Telecom Asia articles from September 2003

Telecom Asia archives from September 2003

Making a crust from directories: at a time when the advertising industry has slumped, yellow pages offers quasimonopoly returns, stability and good growth.(Inside Line)
September 1, 2003... The telephone book: a strong cast, but not much plot. So goes the old joke, but I can cite it for you here because Sensis, the Australian directories company, actually is producing its own reality TV show. And therein lies a story about the...

You can't kill dial-up: global broadband subs are expected to number 200 million by 2007 out of a total Internet base of 1 billion--that's a lot of users unaccounted for.(Tanner)
September 1, 2003... Be warned--dial-up access is doomed. Again. And this time, they mean it. In this case, "they" is IGI, whose latest study of the US broadband market claims that by the end of 2007, the US broadband customer base will be over 75 million, which...

HK network goes triple play over IP.(First Mile)
September 1, 2003... Hong Kong Broadband Network, the broadband subsidiary of Hong Kong telecoms upstart City Telecom (CTI) launched its pay-TV service last month, marking the completion of its planned "triple-play" strategy of offering voice, video and broadband...

China spins own fiber.(Stat Snap)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... China has always been a potential hot market for fiber, not least because it has the world's largest optic transmission network--1.4 million miles of optical cable delivering backbone, metro, and access services--and yet its four major fixed...

Local heroes: China's top domestic telecoms manufacturers in 2003.(Stat Snap)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Local heroes China's top domestic telecoms manufacturer in 2003 Revenue Gross R & D Exports Profit Spend Huawei Technologies $2,080 $151 $369 $272...

China Mobile shuts SMS transaction platform.(News Analysis)
September 1, 2003... New regulations handed down by China Mobile have suspended the use of SMS to bill for Internet content and services such as email boxes, game subscriptions, software, video and music downloads. Payment through SMS, in which pass codes for...

Mobile network sales down 14%.(Insight: one month's telecom research)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Worldwide mobile infrastructure sales were down 14% to $6.5 billion for the second quarter compared with last year, according to the Dell'Oro Group. However, orders were up 1% over Q1, thanks to 12% higher GSM sales, though demand for...

Pricing hotspots.(Insight: one month's telecom research)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... European prices for public hotspots are the highest worldwide, but Europe can also expect the world's highest growth rate for deployment for the rest of 2003 at around 45%. Consultancy BroadGroup says worldwide WLAN pricing is falling into...

China VPN growth.(Insight: one month's telecom research; virtual private networks)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Demand from both foreign and domestic companies is driving the Chinese IP-VPN market, which the Yankee Group predicts will be worth approximately $1 billion in 2006. Other growth factors include China's entry into the WTO and international...

Going DIY with metro Ethernet.(Insight: one month's telecom research)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... US enterpises are embracing Metro Ethernet--90% of all businesses have deployed it, and the other 10% intend to deploy in the next 12 months, according to the Yankee Group. Of those who are already using metro Ethernet, 43% built their own,...

International data pipes 30% full.(Insight: one month's telecom research)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... International Internet traffic will grow 67% this year, says Telegeography in a survey based on data collected from major backbone operators early this year. The survey shows the current volume of Internet traffic on average use only...

PCCW bets on next-gen VAS.(News Analysis)
September 1, 2003... Debt-laden PCCW,battling a declining share of the stagnant Hong Kong fixed line market, has gone on the offensive offering a suite of intelligent network-based services, such as fixed line SMS and a personal assistant service. The new...

FTTH hitting close to home in Japan: flashbacks, updates and nostalgia: Telecom Asia, September 1998.(Resend)
September 1, 2003... SYNOPSIS: In a world turning to DSL and cable modems for broadband to the home, Japan is one market that hasn't given up on the fiber-to-the-home, with a government mandate to make FTTH ubiquitous by 2010. NTT's recently released FTTH roadmap...

BayanTel sinks under $477m of debt.(News Analysis)
September 1, 2003... After several years of struggling to keep its head above water, debt-laden Bayan Telecommunications (BayanTel), the Philippines telco owned by the Lopez group's Benpres Holdings, has finally hit the wall with its creditors and is currently...

Correction.(News Analysis)(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2003... In the photo wrap-up of the Telecom Asia Awards event ("lnside the Cocktail...) in the July issue of Telecom Asia, the gentleman receiving the best GSM Carrier Award is Dato' Amdan Mat Din, Senior General Manager and Corporate Affairs for...

Asia telecom transactions index.(News Analysis)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Asia telecom transactions index Seller Buyer Ericson Guangdong Mobile Ericson SingTel Alcatel TA Orange UTStarcom China Telecom Ericson Guangdong...

Beijing: China Unicom shifts the focus of its CDMA strategy from subscriber growth to profitability.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Beijing: China Unicom shifts the focus of its CDMA strategy from subscriber growth to profitability, as growth for 2003 has been slower than anticipated, thanks largely to SARS and growing competition from limited mobility services and its own...

Shenzhen: ZTE records a 63% rise in second-quarter net profit on 55% higher turnover, thanks to strong demand.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Shenzhen: ZTE records a 63% rise in second-quarter net profit on 55% higher turnover, thanks to strong demand. However, analysts expect a tougher second half as mobile operators curtail spending.

Hong Kong: China Mobile reports a 13% increase in its first-half profit, but warns of intensifying competition, partly as a result of the growing threat from the low-end "Little Smart" service.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Hong Kong: China Mobile reports a 13% increase in its first-half profit, but warns of intensifying competition, partly as a result of the growing threat from the low-end "Little Smart" service. Chairman Wang Xiaochu says China Mobile coudn't...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN).(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Hog Kong: Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN), the broadband subsidiary of City Telecom (CTI), launches a pay TV service using IP over a metro Ethernet network.

Hong Kong: pay TV operator i-Cable Communications reports a drop in first-half net profit.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Hong Kong: Pay TV operator i-Cable Communications reports a drop in first-half net profit of more than 7% to HK$9S.3 million ($12.2 million), as its pay TV and Internet services were hit by stiff competition.

Bangkok: TelecomAsia reports a net loss of 847 million baht.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Bangkok: TelecomAsia reports a net loss of 847 million baht ($20.29 million), or 0.34 baht per share.

Bangkok: provincial fixed line operator TT&T expects operations.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Bangkok: Provincial fixed line operator TT&T expects operations to break even this year despite a fall in per-user revenue because income from supplementary services is rising.

Bangkok: Shin Corp more than quadruples its quarterly profit to 3.72 billion baht ($88.76 million).(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Bangkok: Shin Corp more than quadruples its quarterly profit to 3.72 billion baht ($88.76 million). The growth is largely driven by its mobile unit, AIS, which helps offset a 37% drop in earnings from Shin Sat, which suffered weak demand for...

Ho Chi Minh City: state-owned VNPT says that Vietnam will have 8 million phone subscribers--5 million fixed-line and 3 million mobile users--by 2004.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Ho Chi Minh City: State-owned VNPT says that Vietnam will have 8 million phone subscribe--5 million fixed-line and 3 million mobile users--by 2004, thanks to a surge in demand from the private sector.

Ho Chi Minh City: the Posts and Telematics Ministry orders FPT, the country's second largest ISP, to suspend sale of its phone cards, citing incomplete inspection procedures.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Ho Chi Minh City: The Posts and Telematics Ministry orders FPT, the country's second largest ISP, to suspend sale of its phone cards, citing incomplete inspection procedures. FPT's phone cards allow users to make IDD calls for more than 95%...

Mumbai: Tata Teleservices launches a limited mobility service.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Mumbai: Tata Teleservices launches a limited mobility service in Mumbai.

Jakarta: Telkom finally concludes its buyout of fixed line KSO partner AriaWest International after prolonged dispute.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Jakarta: Telkom finally concludes its buyout of fixed line KSO partner AriaWest International after prolonged dispute. Telkom says it is unable to unable to pinpoint a value on the final deal because of the complicated issues of the deal.

Jakarta: the Indonesian government will pay 478 billion rupiah ($55.97 million).(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Jakarta: The Indonesian government will pay 478 billion rupiah ($55.97 million) to Telkom for early termination of the incumbent's fixed line monopoly.

Jakarta: Telkom and Centralindo Pancasakti Cellular sign a share-swap agreement.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Jakarta: Telkom and Centralindo Pancasakti Cellular sign a share-swap agreement for their associated companies' shares at a total value of 364.80 billion rupiah ($42.62 million).

Seoul: Samsung Electronics plans to expand facilities to produce close to 100 million handsets per year.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Seoul: Samsung Electronics plans to expand facilities to produce close to 100 million handsets per year. Local capacity will be boosted from 50 million to 75-80 million units by year-end, while China production will rise from 3 million to 12...

Seoul: the AIG-led consortium gets another shot.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Seoul: The AIG-led consortium gets another shot at buying a stake in Hanaro Telecom altar shareholders reject a capital-raising plan from LG Group designed to give the conglomerate control of the broadband operator.

Tokyo: Softbank's Yahoo BB is at break-even on operations but remains in the red because of the cost of promoting its broadband services.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Tokyo: Softbank's Yahoo BB is at break-even on operations but remains in the red because of the cost of promoting its broadband services. The company posts a group net loss of 34,73 billion yen ($291.7 million) for the April-June quarter on...

Tokyo: NTT's regional units plan to launch a cut-rate VoIP service later this year.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Tokyo: NTT's regional units plan to launch a cut-rate Vol P service later this year on the grounds that everyone else is doing it and to stay out of it would be a greater churn risk.

Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo will Cut its interconnection charge for fixed-to-mobile calls.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo will Cut its interconnection charge for fixed-to-mobile calls from the current rate of 70 yen per 3 minutes to 50 yen per 3 minutes starting from March 2004.

Taipei: Taiwan PC maker MITAC debuts the world's first Wintel mobile phone.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Taipei: Taiwan PC maker MITAC debuts the world's first Wintel mobile phone, promising to release it to the market some time in this quarter.

Taipei: Taiwan Cellular's key shareholders, the Tsai family, are keen to sell their stake to an international telco.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Taipei: Taiwan Cellular's key shareholders, the Tsai family, are keen to sell their stake to an international telco. The family, which owns financial group Fubon, which recently won a controlling stake in TCC, are in talks with strategic...

Sydney: Hutchison Telecom.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Sydney: Hutchison Telecom, which launched its W-CDMA "3" service in April, widens its half-year loss 78% to A$129.4 million ($84.1 million) due chiefly to the cost of the 36 business.

Wellington: Vodafone New Zealand plans to spend at least NZS200 million.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Wellington: Vodafone New Zealand plans to spend at least NZS200 million ($117 million) to upgrade its 2.5G network to 3G.

Wellington: TCNZ returns to black, with a net profit of NZ$211 million ($123 million) in the fourth quarter ended 30 June, despite lower earnings from its Australian and mobile divisions.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Wellington: TCNZ returns to black, with a net profit of NZ$211 million ($123 million) in the fourth quarter ended 30 June, despite tower earnings from its Australian and mobile divisions. The company reported a quarterly net loss of NZ$668...

Manila: Digitel reports a net loss of 478.60 million pesos ($8.7 million).(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Manila: Digitel reports a net loss of 478.60 million pesos ($8.7 million) in the first six months of 2003.

Manila: Deutsche Telekom's attempt to sell its stake in Globe Telecom hits the wall, but Ayala Corp admits it is holding out for better price.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Manila: Deutsche Telekom's attempt to sell its stake in Globe Telecom hits the wall, but Ayala Corp admits it is holding out for better price. Ayala and fellow shareholder SingTel both refused an offer from Deutsche to buy its 24.8% stake in...

Singapore: SingTel posts a record S$1.2 billion ($681 million) profit in the first quarter ended June 30, jumps more than three fold from a year ago.(News map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Singapore: SingTel posts a record S$1.2 billion ($681 million) profit In the first quarter ended June 30, jumps more than three fold from a year ago. SingTel says the growth is boosted by strong performances from Optus and from asset sales...

Singapore: Huawei Technologies will supply its HONET NGN access network.(New map: Asian telecoms this month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Singapore: Huawei Technologies will supply its HONET NGN access network to Singapore Telecom to support voice and high-speed data.

The FBI and the FCC continue their investigations into WorldCom's dodgy call routing.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * The FBI and the FCC continue their investigations into WorldCom's dodgy call routing, calling for help from individuals of businesses that may be able to shed more light on the issue.

Iraq's US-led authority backs off slightly from its rules on the level of state ownership allowed for firms bidding for three mobile licenses.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * Iraq's US-led authority backs off slightly from its rules on the level of state ownership allowed for firms bidding for three mobile licenses. Originally, firms in which a government has a director indirect stake of more than 5% were to be...

The Organization for International Investment, representing US subsidiaries of foreign companies.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * The Organization for International Investment, representing US subsidiaries of foreign companies, warns the Bush administration against blocking Singapore Technologies Telemedia's plan to acquire a majority stake in Global Crossing would...

US satellite operator Intelsat sets up its Asian headquarters in Singapore.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * US satellite operator Intelsat sets up its Asian headquarters in Singapore and plans a listing on Wall Street in the second quarter of next year.

Nortel Networks plans to take another $30 million to $40 million of restructuring charges.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * Nortel Networks plans to take another $30 million to $40 million of restructuring charges in the second half of 2003, according to an SEC filing.

A US court issues an injunction banning Research In Motion from selling its popular BlackBerry email device in the wake of its loss in a patent infringement case to NTP.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * A US court issues an injunction banning Research In Motion from selling its popular BlackBerry email device in the wake of its loss in a patent infringement case to NTP. Luckily for RIM, the order will be stayed until the case is appealed.

Siemens will invest $30 million in JV Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications, which would become one of its two sites worldwide making gear for W-CDMA.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * Siemens will invest $30 million in JV Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications which would become one of its two sites worldwide making gear for W-CDMA. The company also plans to expand its stake in Beijing International Switching System Corp...

Deutsche Telekom plans to fight rather than settle pending lawsuits in Germany and the US that accuse it of false accounting.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * Deutsche Telekom plans to fight rather than settle pending lawsuits in Germany and the US that accuse it of false accounting, in particular for alledgely overstating the value of its real estate assets before its flotation in 1996, rather...

Gear-maker Tellabs will stop manufacturing products in North America, turning that task over to contract manufacturer Sanmina-SCI Corp.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * Gear-maker Tellabs will stop manufacturing products in North America, turning that task over to contract manufacturer Sanmina-SCI Corp. Tellabs, which has logged five consecutive quarters of losses, also plans to cut 325 jobs, or about 8% of...

Qualcomm files a lawsuit against Texas Instruments over a breach of a contract.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * Qualcomm files a lawsuit against Texas Instruments over a breach of a contract related to a wireless standards agreement signed in December 2000.

Turkish mobile operator Telsim wins the latest round of its legal disputes with Motorola, after a Swiss court ruling to unfreeze its owners' assets in Switzerland.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * Turkish mobile operator Telsim wins the latest round of its legal disputes wtth Motorola, after a Swiss court ruling to unfreeze its owners' assets in Switzerland. Meanwhile the Uzan family Is appealing against a US court order that it pay...

SingTel and China Telecom will jointly offer end-to-end data services to and from China.(movements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... * SingTel and China Telecom will jointly offer end-to-end data services to and from China, including frame relay, ATM and IP-VPN.

What's wrong with Chinese telecoms? After its breakneck transformation in the last 20 years, China is now in the era of lower expectations: flatter growth, smaller margins, fussier investors. Can telco execs and policy-makers make the change?
September 1, 2003... After its breakneck transformation in the last 20 years, China is now in the era of lower expectations: flatter growth, smaller margins, fussier investors. Can telco execs and policy-makers make the change? The total transformation of...

Here comes the pain: global technology editor John C. Tanner encountered a mix of doom, gloom and optimism when he sat down with players from the satellite industry recently to assess the damage from the downturn. There's long-term comfort to be found in DTH and the Internet, but some expect a long pain phase between here and there.
September 1, 2003... Telecom Asia: Simon, let's start with a state-of-the-market overview from CASBAA and what you feel ate the more pressing issues facing the satellite industry today. Simon Twiston Davies: Clearly we are in a time of economic uncertainty,...

Business as usual: between WorldPartners and Concert, AT&T has taken its share of lumps in the global carrier game, and yet it's spending hundreds of millions on infrastructure upgrades. It's also revamped its Asia-Pacific management structure. Steve Lowe, the new VP for AT&T Business Asia-Pacific, talks post-crisis strategy with global technology editor John C. Tanner.(One-To-One)
September 1, 2003... Telecom Asia: What motivated AT&T to restructure its Asia-Pacific operations? Steve Lowe: We've been here a long time, around 25 years, and we've had a very successful growth business running right across Asia-Pacific, and there's the...

Networking corporate Asia.(Leader)
September 1, 2003... For 13 years, the Telecom Asia Group has tracked the world-changing evolution of the telecommunications sector across this region. From fiber trunk buildouts in Pakistan to wireless applications in Japan to IPOs in Hong Kong, this magazine, and...

Making sense of e-govt: depending on who you ask, e-government is either a means of attacking government corruption and increasing accountability, or a tool for enhancing government services to citizens and businesses, but many agree that it doesn't mean much unless enough of the citizenry is IT-ready.
September 1, 2003... Depending on who you ask, e-government is either a means of attacking government corruption and increasing accountability, or a tool for enhancing government services to citizens and businesses, but many agree that it doesn't mean much unless...

Tele-miscommunications: unclogging the spam jam: unsolicited email is costing corporations billions of dollars in lost productivity, but so far, efforts to curb the tide of spam are having very little effect.(On Site)
September 1, 2003... An email from dasd@hjk.com promises 228 million Asian email address for a flat fee of $150--about $2.75 per 1 million email addresses. For another $100, the email's sender will also provide you with the software to send whatever marketing...

Who needs IP-VPN? You might, if you're a current or prospective managed data customer in need of a flexible cost-efficient VPN. However, even if IP-VPN isn't what you need today, it's only a matter of time.(Networking)(Illustration)
September 1, 2003... It's no secret that data is more important than ever to a company's livelihood these days. It's even less of a secret that enterprises are under more pressure to streamline their operations and get their costs under control. In the data...

Dah Sing chooses Cisco.(Briefing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dah Sing Bank has chosen a Cisco metro Ethernet solution to link its 43 branches in Hong Kong, the first of its type among banks in the territory. Dah Sing said the deployment would pave the way for the rollout of comprehensive and...

IP-VPN in China.(Briefing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Equant has deployed an IP-VPN in China for container firm APL. The network, jointly serviced by Equant and its mainland partner China Netcom, links 24 sites, eight of which carry IP voice. Globally, APL currently has 113 sites, with IP-VPN...

Secure email.(Briefing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Diversinet will develop an off-the-shelf, wireless email service with Hongkong Post, Hong Kong's first recognized public Certification Authority. The new service will use Hongkong Post's Mobile e-Cert digital certificates to ensure secure...

Audio conferencing with real-time data.(Briefing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Avaya has launched its ACS 60, an audio conferencing solution with a data collaboration application aimed at Asia Pacific businesses with conferencing requirements of up to 60 ports. The audio conferencing system works with Avaya's web...

Automatic billing for storage.(Briefing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... EMC is offering what it says is the world's first automated billing capability for storage infrastructure, as part of its OpenScale storage asset and financial management program. It now provides automated billing for networked storage...

Co-marketing VoIP.(Briefing)(CPCNet and Nortel Networks)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Hong Kong niche telco CPCNet and Nortel Networks are co-marketing VoIP solutions for enterprises, using CPCNet's managed IP network service and Nortel's IP-PBX solution. CPCNet last month won Hyde Financial Group as a customer for the...

Taiwan Cellular chief.(Telecom Career)(Harvey Chang)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Taiwan Cellular chief Taiwan Cellular has named Harvey Chang as president and CEO. Chang joins Taiwan Cellular from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), where he was chief financial officer.

Chris Gent resigns from China Mobile board.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Chris Gent resigns from China Mobile board Former Vodafone CEO Chris Gent has resigned from his post as an independent non-executive director of China Mobile, following his retirement from the British mobile giant. Brian Clark, Vodafone's...

NWT taps Optus exec.(Telecom Career)(Edgar Villarosa to New World Telecommunications)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... NWT taps Optus exec Hong Kong fixed line carrier New World Telecom (NWT) has named Edgar Villarosa general manager of international carrier relations. South & Southeast Asia, International Business, to help drive the company's expansion in...

Intelsat DC&I executives.(Telecom Career)(Stephen Spengler, Ashley Fernandes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Intelsat DC&I executives Intelsat has appointed two new executives to its data, carrier & Internet (DC&I) business unit. Stephen Spengler has been appointed vice president for sales, while Ashley Fernandes has been named regional vice...

Siemens CEO to head ICN unit.(Telecom Career)(Heinrich von Pierer)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Siemens CEO to head ICN unit Siemens chief executive Heinrich von Pierer will provisionally lead the company's ICN unit when its head, Volker Jung, retires this month. Siemens has also appointed Juergen Radomski and Johannes Feldmayer...

Equant president and CEO.(Telecom Career)(Daniel Caclin president and CEO of Equant)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Equant president and CEO Equant has appointed COO Daniel Caclin as president and CEO, replacing Didier Delepine. Caclin will assume the responsibilities of acting president and CEO until his nomination is presented to stockholders at...

Motorola China changes.(Telecom Career)(Gene Delaney and Ruey Bin Kao to Motorola China Electronics Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Motorola China changes Motorola has appointed Gene Delaney as chairman of Motorola China Electronics Ltd (MCEL), while Ruey Bin Kao has been appointed executive director and acting president in addition to his present post corporate vice...

Andrew management shuffle.(Telecom Career)(Charles Nicholas, Marty Kittrell, Gregory Maruszak, Daniel Hartnett)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Andrew management shuffle Charles Nicholas, vice chairman and CFO of Andrew Corporation, will replace retiring chairman Floyd English in February 2004. Marty Kittrell, currently vice president of strategic planning, will take over...

Rohde & Schwarz president, COO.(Telecom Career)(Michael Vohrer)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Rohde & Schwarz president, COO Rohde & Schwarz has appointed Michael Vohrer as president and COO, replacing Hans Wagner, 64, who stepped down from the executive board. Vohrer, 55, previously held the position of executive vice...

Infonet Asia Pacific VP and GM.(Telecom Career)(Peter Chai)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Infonet Asia Pacific VP and GM Infonet Services has appointed Peter Chai as vice president and general manager of Asia-Pacific. Chal replaces William Thompson, who has been appointed vice president of sales operations.

StorageTek Greater China service director.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... StorageTek greater China StorageTek, a provider storage services and solutions, has named Matthew Liang services director for Greater China region.

EMC SVPs.(Telecom Career)(Rona Newmark, Mark Sorenson, and David Elliott )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... EMC SVPs EMC Corp has promoted Rona Newmark to senior vice president of CLARiiON software development. The company has also appointed Mark Sorenson to the newly created position of senior vice president, information access and recovery...

Vanco GM.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Vanco GM Network solutions provider Vanco (Asia Pacific) has hired Lee Hong Meng as general manager. Before joining Vanco, Lee worked in sales with Infonet Engineering, BT and Equant.

Caspian Networks SVP.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Caspian networks SVP Brad Wurtz has joined Caspian Networks as senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. Prior to joining Caspian, Wurtz was co-founder and general partner of Ironweed Capital, a seed investment...

AT&T's managed security services.(Premiere: latest products and services)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... AT&T has launched a suite of managed security services, now available in Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan. AT&T Managed Firewall Services--Premises Based provides managed end-to-end service including...