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UAE issues Gulf's first mobile TV license
News EMTC group pays US$4.6 million for 10-year license to offer mobile TV services, targeted to launch fourth quarter next year, in United Arab Emirates.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile applications, Regulations, Mobile Broadband, Mobile TV, mobile, Mobile applications, TV, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
Next-gen networks need tiered, converged rules
News As momentum for next-generation networks picks up, this new ecosystem needs blend of differentiated and converged regulations, says consultant.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2009, Network infrastructure, Next-generation technology/networks, Regulator, Regulation, consultant, telecommunications, Ernst & Young LLP, network infrastructure, financial crisis
China telecoms market to surpass Japan by 2014
News China's telecommunications market on track to generate US$187 billion by 2014, fueled by mobile uptake in rural areas and 3G, says Pyramid Research.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, 3G (Third Generation), China Mobile Ltd., Telecommunications, Japan, 3G, Emerging Market, network, China, analyst
Are telcos new drivers of outsourcing industry?
Blogs The recent TPI Index from TPI highlighted an interesting trend where a few very large telco-to-telco contracts--instance...
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...
Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law
News Major overhaul of telecommunications regulations tackles issues ranging from data-breach notification to faster number porting to Internet access.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Piracy, negotiator, Telecoms Reform Package, European Commission, Web sites, European Parliament, Telecommunications, European Union
Will India finally see 3G spectrum auction in December?
Blogs The auction for 3G spectrum was to happen in December 2008, but a host of issues (such as lack of agreement between mini...
Roaming caps legal, advises EU advocate general
News The EC's imposition of roaming caps on Vodafone and other mobile operators did not stifle competition, according to the European Court of Justice's advocate general.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Commission, Cap, European Commission, mobile, Miguel Poiares Maduro, Telecommunications, European Court, European Union, economic activity
Ericsson to pay US$1.1B for Nortel wireless tech
News Swedish telecom giant beats out Nokia Siemens Networks and a private equity firm, in an auction for the CDMA and LTE wireless tech assets of bankrupt Nortel.
Tags: Data Management, Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology, Nortel Networks Corp., Siemens AG, Telecommunications, Wireless, Bankruptcy, Canada, asset
Jordan's Internet minister on piracy, open source, outsourcing
Insight newsmaker Bassem Al Rousan talks about his plan to transform a resource-poor Middle Eastern country into a home for software, hardware, and Internet companies.
Tags: Open source, Piracy, Government, Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, Tax, telecommunications, Lebanon, Outsourcing
Mobile operators need to be greener
News Operators can reap up to 40 percent energy savings "without doing too much" and not cutting energy requirements is almost "a criminal act", says analyst.
Tags: Green IT, Network infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Mobile/Wireless, Telecommunications Company, Energy Requirement, RFP, Optimization, renewable energy, alternative energy
Malaysia fines laggard WiMax licensees
News Government slaps penalties totaling US$1.1 million on all but one of country's WiMax operators after they failed to meet required network coverage.
Tags: WiMax, Regulations, Network infrastructure, Pacnet Ltd., Network Coverage, performance bond, network, Telecommunications, Singapore, Malaysia
Finland decrees Net access legal right
News Country becomes world's first to pass law making broadband access, at speeds of at least 1Mbps, a legal right for all its citizens by July 2010.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Finland, Telecommunications Company, cell phone, International Telecommunications Union, mobile phone network, Web sites, France, Internet Access
Software, services set to drive Vietnam IT
News Country has won over global IT players for its domestic demand and low-cost labor, but its software and services looks set to power its next wave of growth.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., Alcatel, Vietnam, Telecommunications, Southeast Asia, 3G, IT outsourcing, software service
Aust state not alone in police hacking laws
News Other jurisdictions besides New South Wales are proposing legislation to allow police to quietly hack into suspects' computers remotely, an Australian cybercrime analyst says.
Tags: Privacy, Hacking, Bill, Telecommunications, Queensland, computer, Victoria, phone, hacking, Facebook
