Articles on Telecom

Vodafone buys Hutch - Feb 13, 2007

Blogs %IMAGE=vodafone.jpg% World's second-largest mobile operator (largest by revenue), Vodafone has acquired a majority stake in India's fourth-largest operator Hutch. It will pay US$11.1 billion for a 67 percent stake, which values ... Read story »

Apple decides to launch iPhone 3G in Korea? Really? - Jul 17, 2008

Blogs What an impact it has had here in Korea today. I read an article that Apple is hiring staff who will manage the Korea iPhone account. What does this opportunity give ... Read story »

Too early for Skype on cell phones? - Jan 12, 2007

Crave Skype's chief of Hardware and Software Business Development, Eric Lagier, said in a recent interview at CES that it's not time yet to introduce its Internet telephone service on mobile phones. ... Read story »

Samsung F300 to debut in five colors mid-May - Apr 26, 2007

Crave Samsung has finally given its much-awaited music-phone, the Ultra Music F300, a mid-May launch date. First announced at last year's ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong, the F300 caught our ... Read story »

Globe Telecom slashes iPhone 3G price - Aug 15, 2008

Blogs Globe Telecom has announced its new pricing for the soon-to-be-released iPhone 3G. The iPhone 3G will be released here in the Philippines on August 22, 2008 (Friday). For prepaid: -iPhone 3G ... Read story »

This dog don't hunt - Feb 13, 2007

Blogs As mentioned in a previous post, WiFly, the Taipei-centric wireless Internet provider, is struggling in slow uptake mode. So what better to do than to seek a suitor? Rumor has it ... Read story »

Samsung to launch P930 TV-phone in Q2 - Feb 6, 2007

Crave It looks like Singaporeans will soon get to enjoy digital TV broadcasts on their mobile phones, if Samsung's upcoming launch of its DVB-H TV-phone is any indication. According to the Korean ... Read story »

ModeLabs tries on another Levi's phone - Apr 24, 2008

Crave Paris-based phone designer extraordinaire ModeLabs continues to make its mark on the mobile landscape in Europe, with diverse handsets ranging from an MTV-branded slider to Tag Heuer's "Meridiist," with varying degrees ... Read story »

DVB-H gets Asia-Pacific boost - Jun 21, 2006

Features Several companies, including Nokia and Intel, have banded together to promote the mobile TV technology standard in the region. Read story »

Korean PMPs meet the WiBro and HSDPA services - Jul 13, 2008

Blogs These days, MP3P and PMP manufacturers find it very difficult to develop their products that differentiate themselves from other competitors since all the technologies have been out and shared with each ... Read story »

Mobile banking in Korea - Oct 4, 2007

Blogs The Payments System Research group of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has published a research briefing titled "Mobile payments in Japan, South Korea, and the United States" by Terri ... Read story »

Telecoms company likes scaring off investors - May 15, 2007

Blogs No one needs me to emphasize that Taiwan's stagnant, oversaturated telecoms sector needs a fire lit under its tush. Yesterday's announcement that the struggling Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT) wants to ... Read story »

Chat with a rising star in Indonesia's telco - Sep 27, 2006

Blogs He is really a nice and humble guy. I recently met him in his office in Wisma Bakrie Building, Kuningan, Jakarta. Wearing a white shirt and a tiny, rounded glasses, he ... Read story »

CommunicAsia organizer promises better show next year - Jun 23, 2006

Features The show managed to attract more visitors this year, despite some exhibitors scaling back their budgets on booths, says organizer. Read story »

Is there anything Wang can't do? - Apr 16, 2007

Blogs Taiwan's NY Yankee Wang Chien-ming may not be making colonial bread in the US, but he's quickly becoming one of the top product promoters in the local market. He's on a ... Read story »

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