Telecom Asia articles from April 2005

Telecom Asia archives from April 2005

You are the network.(Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp.'s Microsystems Integration Laboratories to develop human area network technology)
April 1, 2005... As I mentioned briefly last month, it's fascinating how much closer to the end-user telecom technology has come. Thirty years ago, you needed a comms engineering degree and a rich uncle to set up a network in your home. Today, you can have a...

Inflight broadband success depends on price, not speed.(FIRST MILE)
April 1, 2005... In-flight Internet access is finally here, but the big question is whether it will go the way of in-flight phone calls--straight into the ground--by pricing itself out of the market. The very idea of Wi-Fi on airplanes has generated plenty...

Capacity glut ending, but prices still falling.(STAT SNAP)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The bottom still hasn't dropped out of the long-haul bandwidth markets, according to TeleGeography, although the capacity glut is finally starting to dissipate. How far prices have to fall depends on the route. For example according to...

Service convergence--bringing it all together.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... Service convergence lets people connect simply to a wider number of services using a smaller number of devices. It's a wireless-centric model that brings convenience, coverage and cost-savings. The primary goal of service convergence is the...

Japan's FTTH goes mainstream.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
April 1, 2005... Over the last year FTTH has been marketed in Japan with the heavy advertising and street sales activity that characterized ADSL when Softbank first launched Yahoo BB. Installation is generally free and would-be subscribers are being...

Carrier-grade VoIP equipment sales increase 36%.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Worldwide sales of next-generation voice equipment jumped 36% to $1.71 billion last year. Infonetics Research forecasts revenue to reach $5.9 billion in 2008, a five-year CAGR of 36%. The research firm reported North America had 1.1 million...

WLAN market grows 26%.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The global WLAN market expanded by 26% last year, with the enterprise segment registering 78% growth as enterprise WLANs began to move beyond vertical applications and trial deployments to a mainstream component of data and networking....

Expanding the portfolio to compete.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Consumer and business markets' growing interest in bundled services is one of the key drivers of the continued growth of competitive local exchange carriers. CLECs are finding they have to expand their product portfolio to keep pace with...

Untapped opportunity in Africa.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Africa, with about 13% of the world's than 3% of the world's telephone lines, is quickly evolving as a continent of huge opportunity providers, equipment vendors a report from BuddeComm, Africa needs to invest $11 billion per year over a...

PCCW CVG: power to transform your business: PCCW tops list of global players in international and local data services.(Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd.)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... Enterprises today are faced with an array of business and technology challenges taxing CIOs and CEOs alike. At home, regionally and globally, businesses now face stiffening competition on many fronts and as a result require ever better...

Optus outsourcing win raises anti-competitive concerns.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
April 1, 2005... SingTel's Austalian subsdiary Optus has continued to build is corporate outsourcing business, winning a four-year contract reportedly worth A$60 million ($47.6 million) that was previously held by incumbent Telecom New Zealand in a deal which...

Super corridors, cyber ports and fairy glens.(RESEND: Flashbacks, updates and nostalgia: Telecom Asia, April 1999)(Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor and Hong Kong's CyberPort)
April 1, 2005... SYNOPSIS: Two of Asia's new high-tech park projects--Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and Hong Kong's CyberPort--took recent beatings from the press. Businessweek described the MSC as then-PM Mahathir's "High-Tech Folly," while the...

Beijing: the Ministry of Culture of China issues China Telecom a license to operate Internet centers in its 26 provincial culture departments.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Ministry of Culture of China issues China Telecom a license to operate Internet centers in its 26 provincial culture departments.

Beijing: the Ministry of Railways selects Nortel to provide a digital wireless communications network for the 1,142-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Ministry of Railways selects Nortel to provide a digital wireless communications network for the 1,142-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The decision followed a yearlong trial of Nortel's GSM-R system in China at altitudes of up to 4,780 meters...

Beijing: three of the largest petrochemical companies in China selected Lucent to provide telecom services including data, optical network and VoIP.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Lucent Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Three of the largest petrochemical companies in China selected Lucent to provide telecom services including data, optical network and VoIP.

Shenzhen: ZTE wins a global ADSL supply deal from France Telecom.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... ZTE wins a global ADSL supply deal from France Telecom. The value of the supply deal was not disclosed. The deal is not exclusive, and France Telecom will also continue to buy ADSL products from other suppliers.

Hong Kong: CSL plans to move its call center to Guangdong in the middle of the year.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... CSL plans to move its call center to Guangdong in the middle of the year. The company will transfer its CRM operations to PCCW's call center in Guangzhou.

Hong Kong: China Mobile records a double-digit net profit increase in 2004, boosted by its mid-year acquisition of provincial networks from its state-run parent.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... China Mobile records a double-digit net profit increase in 2004, boosted by its mid-year acquisition of provincial networks from its state-run parent. Net profit for 2004 reached 42b yuan ($5b), an increase of 18.1% compared with 2003. Earnings...

Hong Kong: one of Hutchison's wholly-owned subsidiaries enters into a conditional agreement to acquire a 60% equity stake in Indonesia's Cyber Access Communications worth $120m.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)
April 1, 2005... One of Hutchison's wholly-owned subsidiaries enters into a conditional agreement to acquire a 60% equity stake in Indonesia's Cyber Access Communications worth $120m. After completion of the acquisition, Hutchison will have management control...

Macau: China Unicom wins a license to build a 250m yuan ($30m) CDMA network in Macau, beating out other bidders including SmarTone and incumbent carrier CTM Macau.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... China Unicom wins a license to build a 250m yuan ($30m) CDMA network in Macau, beating out other bidders including SmarTone and incumbent carrier CTM Macau. Unicom will invest 170m yuan ($20m) to introduce the network, offering only CDMA...

Bangkok: AIS taps Huawei Technologies to provide W-CDMA equipment, which AIS will use in a 3G trial in May.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Alpine Image Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... AIS taps Huawei Technologies to provide W-CDMA equipment, which AIS will use in a 3G trial in May.

Bangkok: TOT scraps a 7.5b baht ($195m) telephone expansion contract won by Siemens, because the bid was too high.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... TOT scraps a 7.5b baht ($195m) telephone expansion contract won by Siemens, because the bid was too high. A contract for the project had yet to be signed after TOT and Siemens negotiated the deal down to 6.5b baht ($169m).

Bangkok: ISP Inet, formerly known as Internet Thailand, plans to roll out wireless broadband Internet access services country-wide and aggressively market its IT solutions to the state sector as part of a plan to drive business growth.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... ISP Inet, formerly known as Internet Thailand, plans to roll out wireless broadband Internet access services country-wide and aggressively market its IT solutions to the state sector as part of a plan to drive business growth. Inet would...

Islamabad: Telenor Pakistan and Warid Telecom sign an interconnection agreement, which will allow Telenor to interconnect with all existing cellular service providers in Pakistan.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Telenor Pakistan and Warid Telecom sign an interconnection agreement, which will allow Telenor to interconnect with all existing cellular service providers in Pakistan.

Taipei: Chunghwa Telecom plans to increase its ADSL subscriber base by 650,000 in 2005 by reducing the cost of its entry-level broadband services.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)
April 1, 2005... Chunghwa Telecom plans to increase its ADSL subscriber base by 650,000 in 2005 by reducing the cost of its entry-level broadband services. The company will reduce the cost of its 256-kbps service from NT$550 ($17.88) per month to NT$400 per...

Tokyo: the two regional units of NTT will invest 780b yen ($7.4b) in fiscal 2005-06 to boost their fiber-optic communications networks.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The two regional units of NTT will invest 780b yen ($7.4b) in fiscal 2005-06 to boost their fiber-optic communications networks. The amount is down slightly from an expected combined investment of 790b yen for the current fiscal year to March...

Tokyo: NTT develops a technology to increase by ten times the number of WDM channels that can be sent over a single optical fiber, which will allow major telcos to transmit data on 1,046 WDM channels both ways between Seika, Kyoto prefecture, and Dojima, Osaka prefecture.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp.)(Wavelength Division Multiplexing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... NTT develops a technology to increase by ten times the number of WDM channels that can be sent over a single optical fiber, which will allow major telcos to transmit data on 1,046 WDM channels both ways between Seika, Kyoto prefecture, and...

Sydney: Telstra begins testing its VoIP platform using up to 200 Telstra staff in Melbourne.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Telstra begins testing its VoIP platform using up to 200 Telstra staff in Melbourne. The trial will last six weeks, after which Telstra will assess the performance of the technology, which works with customers' existing Telstra broadband...

Sydney: the Australian government plans to use the expected A$30b ($23.8b) windfall from Telstra's sale to buy shares in other companies, rather than pay off debts.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Australian government plans to use the expected A$30b ($23.8b) windfall from Telstra's sale to buy shares in other companies, rather than pay off debts. Finance Minister Nick Minchin says the purchase of shares or bonds would help Australia...

Singapore: SingTel sells 4.2m common shares in Globe Telecom, reducing SingTel's share in the Philippine carrier to 44.6% from 45.1%.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... SingTel sells 4.2m common shares in Globe Telecom, reducing SingTel's share in the Philippine carrier to 44.6% from 45.1%.

Jakarta: Telkom is planning to construct a new fiber-optic network this year to strengthen its telecommunications backbone for Java, Sumatra and the Kalimantan islands.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Telkom is planning to construct a new fiber-optic network this year to strengthen its telecommunications backbone for Java, Sumatra and the Kalimantan islands. The planned fiber-optic cable, which would be planted under the seabed, would link...

Jakarta: Indosat and Research In Motion introduce BlackBerry in Indonesia for individuals and smaller businesses.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Indosat and Research In Motion introduce BlackBerry in Indonesia for individuals and smaller businesses.

Manila: PLDT and its wireless subsidiaries are in talks with Singaporean and North American carriers for possible tie-ups, which will allow PLDT to operate virtual networks in these countries.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... PLDT and its wireless subsidiaries are in talks with Singaporean and North American carriers for possible tie-ups, which will allow PLDT to operate virtual networks in these countries. By June or July, PLDT and Smart Communications are expected...

Manila: Competition among telecom companies in the Philippines has extended to the high-speed broadband service with both PLDT and Globe targeting small and medium-size enterprises.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Competition among telecom companies in the Philippines has extended to the high-speed broadband service with both PLDT and Globe targeting small and medium-size enterprises. While Globe launches an advertising campaign to specifically lure the...

New Delhi: TRAI orders Indian telecoms carriers to cut price on international bandwidth 35% to 71% lower starting April 1.(NEWS MAP: Asian telecoms this month)(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... TRAI orders Indian telecoms carriers to cut price on international bandwidth 35% to 71% lower starting April 1. This is the first time that the TRAI is regulating the rates for international bandwidth. The order covers the country's three...

FCC.(movements)(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Kevin Martin, a Republican with pedigree ties to the Bush Administration, has been named the new chairman of the FCC, succeeding Michael Powell.

Bernard Ebbers was convicted last month of engineering the largest corporate fraud in US history, an $11b accounting scandal that capsized WorldCom three years ago.(movements)
April 1, 2005... Bernard Ebbers was convicted last month of engineering the largest corporate fraud in US history, an $11b accounting scandal that capsized WorldCom three years ago. A federal jury in Manhattan returned guilty verdicts on all nine counts.

Authorities are planning to present civil charges against Joseph Nacchio.(movements)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Authorities are planning to present civil charges against Joseph Nacchio, the former executive president of Qwest, and several former Qwest officials on accountant fraud.

BT will make further investment of $48m in the Asia-Pacific region.(movements)(British Telecommunications )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... BT will make further investment of $48m in the Asia-Pacific region. The investment focuses on key IP platforms and the transfer of services on to an integrated platform for voice, video and data.

Hong Kong-based ISP Pacific Supernet renames itself Pacific Internet (Hong Kong) Limited.(movements)
April 1, 2005... Hong Kong-based ISP Pacific Supernet renames itself Pacific Internet (Hong Kong) Limited to realign its brand and services to parent company, Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet Limited.

Alcatel wins a multi-million euro turnkey contract for a 10 Gbps upgrade of the 38,000 kilometer Sea-Me-We 3 submarine cable network.(movements)
April 1, 2005... Alcatel wins a multi-million euro turnkey contract for a 10 Gbps upgrade of the 38,000 kilometer Sea-Me-We 3 submarine cable network. Alcatel will upgrade submarine sections linking the UK to India via France, Portugal, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,...

Lucent Technologies lays off 150 workers at its facilities in Maryland, US.(movements)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Lucent Technologies lays off 150 workers at its facilities in Maryland, US, after the company moved the facility's engineering jobs to India.

Vodafone tightens its grip in the European market after a $3.5b takeover of MobiFon in Romania and Oskar Mobil in the Czech Republic.(movements)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Vodafone tightens its grip in the European market after a $3.5b takeover of MobiFon in Romania and Oskar Mobil in the Czech Republic. The acquisition is the first for Vodafone, following Arun Sarin's appointment as Vodafone chief executive.

LG Electronics and Nortel Network sign an agreement to jointly develop and sell WiMAX high-speed wireless Internet technology.(movements)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... LG Electronics and Nortel Network sign an agreement to jointly develop and sell WiMAX high-speed wireless Internet technology to telecom operators.

T-Mobile, the mobile subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, is planning to cut 550 jobs over the next two years.(movements)
April 1, 2005... T-Mobile, the mobile subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, is planning to cut 550 jobs over the next two years. As part of the latest plans, over 300 jobs are to be transferred to other subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom. T-Mobile hopes to save around...

AOL plans to launch a VoIP service, called AOL Internet Phone Service, which will leverage the "buddy list".(movements)(America Online Inc)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... AOL plans to launch a VoIP service, called AOL Internet Phone Service, which will leverage the "buddy list" used in the AOL Instant Messenger service to show a subscriber whether friends or associates are currently available.

Nortel Networks launches a supply chain center in Shanghai to enhance customer value, as part of an ongoing efforts intended to reduce cost and maximize quality.(movements)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Nortel Networks launches a supply chain center in Shanghai to enhance customer value, as part of an ongoing efforts intended to reduce cost and maximize quality. Similar centers are planned to be set up in India, North America, Eastern Europe...

Satellite broadband's latest trick: from niche app to mass market: satellite broadband has yet to really lift off in the face of cheaper and increasingly ubiquitous terrestrial broadband, but it can still transform itself from niche app to serious (if small) mass market by targeting enterprises--provided it can get the pricing right.(Cover Story)
April 1, 2005... A lot of people expected satellite broadband to take off in 2004. It didn't for several reasons. Despite this, hopes are high that 2005 will finally mark the breakout year for the satellite technology. In fact, this will likely be the year that...

The new bandwidth barons: as the dust settles within the global subsea cable industry, cable network ownership has shifted decidedly eastward with Asian companies having bought out American assets. But doubt remains whether the new bandwidth barons have learned from the fate of their predecessors.(NETWORK)
April 1, 2005... It was a phone call to President George W Bush that sealed it. The Federal Bureau of Investigations was opposed. So was the Central Intelligence Agency. And the Department of Defense. But the phone call placed by then-Singapore Prime...

Moving away from the commodity game: the evolution of the network is accelerating, making speed to market--not end-to-end control--a key ingredient for success. Virtela chairman Vab Goel explains to group editor Joseph Waring why carriers need to think beyond where they own the fiber and look to new models for partnering and opening up the network.(Virtela Communications Inc.)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... Telecom Asia: During your keynote talk at Carriers World Asia last month, you said we're in year ten of a 25-year network build out. Vab Goel: If you really think about it today, the Internet is still in a very early stage. IP is a protocol...

The end of an era.(TELECOM FORUM)
April 1, 2005... As a prelude to full privatization, Telstra is about to slough-off Sensis, its directory service, as an independent company for an estimated $6.34 billion. This structural separation from the network operations, and the reformation of...

Face recognition technology.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Omron has developed what it claims is the world's first face recognition technology for PDAs, mobile phones and other mobile devices with a camera function to boost security of these devices and the data they contain. The sensor features...

CDMA WLAN converged mobility solution.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)(Code Division Multiple Access)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Nortel Networks' CDMA WLAN converged mobility solution bridges CDMA wireless networks and WLANs to allow operators to deliever seamless communication. The solution enables CDMA operators to extend the reach of 3G networks and deliver...

Low-power DVB-H demodulator.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... TTPCom has introduced a DVB-H demodulator/decoder that allows semiconductor vendors to deploy high-performance DVB-H receiver solutions faster and more cost effectively. The DVB-H demodulator / decoder is available in the form of a system...

Gigabit Layer 3 switches with IPv6 functionality.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Allied-Tetesyn's new series of gigabit Layer-3 switches feature IPv6 functionality. The AT-9900 series of switches supports non-blocking performance, high-density gigabit Ethernet ports and advanced features. For enterprise customers,...

Upgraded Wi-Fi positioning solution.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Ekahau, which provides Wi-Fi positioning solutions and site survey tools, has released its Positioning Engine version 3.1 and the second generation Wi-Fi Location-tracking Tag T201. The Positioning Engine version 3.1 has been upgraded to...

Simplifying security event management.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Check Point Software Technology has launched the Eventia line of security event management solutions for real-time security event correlation and analysis. The Eventia analyzer automatically prioritizes security events for decisive,...

Next-gen voice over broadband.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... ECI Telecom has released a voice over broadband solution that allows telecom carriers to leverage existing infrastructure to provide advanced voice services and transition to VoIP via a single converged network. The Hi-FOCuS Broadband Loop...

IP integration optimized for carrier networks.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)(Internet Protocol)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, an Alcatel company, has integrated the network edition of its voice platform--a carrier-grade IP voice services platform--with the Veraz ControlSwitch softswitch platform. The integration allows...

Vodafone KK executive changes.(TELECOM CAREER)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Vodafone KK has appointed Teruo Kunizawa as senior executive vice president and assistant to the president. He was previously senior executive vice president and director of sales. Naoya Hirano, who was previously the senior vice president and...

Telstra's Bill Scales retires.(TELECOM CAREER)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Bill Scales will retire from Telstra in about six months. Scales, who is managing director regulatory, corporate and human relations and chief of staff, joined the incumbent carrier in November 2000.

Former Cisco executive becomes Nortel COO.(TELECOM CAREER)(Nortel Networks Corp. appoints Gary Daichendt from Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Nortel Networks has appointed former Cisco senior executive Gary Daichendt as its new chief operation officer. Daichendt left Cisco in 2000 where he had been executive vice president for worldwide operations. In addition to being Nortel's COO,...

Paul Jacobs takes helms at Qualcomm.(TELECOM CAREER)
April 1, 2005... Paul E. Jacobs will succeed his father Irwin Mark Jacobs as CEO on July 1 under the company's management succession plan. He will also join the company's board of directors at the same time. Steven Altman will become the president of the...

WatchGuard Asia sales director.(TELECOM CAREER)(WatchGuard Technologies Inc. appoints Ken Leung and Kenji Nakai)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Network security solutions provider WatchGuard Technologies has appointed Ken Leung as director of sales for Asia and Kenji Nakai as president and representative director of Japan. Leung will be based in Hong Kong and will be responsible...

Crossbeam Systems hires sales VP.(TELECOM CAREER)(Timothy Lee)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Crossbeam Systems has appointed Timothy Lee as vice president of sales for the Asia-Pacific region. Lee joins Crossbeam from Nokia where he established the company's regional security business over the past six years and most recently...

WiMAX Forum adds three new directors.(TELECOM CAREER)(Christopher Rice, Mick Reeve, and Rajesh Bhalla)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The WiMAX Forum has expanded its board of directors to include representatives from AT&T, BT and ZTE, bringing the number of companies on the board to 11. AT&T will be represented by Christopher Rice, director of access technology and...

Dilithium names country manager.(TELECOM CAREER)(Dilithium Networks appoints Seung Kyoon Oh)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Seung Kyoon Oh has joined Dilithium Networks as sales director and country manager for Korea. Most recently Oh was Nokia's country manager of enterprise solutions in Korea.

ICANN appoints new staff.(TELECOM CAREER)(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Olof Nordling, Maria Farrell, Donna Austin and Barbara Roseman)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has appointed four new staff members. Olof Nordling has been appointed as manager of policy development coordination; Maria Farrell as GNSO policy officer; Donna Austin as NSO policy...

Tandberg hires APAC president.(TELECOM CAREER)(Tandberg Data Asia Private Ltd. appoints Benny Lee)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Tandberg has named Benny Lee president to head the company's operations across Asia Pacific. Most recently Lee was vice president of sales and marketing for Asia Pacific.

SIM Technology appoints financial chief.(TELECOM CAREER)(SIM Technology Group, Richard Chan Tat Wing )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... SIM Technology Group, a Hong Kong-based company specializing in wireless communications products, has appointed Richard Chan Tat Wing as CFO. Chan comes to SIM technology with more than 20 years of accounting practice experience to the...

HKSTP CEO to retire.(TELECOM CAREER)(C.D. Tam of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), a statutory body set up by the Hong Kong government, says CD Tam will retire from his post as CEO after leading the company for more than three years. Tam will retire upon the...

Mobile 365's operator sales VP.(TELECOM CAREER)(Paul Ruppert appointed)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Paul Ruppert has joined Mobile 365 as vice president of operator sales and is responsible for driving sates opportunities with mobile operators in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Prior to joining Mobile 365, Ruppert was a director...

UTStarcom appoints director.(TELECOM CAREER)
April 1, 2005... UTStarcom has appointed Alien Lenzmeier, vice chairman of Best Buy Co, to the board of directors. UTStarcom CEO Hong Lu says the addition of Lenzmeier, along with the recent appointment of Computer Associates COO Jeff Clarke, helps create...

Annual telecom awards expand program.(PREVIEW: Telecom Asia Awards: Bali, May 16, 2005)
April 1, 2005... The Telecom Asia Awards returns this year with an expanded line-up of awards and a larger and more diverse panel of judges. Asia's longest-running and most prestigious telecom industry awards program now covers 13 categories with the addition...

Asia telecom transactions index.(TELECOM CORPORATE)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Asia telecom transactions index Seller Buyer Deal Siemens Telkomsel Delivery of IN technology CP Group Indonesia Hutchison Acquisition of a 60% equity ...

TA index falls 0.8%: TA30 telecom stock index 14 Jan-15 Feb, 2005.(TELECOM CORPORATE)
April 1, 2005... The TA30 closed 0.8% lower at 1,184 points, amid concerns about soaring oil prices. Decliners outnumbered gainers 18 to 12. Leading the winners was Dacom, South Korea's smaller fixed-line carrier and Internet service provider, which...

Networking opportunities across Asia.(EVENTS CALENDAR)(Calendar)
April 1, 2005... Networking opportunities across Asia Date Event Apr 26, 2005 GlobalPlatform Today and in the Future Apr 26 - Apr 27, 2005 Int'l TD-SCDMA Summit Apr 26 - Apr 27, 2005 Minimizing Churn & Building...

Strong tech demand fuels interest in IT expo.(PREVIEW: CommunicAsia2005: 14-17 June)(Information Technology)
April 1, 2005... Continued strength in IT spending across Asia has heightened demand for exhibition space at CommunicAsia2005, the four-day annual IT and communications exhibition held in Singapore. According to IDC, infotech spending in Asia Pacific is...

CommunicAsia2005 commands strong exhibitor interest: IT & Communications exhibition for Asia to be held in Singapore from 14-17 June this year.(ADVERTORIAL)(Information Technology)
April 1, 2005... Continued strength in IT spending across Asia has heightened the demand for exhibition space at CommunicAsia, a four-day IT and Communications exhibition for Asia held at the Singapore Expo. According to IDC, infotech spending is expected to...

Security not just for sidekicks.(INSIDE LINE)(network safety)
April 1, 2005... We are today, reader, about to leave the staid world of switches, chips and radio and creep into the steamy world of celebrity-dom. We're not doing this because we want to, but because we have to. And we know why. That's right: Paris...

Spim.(BACKPAGE BRIEFING)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... SPIM: As if spare wasn't a large enough headache to cope with, there's a new threat emerging--"spim", the instant messaging version of spam. One reason in particular why spim is getting more attention is that more and more enterprises are...

Security.(BACKPAGE BRIEFING)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... SECURITY: VOIP is growing so fast that it's reportedly leaving network security issues in the dust. A number of computer security experts told NewScientist.com last month that VoIP phones could be vulnerable to a number of familiar-sounding Net...

ICT.(BACKPAGE BRIEFING)(Information and Communication Technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... ICT: The US may get credit for inventing the telephone, the PC and the Internet, but it's no longer the country that uses all three the most efficiently and productively. So who is? Singapore. That's according to this year's annual...

Competition.(BACKPAGE BRIEFING)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... COMPETITION: The rise of Chinese telecom equipment vendors on the global stage (as reported by Telecom Asia last month) appears to be taking its toll on big-name Western vendors. Take Last month's Cellular Telecommunications & Internet...