The Real Story Behind Broadband Household Penetration Rates
TeleGeography
Discussions on fixed broadband penetration rates usually focus on the extreme ends of the spectrum; impending saturation in countries with well-developed economies and the almost total lack of broadband provision in the poorer ones. TeleGeography believes issues around saturation tend to be overstated, while issues around lack of broadband cannot be overstated.
Topics: broadband, Singapore, Hong-Kong
Delhi HC asks DoT to consider S Tel application
Livemint
The court also pulled up DoT over taking contrary stand against Telcom Regulatory Authority of India recommendation. “On one hand DoT has accepted the …
Topics: telecommunications, regulation, telecom, Delhi, India
C&W close to landing its second undersea cable
Royal Gazette
CBUS will provide high bandwidth services for Bermuda businesses, bringing the Island’s undersea cable connections up to the same level as other global …
Topics: telecom, telecommunications
Loip.com Launches a Brand New Business Model Using VoIP
PR Web
Loip.com is an online consultation platform with a marketplace for everyone to exchange information, expertise, and personal experience via click to talk technology.
Topics: telecom, voip, telecommunications
Hybrid Satellite-Cell Pocket Phone May Arrive This Year
PC World
Previous attempts to create a mass-market satellite phone may have failed miserably—just ask the backers of Globalstar, Iridium, and Odyssey—but a Virginia-based satellite firm believes it has a better solution that just may work this time.
Topics: wireless, handset, Vermont, telecom, satellite, telecommunications, 3G, phone, cellular, 4G
New Low Wireless Rate Reignites Fear Over Price War
Wall Street Journal
The latest salvo from the wireless industry’s increasingly aggressive price war threatens the profits and heightens the competition for the carriers who rely on low-end consumers for growth.
Topics: Verizon, wireless, telecommunications, Sprint, telecom, TracFone, Wall Street Journal, pre-paid, carrier
Universal Internet Access: Not As Simple As It Appears
InformationWeek
Internet advocates have been saying for years that America needs policies to ensure “universal access,” but that’s a more complicated goal than just saying “everybody should have access to the Internet.”
Topics: telecommunications, telecom, phone
Alcatel Sees Telecoms Equipment Market Down 8-12%
Reuters
Alcatel-Lucent (ALUA.PA) still expects the global telecoms equipment market to fall 8-12 percent in 2009 at constant currency exchange rates, the chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent France said on Thursday.
Topics: merger, telecommunications, Alcatel-Lucent, telecom, VoIP, India, phone, telecoms, wireless
India SBI Offers Bharti $1 bln Loan for MTN
State Bank of India (SBI.BO) has offered a loan of up to $1 billion to Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO) to partly fund the Indian telecoms firm’s planned stake buy in South Africa’s MTN (MTNJ.J), two sources said.
Topics: Bharti, telecommunications, MTN, telecom, India
iPhone 3G/3GS Overheating; Hot SMS Security Issues
Computerworld
Is your iPhone overheating? Are you vunerable to an Apple SMS security issue? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate problems with their shiny, precious, hot things.
Topics: Singapore, security, Malaysia, iPhone, SMS, 3G, telecommunications, iPhone 3GS, telecom
WiMAX Coverage Expands in Malaysia
Cellular-News
Malaysian WiMAX network operator, Packet One Networks says that it has expanded its network coverage to include arious areas across Ipoh, Kuantan, and Kuala Terengganu. The company has a target of covering 35% of the Malaysian population within a year.
Topics: telecom, telecommunications, WiMax, Singapore, Malaysia, cellular
China Unicom Initiates International Data Center in Tianjin
istockAnalyst.com
The data center, called the Tianjin Huayuan International Data Port Five-Star data center, will be a base providing data center outsourcing services to domestic and foreign enterprises, Internet IT firms, and governmental departments, according to Jiang Zhengxin, vice general manager of China United Telecommunications Corp., parent of China Unicom.
Topics: China Unicom, telecom, China, wireless, telecommunications, China Telecommunications, China Telecom
China Mobile Beijing: Mobile Phone Numbers Portable For Three Brands
China Wireless News, China
According to the customer service staff of China Mobile Beijing, its mobile phone numbers now are portable among its three major brands, including GoTone, M-Zone, and Easyown. The company said if users are not satisfied with their current brands, they can apply for other brands and can use the services of other brands once the application…
Topics: China Mobile, China, China Wireless News, wireless, Beijing
Ericsson Says Wins Broadband Orders in China
Reuters
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) said on Friday it had signed contracts with China’s top three telecom operators to provide fixed-line broadband access.
Topics: wireless, telecom, China, China Telecom, China Unicom, Ericsson, China Telecommunications, broadband, telecommunications
China’s Huawei Needs Makeover to Win Big Markets
Reuters
The meteoric rise of China’s Huawei to challenge the world’s top telecom gear makers has been mainly in secondary markets, but a serious push into larger, more profitable, developed markets may hinge on an image makeover.
Topics: wireless, China, telecommunications, telecom, China Telecommunications, Huawei, China Telecom
Nokia Siemens Networks in a bid to promote LTE in Taiwan
DigiTimes
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), although providing WiMAX solutions for Taiwan operators, plans to launch commercialized LTE (Long Term Evolution) solutions in 2010, Mike Wang, NSN’s general manager for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Topics: Macau, Taiwan, Hong-Kong, Nokia, launch
ComCom Targets International Broadband Bottleneck
National Business Review
International data is twice as slow as local data, the Commerce Commission says in its latest quarterly broadband survey. The finding will put heat on the 50% Telecom-owned Southern Cross Cable - New Zealand’s only internet pipe to the outside world.
Topics: broadband, National Business Review, New Zealand, Tasman
Vodafone New Zealand Pulls HTC Magic From Shelves
IntoMobile
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) New Zealand has reportedly pulled the HTC Magic from their website. Calls have been put in to Vodafone in the region…
Topics: National Business Review, New Zealand, New Zealand Herald, Vodafone
New Zealand’s Broadband Improving but Jams Slow Speeds
TVNZ
There has been a moderate improvement in New Zealand’s broadband quality, but congestion continues to impact download speeds, according to the quarterly …
Topics: broadband, New Zealand, New Zealand Herald
WiMAX, Shared DSLAMS to Support New Backhaul Links?
CommsDay
Fixed-line ISPs are considering new WIMAX builds and could potentially share infrastructure in small towns as government-subsidised backhaul links to regional Australia are built. While access-seeker ISPs universally applauded the federal government’s $250m tender for six new fibre transmission routes, carriers are holding out on investment commitments until a business case is assured.
Topics: Australia, CommsDay, Primus, telecom, WiMax
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