Telecom Asia articles from January 2001

Telecom Asia archives from January 2001

Top-heavy in telecom.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... It's that time of year when North Americans and Europeans waddle back to work after the annual festive season. Telecom execs squeezing back behind their desks might like to reflect that they're not a whole lot different from the sector as a...

Tomorrow's technology, today.(devices from the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey')(Brief Article)(Column)
January 1, 2001... Welcome to the new millennium -- the real one, not the one that took place last year, although that's all academic by now as far as most people are concerned. In any case, welcome also to the year 2001 -- a year that I have personally been...

DPC widens the wireless battlefield with $130m expansion.(Digital Phone Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Thailand's Shin Corp is taking the battle to rival CP's low cost PHS-based service, with subsidiary DPC putting down $130 million to extend its network outside Bangkok. Shin Corporation's Digital Phone Company (DPC) recently announced...

Building on the basics.(Digital Phone Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Expanding the coverage of DPC's "pretty basic" network is the first priority for its new CEO. Vikrom Sriprataks speaks with Telecom Asia's Jaruwan Ngamman Ask Digital Phone Company's new CEO Vikrom Sriprataks what he thinks of his...

China moves to spur telecoms growth.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A reshuffling of China's government-regulated telecoms pricing scheme has apparently opened the door to a VoIP free-for-all in China. But like everything else that takes place inside China, don't go rushing out to place your bets yet, writes...

NTC goes after Globe.(National Telecommunications Commission, Globe Telecom)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Philippines regulator is not giving up in its battle with Globe Telecom, warning it will pursue the company in court if it doesn't comply with an order to stop adding customers to its congested mobile network. Rene Mallari reports from...

Poor reception for Aussie digital TV.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... While digital TV made an impact Down Under by interfering with analog broadcasts, few are expected to pony up the $3,000 required for a new TV and set-top, When the first black and white television service began in Australia in 1956, more...

TRAI plots further boost for VSAT.(Telecom Regulatory Authority, satellite ground station equipment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... India's telecoms regulator has made proposals to loosen restrictions on the country's growing VSAT industry, reports Rajesh Prothi from New Delhi The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is planning to boost the burgeoning VSAT industry...

Asian telecoms this month.(miscellaneous brief articles)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... movements * Vodafone agreed to pay $2.5b for an additional 15% stake in Japan Telecom from West Japan Railway and Central Japan Railway -- two of the seven railway companies that founded Japan Telecom. The resulting 41% stake in Japan...

2001's top 10 telecom trends.(Industry Overview)
January 1, 2001... It is the Year of the Snake, and the year we can finally gauge the accuracy of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey. But according to our pundits, 2001 is the year when 3G will hit the decks, providers are going to worry about security...

Odd MAN out.(metropolitan area networks)
January 1, 2001... Ethernet's future play in the metro network Service providers are already stating to think about metropolitan network upgrades in the face of increased competition and capacity boosts in the access and international subsea fiber sectors....

The truth is under there: Asia Global Crossing tackles undersea fiber fables.(Interview)
January 1, 2001... The undersea fiber cable business isn't the easiest telecoms niche to be in at the moment, in Asia or anywhere else. While telecoms analysts predict an exponential growth in bandwidth demand, investors are looking nervously at sluggish capacity...

The real money in e-services.(electronic banking)(Brief Article)(Column)
January 1, 2001... IVR systems now asks customers to figure out the whole banking process themselves and hope for the best It is one of those things that seem almost surreal. I was paying my credit card bill at my bank branch when the helpful and friendly...

46-GHz analyzer for wireless backbone links.(from IFR Systems)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... IFR Systems has announced the availability of the 6845 MSA (microwave system analyzer), a 10 MHz to 46 GHz spectrum analyzer which IFR says is the industry's first to include a 46 GHz tracking generator. The latest addition to IFR's 6840...

Motorola Streamaster 5000 for broadband multimedia enhancement and service provider flexibility.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Motorola has released its Streamaster 5000 and service provider flexibility, an advanced set-top box that allows telecoms service providers to deliver convergent voice, video and data services to their customers via high-speed DSL technology....

Philips introduces next-generation Bluetooth device.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Philips Semiconductors has announced the availability of its Blueberry baseband interface chip, a next-generation Bluetooth device for wireless connectivity. Based on the Ericsson Bluetooth Core, the Blueberry IC is interoperable with all...

Nortel releases free OS upgrade for Alteon Web switches.(operating system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Nortel Networks has launched a new version of its Alteon Web OS content networking software along with enhanced network management capabilities designed to simplify and speed the provision of content-intelligent services for Web hosts,...

HP challenges Sun with entry-level Unix server.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Hewlett-Packard has announced a new entry-level Unix server: the L3000, which HP is touting as an attractive offering for service providers keen on entering the growing broadband market with services such as media streaming, e-commerce and...

Marconi strengthens Asia-Pacific optical portfolio.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Marconi has added three new products -- the SmartPhotoniX PLT 80 solution, the SmartPhotoniX PMM solution and ServiceOn Overview 3000 management system -- to its optical networking portfolio for Asia-Pacific service providers. Marconi said...

Alcatel taps the Web for "e-cruitment".
January 1, 2001... "Recruit, develop and retain" is Alcatel's battle cry as it hunts for 1,500 new Asia-Pacific staff, reports Fiona Chau Though the wave of dot-com downsizing has seen thousands of jobs lost in Asia over the past year, there is no sign of any...

Intel's telecom ambitions.(Interview)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... First Microsoft, and now Intel, the world's leading chipmaker and a juggernaut with a market capitalization at over $200 billion, is eyeing the telecoms sector. Intel is keen to expand its revenue sources as its core business of selling...

The pain phase is here.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Build it and they will come. That's the philosophy driving the construction of some 600,000 miles of intercity fiber across the world. Internet usage is doubling every 90 days, claim zealots such as UUNet's John Sidgmore and Level 3's Jim...

BRACKPAGE BRIEFING.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... What is the world's telecoms industry is saying Secrecy: Phone companies are keen to get people to use the phone, right? Well, not all. In fact, some carriers see phone calls as a downright nuisance. For example, Cable 8, Wireless Optus,...