Articles on Telecom

Apple launches iPhone into big, crushing vacuum - Nov 16, 2008

Blogs ZOMG! Breaking news: Apple has announced the iPhone 3G will be officially launched in Taiwan this year (please note my intended sarcasm). What's the problem, you ask? Aren't you a huge ... Read story »

Recipe for telecom consolidation - Apr 16, 2008

Blogs Delta and Northwest Airlines may be getting together in the US, with rumors of other possible carrier consolidations. This is always a good idea in a bloated industry with more players ... Read story »

Telcos: All your media are belong to us - Oct 18, 2007

Blogs You read in this space how Far EasTone is trying to rev up the mobile media space, put a stake in the ground, and be the king of all media with ... Read story »

SK Telecom planning to launch HTC's Android phone "Hero" in Korea - Sep 20, 2009

Blogs Korea's No.1 mobile carrier, SK Telecom, is planning to launch an Android phone together with HTC next year. This will help both parties to secure their respective markets in different ways ... Read story »

SK Telecom adopts Twitter as its mobile Internet killer app - Oct 11, 2009

Blogs Twitter is one of biggest and fast-growing micro SNSes over the world and it's getting popular in Korea as well. I reported that there are couple of similar micro social-networknig sites ... Read story »

Looks like VoIP services may be banned yet again in India - Sep 17, 2009

Blogs VoIP was legalized for use in India only a few years ago (August 2008 to be precise--TRAI recommended the lifting of restrictions on Internet telephony in the India), and now it ... Read story »

HTC Hero gets priced in Malaysia and Singapore - Sep 4, 2009

Crave Those waiting for the Hero in Singapore and other Asia-Pacific countries may have a good idea now how much the device will cost. Earlier last month, HTC launched the Hero in ... Read story »

From Globe Duo to SuperDuo - Oct 15, 2009

Blogs Globe Telecom recently announced its new offering called SuperDuo, which now includes unlimited calls to mobile subscribers using Globe and Touch Mobile. To subscribe to the new offering, one should unsubscribe ... Read story »

Fancy a phone made from cypress wood? - Sep 30, 2009

Crave The Touch Wood mockup (top) and prototype based on the SH-04A model (bottom). If you don't think plastic is fantastic, here's some good news: Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has created ... Read story »

Nokia released 5800 XpressMusic phone in Korea via Korea Telecom - Nov 8, 2009

Blogs Korea Telecom has released Nokia's second mobile phone in local market. The model is one of Nokia's successors, the XpressMusic 5800. IT was released to target Apple's iPhone, but I'm not ... Read story »

ST DuPont joins the luxury phone race with Pantech's "Sky" - Sep 27, 2009

Blogs Korea's other mobile giant Pantech has announced a new luxury mobile phone with French brand ST DuPont. The product name is Sky DuPont IM-510LE, and it will be available through number ... Read story »

Iran telecom company sold - Sep 29, 2009

Blogs In an US$8 billion deal, the majority shares of Iran state-owned telecommunicatons company sold to a private consortium yesterday. It has been the largest transaction in the history of Tehran stock ... Read story »

iPhone without Wi-Fi officially launched in China - Nov 2, 2009

Crave A saleswoman introduces Apple's iPhone to customers in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday. It could be the Year of the iPhone in China, as Apple officially started ... Read story »

Dell unveils Android-based Mini 3 smartphone - Nov 16, 2009

Crave Dell said Friday that it's ready to enter the smartphone business with the Android-based Mini 3. Long rumored to have a smartphone in the works, Dell said that the first ... Read story »

SLOW Internet speed across Asia - Aug 18, 2009

Blogs Following the hit of Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan last week, certain Asian countries have been experiencing very slow Internet speeds even as we go into the second week after the disaster.  ... Read story »

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