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Smart interested in iPhone: Executive
News However, the Philippines mobile telephone service provider would not say if it is in talks with the phone's maker to distribute the device.
Tags: Cellular phones, Business Strategies & Functions, Mobile platforms/communications, 3G (Third Generation), Apple Inc., Mobile, SingTel, Philippines, phone, 3G
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
Philippine carriers willing to reduce SMS fees
News But country's operators slam government's proposal for free SMS, arguing that market forces--not the government--should force prices down.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Data services, India, Carrier, Text Messaging, Service, Government, food, SMS
Regulating the unregulated telecoms market
Blogs It was on a plane trip back home from Singapore that I was able to grab a copy of a magazine (I can’t remember if it was...
SMS use in Philippines gets personal
Blogs It's easy to ignore things especially when it's become part of one's everyday routine. Filipinos, for instance, have got...
Philippine carrier outsources to Israeli firm
News Country's largest carrier Smart Communications, ropes in ECI Telecom to provide network management services that include surveillance and maintenance.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Mobile platforms/communications, Network administration/implementation, ECI Telecom Ltd., Telecommunications, Philippines, network equipment, Israel, network management
WiMax battle looms in Philippines
News Globe Telecom's WiMax launch finally brings wireless broadband platform to Philippines, but its rival is heating up competition in this space.
Tags: WiMax, CommunicAsia 2009, Local Government, Mobile platforms/communications, Next-generation technology/networks, 3G (Third Generation), Globe Telecom Inc., Wireless, Philippines, Ovum
SmartTrust appoints new regional head
News in brief SmartTrust, a company which specializes in making software that carriers use to offer mobile data services, has named a new head for Asia.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
Nera signs US$22m contract with Philippines' Globe Telecom
News Nera Telecommunications Ltd, a Singapore-based maker of phone components, has secured a contract worth US$21.7 million from Globe Telecom Inc of the Philippines to help expand its mobile phone network.
DoCoMo denies talks with PLDT for purchase of Smart
News NTT DoCoMo denied a report it's in talks to buy as much as 40 percent of Smart Communications Inc, the Philippines' largest mobile phone company, from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
DoCoMo denies talks with PLDT for purchase of Smart
News NTT DoCoMo denied a report it's in talks to buy as much as 40 percent of Smart Communications Inc, the Philippines' largest mobile phone company, from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
Microsoft-powered handset to make Asian debut
News Philippines mobile operator SMART Communications will be the first telco in Asia to launch a phone running Microsoft’s Smartphone operating system.
Global mobile leaders to gather in S'pore
News The 3GSM World Congress Asia will cover topics that will set the agenda for a similar event in Barcelona next February.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
A new telco in town? Maybe not
Blogs A few days ago, an e-mail with a subject line "Invitation to the exclusive launch of a new telco" greeted me as I opened...
Philippines: Mobile TV still in limbo
News Local carrier Smart Communications has not earned any revenue from its mobile TV service because the government has yet to issue policy guidelines on the technology.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Regulations, TVs, Mobile, Mobile TV, TV, Philippines, phone, cable television
