StarHub Launches Four New Home Broadband Plans In Malaysia
HardwareZone.com StarHub Launches Four New Home Broadband Plans for Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN) To Complement Existing High-Speed Services over Cable. Topics: 3G, launch, Singapore, Starhub, broadband, telecom, Asia, Malaysia
Singapore’s Fiber Broadband Plans, Pricing is Done
CNET Asia Vanity project or not, Singapore’s commercial fiber-based, super-high-speed RULEZ-class Internet pricing plans are now available. Topics: Singapore, Internet, telecom, Asia, broadband, Malaysia, Starhub
Malaysia’s Maxis Posts Q2 Profit of $532 Million
Reuters UK The company’s wireless broadband segment continued to show growth, with wireless broadband revenue growing by 32 percent due to an increase in the number of … Topics: telecom, wireless, broadband, Singapore, Malaysia, Maxis
Thai Telecoms Race For 3G Heats Up, Shares Hit
Reuters Thailand’s telecoms regulator said on Monday it had rejected an application from one bidder to join an auction for third-generation mobile phone licences, leaving only the top three telecoms operators in the running. Topics: 3G, telecoms, Singapore, Axia, Malaysia, telecom
Fibre-to-the-Home Comes to Singapore in September
Techgoondu Besides the better download speeds, this is also the first time a Singapore broadband service has listed “international” bandwidth as part of the plan. Topics: Singapore, carrier, telecom, broadband, Asia, FCC, SingTel, Malaysia
Singapore Aims to Raise Penalties for Telcos
PC World The changes being proposed by MICA aim to bring Singapore’s Telecommunications Act up to date with changes in the telecommunications industry. “Telecom … Topics: telecommunications, Singapore, MMS, telecom, Malaysia
Malaysia’s Rural Areas Lagging Behind With Broadband
ZDNet Asia The Malaysia government is following up on its promise to connect half of the country’s households with Internet broadband connection by end-2010. However, citizens in states far from the administrative capital feel that the government focus is more on the urban areas. Topics: broadband, telecom, Singapore, Internet, Malaysia, government
Telekom Malaysia to review Broadband Rates Periodically
Sin Chew Jit Poh Telekom Malaysia (TM) will review broadband rates from time to time to keep the Internet service cheap to enable more people to subscribe to the service, says chairman Datuk Dr Halim Shafie. He said TM was giving this commitment in tandem with the government’s goal to ensure Internet penetration in the [...]
‘UniFi’ to Bring In More Investments
New Straits Times ISKANDAR Malaysia is poised to attract more investors with the RM1.9 billion project by Telekom Malaysia Berhad to upgrade broadband services in the growth corridor in the next 10 years. Topics: Singapore, telecom, broadband, Malaysia, government
Mobile Data ‘To Drive SE Asian Telecom Sector’
AFP Data services will drive earnings growth in Southeast Asia’s telecommunications sector as cellphone subscriptions hit saturation levels, an industry report said Tuesday. Data use via services such as mobile broadband is expected to account for 40.4 percent, or slightly over 12.4 billion US dollars, of mobile revenues earned by the region’s telecom operators by [...]
Singapore to Auction Remaining 3G Spectrum
ZDNet Asia SINGAPORE–The country may see a fourth 3G telco in the market by the end of the year, following the government’s decision to auction unused 3G spectrum. Local ICT regulator, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), in March called for public consultation on its plans to put up for sale three lots of [...]
3G Spectrum Auction by October
Straits Times THE Government will go ahead with a proposed auction of unused frequency, over the objections of the three telcos. In an eight-page decision paper issued last week, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said that it will hold an auction of three lots of 3G spectrum by October. Topics: telecom, Malaysia, Singapore, [...]
NTC Approves Globe Telecom’s $40 Million Project
ABS CBN News MANILA, Philippines – Globe Telecom Inc., the country’s second largest telecommunicationas company, said regulators have approved its petition to operate its $40-million cable landing station in Cagayan province. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) granted Globe Telecom a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to operate and maintain an international cable landing [...]
Singapore Gets A New Entity
Data Center Journal NTT Communications, the international service arm of NTT or Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation is one the world’s biggest telecom companies. NTT Com has covered over 20 countries with its data center services. NTT Communications itself has a presence in more than 65 countries. NTT America, established in 1987 is a subsidiary [...]
REDTone Starts WiMAX Services in Malaysia
Going WiMax REDTone begain offer WiMAX services in Miri, Malaysia. It is expanding the broadband service coverage in the Sarawak area of the Asian Pacific country. The expansion is as planned, with the strategy to roll out the 4G technology in areas where the demand is high and ready for the service. Topics: launch, WiMax, [...]
