, Trends, Intel Corp., Western Digital Corp., Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Electronics Sector
'Great ICT Sale' to target Malaysian SMBs
News Country's government agency plans business-to-business fair, in bid to narrow "SME digital divide" and urge small and midsize firms to embrace IT.
Tags: IT budgeting, Product marketing, Business, E-business, Small And Medium Enterprise, B2B, Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, value chain
Panasonic, Qimonda cuts hit M'sian electronics
News At stake is the livelihood of nearly 2,000 employees at the Malaysian manufacturing plants operated by the Japanese electronics company and German chipmaker.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Plant, Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Nikkei, Malaysia, Panasonic, Qimonda
Penang ICT Week
Blogs The theme of the upcoming Penang ICT Week, from Dec 6 to 8, is Innovation - Creating a Disruptive Force and Competitive ...
M'sia on cusp of 'true' high-speed broadband
News Content players welcome boost to services market, but Net service providers express concerns over lack of details regarding wholesale access pricing and service terms.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Competitive advantage, CommunicAsia 2009, broadband service, service provider, Internet service, FTTH, Competitive advantage, Lee Min Keong
Smaller deployments also see UC gains
News case study Three Asian organizations tell their stories of the road to unified communications, from initial tests to discovering productivity and cost benefits.
Tags: Communications, VoIP/IP telephony, Microsoft Corp., Training, PBX, Tool, Singapore, Opulent Techno, Astra, Harsono
DiGi enters M'sia mobile broadband market
News Although a late entrant, the operator expects to capture one-third of market in three to five years, says CEO.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Personal broadband, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Broadband, HSPA, Malaysia, DiGi, 3G, FTTH
Mixed reactions to Malaysia's ICT stimulus
News Government's US$16.2 billion "mini-budget" won't be sufficient to shield vendors from effects of recession, says country's national IT association Pikom.
Tags: Government, IT budgeting, Stimulus, Stimulus Plan, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Malaysia, Procurement, Wong, ePerolehan System
M'sian firms clearing backlog of exports to US
News Electronics firms in Penang are now working overtime to clear backlog of orders destined for the US which got delayed due to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington last week.
So many cybercities
Blogs Parts of Penang have already been designated a cybercity. Now, Shah Alam (a satellite city south of Kuala Lumpur and ...
Mini-Circuits sets up RM250m Penang plant
News Despite a weakening economy brought about by the US slowdown, New York-based Mini-Circuits Inc is in full gear to establish a RM250 million manufacturing facility in the northern state of Penang.
Mini-Circuits sets up RM250m Penang plant
News Despite a weakening economy brought about by the U.S. slowdown, New York-based Mini-Circuits Incorporated is in full gear to establish a RM250 million manufacturing facility in the northern state of Penang.
M'sia: Penang to produce P4 chips
News Intel is expanding its operations in Penang, to make its operations there capable of assembling the Pentium 4 processor. Malaysia will be the first Asian country to produce the chip.
Cisco opens virtual manufacturing center in Penang
News Nasdaq-listed network equipment maker Cisco Systems today opened a testing and technical management center here, a state located in northern Peninsular Malaysia.
Short Take: Pirated software, hardware worth RM230k seized
News The Penang enforcement division of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry Tuesday seized RM230,000 worth of computers from a graphics design firm suspected of using pirated software.
