A Broadband Envy
RTT News This company, which operates in the telco space, has not only set for itself big hairy audacious goals – BHAGs for short, but is also well on track towards meeting those goals within the deadline. Topics: Hong Kong, broadband
Pacnet’s Latest Broadband Barometer Survey
istockAnalyst.com Pacnet, Asia’s leading business telecommunications service provider, today released its 2010 Pacnet Broadband Barometer survey findings for Hong Kong, which found that while Hong Kong businesses are increasingly adopting hosted computing applications and technologies, more than three quarters are overlooking the need for a backup internet connection for their offices. Topics: Hong Kong, Asia, [...]
Hutchison Brings Fixed Broadband, Telephony Under ’3′ Brand
TeleGeography Hutchison Whampoa’s domestic subsidiary Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings (HTHKH) has rebranded the group’s residential fixed broadband and telephony services under the ‘3’ umbrella made famous by its mobile voice/internet services. Topics: telecommunications, broadband, Hong Kong, telecom, Hutchison Telecom, launch
UK Could Access Better VoIP Solutions Than US
Telappliant VoIP News UK consumers could be able to access higher-quality VoIP solutions than their US counterparts, it has been revealed. A new report by market research firm Strategy Analytics has found that broadband services in Britain are better than those in the US. Topics: VoIP, broadband
U.S. Wireless Broadband Network Set to Launch Next Year
Taiwan News Online U.S. consumers and businesses may get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide competition to the incumbent phone companies. Private-equity firm Harbinger Capital Partners on Tuesday revealed details of the launch of its wireless network, LightSquared, which should [...]
Fiber Broadband Raises Expectations
Macau Daily Times Within the next few months CTM will launch a residential fiber broadband service with a speed of 100 megabytes per second, which initially will only be available in the most densely populated areas of Macau peninsula and Taipa. CTM expects half of its current broadband households, around 50,000, to switch to the [...]
Free 6 Months Broadband Service for New Switch-Over Customers
MarketWatch Hong Kong Broadband Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of City Telecom (HK) Limited, recently launched a free 6 months service promotion for new customers switching over from incumbent PCCW’s Netvigator broadband service. The offer is specially targeting new customers to HKBN, and offers the first 6 months free for a 30 months x HK$99/month [...]
DOCSIS 3.0 and Channel Bonding Enables Next-Gen Broadband
ConnectedPlanet Cisco announced that several progressive service provider customers around the globe — including Hong Kong Cable and Canal Digital Denmark — are deploying the new Cisco Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) components to add significant incremental upstream and downstream broadband capacity to their networks. Topics: broadband, Hong Kong, DOCSIS
Taiwan Mobile Telecom Carrier FET to Set Up China Subsidiary
Digitimes Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has decided to invest up to NT$1 billion (US$32 million) to establish a subsidiary in China. FET’s board of directors also decided to distribute a dividend per share of NT$2.8 in cash for 2009 and issue 444.341 million new shares at a tentative price of NT$40 [...]
Vee Telecom Aims to Attract 100,000 WiMAX Subscribers in Taiwan
Digitimes Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Vee Telecom Multimedia aims to solicit 100,000 subscribers within one year after commencing its commercial WiMAX services on April 15. The company expects its capex for 2010 to reach NT$1 billion (US$31.85 million). Topics: launch, WiMax, wireless, broadband, Hong Kong, Motorola, Taiwan, telecom
APBT Turns Profitable in 2009
Digitimes Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT), the only 3G mobile telecom carrier adopting CDMA2000 in Taiwan, saw its 2009 operation swing to net operating profit of NT$1.6 billion (US$48.8 million) and net profit of NT$3.5 billion from continued losses for a few years, according to the company. Topics: 3G, telecom, Taiwan, CDMA, Hong Kong, Asia, [...]
Macau Leads Worldwide Reduction of Telecom, Internet Prices
Macauhub Macau in 2009 led a worldwide drop in the price of telecommunications services and amongst Portuguese-speaking countries was followed mainly by Brazil and Cape Verde, according to a report from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Topics: Macau, broadband, Hong Kong, telecom
A Man. A Plan. A Problem. The Internet.
Huffington Post Judging from the back-slapping and high fives over at the FCC, you’d think that America’s Internet was sailing smoothly into the future. Think again. Topics: FCC, broadband
First International Telecom Granted WiMAX License
NASDAQ Taiwan’s telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it granted a WiMAX service license to First International Telecom Inc., which will launch the service in northern Taiwan in six months. Topics: Hong Kong, Taiwan, broadband, wireless, WiMax, telecom
World’s Fastest Net Access In Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea
AFP East Asian countries led by South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan are the best wired in the world with the highest number of fast broadband connections to the Internet, a recent report has found. Topics: Hong Kong, South Korea, broadband, Google, Asia
