Bangkok Post | January 24, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana TOT Plc may have to postpone its planned auction for its nationwide third-generation (3G) wireless broadband expansion in the wake of allegations by some bidders of unfair treatment and poor transparency. …
Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2011 | Juro Osawa TOKYO—Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday its net profit for the October-December quarter rose 19% from a year earlier amid solid growth in advertising revenue, and said its planned search-technology tie-up …
Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2011 | Jung-Ah Lee SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Brisk sales of smart phones and proceeds from a stake sale helped SK Telecom Co. (017670.SE) Tuesday post a 48% jump in its fourth-quarter net profit, but South …
Ceragon Networks announced it has acquired NERA Networks,provider of long-distance microwave links. The $48.5 million buyout will double Ceragon’s size, product portfolio and geographic reach. With the acquisition, Ceragon will be able to provide solutions and services to customers to …
AOL News | January 24, 2011 | Lauren Frayer One of the world’s most unplugged countries is about to get high-speed Internet, courtesy of an old friend. A specialized ship began laying fiber-optic cable under the Caribbean Sea from Venezuela …
Telefonica | January 25, 2011 | Press Release The new company will offer mobile financial solutions to Movistar’s 87 million customers in 12 countries in the region • As part of this agreement, Movistar® mobile subscribers in Latin America will …
Bloomberg | January 23, 2011 | Kristen Schweizer Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group, home to artists such as Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey, is targeting broadband users in emerging markets like Brazil by signing deals with phone providers there to …
U-Blox | January 24, 2011 | Press Release Complete SVT reference design includes GPS, GSM and operator-independent SIM chip Thalwil, Switzerland – January 24, 2011 – u-blox announces the immediate availability of an off-the-shelf reference design for the Brazilian Stolen …
Synchronica | January 25, 2011 | Press Release Highlights: Claro Panamá becomes the sixth América Móvil subsidiary to launch Claro Messenger IM solution Synchronica has a group-wide framework agreement to deploy the service across all 17 América Móvil subsidiaries, targeting …
Taiwan Economic News | January 25, 2011 | Steve Chuang Taipei, Jan. 25, 2011 (CENS)–While actively expanding its capacity, the Taiwan-based High Tech Computer Corp (HTC)., a globally leading vendor of smartphones, has also been planning to outsource production to …
Sydney Morning Herald | January 24, 2011 | Asher Moses Vodafone has terminated its dealer agreement with Communications Direct after this website on Friday revealed allegations that staff at the dealer were misusing customer information and forwarding detailed call records …
Japan Today | January 25, 2011 NTT Docomo Inc said Monday it has decided to cut connection fees for calls to other cellphone service operators by up to the largest-ever 35.6% for fiscal 2010 ending in March. Japan’s largest mobile …
Japanese operator KDDI Corp. reported a 2.5% drop in net income during its recently closed quarter as revenues from voice services fell 17%. The second largest carrier in Japan, which entered the smart phone market late last year, said net …
Reuters | January 24, 2011 | Khettiya Jittapong * Most of budget is to expand 2G network capacity * To expand 3G services on existing networks by Q3 * 2011 revenue seen in line with industry’s 3-5 pct growth * …
Clarity Indonesia: With PT Telekomunikasi (Telkom) to continue its next phase of its rollout. The latest deployment will enable fulfilment and assurance capabilities for Telkom’s Flexi Division. It will continue the consolidation of their network onto one management platform. Value …
Sicap | January 24, 2011 | Press Release BERNE, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sicap has today announced its commercial presence in Mexico, thereby extending its network to Latin America. With 12 offices across the Globe, Sicap is able to offer its customers both …
Telefonica | January 24, 2011 Telefonica del Peru, Telefonica’s branch in Peru, announced that they will now use the Movistar name and brand for all of their products offered in the country. This includes all of their fixed, mobile, internet, …
Business News Americas | January 24, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Chilean telecoms regulator Subtel is likely to come under considerable pressure over the next few days to modify recently published regulations for an internet neutrality law, which have provoked the …
TeleGeography | January 24, 2011 State-owned telecoms company Telebras has been given the green light by the telecoms regulator Anatel to operate broadband internet services in the last mile. The decision to issue a Multimedia Communication Service (SCM) licence, published …
Trading Markets | January 24, 2011 BEIJING, Jan 24, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is eyeing the lucrative Japanese market through an investment deal. Two days ago, local media said by quoting …
SingTel | January 21, 2011 | Press Release Singapore, 21 January 2011 – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that it has raised S$2.48 million in 2010 through its philanthropy programme, the SingTel Touching Lives Fund (STLF). This amount was …
RIM | January 21, 2011 | Press Release Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – U Mobile Sdn Bhd (“U Mobile”) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched the BlackBerry® solution for U Mobile customers in Malaysia. The BlackBerry …
Bloomberg | January 21, 2011 | Jason Clenfield and Maki Shiraki NEC Corp., Japan’s largest maker of phone-network equipment, won an order valued at about 30 billion yen ($362 million) from a group led by Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. …
Telefonica | January 23, 2011 | Press Release TELEFO?NICA AND CHINA UNICOM STRENGTHEN THEIR STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AND AGREE A NEW MUTUAL INVESTMENT • Telefo?nica and China Unicom deepen their Strategic Alliance • Telefo?nica will increase its interest in China Unicom’s …
Kunekt | January 24, 2011 | Press Release Kunekt to Design, Build and Market Quality Mobile Phones and Android Smartphones and Tablets in Developed and Developing Countries HONG KONG, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Kunekt Corporation (OTCBB: KNKT), creator of the …
