Telecom Asia articles from March 2007

Telecom Asia archives from March 2007

Time to fine-tune mobile TV?(TANNER)
March 1, 2007

YouTube spawns imitators.(FIRST MILE)(Company overview)
March 1, 2007

Cellular growth to slow to 19 %.(STAT SNAP)(decline in cellular telephone companies penetration)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

Greater choice fuels mobile email surge.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
March 1, 2007

Shift in MVNO role, focus seen.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)(Mobile Virtual Network Operator)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

Convergence to drive VoIP adoption.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)
March 1, 2007

Beyond SMS.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)
March 1, 2007

Telematics make mark in China.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S TELECOM RESEARCH)
March 1, 2007

Nokia pushes email to mass market.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
March 1, 2007

China Mobile plans to roll out 3G services before the end of October.(BEIJING)
March 1, 2007

Sina.com's fourth-quarter profits rail 15% due to higher expenses and a drop in revenues for mobile services.(BEIJING)(Financial report)
March 1, 2007

China Mobile makes its first oversea acquisition by buying an 88.86% stake in Paktel, Pakistan's fifth largest mobile carrier, from Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular.(BEIJING)
March 1, 2007

China launches the world's first fourth-generation standard, even before 3G can take off in the country.(SHANGHAI)
March 1, 2007

ZTE introduces what it claims is the world's smallest W-CDAM micro base station.(SHENZHEN)
March 1, 2007

TOT is set to review agreements made under the ousted civilian government now that Gen Saprang Kalayanamitr.(BANGKOK)
March 1, 2007

The Thai Information and Communications Technology Ministry begins informal discussions with Singapore-based Temasek on the possible buy-back of its stake in Shin Satellite.(BANGKOK)
March 1, 2007

Idea Cellular, Ericsson and the GSM Association have set up a pilot in Pune.(PUNE)
March 1, 2007

Vodafone agrees to pay $11.1b for the 67% stake in Hutchison Essar India.(NEW DELHI)
March 1, 2007

Cable & Wireless eyes entering the long-distance telephony market in India and will acquire a 74% stake in Cable & Wireless Networks India.(NEW DELHI)
March 1, 2007

Sony Ericsson plans to start making low-cost color screen and music-playing handsets in India through manufacturing agreements with Flextronics and Foxconn.(NEW DELHI)
March 1, 2007

Samsung agrees to pay $90m to settle a price fixing lawsuit.(SEOUL)
March 1, 2007

SK Telecom becomes the tenth member of Bridge Mobile Alliance.(SEOUL)
March 1, 2007

Police arrest two South Korean computer programmers on suspicion of sending out 1.6b spam email messages.(SEOUL)
March 1, 2007... Police arrest two South Korean computer programmers on suspicion of sending out 1.6b spam email messages in violation of the country's commerce laws

DoCoMo's profit fell 28.4% in the last quarter, amid intensifying competition in the mobile market.(TOKYO)
March 1, 2007

Six Japanese companies plan to jointly develop a basic platform for manufacturing next-generation handsets as a way to cut development time and costs.(TOKYO)
March 1, 2007

Japan launches a satellite-based alert system that will instantly send warnings of tsunamis and updates on volcanic activity to help speed evacuations.(TOKYO)
March 1, 2007

Optus seeks to expand its 3G mobile network to cover 96% of Australia.(SYDNEY)
March 1, 2007

Telstra and Ericsson are set to launch the world's first commercial mobile broadband network.(SYDNEY)
March 1, 2007

New Zealand Telecom announces the resignation of its chief executive, over-shadowing news that the company's half-yearly profit rose to NZ$452m. ($310m).(WELLINGTON)
March 1, 2007

SingTel's profits rise 13% in the most recent quarter thanks largely to contributions from its regional units.(SINGAPORE)(Financial report)
March 1, 2007

A Singaporean teenager who illegally tapped into a neighbor's wireless net work was placed on 18 months' probation by a district court.(SINGAPORE)
March 1, 2007

Europe's biggist telecoms groups aim to create a mobile phone search engine that could challenge Yahoo and Google.(movements)
March 1, 2007

Vodafone Group agrees with lnternet search leader Google to develop maps for mobile telephones.(movements)
March 1, 2007

Ericsson says fourth-quarter profit rose 13%, boosted by strong sales and its recent integration of British fixed telecom networks company Marconi.(movements)(Financial report)
March 1, 2007

LG wins a contest organized by the GSM Association to produce low-cost 3G handsets.(movements)
March 1, 2007

Cisco's second-quarter profit suges nearly 40% as the world's largest maker of networking gear.(movements)(Financial report)
March 1, 2007

BlackBerry maker RIM reaches a settlement in its trade mark infringement lawsuit against Samsung over that company's new "BlackJack" smartphone. RIM said the settlement.(movements)
March 1, 2007

Apple resolves a bitter trademark dispute with The Beatles' guardian Apple Corp over use of the iconic apple logo and name.(movements)
March 1, 2007

A study published by Finland's communications ministry claims 96% of Finns have access to broadband Internet and 50% to 3G mobile telephony.(movements)
March 1, 2007

Nokia and Siemens Networks and have signed a MoU with NEC to cooperate on W-CDMA radio.(movements)
March 1, 2007

YouTube agrees to post warnings in Japanese against uploading copyrighted material onto its popular videosharing Web site.(movements)
March 1, 2007

Omnifone unveils a new music service aimed at mobile users who crave music while on the go.(movements)
March 1, 2007

Veoh Networks is launching a Web video syndication service that uses peer-to-peer technology to distribute DVD-quality video and publish it on the Web's most popular sites, including MySpace and YouTube.(movements)
March 1, 2007

Wholesale VOIP posed for takeoff: as VOIP gains credibility around the globe, carriers identify an opportunity in the growing wholesale segment.(Cover story)
March 1, 2007

War on spam escalates as losses mount: with span accounting for as much as 90% of email traffic and more than doubling in volume over the last year, it's quickly evolved from a nuisance to a global menace.(BUSINESS)
March 1, 2007

Mining customer data into intelligence: telecom carriers increasingly embrace business intelligence as a strategic tool to help them remain competitive as the focus shifts to understanding customers and their habits.(SERVICES)
March 1, 2007

Faster data rates challenges the testers: with clear agreement in the industry that LTE product development is happening fast, the pressure is rising on test equipment vendors to provide testing solutions for the designers.(TEXT & MEASUREMENT)
March 1, 2007

Bullish outlook for telecoms.(AMERICAN FORUM)
March 1, 2007

Converged Wi-Fi mesh, WiMAX.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)
March 1, 2007

26-GHz band support.(PREMIER: Latest products and services)(VectaStar point-to-multipoint transmission platform)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

New signaling gateway.(PREMIER: Latest products and services)
March 1, 2007

Pre-packaged VoIP solutions.(PREMIER: Latest products and services)
March 1, 2007

New telepresence solution.(PREMIERE: Latest products and services)
March 1, 2007

Enhanced infrastructure, program management tool.(PREMIER: Latest products and services)
March 1, 2007

Networking opportunities across Asia.(EVENTS CALENDAR)(Table)(Calendar)
March 1, 2007

Telecom New Zealand CEO steps down.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

I-Cable gets new director.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

Asia netcom hires CFO.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

Motorola appoints global head.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

MMA selects Asian committee.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

AT&T Asia Pacific VP.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

MEASAT names sales head.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

SIM Technology gets president.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

PixSense hires sales chief.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

New appointment at AdMob.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

ProtoStar has new CFO.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007... Direct-to-home satellite start-up ProtoStar has appointed Patti Froelich as its CFO to assist the company in executing its recently announced plan to create a three-satellite constellation for the fast growing and underserved DTH satellite-TV...

Director for VoluBill.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

New Ovum analyst.(TELECOM CAREER)
March 1, 2007

The TA30 extends gains: TA30 telecom stock index Jan 15-Feb 14, 2007.(TELECOM CORPORATE)
March 1, 2007

Mobile's search for a business model.(INSIDE LINE)
March 1, 2007

Anywhere except over the net.(BACKPAGE BRIEFING)(no dating on the internet )(Survey)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

Wind power.(BACKPAGE BRIEFING)
March 1, 2007

Online fears.(BACKPAGE BRIEFING)
March 1, 2007

For the dogs.(BACKPAGE BRIEFING)
March 1, 2007