Archive for September, 2009
Vavasi-Malaysian group claims bid on Zain
Computerworld
Two months after Vivendi ended its efforts to buy Zain’s Africa operations, a consortium of Indian telecom companies and a Malaysian investor are sorting …
Topics: Malaysia, telecom, Singapore, Africa, India, telecommunications
Malaysia’s Maxis Plans to list by mid-November
Reuters
Malaysia’s top telecom firm Maxis Communications Berhad is expected to complete the IPO of its Malaysian operations by mid-November as competition heats up for Asian IPOs, said a fund manager and a dealer.
Topics: telecom, Malaysia, Singapore, telecommunications
Asia’s Tech Shows Still Beneficial for Vendors
ZDNet, Asia
Despite economic climate, IT tradeshows and conferences remain viable as platform for vendors to reach out to audiences, say industry players.
Topics: telecom, Asia
Second OpCo May Cruise the Fibre-Optic Highway
AsiaOne
COMPETITION in Singapore’s future broadband landscape is likely to extend beyond the service provider level to the OpCo (operating company) tier, with at least one other company being tipped to throw its hat into the ring.
Topics: Huawei, broadband, Singapore, NBN, Malaysia, telecom, telecommunications, Asia
P1 Won’t Hide From Brickbats
Malaysia Star
A quick check showed that there are both positive and negative tweets about the P1 service. “The truth can hurt but we won’t hide from it,” said Wong. “We will act on all the complaints.”
Topics: Malaysia, wireless, Internet, Packet One Networks, broadband
Global Fixed Broadband Connections Up
ZDNet, Asia
Asian households, according to Gartner, will remain among the world’s most connected over the next four years. Broadband penetration for South Korea is forecast to reach 93 percent in 2013, while Hong Kong and Singapore will see 80 percent and 78 percent, respectively, of their households wired up to the Web.
Topics: telecom, South [...]
Gmail Outage Hits ‘Small Subset of Users’
ZDNet, Asia
Gmail was unavailable Thursday morning for what Google said was a “small subset of users”, the latest outage from a company that prides itself in running advanced computing systems.
Topics: Internet, telecom, outage, Asia, Gmail
Singapore’s Nucleus Connect Selects Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent
Converge Network Digest
Nucleus Connect, which has been appointed by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) as the operating company (OpCo) to design, build and operate the active infrastructure for Singapore’s Next Gen National Broadband Network, has selected Huawei Technologies and Alcatel-Lucent as primary vendors. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Topics: Huawei, telecom, Asia, Malaysia, [...]
Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent to manage Singapore NBN
ZDNet, Asia
Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent have been selected to manage and provide the “active infrastructure” for the country’s planned next-generation national broadband network (NBN).
Topics: Singapore, NBN, Huawei, telecom, Alcatel-Lucent, National Broadband Network, broadband, Asia
Three’s a Crowd, Four is Competition
Inquirer.net
DESPITE THE POLITICAL jitters that have recently haunted leading telecommunications player PLDT—and notwithstanding concerns that the telco sector has entered its sunset phase—Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT) of the island’s sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, is on the prowl for opportunities in the Philippines.
Topics: telecommunications, Singapore, Malaysia, telecom, Hong Kong, Singapore Technologies Telemedia
IBM Data Center Gets Deep Energy Retrofit
ZDNet, Asia
IBM’s “green innovation” data center uses cutting-edge technologies, such as temperature sensors, and building designs aimed at cutting energy consumption.
Topics: IBM, data center, Asia, telecom, green telecom
Investors Mull Silver Lining In Telstra Split Plan
Wall Street Journal
In Singapore, the government last September awarded a tender to build a Singapore-wide broadband network to a consortium that includes Singapore …
Topics: Telstra, Australia, government, broadband, Malaysia, telecommunications, Singapore, telecom
Sequans Launches LTE Program
Reuters
Sequans Communications, the world`s leading WiMAX chipmaker, made public today its move into LTE and details of the LTE development program it launched earlier this year.
Topics: Singapore, telecom, launch, Malaysia, Sequans, WiMax, telecommunications
More Questions Than Answers on $14 Billion Zain Deal
Ethiopian Review
Even after a news conference gave out names of the buyers planning to purchase a 46 percent stake in Kuwaiti telecom Zain (ZAIN.KW), questions still surround the $13.7 billion deal. Any large acquisition comes with uncertainties, but rarely does a deal this size fail to immediately identify key questions such as funding sources and [...]
DoCoMo Sells Stake in Malaysian 3G Operator
Cellular-News
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo announced today that it will sell its shareholding in U Mobile, a Malaysian 3G mobile operator, for US$100 million – the same amount …
Topics: 3G, DoCoMo, cellular, telecom, U Mobile, Singapore, telecommunications, wireless, Japan, Malaysia
