Articles on Telecom

"3 Hong Kong" confirmed carrier for 3G iPhone in Hong Kong & Macau - May 29, 2008

Blogs Following my last post on Newsbreak--3G iPhone launch date confirmed, Hutchison Telecom, better known for its trade name "3 Hong Kong", announced today that it has signed an agreement with Apple ... Read story »

Indonesia's CDMA subscribers surpass 10 million - Jun 3, 2007

Blogs Over four years ago, CDMA2000 1x was still considered a new kid on the block in Indonesia's telecommunications market due to the high number of GSM subscribers at the time. Today, ... Read story »

Korean man killed by phone battery explosion - Nov 28, 2007

Crave Update: A further investigation has revealed that the Korean man was killed by his co-worker, not the mobile phone battery explosion. See the full report here. While research scientists are still ... Read story »

Indians are talking and texting less - Jan 3, 2008

Blogs The latest data from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India shows that on an average Indians are sending lesser numbers of SMS messages and talking less on their cell phones. According to ... Read story »

iPhone 3G set to debut in Singapore later this year - Jun 10, 2008

Crave Local operator SingTel and Apple have jointly announced that they will be introducing the iPhone 3G in Singapore later this year. This will make SingTel the first mobile operator in Singapore ... Read story »

Who makes money on mobiles? - Jul 31, 2007

Blogs THAT is the question everyone is asking. Is it the operators? Is it the marketers/distributors (you know, the people who slap their name on the phone: Motorola, Nokia, etc.)? Is it ... Read story »

Phone that knows when it's upside-down - Nov 20, 2007

Crave Just the other day, my colleague John was showing me WND Telecom's Web site which he came across at one of the forums. It appears the Korean phone manufacturer has some ... Read story »

Indonesia to cut mobile tariff - Feb 5, 2008

Blogs Voila. Undoubtedly, Indonesia's cellular industry will be one of the important markets in the region. The latest government decision on the long-awaited revision to the interconnection tariffs has confirmed it. One ... Read story »

TT&T births WiMAX, makes plans for 3G - Jul 15, 2008

Blogs Just when you thought you had a handle on Thailand's ever-changing telecoms circus, in comes TT&T with some industry-shaking news. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Triple T Broadband, is ready to deploy WiMAX ... Read story »

Ban Orkut! - Jun 12, 2007

Blogs Shiv Sena, a regional political party headquartered in Mumbai, is demanding that social-networking site Orkut be banned in India. The party is particularly irked by Orkut's hate communities on party leader ... Read story »

Iran to see 8 billion SMSes this year - Mar 15, 2007

Blogs %IMAGE=iranmobile280.jpg% Iran's largest phone operator (MCI) says it expects 8 billion SMS messages to be sent in the current calendar year, which ends on March 20. Customers have sent an average ... Read story »

Dishin' it up a.k.a. state of the data: redux - Feb 2, 2007

Blogs %IMAGE=3.5_dish.jpg% Redux. Apocalypse Now: Redux. Totally unneccessary, though I did find the French "colonial" plantation scene mildly diverting. Apocalypse. Disco apocalypse. Riff. Is this some kind of textual riff? No. Members ... Read story »

More auxiliary functions for Sony PS3 - Oct 12, 2007

Crave With a powerful but power-hungry onboard Cell processor, it seems like Sony has had quite a free hand implementing a whole host of new functions for its PlayStation 3. Months back, ... Read story »

Pantech's love connection phone - Jun 27, 2008

Crave Who needs lovey-dovey chitchat or text messages of sweet nothings on the phone when you can send across your love through touch? Korean company Pantech may just have hit the sweet ... Read story »

StarHub to launch EZ Travel SIM for travelers - Aug 13, 2008

Crave Mobile operator StarHub has just announced an innovative dual-SIM solution for travelers in Singapore. Called the EZ Travel SIM, this latest service simply allows cellular users to toggle between their current ... Read story »

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