Telecom Asia articles from October 2002

Telecom Asia archives from October 2002

Making it in China. (Inside Line).
October 1, 2002... The China business story usually runs along two themes. It is either foreign firms talking up their prospects in the world's biggest market (WBM), or the same firms shutting up shop a few lean years later, with a few parting words about...

Strange but true tales from the 3G crypt. (Tanner).
October 1, 2002... You know it's looking grim for W-CDMA when even Qualcomm chief Irwin Jacobs starts worrying about UMTS roll-out delays in Europe. "We are worried [that] the longer the delay, the poorer the performance of the industry," Jacobs told...

Asia's interconnect regimes still struggling to get it right. (First Mile).
October 1, 2002... Asia's telecoms regulators have a long way to go to work out effective and sustainable interconnection policies and local loop unbundling schemes for their markets, according to a new global study from analyst firm Yankee Group, While many...

Stat snap. (Firts Mile).
October 1, 2002... Asian cellcos account for three of the top five cellular investors worldwide, according to wireless research firm EMC--and two of them are from China. In fact, China Mobile tops the EMC World Cellular Investors list, which ranks leading...

Great Mekong fiber-optic loop proposed (Telecom Asia, October 1996). (Resend: flashbacks, updates and nostalgia).
October 1, 2002... SYNOPSIS: Delegates at the Sixth Conference on Sub-regional Economic Co-operation--the annual ministerial gathering spearheaded by the Asian Development Bank to facilitate development projects for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)--propose to...

China Unicom softens premium CDMA strategy: China's No.2 carrier is shifting its CDMA service away from the premium end of the market to target youth and prepaid. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... China Unicom is moving away from marketing CDMA as a premium service to focus on younger consumers and the mass market for growth. Unicom'says it plans to develop new data services for younger consumer groups such as college students, in...

Cable guys get back to the club. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Just when you thought there was enough fiber on the world's seabeds, here comes another--a 1.5 Terabit cable connecting Europe to Southeast Asia. A 13-carrier group led by SingTel signed an MoU on 4 September for the cable, which succeeds...

Juniper finds joy in Asian broadband uptake. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Two years ago, Juniper Networks looked like the most-likely company to knock Cisco Systems off its perch as the relentless dominator of all things Internet. It had won a significant share of the Internet router market from Cisco and independent...

New deal to sweeten watchdog. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Australia would move rapidly towards interactive and digital pay television services under a new compromise plan proposed by dominant industry players Telstra and Optus. The two companies, whose previous content sharing agreement was...

Beijing: China has yet to receive any interest from foreign companies looking to invest in the country's domestic telecommunications sector since the country joined the WTO, says Dai Shuang, director of the Ministry of Information Industry's planning department. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Beijing: China has yet to receive any interest from foreign companies looking to invest in the country's domestic telecommunications sector since the country joined the WTO, says Dai Shuang, director of the Ministry of Information Industry's...

Hong Kong: Sunday Communications and oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell scrap their five-month-old 50-50 MVNO joint venture. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Hong Kong: Sunday Communications and oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell scrap their five-month-old 50-50 MVNO joint venture, citing weak prospects and a saturated mobile market.

Hong Kong: Tom.com drops its bid to buy into the territory's number two TV company, Asia Television. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Hong Kong: Tom.com drops its bid to buy into the territory's number two TV company, Asia Television. This comes on the same day that ATV says it had won rights to broadcast in the booming Pearl River Delta region of neighboring Guangdong...

Hong Kong: PCCW reports a first-half net loss of HK$713 million ($91.4 million), deeper than expected, hit by a one-off loss on the sale of its mobile phone business. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Hong Kong: PCCW reports a first-half net loss of HK$713 million ($91.4 million), deeper than expected, hit by a one-off loss on the sale of its mobile phone business. COO Mike Butcher says the telco's fixed line market share will slightly...

Canberra: The Australian government announces a new inquiry into the standard of rural telecom services. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Canberra: The Australian government announces a new inquiry into the standard of rural telecom services, paving the way to start the sale of incumbent telco Telstra as early as next year.

Ho Chi Minh City: Vietel has been licensed for landline phone services in Vietnam. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Ho Chi Minh City: Vietel has been licensed for landline phone services in Vietnam and is in the process of selecting equipment with expectations to launch services in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City later this year.

Jakarta: The Indonesian government will sell up to 41.94% of state-run international phone operator Indosat via a strategic sale this year that will help raise around $730 million for its 2002 privatization target and help plug this year's budget deficit. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Jakarta: The Indonesian government will sell up to 41.94% of state-run international phone operator Indosat via a strategic sale this year that will help raise around $730 million for its 2002 privatization target and help plug this year's...

Jakarta: incumbent carrier Telkom says it has closed a $425 million buyout deal for KSO. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Jakarta: Incumbent carrier Telkom says it has closed a $425 million buyout deal for KSO partner Pramindo Ikat Nusantara.

Beijing: China Telecom intends to list in Hong Kong and New York. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Beijing: China Telecom intends to list in Hong Kong and New York in a $2.4billion--$4 billion initial public offering later this year.

Kuala Lumpur: TRI asks its founder and former chairman Tajudin Ramli, and former directors Lim Kheng Yew and Bistamam Ramli, to give back a total of $6.4 million paid to them in compensation for losing their positions on TRI's board. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Kuala Lumpur: TRI asks its founder and former chairman Tajudin Ramli, and former directors Lim Kheng Yew and Bistamam Ramli, to give back a total of $6.4 million paid to them in compensation for losing their positions on TRI's board. Their...

Manila: Globe Telecom establishes an E1 (2 Mbps) link to the A-Bone, the pan-Asian IP backbone network run by AIH. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Manila: Globe Telecom establishes an E1 (2 Mbps) link to the A-Bone, the pan-Asian IP backbone network run by AIH, which is 26.7% owned by Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ).

New Delhi: Indian telecoms firm Bharti Telesonic seals an interconnect deal with state-run BSNL that enables Bharti to offer its national long-distance services to BSNL's customers. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... New Delhi: Indian telecoms firm Bharti Telesonic seals an interconnect deal with state-run BSNL that enables Bharti to offer its national long-distance services to BSNL's customers. Bharti also hopes to sign a similar agreement with MTNL soon,...

New Delhi: India's Communications Minister Pramod Mahajan proposes to merge state-run carriers BSNL and MTNL, which would create the country's largest telecoms company by sales. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... New Delhi: India's Communications Minister Pramod Mahajan proposes to merge state-run carriers BSNL and MTNL, which would create the country's largest telecoms company by sales. Mahajan says the communications ministry is preparing a document...

Beijing: China blocks and then unblocks leading search engine Google, sparking speculation of a crackdown on Internet content viewed as subversive ahead of the Communist Party National Congress in November. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Beijing: China blocks and then unblocks leading search engine Google, sparking speculation of a crackdown on Internet content viewed as subversive ahead of the Communist Party National Congress in November. It's the first time the government...

Seoul: W-CDMA licensee KT ICOM will launch service in June 2003 at an eventual buildout cost of $1.7 billion to provide national coverage. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Seoul: W-CDMA licensee KT ICOM will launch service in June 2003 at an eventual buildout cost of $1.7 billion to provide national coverage. The launch is a little later than KT ICOM had hinted at in the past, but the capex is also lower than...

Tokyo: Softbank's broadband Internet connection unit BB Technologies files a lawsuit against a chief technology officer at rival broadband access provider eAccess on charges of business obstruction. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Tokyo: Softbank's broadband Internet connection unit BB Technologies files a lawsuit against a chief technology officer at rival broadband access provider eAccess on charges of business obstruction. Softbank president Masayoshi Son claims the...

Taipei: Chunghwa Telecom says it has withdrawn its 13.8% stake sale via American Depository Receipts (ADR), worth about TS59 billion ($1.74 billion) at current market prices. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Taipei: Chunghwa Telecom says it has withdrawn its 13.8% stake sale via American Depository Receipts (ADR), worth about TS59 billion ($1.74 billion) at current market prices. Despite that, the carrier's first-half net profits rose to TS25.1...

Sydney: Telstra reports full year earnings down 9.8% to A$3.66 billion ($1.7 billion), despite strong mobile growth and aggressive cost cutting. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Sydney: Telstra reports full year earnings down 9.8% to A$3.66 billion ($1.7 billion), despite strong mobile growth and aggressive cost cutting. However, it wasn't enough to offset slightly lower data revenues and one-off gains a year ago. The...

Wellington: Telecom Corp of New Zealand may be forced to halve the price it charges other telcos to carry their long-distance calls after a precedent-setting draft ruling from the Commerce Commission. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Wellington: Telecom Corp of New Zealand may be forced to halve the price it charges other telcos to carry their long-distance calls after a precedent-setting draft ruling from the Commerce Commission. The ruling stems from a long-running...

Singapore: M1 plans to list on the Singapore Exchange's main board in the final quarter of this year. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Singapore: M1 plans to list on the Singapore Exchange's main board in the final quarter of this year. The share offering will comprise over 50% of M1's shareholding. M1 reportedly reckons the IPO could bring $2 billion in market value.

Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's main opposition party says it will oppose government privatization plans, including privatization for incumbent telco Sri Lanka Telecom. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's main opposition party says it will oppose government privatization plans, including privatization for incumbent telco Sri Lanka Telecom, in an about-face that could slow the island's efforts to shed state firms.

Seoul: South Korea's Powercomm, a cable unit of state-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPO) says it will acquire just over half of broadband ISP Thrunet's cable network for 45 billion won ($37.5 million). (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Seoul: South Korea's Powercomm, a cable unit of state-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPO) says it will acquire just over half of broadband ISP Thrunet's cable network for 45 billion won ($37.5 million). Separately, KEPO says it has chosen a...

Tokyo: the Telecommunications Ministry plans to allow software companies and ISPs to launch mobile phone Net services. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Tokyo: The Telecommunications Ministry plans to allow software companies and ISPs to launch mobile phone Net services in Japan from the third quarter of 2003, according to the business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo backs away from its initial bullish stance on subscriber growth for its FOMA service. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo backs away from its initial bullish stance on subscriber growth for its FOMA service, saying that it's probably going to lower its 3G subscriber target of 1.38 million FOMA users for the business year to next March. DoCoMo...

Sydney: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission decides Telstra must allow other service providers access to its broadband network on commercial terms. (News Analysis).
October 1, 2002... Sydney: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission decides Telstra must allow other service providers access to its broadband network on commercial terms. The ACCC will have jurisdiction to arbitrate if parties are unable to reach...

Thirteen telcos sign a MoU to build SEA-ME-WE-4, a new submarine cable linking Bangladesh, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Thirteen telcos sign a MoU to build SEA-ME-WE-4, a new submarine cable linking Bangladesh, Egypt, France, India, indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. The DWDM 1.28-Tbps network...

Qwest Communications International reaches a deal with creditors to amend its $3.4 billion credit facility by extending the maturity date from May 2003 to May 2005. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Qwest Communications International reaches a deal with creditors to amend its $3.4 billion credit facility by extending the maturity date from May 2003 to May 2005, and relaxing the financial covenants by increasing the maximum debt to...

Former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan and former general accounting director Buford Yates plead not guilty to charges of securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, fraud in connection with the purchase or sate of securities, and making false filings with the SEC. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan and former general accounting director Buford Yates plead not guilty to charges of securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, fraud in connection with the purchase or sate of securities, and...

Marconi finalizes its massive debt-for-equity financial restructuring, which it says is likely to leave shareholders with just 0.5% of the company. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Marconi finalizes its massive debt-for-equity financial restructuring, which it says is likely to leave shareholders with just 0.5% of the company. The debt swap will give control of Marconi to its banks and bondholders. Shareholders will also...

The European Commission approves a cost-sharing deal between mobile phone operators T-Mobile of Germany and mmo2 of the UK to build 3G infrastructure in Germany. (movements).
October 1, 2002... The European Commission approves a cost-sharing deal between mobile phone operators T-Mobile of Germany and mmo2 of the UK to build 3G infrastructure in Germany. The EC's decision on whether to allow a similar agreement by both cellcos for 3G...

Dutch telecoms group KPN buys the German assets of its bankrupt joint venture KPNQwest. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Dutch telecoms group KPN buys the German assets of its bankrupt joint venture KPNQwest, including a 3,500 km fiber-optic network. No financial details are disclosed.

Level 3 cuts a $1.775 billion secured credit facility by 8%, to increase its ability to pay cash for purchases, remove two revenue-based financial covenants and modify one cash flow-based covenant. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Level 3 cuts a $1.775 billion secured credit facility by 8%, to increase its ability to pay cash for purchases, remove two revenue-based financial covenants and modify one cash flow-based covenant. In exchange, Level 3 agrees to boost annual...

Hutchison unit Hi3G Access puts in a bid for Finnish telco Sonera's 3G license--which, if successful, would be Hutchison's tenth third-generation license. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Hutchison unit Hi3G Access puts in a bid for Finnish telco Sonera's 3G license--which, if successful, would be Hutchison's tenth third-generation license. Sonera is giving up its license because Swedish incumbent telco Telia, which is acquiring...

Lucent Technologies admits it intends to cut more jobs to reduce expenses, but denies a report from TheStreet.com that the headcount could reach as high as 15,000 jobs. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Lucent Technologies admits it intends to cut more jobs to reduce expenses, but denies a report from TheStreet.com that the headcount could reach as high as 15,000 jobs. The vendor says the number of headcount would be much lower than 15,000--a...

Siemens IC Networks confirms that it is considering sacking 4.000 staff by September 2003. (movements).
October 1, 2002... Siemens IC Networks confirms that it is considering sacking 4.000 staff by September 2003. That figure includes the 1,300 cuts already announced on 2.1 August. The 2,700 new cuts are on top of 17,800 announced for ICN in the last year. ICN,...

Broadband--in search of a business model: carriers everywhere are getting mixed results in the broadband challenge. Sure, they're racking up DSL subs--but the rivers of premium video, games, sport and other content have yet to flow. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2002... It's nearly a decade since the Time Warner group announced a bold plan to begin paving the "information superhighway" with a video-on-demand pilot for some lucky consumers in Orlando, Florida. The trial, when it finally got underway in December...

WLL never looked so good: now that wireless local loop technology, once hyped as the ultimate teledensity booster, has gone through its reality check, improved technologies and wiser business models could be the key to a WLL comeback--but not necessarily for the rural pops. (Wireless).
October 1, 2002... Wireless local loop has long been touted as a quick cost-effective technology for connecting the unconnected, of whom there are plenty. The WLL value proposition has always looked good on paper--no hassles with digging, permits, or rights of...

Thoughts of chairman Mao: Chunghwa Telecom chairman Mao Chi-kuo has seen the worst of the sliding market for telco stocks, after four unsuccessful attempts at a partial-privatization. Mao and the Taiwan government are not giving up yet. Speaking with group editor Robert Clark, Mao cites the company's recovery in mobile, fast broadband rollout and revived corporate culture as reasons to believe. (One-To-One).
October 1, 2002... Telecom Asia: The hot issue of the moment is over who has the right to set prices for calls between mobile and fixed networks. What is Chunghwa's view? Mao Chi-kuo: I think the decision was made during the period when the mobile market was...

IRUs: back to reality. (American Line).
October 1, 2002... The winds of change are blowing strong for the one-time standard indefeasible right of use contract, a.k.a, the IRU. As the investigations into Global Crossing and Qwest Communications intensify, IRU deals are being put under the microscope....

40Gbps advanced network tester speeds SONET/SDH rollout. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... Acterna has launched a 40Gbps advanced network tester (ANT) to speed development and rollout of next generation SONET/SDH networks. The Acterna ANT-40G tester is the industry's first to provide complete analysis of framed signals on...

Fujitsu and NMS in 3G video gateway linkup. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... Fujitsu and NMS Communications have joined forces to develop a wireless video gateway system for distributing multimedia content from the Internet to mobile handsets supporting 3G mobile communications protocol. The new system, called...

Channel ready access portal server for SMEs. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... Citrix has announced the availability of what it says is the industry's first channel ready access portal server. The product, called NFuse Elite, is suited for a wide range of customer deployments, especially the small and medium-sized...

Best practice in managed services. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... US-based Concord Communications has published a Best Practices Guide to help carriers improve their own service quality and that of their customers. Michael Marks, Concord's director of global telecommunications and service providers, said...

Signal analysis 802.11a WLAN speeds design and development. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... Tektronix has released software that provides a new test capability to speed the design and development of emerging IEEE 802.11a WLAN products. The new WCA11A signal analysis software package comprises faultfinding features and test...

Cisco enters high-growth SAN market. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... Cisco Systems has made its debut in the growing storage area network (SAN) market with the launch of a series of multiplayer intelligent storage switches. The Cisco MDS 9000 family comprises the Cisco MDS 9500 series of multiplayer...

Message router for multi-vendor networks. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... Messaging management, company First Hop has launched a new version of its Message Router to provide seamless connectivity to different types of messaging centers. First Hop's Message Router 3.0 supports both Ercisson-manufactured and...

SmartBridges unveils outdoor wireless access point. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... SmartBridges has launched airPointPro Outdoor, an outdoor wireless access point that is designed to help wireless ISPs overcome the twin challenges of range and throughput to provide quality broadband access to subscribers. The device can...

Philips and Sony to jointly develop NFC technology. (Premiere: latest products and services).
October 1, 2002... Royal Philips Electronics and Sony Corporation have agreed to jointly develop a new near field radio-frequency communication technology, Near Field Communication (NFC). The technology enables short-range communication networks between...

Telstra fills Moriarty gap. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Telstra has named two senior executives to lead its infrastructure services group following the resignation of former boss Gerry Moriarty. Telstra CountryWide chief Doug Campbell will be in charge of networks and technology divisions, while...

New StarHub CFO. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Previously, Kwek was CFO for StarHub's main shareholder Singapore Technologies Telemedia, and was involved in StarHub's recent merger with Singapore Cable Vision Ltd (SCV).

Indochina vp for Alcatal. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Alcatel has appointed Philippe Chettou as vice president for Indochina. Currently Chettou is managing director and country senior officer of Alcatel Thailand. He will hold both his regional and Thailand appointments concurrently.

Motorola taps auto chief to head up PCS. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Motorola has named Tom Lynch as president of its mobile phone division, known as the Personal Communications Sector unit. Lynch, previously president of Motorola's automotive electronics unit, replaces Mike Zafirovski, who was named president...

Global crossing PR chief joins ITXC. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Cynthia Artin has joined US-based ITXC Corp. as vice president of public relations. Artin comes to ITXC from the troubled carrier Global Crossing where she served as VP of corporate communications for the past two years.

3Com taps top sales head. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... 3Com has appointed Pax Andersson as vice president of international sales. Pax will be based in Hemel Hempstead, UK, and be responsible for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. He joins 3Com from 365, where he was most recently...

Redback names Asia-Pacific head. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Redback Networks has appointed B.K. Suh as vice president of Asia Pacific operations. Suh joins Redback from TimePlex FarEast Limited where he was managing director.

Former DoCoMo AOL chief for Riverstone Japan. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Minoru Nakamura, former CEO and president of Japanese ISP DoCoMo AOL, has joined Riverstone Networks as general manager to head the company's Japan operations.

Concord Communications Asia-Pacific MD. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Concord Communications has appointed Andrew Phillips as managing director for Asia Pacific. Phillips joins Concord Communications from Concurrent Computer Carp where he was a vice president.

Veritas names Greater China president. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Storage software supplier Veritas Software has appointed P.W. Pong as head of operations in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Previously, Pong was regional managing director at Oracle.

Hitachi Data Systems appoints GM. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Hitachi Data Systems has named Freeman Nung general manager for Hong Kong and Macau. Nung joins Hitachi Data Systems from Compaq China, where he served most recently as deputy managing director. Before Compaq, he was EMC's country manager for...

Juniper announces global sales management. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Juniper Networks has appointed Jeffrey Lindholm vice president of worldwide sales to lead the company's new global sales team. The company has also named Don Pyle as vice president, American sales; Adam Judd as vice president, Asia Pacific...

PeopleSoft's China manager. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... CRM specialist PeopleSoft has appointed Daniel Chong as China country manager. Chong was previously managing director of Greater China for BMC Software Inc, and held senior positions in Informix Software, New World Telephone and Oracle.

C&W taps Japan/Asia head. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... Phil Green has been appointed CEO of Cable & Wireless Japan/Asia, replacing Simon Cunningham who has taken over the role of CEO for Cable & Wireless' business in the US. Prior to his new position, Green was senior VP, network and systems group...

Sales & marketing VP for AMD. (Telecom Career).
October 1, 2002... AMD has appointed Joe Krystofik as vice president to oversee the company's sales, marketing and business activities in south Asia Pacific region.

Lessons in CRM: when it comes to caring for customers, telecom firms need to wise up. Here's a primer of best practices, complied from a roster of CRM experts. (Telecom Corporate).
October 1, 2002... September means back to school--and telecom service providers could take some refresher courses as well. The summer of 2002 marked an unprecedented loss of consumer confidence in the telecom industry, as stocks plummeted and the inner workings...

Asia telecom transactions index.
October 1, 2002... Asia telecom transaction index Seller Buyer Global Crossing Hutchinson-STT Samsung Electronics KDDI TOT & CAT Samart E-Trading Telson Electronics Ningbo Bird Thrunet...

TA30 telecom stock index: for the period from 1 August-2 September, 2002.
October 1, 2002... The TA30 ended down 5% at 809 last month, continuing its fall for the third consecutive month. But the average growth rate of rising stocks surged significantly to 12.9% from 2.2% a month earlier, while the average decline narrowed slightly by...

ITU Asia returns to brighten telecom outlook. (ITU Preview).
October 1, 2002... Asia's biggest telecommunications event is about to hit town once again. The ITU Telecom Asia 2002 exhibition will take over the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in the first week of December, boasting a strong conference line-up and...

The death of five nines. (Telecom Planet).
October 1, 2002... One of the most interesting aspects of the telecommunications revolution is the acceptance by consumers of increasingly lower standards of quality. The increasing migration of voice traffic to wireless networks is an example of this concession....

Growth. (Backpage Briefing).
October 1, 2002... GROWTH: After a slight rebound in the second quarter, the global handset market could be set for renewed growth, Gartner Dataquest suggests in a new study. The report said the rise in sales by 0.8% to 98.7 million units indicates the market has...

Spying. (Backpage Briefing).
October 1, 2002... SPYING: Here's one Internet growth market: spying on employees' online activity. It's known as ElM (employee Internet management) and according to a forecast by TheStreet.com it will generate more than $800 million in revenue by 2006. Solutions...

Peerless. (Backpage Briefing).
October 1, 2002... PEERLESS: Some of America's biggest telcos have joined the copyright wars, lining up with electronics and hardware manufacturers against Hollywood and the record companies. This follows a demand from the Recording Industry Association of...

Faking. (Backpage Briefing).
October 1, 2002... FAKING: As wireless LANs have bloomed, so have the abuses--and the counter-measures. AUK security expert has warned of the rise of drive-by spam. Spammers can drive up to a building, log in through an unprotected SMTP prat on a corporate...

Tugs. (Backpage Briefing).
October 1, 2002... TUGS: A US company has proposed a "space tug" that will haul satellites that have run out of fuel back into operational orbit. Orbital Recovery Corp. says its proposed Geosynch Spacecraft Life Extension System (SLES) can extend the life of...