Telecom Asia articles from July 2002

Telecom Asia archives from July 2002

Welcome to the tele-future. (Inside Line).(telecommunication companies, post-corporate scandals)
July 1, 2002... It may be unfair, but it is true--the WorldCom scandal tars everyone in telecoms. Once home to the world's most stolid corporations, telecommunications has become as flaky and disreputable as the dotcoms. At least it can be said for ditzy...

Telecom Asia 2002 Readers' Choice Awards.
July 1, 2002... Lucky draw winners Congratulations to Richard Tai of Far Eastone Telecom, Taiwan, and Kurniawan Wiraatmadja of PT Telkom, the two lucky winners of the Telecom Asia 2002 Readers' Choice Award Lucky Draw. Both win a Handspring Treo 180...

Small chance for nanotech. (Tanner).
July 1, 2002... The Great Dot.com Bubble Disaster of 2000 (or GDBD2K, if you like) may or may not have taught investors a thing or two about buying into hyped-up cutting edge vaporware with no business model to speak of. But it hasn't discouraged venture...

Edge isn't ready for wireless data, says Tahoe. (First Mile).(Tahoe Networks claims broadband still better than wireless networks)
July 1, 2002... Wireless data, you may have heard, is the next big thing--"big" in terms of both revenues and escalating traffic volumes, along with an escalating subscriber base. However, the latter presents a problem that wireless operators may not be...

Stat snap.(worldwide mobile phone subscription statistics)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 1, 2002... The world mobile phone subscriber base is now comfortably past the 1 billion mark, provided you include the ever-dwindling number of analog users. Interestingly, that's the only category on the decline, as even TDMA user numbers are growing,...

Flashbacks, updates and nostalgia. (Resend).
July 1, 2002... (Telecom Asia, July 1998) SYNOPSIS: Callback services are thriving circa 1998 despite being banned in 79 countries worldwide, especially in Asia where callback surfaced in the mid-90s as a cheap (if illegal) alternative to the IDD...

Telstra looks for way out as door closes on pay TV deal: Australia's regulator has put a spanner in the works by refusing the country's leading telcos the chance to share content. (News Analysis).
July 1, 2002... Australia's dominant Telstra Corp is looking at a more transparent access regime as a way of appeasing the country's powerful competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which has vetoed a pay-TV content...

Duopoly rising. (News Analysis).(Singapore's StarHub and Singapore Cablevision plan merger)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... While Australian authorities have rejected the creation of a pay TV monopoly, Singapore has embraced the consolidation of one. Singapore's IDA last month gave the green light for a merger between the city's number two telco, StarHub, and...

Gokongwei fighting to the end: the struggle for the control of PLDT is nearing conclusion. But, as Art Villasanta reports from Manila, there could be a lot more blood on the carpet. (News Analysis).(John Gokongwei plans acquisition of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company)
July 1, 2002... If this were a football match, the only thing stopping Filipino-Chinese billionaire John Gokongwei Jr. from scoring that winning penalty is a shaky wall of defenders and a fiercely determined goalkeeper. Whether "Big John" can get his $617...

Open Mobile Alliance looms: the Open Mobile Alliance is in, and it wants to make wireless data a seamless experience. (News Analysis).
July 1, 2002... The wireless industry's latest standards coalition, the Open Mobile Alliance, has a simple mission: develop common, interoperable open standards across the highly fragmented debris field of multiple protocols and platforms, enabling cellcos to...

The US Security and Exchange Commission files fraud charges in New York against the country's second largest long-distance phone company. (movements).(WorldCom)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * The US Security and Exchange Commission files fraud charges in New York against the country's second largest long-distance phone company, WorldCom, after the carrier announced misinterpretation of $3.8 billon in expenses over the last five...

Nokia cuts its second half guidance to 10% sales growth, down from 15%. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * Nokia cuts its second half guidance to 10% sales growth, down from 15%. The company also sets a long-term sales forecast of above 10%, confirming the slower growth prospects for the telecom sector, which expanded at annual rates of 30% and...

Telecommunications equipment maker Ciena Corp. warns that third-quarter revenues may be "down meaningfully" after its merger with ONI Systems. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * Telecommunications equipment maker Ciena Corp. warns that third-quarter revenues may be "down meaningfully" after its merger with ONI Systems. Ciena president and chief executive Gary Smith says an "uncertain telecom environment" could...

Sycamore Networks is to slash a third of its workforce and drop its optical transport division after warning that it would not meet Wall Street's sales expectations for the quarter. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * Sycamore Networks is to slash a third of its workforce and drop its optical transport division after warning that it would not meet Wall Street's sales expectations for the quarter. Sycamore will now focus on optical switch systems, which...

KMI predicts next-generation SONET and SDH equipment will experience healthy growth from $1 billion in 2001 to nearly $18 billion in annual sales for 2006. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * KMI predicts next-generation SONET and SDH equipment will experience healthy growth from $1 billion in 2001 to nearly $18 billion in annual sales for 2006. Next-generation equipment will largely replace traditional SONET and SDH equipment,...

Iridium Satellite LLC signs distribution agreements with three Asian telcos--Singapore Telecommunications, Australia's Telstra and Telikom Papua New Guinea--to market and sell Iridium services through their global dealer network. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * Iridium Satellite LLC signs distribution agreements with three Asian telcos--Singapore Telecommunications, Australia's Telstra and Telikom Papua New Guinea--to market and sell Iridium services through their global dealer network. Financial...

Telecoms industry players form a new alliance to develop standards that will make it easier for wireless telephone users to play games. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * Telecoms industry players form a new alliance to develop standards that will make it easier for wireless telephone users to play games, share photos or trade instant messages over various types of handsets.

GPRS roaming between Britain and Hong Kong is now available, with the interconnection of the mm02 and Hutchison Telecom networks. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * GPRS roaming between Britain and Hong Kong is now available, with the interconnection of the mm02 and Hutchison Telecom networks. California-based Aicent and Cable & Wireless have hooked up their GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) networks,...

Ericsson and AT&T Wireless will trial a W-CDMA system in Dallas, Texas, in the fourth quarter of 2002. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * Ericsson and AT&T Wireless will trial a W-CDMA system in Dallas, Texas, in the fourth quarter of 2002. The trial, using 100 cell sites in the city, will be the first 1900 MHz UMTS/WCDMA system in the Americas.

Fukuoka Prefecture-based software developer ABsoft KK starts offering a mobile phone-based e-mail service between Japan and China, with plans to attract 2,000 users initially, targeting business people and Chinese students studying in Japan. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * Fukuoka Prefecture-based software developer ABsoft KK starts offering a mobile phone-based e-mail service between Japan and China, with plans to attract 2,000 users initially, targeting business people and Chinese students studying in Japan....

Satellite broadband enabler Speedcast launches two-way satellite-based service for multinational corporations throughout Asia. (movements).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... * Satellite broadband enabler Speedcast launches two-way satellite-based service for multinational corporations throughout Asia. The service leverages the Linkstar technology from ViaSat, will allow users to download Internet content at a speed...

Beijing: China is clamping down on illegal Internet cafes after at least 24 people were killed and 13 injured when a fire swept through a packed cafe in a university district of Beijing, the city's worst fire in 50 years. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Beijing: China is clamping down on illegal Internet cafes after at least 24 people were killed and 13 injured when a fire swept through a packed cafe in a university district of Beijing, the city's worst fire in 50 years. Mayor Liu Qi ordered...

Beijing: China Telecom is to set up a US branch office to explore business opportunities in the international market. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Beijing: China Telecom is to set up a US branch office to explore business opportunities in the international market. The US office will be established on the back of China Telecom's representative office, which was opened 19 months ago, and...

Beijing: China Railcom secures a loan worth 10 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) from the China Development Bank (CDB). (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Beijing: China Railcom secures a loan worth 10 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) from the China Development Bank (CDB). The loan comes as part of a co-operation agreement the two companies struck last year under which CDB will provide loans totaling...

Hong Kong: China Mobile says its listed company will, for the first time, pay shareholders a dividend for this financial year. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Hong Kong: China Mobile says its listed company will, for the first time, pay shareholders a dividend for this financial year. The company board had approved the dividend proposal, but the ratio of dividend payout is still pending a board...

Hong Kong: Shares of China Unicom continue to be depressed, with reporting China Unicom planning a nationwide campaign to promote the sales of CDMA handsets at deep discounts. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Hong Kong: Shares of China Unicom continue to be depressed, with reporting China Unicom planning a nationwide campaign to promote the sales of CDMA handsets at deep discounts. The news comes days after Unicom saw its stock price plunge to a...

Hong Kong: Telstra acquires from partner PCCW the 40% of Hong Kong CSL it did not own for a net sum of $530 million. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Hong Kong: Telstra acquires from partner PCCW the 40% of Hong Kong CSL it did not own for a net sum of $530 million. The sale sees PCCW exit the mobiles business after two decades in order to reduce its near-$5 billion in debt. PCCW denies it...

Bangkok: Smart card company Setec will deliver 1 million 16 KB cards to Thai operator. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Bangkok: Smart card company Setec will deliver 1 million 16 KB cards to Thai operator DTAC by autumn 2002.

Danang: Vietnam's Cable and Telecommunications Material Co (Sacom) plans to invest $19.67 million in a project to build a mobile phone network in the southern region of Vietnam. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Danang: Vietnam's Cable and Telecommunications Material Co (Sacom) plans to invest $19.67 million in a project to build a mobile phone network in the southern region of Vietnam. Sacom will build a network in the southern provinces of Dong Nai,...

Hanoi: Vietnam's Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications (DGPT) is about to open the country's telecoms sector. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Hanoi: Vietnam's Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications (DGPT) is about to open the country's telecoms sector. Under the new Ordinance of Posts and Telecommunications, state-run Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications will lose its...

Jakarta: Indonesian international carrier Indosat has commissioned Siemens Information and Communication Networks to supply and set up its new national fixed network in a framework agreement worth more than $7.5 million. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Jakarta: Indonesian international carrier Indosat has commissioned Siemens Information and Communication Networks to supply and set up its new national fixed network in a framework agreement worth more than $7.5 million. One third of the...

Pyongyang: The ongoing effort to bring mobile telephony to North Korea takes another step forward after South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Pyongyang: The ongoing effort to bring mobile telephony to North Korea takes another step forward after South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication last month struck an agreement with North Korean officials to jointly pursue mobile...

Taipei: KG Telecom starts offering its version of NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service--the first Asian launch outside Japan. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Taipei: KG Telecom starts offering its version of NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service--the first Asian launch outside Japan. The service will initially give customers access to email and about 80 Web sites that offer stock trading, shopping and a range...

Taipei: Taiwan Cellular Corp. (TCC) launches the island's first multimedia messaging service (MMS). (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Taipei: Taiwan Cellular Corp. (TCC) launches the island's first multimedia messaging service (MMS). Running on TCC's GPRS platform, the service offers the world's first payment in which only senders pay for transmitting MMS messages.

Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo launches a new service that allows its 3G users in Japan to assign the same phone number to both the FOMA and PDC networks, with its 1,000-yen sign-up fee waived and the dual network subscription fee cut by a third. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo launches a new service that allows its 3G users in Japan to assign the same phone number to both the FOMA and PDC networks, with its 1,000-yen sign-up fee waived and the dual network subscription fee cut by a third. DoCoMo...

Sydney: AT&T Australia launches a fully managed, end-to-end global IP Virtual Private Network (VPN). (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Sydney: AT&T Australia launches a fully managed, end-to-end global IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution for Australian business.

Sydney: Telstra says it can build a nationwide W-CDMA network in only nine months--although it's unlikely to be able to do so for at least two years. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Sydney: Telstra says it can build a nationwide W-CDMA network in only nine months--although it's unlikely to be able to do so for at least two years. Analysts said such a network would likely be built in the five major cities, at a cost of...

Wellington: New Zealand competition watchdog, the Commerce Commission, says it will investigate TelstraClear's application for a ruling on an interconnection dispute between the company and incumbent Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TCNZ). (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Wellington: New Zealand competition watchdog, the Commerce Commission, says it will investigate TelstraClear's application for a ruling on an interconnection dispute between the company and incumbent Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TCNZ)....

Singapore: Singapore's mobile operators and their regulator, the IDA, are at loggerheads over the rollout of the proposed 3G networks. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Singapore: Singapore's mobile operators and their regulator, the IDA, are at loggerheads over the rollout of the proposed 3G networks. The IDA auctioned three licenses last year on condition that the carriers completed nationwide rollout by 31...

Singapore: SingTel launches a landline SMS system that allows subscribers to send and receive SMS messages--using either existing phones or new terminals with LCD displays. (Asian telecoms this month).
July 1, 2002... Singapore: SingTel launches a landline SMS system that allows subscribers to send and receive SMS messages--using either existing phones or new terminals with LCD displays. It uses technology developed and supplied by local company TVC....

SingTel takes top prizes. (Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... In the face of tumultuous changes in the industry, Telecom Asia readers have remained a model of consistency. Readers of this magazine and sister publications Wireless Asia and telecomasia.net voted in almost exactly the same way this year as...

Staying ahead: SingTel has made its M&A moves and is now in execution phase, says Lee Hsien-Yang, once again voted the industry's top executive. (Best Asian Telecom Executive: Lee Hsien Yang, President & CEO, Singapore Telecom)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: What are SingTel's key strategic goals? Expand overseas? Reduce reliance on IDD? Lee Hsien-Yang: SingTel aims to be Asia's leading communications company. Our focus has moved from M&A activities to execution, maximizing the...

Playing the scale game: after several years of regional asset acquisition, SingTel owns telco stakes in virtually all of its neighbors, as well as two of the biggest submarine cable systems. Now the task is to make this grow and to leverage the economies of scale, says chief operating officer Lim Toon. (Best Asian Telecom Operator: Singapore Telecom)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: What were the major achievements for the company in 2001-02 and what are you hooking forward to in the next 12 months? Lim Toon: I think during the year we have transformed the company in terms of product mix and geographical...

In the big league: SingTel Mobile continued to expand last year, taking possession of the number two Australian operator, and snaring a big chunk of Indonesia's prime mobile company. It is now in the big league and can leverage scale economies, argues chief executive officer Lucas Chow. (Best Asian GSM Carrier: Singtel Mobile, Singapore)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: What have been the highlights of the past 12 months? Lucas Chow: The market is continuing to grow, and that's the good news. The bad news is the growth is significantly less compared with previous years. I think it's really...

All out for 3G: seven years ago Hutchison launched the world's first commercial CDMA network. Now, it is engaged in an even bolder plan; joining its affiliate operators in the world's most aggressive rollout of 3G networks and services, says managing director Agnes Nardi. (Best CDMA Carrier: Hutchison Telecom (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: Why is Hutchison aggressive on 3G rollout when the rest of the industry is delaying its construction? Agnes Nardi: Certainly 3G is a key focus for our company going forward. We were the first operator in the world to launch a...

Challenger looking for glory: after a tough first year, Singapore's number two carrier, StarHub, is more settled in the market. Now, it has taken a big leap forward with sister company, SCV, to challenge SingTel in both broadband and mobile. Group editor Robert Clark speaks with president and CEO Terry Clontz. (Best Competitive Carrier: StarHub, Singapore)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: Describe your last 12 months. What have been the highlights for StarHub? Terry Clontz: The highlights for us have been emerging from the issues and the problems of the startup, and really beginning to hit our stride in our...

Outsourcing player: with the ill-fated concert joint venture behind it, AT&T Global Services is a beneficiary of low bandwidth prices and the economic slowdown, says. Bernard Yee, regional managing director, business operations. (Best Global Carrier: AT&T Global Services)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: 2001 was difficult year for a lot of telecom companies. How was it for AT&T Global in Asia? Bernard Yee: As you probably know, globally as an industry, 2001 was a very tough year, both for operators and for equipment folks....

Reach and expertise: Pacific Internet has been at the top of its game for a long time, having launched its data network in 1991. Now the company is looking to further broaden its horizons, says CEO Tan Tong Hai. (Best Asian Internet Service Prodvider: Pacific Internet, Singapore)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: Why do you think you won the award again this year? Pacific Internet: I think there are both rational and emotional reasons, but I think there four main points. I call them our four cornerstones. There is service and...

From regulation to education: Hong Kong's OFTA remains one of the prime icons in the Asia-Pacific region for telecoms liberalization. OFTA director-general Anthony Wang says the regulator's role has shifted from regulator to arbitrator, watchdog and even market educator. (Best Regulator: Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), Hong Kong)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: Has the role of the telecoms regulator changed as markets become more and more liberalized? Anthony Wang: Yes, very much so. In the early days when it was a monopoly market, there was a lot of technical regulation--you didn't...

Services, not hardware: it's been a tough fiscal year for Datacraft, which expects to post a full-year loss thanks to writedowns for restructures and "doubtful debt" in China. CEO Ron Cattell says the company's focus on services over hardware will keep the damage to a minimum. (Best Systems Integrator: Datacraft, Singapore)(Cover Story).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: How has Datacraft been impacted by the economic slowdown and the current bear market on technology companies in general? Ron Cattell: Well, the biggest effect is that technology stocks are out of favor at the moment, so...

Service deployment system for edge-optimized business services. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... Unisphere Networks has announced the availability of its SDX-300 service deployment system. The product--leveraging the investment in Unisphere Networks' RX edge router family--is designed to enable service providers to customize business...

Real-time measurement tool for CDMA2000. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... Ericsson has enhanced its CDMA2000 portfolio with the addition of TEMS DriveTester, a real-time measurement tool used to isolate trouble spots in a CDMA2000 network. The tool helps operators identify and verify trouble spots as networks...

Single-mode fiber loop extender doubles capacity. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... ADC has launched D3LX fiber optic loop extender, a solution that uses Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology to double a carrier's fiber capacity in a variety of applications. The extender is designed for carriers delivering ATM or TDM...

Siemens, Sycamore next-gen alliance. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... Siemens IC Networks and Sycamore Networks, Inc. have signed a non-exclusive agreement to jointly market Sycamore's SN 16000 optical switches and integrate them with Siemens' TransXpress Infinity MTS long haul transmission, SDH systems and...

IPv4/IPv6 access router. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... IP access network equipment provider 6WIND has announced the availability of a new high-speed IP v4/v6 router. The 6WINDGate 6100 series IPv4/IPv6 branch office access router is the first product that integrates both v4 and v6 protocol...

Expanded networked telephony solutions for mutli-site enterprises. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... 3Com has doubled the capacity of its NBX platform targeting larger, multi-site enterprises. With the expansion and enhancements, the SuperStack 3 NBX system now scales from 2-1,000 users per location or up to 1,500 devices per location. It...

Upgraded WLAN system solution. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... Aptilo Networks has launched a new version of its system solution for public WLAN, also known as wireless hotspots. Aptilo's upgraded system release 3.0 features a number of enhancements and simplified functions for users, such as support...

Motorola unveils 1Mbit MRAM universal memory chip with copper interconnects. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... Motorola's semiconductor products sector (SPS) and Motorola Labs has unveiled the first 1 megabit (Mbit) MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) universal memory chip. The first to be integrated with CMOS using copper interconnect...

Voice enhancement solution for mobile phone. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... NMS Communications has introduced Studio Sound, a software solution that helps improve mobile phone call clarity. The solution eliminates background noise, network distortion, and acoustic echo that hampers the quality of mobile phone...

Metro optical solutions. (Premiere: latest products and services).
July 1, 2002... NEC has launched its new metro optical solutions aimed helping carriers eliminate bandwidth bottleneck in under-provisioned metropolitan areas. Designed to improve metro throughput, the solutions support a variety of transport mediums and...

Lo looks for China Unicom investors. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... China Unicom Hong Kong has named William Lo Wingyan as executive director and vice president, effective from 8 July. Lo will be responsible for investor relations and issues relating to co-operation with foreign companies, taking up...

PCCW names CFO. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Pacific Century CyberWorks has named executive director Alex Arena as its new group CFO, replacing Fredrick Ma, who has been appointed Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative...

Telstra infrastructure services MD steps down. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Gerry Moriarty, group managing director of Telstra's infrastructure services unit, has resigned. Moriarty will leave Telstra next month to take up a new appointment at Macquarie Bank as deputy chairman of Macquarie Communications Infrastructure...

TCNZA GM. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TCNZ) has appointed Gary Perkins as group general manager of TCNZA, the group's specialist IT and telecommunications solutions business in Australia. He took up his new role in Sydney on 1 July. Perkins...

Siemens' new AP SVP. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Siemens has appointed Ray Yam as senior vice president, Asia Pacific, Mobile Phones. Prior to joining Siemens, Yam spent five years with Nokia as sales director with the company's mobile phone division.

ACA chair retains current post. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Australian Communications Minister Senator Richard Alston has reappointed Tony Shaw as chairman of the Australian Communications Authority (ACA).

ITXC executive VP. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... John Landau has joined ITXC Corp. as executive vice president of product management. Landau comes to ITXC from Intel, where he was director of technology.

Lam makes Cisco move. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Cisco Systems has appointed Thomas Lam as vice president for the company's customer advocacy organization, Asia Pacific. Lam will be based in Hong Kong and be responsible for the unit's solutions consulting business and support services in...

Qualcomm names head for Southeast Asia. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Qualcomm has appointed Marshall Towe as the group's new president and managing director for Southeast Asia. Prior to his new role, Towe held a number of senior positions at Qualcomm, including vice president of business development and vice...

New senior appointments at EDS. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... EDS (Electronic Data Systems) has promoted Jay Davis to president and named Tatsuyuki "Ted" Saeki president and CEO, Japan, currently the largest market for EDS in the region. Davis, who joined EDS in 1990, was previously the company's...

PeopleSoft North Asia business development head. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Application software provider PeopleSoft has appointed Dana Ng as new business development manager for North Asia, in a move to support the company's continuing expansion in the region.

Check Point Software Technologies' Asia-Pacific VP. (Telecom Career).
July 1, 2002... Internet security solution provider Check Point Software Technologies has appointed Ella Chin as the company's vice president of Asia-Pacific. Before joining Check Point, Chin held senior sales and general management positions with...

The glut stops here: internet data centers have a glut on their hands. Aggressive pre-bust buildouts have resulted in too much space and not enough customers. Demand is growing, especially in Asia, but IDC operators need to re-examine their business models carefully if they want to survive. (Special report: internet data centers).
July 1, 2002... In some ways, the recent history of the data center market is a sadly familiar story. Too many companies expanded too rapidly to support unproven services, creating a capacity glut. It happened with data CLECs and with fiber networks--and, like...

Asia telecom transactions index. (Telecom Corporate).
July 1, 2002... Asia telecom transactions index Seller Buyer IBM Global Services Australia SingTel Optus Ericsson Shandong Mobile Motorola China Mobile Nokia ...

TA30 telecom stock index. (Telecom Corporate).
July 1, 2002... For the period from 2 May-3 June, 2002 The TA30 Telecom Stock Index rebounded back to the 1000 benchmark level last month, with Hong Kong international service reseller City Telecom taking the lead. CTI jumped by 42.7%, on news that...

Nightmare on telecom street--part 5. (Telecom Planet).
July 1, 2002... The unravelling of the global telecom industry is now playing like a macabre later instalment of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, sticking to a familiar script but seeking to up the visceral thrills with yet more intense horror and violence....

Balloons: US-based Space Data Corporation conducted a demo last month in Washington, DC, using weather balloons to provide wireless communications to rural areas. (Backpage Briefing).
July 1, 2002... BALLOONS: US-based Space Data Corporation conducted a demo last month in Washington, DC, using weather balloons to provide wireless communications to rural areas. Space Data is proposing a network of expendable weather balloons floating 20...

History: the US government passed a resolution last month. (Backpage Briefing).
July 1, 2002... HISTORY: The US government passed a resolution last month stating that the inventor of the telephone was not Alexander Graham Bell, but Antonio Meucci. Bell, a Scotsman who emigrated to Ontario, is widely credited for inventing the...

Bandwidth: Asian subsea fiber cable bandwidth is so cheap these days that it seems like prices can't possibly get much lower. (Backpage Briefing).
July 1, 2002... BANDWIDTH: Asian subsea fiber cable bandwidth is so cheap these days that it seems like prices can't possibly get much lower. Actually, advises Arculli and Associates partner Peter Waters, they can. Speaking at the NetworkAsia specialist...

Sale: need infrastructure? (Backpage Briefing).
July 1, 2002... SALE: Need infrastructure? Stand by, because Asian telcos may soon be putting up their infrastructure assets for sale. Big opportunities for infrastructure acquisitions are coming soon, says Tony Ferguson, managing director of corporate and...

Anti-trust: telcos that engage in anti-competitive behavior typically have to answer to the relevant government authority. (Backpage Briefing).
July 1, 2002... ANTI-TRUST: Telcos that engage in anti-competitive behavior typically have to answer to the relevant government authority. In the US, however, Baby Bells may have to answer to their own customers. The Second US Circuit Court of Appeals...