Telecom Asia articles from November 2004

Telecom Asia archives from November 2004

Spectrum trading--the new allocation sensation.(Tanner)
November 1, 2004... The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India raised some hackles in late September when it proposed to fix a CDMA : spectrum shortage by allocating new spectrum in the 1850- to 1910-MHz band paired with 1930- to 1990-MHz for 2G services--which,...

Year of the PON.(First Mile)(Passive optical networking )
November 1, 2004... Passive optical networking (PON) technology is in the early stages of becoming an international hit. So says a recent report by Infonetics Research, which claims that this is the year that will prove PON "is a real market," and predicts that...

STM-1 access costs still nose-diving.(Stat Snap)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Internet backbone access prices are Still coming down, according to TeleGeography, whose latest report says that prices paid by large corporations and ISPs for ultra-high speed Internet access--which is to say connectivity in the STM-1 (155...

Providing mobility in New Growth Markets.(Advertorial)
November 1, 2004... Over the last decade the global mobile market has grown at a phenomenal rate, hitting the one billion subscriber mark in March 2003. Now the mobile industry is looking towards reaching the second billion, a target which we expect to achieve in...

NZ moves to 'fine-tune' Telecoms Act.(News Analysis)
November 1, 2004... Pressure from consumer groups and business users has prompted a review of New Zealand's three-year-old Telecommunications Act. NZ's Telecommunication's Minister Paul Swain told meeting of the Telecommunications Users' Association of NZ...

The broadband age arrives.(Insight: one month's telecom research)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Asia Pacific is expected to continue to dominate global broadband uptake with 100 million households forecast to be connected by 2007. According to a report from Research and Markets by the end of 2004, Asia Pacific will have 56.6 million...

WLAN adoption lags in Europe.(Insight: one month's telecom research)(Wireless Local Area Network)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Although the number of hotspots nearly doubled in Europe in the first half of the year and sales of WLAN equipment continue to expand, overall interest levels among enterprises in using WLAN hotspot services remains low. An IDC end-user survey...

HSDPA to disrupt handset memory market.(Insight: one month's telecom research)(high-speed downlink packet access)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The emergence of HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) will cause a major shift in the, cellular handset memory landscape, forcing NOR flash memory vendors to adapt or lose market share. ABI Research says that HSDPA, with its 3.6-Mbs...

CE and VoIP products drive WLAN IC market.(Insight: one month's telecom research)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... In-Stat/MDR estimates that consumer electronics (CE) and IP telephony applications will account for about half of the $2.1 billion WLAN IC market in 2008. The market research firm believes that CE and IP telephony represent significant market...

NTT's NGN migration plan gains urgency.(News Analysis, next generation network)
November 1, 2004... NTT moved a step closer to completing the basic development of its next-generation network (Resonant Communication Network Architecture or RENA) while jointly hosting, with Qwest Communications, BT and KT, a weeklong interoperability test last...

Online banking: where the money is?(Re send: flashbacks, updates and nostalgia: Telecom Asia, November 1999)
November 1, 2004... SYNOPSIS: Online banking services, from everyday checking and savings account transactions to advanced services like mortgages and online trading, are increasingly becoming a hot prospect for Internet portal sites and even cellular operators....

PCCW applies to the High Court for a judicial review of OFTA's decision allowing rival Hong Kong Broadband Network.(Hong Kong)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... PCCW applies to the High Court for a judicial review of OFTA's decision allowing rival Hong Kong Broadband Network to provide cheap local Internet telephony services over PCCW's broadband network.

Wharf T&T backs rival PCCW in its row with OFTA, saying that VoIP providers should pay an additional charge.(Hong Kong)(Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd.)(Office Of Telecommunication Authority)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Wharf T&T backs rival PCCW in its row with OFTA, saying that VoIP providers should pay an additional charge for using fixed-line operator's capacity if they do not build their own networks.

OFTA releases a consultation paper recommending that a new type of license be created to give incumbent PCCW its own price-setting authority, a move that will allow the company to cut prices without prior approval and compete with its fixed- line rivals.(Hong Kong)(Office Of Telecommunications Authority)(Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... OFTA releases a consultation paper recommending that a new type of license be created to give incumbent PCCW its own price-setting authority, a move that will allow the company to cut prices without prior approval and compete with its fixed-...

Hutchison Telecommunications International sets its IPO price at HK$6.01 per share, at the bottom of a range that was already cut by 7%.(Hong Kong)(Initial Public Offerings)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Hutchison Telecommunications International sets its IPO price at HK$6.01 per share, at the bottom of a range that was already cut by 7%. The pricing gives the listed HTIL an estimated market capitalization $3.46 billion. The shares had a...

China Netcom gets the green light from the Hong Kong stock exchange's.(Hong Kong)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... China Netcom gets the green light from the Hong Kong stock exchange's listing committee to launch its $1b IPO.

The National Telecom Commission will develop a plan for the country's telecoms industry for 2005-2008 by April next year.(Bangkok)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The National Telecom Commission will develop a plan for the country's telecoms industry for 2005-2008 by April next year. The four-year plan, which will be based on a draft proposed by the Post and Telegraph Department, will focus on four...

True Corp expects to double its broadband subscribers.(Bangkok)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... True Corp expects to double its broadband subscribers in 2005 to 200,000.

Shin Sat says IPSTAR has passed its final dynamic testing and will be ready to be in orbit by March 2005.(Bangkok)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Shin Sat says IPSTAR has passed its final dynamic testing and will be ready to be in orbit by March 2005. The company aims to initially offer services such as broadband telephony, broadband video and broadband Internet via the satellite.

ToT approves a proposal for fixed-line carrier TT&T to build out an additional 10,000 fines.(Bangkok)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... ToT approves a proposal for fixed-line carrier TT&T to build out an additional 10,000 fines in upcountry areas in Thailand.

Local ISP Access Telecom partners with NextNet Wireless to launch Bangladesh's first 3.5-GHz non-line-of-sight (NLOS) plug-and-play broadband wireless services for business and residential users.(Dhaka)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Local ISP Access Telecom partners with NextNet Wireless to launch Bangladesh's first 3.5-G Hz non-line-of-sight (NLOS) plug-and-play broadband wireless services for business and residential users. The operator plans to expand the service across...

The number of telephone subscribers hits nine million at the end of September, lifting the Vietnam's teledensity to 11.4% from last year's 9.2%, according to the Ministry of Post & Telecoms.(Hanoi)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The number of telephone subscribers hits nine million at the end of September, lifting the Vietnam's teledensity to 11.4% from last year's 9.2%, according to the Ministry of Post & Telecoms. An average of 175,620 new subscribers were added...

Indosat is setting aside $500m for capital expenditures in 2005 or about the same amount as 2004.(Jakarta)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Indosat is setting aside $500m for capital expenditures in 2005 of about the same amount as 2004. Marketing director Hasnul Suhaimi says up to 80% will be used to expand its mobile business and the rest for fixed-line and other business...

LG Electronics plans to set up a new mobile handset plant in Pune, India, in a bid to boost its revenue from its Indian operations to $10b by 2010.(Seoul)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... LG Electronics plans to set up a new mobile handset plant in Pune, India, in a bid to boost its revenue from its Indian operations to $10b by 2010. The company will invest $150m in its Indian operations by 2007.

Softbank BB files a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court seeking an injunction against the government's plan to reallocate frequencies.(Tokyo)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Softbank BB files a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court seeking an injunction against the government's plan to reallocate frequencies with the 800-MHz band to NTT DoCoMo and KDDI.

Japan Telecom completes successful field trials of a next-generation network transmitting data at 40 Gbps, four times faster than its existing network.(Tokyo)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Japan Telecom completes successful field trials of a next-generation network transmitting data at 40 Gbps, four times faster than its existing network. The trials are conducted in cooperation with Kyushu University and the National Institute of...

Chunghwa Telecom.(Tokyo)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Chunghwa Telecom contracts Motorola to supply a push-to-talk over cellular solution for the company's GPRS network.

NTT DoCoMo is offering in-flight wireless Internet connection services jointly with Connexion by Boeing to its Mzone mobile Internet subscribers flying on Lufthansa flights leaving Tokyo for Munich.(Tokyo)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... NTT DoCoMo is offering in-flight wireless Internet connection services jointly with Connexion by Boeing to its Mzone mobile Internet subscribers flying on Lufthansa flights leaving Tokyo for Munich. It will be expanded from next month to All...

Japan Airlines will offer 802.11b/g wireless service with Connexion by Boeing starting December 9.(Tokyo)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Japan Airlines will offer 802.11b/g wireless service with Connexion by Boeing starting December 9. The service, called JAL SkyOnline, will be initially available on 747-4005 flying the Tokyo-London route. SkyOnline will be available for...

The Australian government is renewing plans to sell its remaining 50.1% stake in Telstra for a minimum A$32b ($23.3b).(Sydney)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Australian government is renewing plans to sell its remaining 50.1% stake in Telstra for a minimum A$32b ($23.3b). The sale is expected by bankers to take place in late-2005 or 2006.

The Australian government and Alcatel announce a A$7.5m ($5.5m) joint investment in the south Australian consortium m.Net.(Sydney)(m.Net)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Australian government and Alcatel announce a A$7.5m ($5.5m) joint investment in the south Australian consortium m.Net. The investment will be used to upgrade m.Net's UMTS/W-CDMA wireless network in Adelaide to make it the country's most...

Telstra will upgrade two remaining outdated exchanges in the Sydney metro area in the current FY under a A$35 million investment.(Sydney)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Telstra will upgrade two remaining outdated exchanges in the Sydney metro area in the current FY under a A$35 million investment in a broadband rollout across New South Wales.

Telekom Malaysia expects to conclude talks to acquire a stake in Indian mobile operator Idea Cellular by end-2004.(Kuala Lumpur)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Telekom Malaysia expects to conclude talks to acquire a stake in Indian mobile operator Idea Cellular by end-2004. Telekom has teamed up with Singapore Technologies TeleMedia to bid for a 33.3% stake in Idea held by AT&T Wireless Services.

Smart Communications is in talks with MobileOne to launch services targeting the 85,000 Filipino ex-pats living in Singapore.(Manila)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Smart Communications is in talks with MobileOne to launch services targeting the 85,000 Filipino ex-pats living in Singapore. Smart is looking to replicate the success of its "1528" service, which it launched in Hong Kong in tandem with local...

BSNL is planning to lay an undersea cable between Chennai and Sri Lanka, which is on the route of several undersea cable systems crossing the seas from the Africa-West Asia region to South East Asia.(New Delhi)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... BSNL is planning to lay an undersea cable between Chennai and Sri Lanka, which is on the route of several undersea cable systems crossing the seas from the Africa-West Asia region to South East Asia. The company says it will connect with those...

SK Telecom and NTT DoCoMo will team up in the mobile banking services sector, with plans to set up a consultative body to jointly offer mobile banking roaming services in Korea and Japan and create new business models based on e-cash and other application services.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * SK Telecom and NTT DoCoMo will team up in the mobile banking services sector, with plans to set up a consultative body to jointly offer mobile banking roaming services in Korea and Japan and create new business models based on e-cash and...

AT&T will cut another 7,400 jobs and slash the book value of its assets by $11.4b as part of its efforts to shift its focus to business services.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * AT&T will cut another 7,400 jobs and slash the book value of its assets by $11.4b as part of its efforts to shift its focus to business services. The company says the job cuts will trigger a $1.1b charge to third-quarter earnings, and the...

Cable & Wireless is reportedly in talks to sell its Japanese unit.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Cable & Wireless is reportedly in talks to sell its Japanese unit, Cable & Wireless IDC to either Softbank or private fund MKS Partners.

Portugal Telecom aims to boost investments in China and is considering entering the market by using Macau as a foothold.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Portugal Telecom aims to boost investments in China and is considering entering the market by using Macau as a foothold. Chief executive Miguel Horta e Costa says the company has held meetings with top officials of China's four major telecoms...

Deutsche Telekom plans to buy back full control of its Internet unit by next year to profit from burgeoning demand for broadband services.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Deutsche Telekom plans to buy back full control of its Internet unit by next year to profit from burgeoning demand for broadband services. The company says it will offer T-Online International shareholders its own stock at a ratio to be...

Siemens merges its fixed and mobile communications units, IC Networks and IC Mobile.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Siemens merges its fixed and mobile communications units, IC Networks and IC Mobile. The new Siemens Communications Group, which is represented in more than 160 countries, is headed by Lothar Pauly and subdivided into the three segments...

Nokia sees its net profit in the third quarter fall 20% to 660m euros ($818m) from 823m euros in the same period last year.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Nokia sees its net profit in the third quarter fall 20% to 660m euros ($818m) from 823m euros in the same period last year. Net sales during the period increased just 1.% to 6.94b euros ($8.6b) from 6.87b euros last year. Operating profit...

Sony Ericsson nearly doubles its third-quarter profit, on solid sales of its new feature-rich phones.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Sony Ericsson nearly doubles its third-quarter profit, on solid sales of its new feature-rich phones. The company earned 90m euros ($111.1m) in the quarter ending September 30, compared to a profit of 62 million euros a year earlier.

Motorola cuts 1,000 jobs and takes a charge of $50m for severance benefits as it moves to complete.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Motorola cuts 1,000 jobs and takes a charge of $50m for severance benefits as it mores to complete a spinoff of its money-losing semiconductor unit.

Siemens Communications is developing wireless broadband products using FLASH-OFDM technology from Flarion Technologies.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Siemens Communications is developing wireless broadband products using FLASH-OFDM technology from Flarion Technologies. Siemens expects to have the equipment ready for wireless operators by the second quarter of next year.

Huawei and Siemens Communications sign a cooperation contract under which Siemens will resell routers and switches.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Huawei and Siemens Communications sign a cooperation contract under which Siemens will resell routers and switches from Huawei's Quidway product line for enterprise customers.

Qualcomm opens an R&D center in Hyderabad to support its CDMA chipset development activities and ongoing efforts.(movements)(Code Division Multiple Access)(Research and Development)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Qualcomm opens an R&D center in Hyderabad to support its CDMA chipset development activities and ongoing efforts to advance CDMA technology in India and across the region.

Motorola is adding a payment function based on near-field communication (NFC) technology to its line of cellphones.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * Motorola is adding a payment function based on near-field communication (NFC) technology to its line of cellphones. The company plans to begin trials of NFC-enabled phones in the US later this year.

O2 expands Nortel Networks' role as an infrastructure supplier of UMTS wireless infrastructure for the carrier's networks across the UK, Germany and Ireland.(movements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... * O2 expands Nortel Networks' role as an infrastructure supplier of UMTS wireless infrastructure for the carrier's networks across the UK, Germany and Ireland. Nortel will also provide network engineering and radio optimization services.

Service-oriented transport networks: next-gen network and 3G services.(Advertorial, telecommunication services)
November 1, 2004... The emergence of new telecoms services and the ongoing development of existing ones has drastically changed the requirements for transport networks, which have been forced to rapidly evolve to keep up with new service initiatives. In a...

Bringing it all back home: the next broadband frontier is the home, thanks to the rise of the high-speed Internet and the growing popularity of Wi-Fi. Most of the hardware (and some of the standards) to make it happen is already here, and home networking is seen by many analysts as the next step up the broadband value chain.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2004... At the ITU TELECOM ASIA event in Busan in September, one of the big attractions at the stands of Korean firms like SK Telecom, KT/KTF and LG Electronics was the home network demos. Everything from the TV and DVR to the washing machine, gas...

Untying the Gordian Knot: utility computing is a great concept but is still largely in the planning stages. Current software licensing models are proving to be a prime barrier to adoption.(Network)
November 1, 2004... The legendary Gordian Knot fixed an oxcart to a pole. Legend decreed that whoever untangled the perplexing rope-puzzle would rule all of Asia. In 333 BC, Alexander the Great pondered the hellish knot. He drew his sword and sliced through...

Winds of creative disruption.(One-To-One)(Interview)
November 1, 2004... In a world where voice and everything else is going IP, carriers and regulators are being forced to reassess and readjust their approach to the telecoms business. Vinton Cerf, senior VP of technology strategy at MCI (and, as it happens, the...

National email filtering.(Telecom Forum)
November 1, 2004... There can't be much doubt that the expansion of email has bogged down and that the value of open electronic exchange systems has begun to evaporate since the dream-days of dot-com euphoria. Threat of viruses and the daily flood of offensive...

Full service IP-DSLAM for triple play.(Premiere: latest products and services)(IP DSL Access Multiplexer)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Alcatel has introduced an IP DSL access multiplexer (IP-DSLAM) that enables telecom carriers to offer triple-play services over IP and Ethernet aggregation networks. Aimed initially at the European and Asian markets, the company say the...

Integrated IP-enabled satellite modem.(Premiere: latest products and services)(Comtech Vipersat Networks)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Comtech Vipersat Networks and Comtech EF Data, subsidiaries of Comtech Telecommunications, have released an IP module for the CDM-570L satellite modem manufactured by Comtech EF Data. When configured with the module, the CDM-570L-which...

HP launches new telecoms strategy.(Premiere: latest products and services)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... HP has unveiled an initiative to deliver complete, integrated telecoms platforms to network and service providers. The new strategy, called Advanced Open Telecom Platform (AOTP), is a comprehensive framework of enabling technologies that...

Dual-mode GSM/UMTS radio base station.(Premiere: latest products and services)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Nortel Networks' GSM-UMTS base transceiver station (BTS) 18000 provides a common radio platform for GSM and UMTS, and expands network capacity while limiting the need for the costly cell splitting often used to increase wireless network...

Optimizing the PTT network.(Premiere: latest products and services)(Push To Talk)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Optimi, a provider of mobile network planning and performance optimization solutions, has unveiled a suite of push-to-talk (PTT) cellular planning and optimization products. Optimi says the 3X Product Suite2 line provides carriers with a...

Solving 3G video corruption issues.(Premiere: latest products and services)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Dilithium Networks' new DTG200 carrier-class multimedia gateway is designed to resolve the problem of video corruption between the IP and 3G networks. It incorporates Dilithium Networks' Video Refresh, a patent-pending technology that...

Wi-Fi access point for SMEs.(Premiere: latest products and services)(Small and medium sized companies)(ORiNOCO AP-700 )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The ORiNOCO AP-700, a new release from Proxim, provides small and medium-sized enterprise a cost-effective, enterprise-class wireless LAN solution. It features support for IEEE 802.11i with AES encryption and advanced rogue AP and client...

Branch office WLAN switch.(Premiere: latest products and services)(Wireless Local Area Networks)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The new MXR-2 switch from Trapeze Networks offers enterprises a low-cost solution to extend their WLAN reach to their branch office sites. In addition to features of existing Trapeze WLAN switches, the switch also features a "no-touch,"...

The dubious economics of FTTH: FTTH offers speed, availability, modularity and plenty of reserve capacity against any number of unanticipated bandwidth hogs. It sounds wonderful, until contemplating the cost.(Telecom Corporate)(fiber to the home)
November 1, 2004... Recently, after years of foot dragging, both SBC and Verizon announced big residential fiber builds in a variety of markets with more big builds promised to follow. Finally, it seems the long-heralded vitrification of America is underway,...

Nearing critical mass.(Telecom Corporate)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... In Japan 100-Mbps FTTH is the fastest growing broadband Internet service with a total of 1-4 million customers as of June 2004. Yano Research forecasts that FTTH subs will surpass the three-million mark in March 2005--a net gain of two million...

Asia telecom transactions index.(Telecom Corporate)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... Asia telecom transactions index Seller Buyer Deal Value (US$) HP Nokia Data centers 500m outsourcing deal ...

TA30 index slips amid high oil prices.(TA30 Telecom Stock Index 15 Sep-14 Oct, 2004)
November 1, 2004... The TA30 Index fell 0.9% to 1,119 points as oil prices hit $54 per barrel, discouraging traders across the region. The overall performance across the index was far weaker than that in previous month. Losers outnumbered gainers 20 to 10. ...

Optus appoints two directors.(Telecom Career)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Optus has appointed Peter Bithos, formerly of Bain and Co., as director of strategy and corporate development. Karyn Baylis joins Optus as director of organizational renewal.

TCNZ shareholders re-elect directors.(Telecom Career)(Telecom Corp of New Zealand)(appointments)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Shareholders of Telecom Corp of New Zealand have reelected businessmen Rob McLeod and Wayne Boyd as directors of the company. This follows their appointment to the board in July this year. TCNZ shareholders also re-elected Rod McGeoch and...

New management team.(Telecom Career)(Towngas Telecom)(appointments)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Hong Kong FTNS licensee Towngas Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company, has appointed a new senior management team led by CEO Sunny Lee. Other executives appointed are Clifford Ho (head of business...

Indosat postpones replacing president.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Indosat has delayed the appointment of a new president to replace Widya Purnama, who left the company in September to become the president of state-owned oil company, Pertamina. Deputy president Ng Eng Hoe will head the company until a new...

AT&T business development executives.(Telecom Career)(appointment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... AT&T has hired Martin Creighan, Mal Lovell and Ellen Holden as specialist business development executives to lead the company's enterprise development group in Australasia. The team will be responsible for expanding AT&T's presence within the...

i-Cable names non-executive director.(Telecom Career)(appointment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Hong Kong-based i-Cable Communications has appointed Anthony Kwok to the company's board as an independent non-executive director. Yeung currently is chairman of the K.K. Yeung Management Consultants, the Wall Street Resources and...

Motorola appoints PCS head.(Telecom Career)(personal communications sector)(Promotion)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Motorola has promoted Ron Garriques to president of the company's personal communications sector (PCS). Garriques joined Motorola in 1998 and most recently served as senior vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa...

Agilent Asia-Pacific sales VP.(Telecom Career)(appointment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Agilent Technologies has hired Francis Yu as vice president of Asia-Pacific sales for its semiconductor products group (SPG). Yu will be based in Hong Kong and will report to Haresh Patel, vice president of sales and marketing for SPG. Yu...

Son quits UTStarcom's board.(Telecom Career)(Resignation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Masayoshi Son, president and CEO of Softbank, has resigned from UTStarcom's board of directors. With Son's departure, UTStarcom has reached compliance with Nasdaq's corporate governance rule requiring that a majority of a company's board...

Qualcomm India president.(Telecom Career)(appointment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Kanwalinder Singh has replaced V.P. Chandan as president of Qualcomm India. Singh, who has worked in the telecoms industry for over 20 years, will lead the company's business initiatives in India and South Asian Association for Regional...

Crossbeam's country manager for Korea.(Telecom Career)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Crossbeam Systems has appointed Pico Goh Kyeong Won as manager of its business and operations in Korea, as it expands its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Previously Goh was responsible for business development management at Samsung...

Tertio names Asia-Pacific head.(Telecom Career)(Tertio Telecoms)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... OSS software provider Tertio Telecoms has appointed Nigel Waters to oversee the company's new operations in Kuala Lumpur. Waters will be responsible for the promotion and penetration of Tertio's products in the Asia-Pacific region. Nigel...

MapInfo Asia-Pacific promotes Lennox.(Telecom Career)(appointment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Location intelligence solutions supplier MapInfo has promoted Gavin Lennox to vice president and general manager to lead its operations in Asia Pacific, responsible for the strategic development and operations of the company across the region....

Infoblox president and CEO.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Infoblox, a developer of network identity appliances, has hired Robert Thomas as president and CEO. Most recently Thomas was president and CEO of NetScreen Technologies.

Sheer Networks marketing VP.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Service management solutions provider Sheer Networks has hired Miki Zevadi as vice president to oversee the company's marketing and business development strategy. Most recently Zevadi was CIO of medical development at Rhone-Poulenc, where...

Networking opportunities across Asia.(Events Calendar)(Illustration)(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... Networking opportunities across Asia Date Event Nov 03 - Nov 05, 2004 Combating Telecom Fraud in Asia Summit 2004 Nov 09 - Nov 10, 2004 Next Generation Telecom China Nov 09 - Nov 13, 2004 Vietnam...

The problem with P2P.(Inside Line)(Peer-to-peer)
November 1, 2004... For those in the tech or telecom sectors, peer-to-peer computing is clever but hardly remarkable. P2P is all about increasingly-gutsy clients challenging the dominance of the mainframe or switch. If the entire story of the Internet could...

Security.(Backpage Briefing)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... SECURITY: Camera-phones aren't the only mobile device posing a threat to national security these days. Even iPods can't be trusted, apparently. The Australian Department of Defence recently banned the use of iPods in specific defense...