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Cloud Computing to be a Springboard for Asian Data Centers
ZDNet, Asia
Cloud computing will help drive demand for datacenter hosting in the Asia-Pacific region in several years, observers say, but traditional services will still be key.
Topics: Asia, data center, telecom, datacenter
Southeast Asia Telcos Shine, Tap Mobile Data for Growth
Malaya Business Insight
From the saturated markets of Singapore and Malaysia to fast-developing Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, telecoms operators are seeing increases in data revenue, a trend analysts see continuing for five years in some markets.
Topics: broadband, Asia, telecom, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, wireless
Telekom Malaysia Set To Launch High-Speed Broadband Service
Bernama
Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is set to launch its next-generation High Speed Broadband (HSBB) retail service on March 24 at the Dataran Merdeka here. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be the guest of honour at the main event in Dataran Merdeka, where he is also expected to launch the new National Broadband [...]
Google Reluctant to Release Court Docs in Viacom Case
ZDNet, Asia
Google, the search company that uncovers much of the world’s information for its customers, is embroiled in a fight to keep information about itself under wraps for at least a while longer.
Topics: Internet, Asia, telecom, Viacom, Google
Malaysia’s Telecom Billionaire Gives Back
Forbes
In 1985 he helped the Live Aid rock concert project that raised some $240 million around the world for African famine relief. Since that time the publicity-phobic tycoon has donated tens of millions to education, the arts, sports and humanitarian causes in Malaysia through his privately owned holding company, Usaha Tegas, and its three main [...]
Malaysia Broadband Target Reachable, Says Minister
Malaysia Star
Malaysia’s broadband penetration is now 34.2% and the nation is on schedule to reach its 50% target by year end, said Information, Communications, Culture and Arts Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
Topics: Malaysia, broadband
Singapore Could Be Ready for LTE As Early As 2011
CNET Asia
If local telco MobileOne (M1) had its way, Singapore could be ready for a Long Term Evolution (LTE) high-speed mobile broadband network by the second quarter of 2011.
Topics: Singapore, MobileOne, M1, broadband, Malaysia, telecom, Asia
Japan Land Ltd. Opens Advanced Datacentre In Singapore
MIS, Asia
Leow said that JDC had already secured a number of well-established firms as customers, and named one of them—fibre-optic broadband company OpenNet, a consortium formed by Singapore Telecommunications, Singapore Power Telecommunications, Canada-based global networking company Axia NetMedia, and Singapore Press Holdings.
Topics: Japan Land Ltd., telecommunications, Asia, data centre
Bharti Says It Will De-Leverage Books
Financial Express
Bharti Airtel is looking at de-leveraging its books within 3-4 years after it acquires Zain’s African operations at an enterprise valuation of $10.7 billion. The road map for de-leveraging its combined balance sheet will have many components, including roping in global private equity investors at a later stage.
Topics: Zain, Malaysia, Singapore, telecom, SingTel, [...]
Windows Phone 7 Is A Balancing Act, According To Analyst
ZDNet, Asia
Microsoft, with its new mobile OS, needs to tread the fine line between control and allowing manufacturers freedom to tailor the platform to their needs, according to an analyst.
Topics: Asia, Windows Phone 7, Microsoft, telecom
SingTel’s Strategy After Bharti Bid “Puzzles” Deutsche Bank
BusinessWeek
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. should explain to shareholders why the company allowed associate Bharti Airtel Ltd. to bid for Zain’s African wireless assets, instead of offering to buy the businesses directly, analysts at Deutsche Bank AG said.
Topics: Singapore, Malaysia, telecom, India, Bharti, SingTel, Zain, telecommunications
Zain Deal a Stretch for Bharti?
New York Times
Bharti’s challenge, however, will be convincing its own investors that the African venture is worthwhile, according to Reuters Breakingviews. Investors wiped 9.2 percent off the company’s shares on Monday after the announcement that the two companies were in talks.
Topics: Africa, telecom, Bharti, Zain, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Asia
Ruckus Wireless Readying For IPO
USA Today
Ruckus makes industrial-strength wireless technology to stream any kind of media — especially video — to hotels, airports, schools, universities, train stations, coffee shops and some homes without the hassle of cables snaking around doorways and under desks. Its products have also become a staple among mobile operators such as China Telecom and Deutsche [...]
Singapore Cabbies Turn To Mobile For Customers
ZDNet, Asia
ComfortDelGro, which runs the country’s largest fleet, last week launched a location-aware app allowing mobile users to book a taxi via he Apple iPhone.
Topics: Singapore, Asia, telecom
Malaysia Tops Among Developing Countries In Broadband
Bernama
Malaysia scored the highest for deployment and usage of information communication technology (ICT) among 25 resource and efficiency-driven countries in the Nokia Siemens Network’s Connectivity Scorecard 2010. It led the group for the third consecutive year.
Topics: telecoms, broadband, Google, Malaysia, Singapore, telecom, government, USA
Telenor’s Net Profits Down
Monsters and Critics.com
Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor on Wednesday reported a drop in net profit for 2009, a year it described as ‘challenging.’
Topics: Telenor, Norway, telecom, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Ukraine
P1 To Double Subscriber Base, Intro WiMAX-Embedded Devices
TeleGeography
Malaysian WiMAX provider Packet One Networks (P1) has said that it aims to double its subscriber base by the end of 2010, according to Bernama. Michael Lai, the operator’s chief executive, revealed that P1 will look to enhance its product range, while expanding coverage, in a bid to drive uptake, noting in particular that it [...]
SingTel Profits Rise 24%
Business Standard
Singapore’s leading telecom firm SingTel today reported 24 per cent increase in net profit at 991 million Singapore dollars (about $699 million) for the three months ending December 31, 2009, fuelled by strong growth in regional telecom businesses.
Topics: SingTel, telecom, IPO, Malaysia, Singapore, Sydney, Indonesia
Time Fibre Broadband Fastest In Malaysia
The Sun Daily
MALAYSIANS can now stop complaining about the quality of internet service with the recent launch of TimeDotcom (TdC)’s high-speed fixed-line broadband internet service, the Time Fibre Broadband. The new service will be the country’s first and only broadband internet service that is capable of offering access speeds up to 50Mbps (Megabits per second), [...]
National Security Agency To “Help” Google
ZDNet, Asia
The electronic surveillance agency is finalizing an agreement to help the search giant ward off cyberattacks like the ones that originated in China, according to a Washington Post report.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
- Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan
Topics: attack, [...]
