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Wednesday January 30, 2008

Asia
China Mobile eyes acquisitions as stock prices fall (Asia)
Softbank Mobile to launch prepaid 3G services (Japan)
C&M uses Harmonic encoder to power HD H.264 cable service (Korea, Republic of)
Eaccess buys 9.5% stake in FTTH services provider Ucom (Japan)
Motorola launches Z6m in Korea with SKT (Korea, Republic of)
Dena's sales double in nine-month period (Japan)
J:Com's revenues rise 19 percent in 2007 (Japan)
TRAI releases paper on tariff offers in access sector (India)
BPL Mobile explores fund raising options to begin services (India)
China Unicom deploys Sable Networks' service controller (China)
Karnataka leads Indian broadband connections (India)
China's Ministry of Railways picks Nortel mobile network (China)
Vastar Cable picks Nortel Ethernet technology in Taiwan (Taiwan, Province of China)
Govt to issue community wireless broadband licences (Japan)
LG launches Viewty in China (China)
Fortune licenses Meshcom networking technology (China)
Hanarotelecom signs content deal with Disney (Korea, Republic of)
Ministry convenes internet policy panel (Japan)

Oceania, Pacific
ACMA unveils initiatives for spectrum consultation (Australia)

Optus to sponsor Ten's So You Think You Can Dance Australia (Australia)
Commander presents business turnaround plan (Australia)
ACCC begins consultation on Telstra's exemption application (Australia)

South East Asia
Palapa Ring consortium to begin procurement tender shortly (Indonesia)
NHG hospitals to deploy TCM RFiD medicine dispensing system (Singapore)
P1 picks Alcatel-Lucent for WiMAX network in 2.3GHz band (Malaysia)

World
TI adds to battery fuel gauge family (World)
Bharti Airtel's net profit grows 42% to INR 17.22 bln in Q3 (World)
Femto Forum launches femotcell integration programme (World)
Nokia leads handset market growth in Q4 - study (World)
Web filtering firm 8e6 posts record growth for 2007 (World)
ZTE tops CDMA market in 2007 - study (World)
Futuremark forms games studio (World)
AT&T, Yahoo! expand strategic alliance (World)
T-Systems to provide complete ICT to large clients - CEO (World)
EBay changes fee structure to encourage sellers (World)
Harmonic posts net profit of USD 13.3 million in Q4 (World)
Infinera launches Bandwidth Virtualisation service (World)
Yahoo!'s net profit down 23% to USD 206 mln in Q4 (World)
Yahoo! appoints VeriSign's Balogh as CTO (World)
Equinix selects Infinera for metro networks in NA, Asia (World)
Cavium powers RadiSys packet processing module (World)
Orange launches customisable corporate website (World)
NewStep Networks appoints Vicars as CEO (World)
HF Company profit, sales rise in 2007 (World)
RadiSys unveils 10Gb ATCA single-slot processor blade (World)
Gemalto revenues unchanged in 2007 (World)
Cisco to launch Mediterranean Youth Technology Club (World)
Digi introduces 2G GSM GPRS mobile router (World)
Sun introduces modular datacentre, suite of services (World)
JDSU launches detector chip for GPON networks (World)
Juniper launches EX-series of Ethernet switches (World)
Lifetime selects Harmonic's video transcoding technology (World)
ADC introduces reduced bend radius MDU drop cables (World)
Pace posts six-month sales up 6% to GBP 190 million (World)
Teleste grows Q4 sales to EUR 31 million (World)
Movius unveils new mobile media corporate strategy (World)
Kyocera reports drop in telecom equipment sales (World)
Continuous Computing launches ATCA dual quad-core processor (World)
Siemens creates Openscale brand for unified communications (World)
Mindspeed revenues up 17%, net loss narrows in Q1 (World)
Metacafe teams with Nareos for mobile video sharing (World)
Mirapoint launches suite of IP messaging appliances (World)
Ethernet task force to complete draft standard in 2010 (World)
ShoreTel launches ShorePhone IP phone (World)
NDS revenues, net income grow in Q2 (World)
PayPal acquires Fraud Sciences (World)
Novatel appoints CFO, elects member of audit committee (World)

Wednesday January 2 2008

Asia
Afghan Telecom names CEO (Afghanistan)
Korea passes IPTV bill (Korea, Republic of)
Mobilink registers 30 mln customers (Pakistan)
Bangladesh takes 18 bids for international gateway (Bangladesh)
Lanka Bell launches Bell Tunez (Sri Lanka)
Singtel acquires 4 percent stake in FET (Taiwan, Province of China)
Korean govt to force telcos to cut fees (Korea, Republic of)
omtech appoints Frank Zheng as CFO (China)
Bharti sells stake in Infratel for USD 1 bln (India)
Hong Kong mobile users send 15.80 mln SMS on Christmas Day (Hong Kong)
Auspi asks for levying extra spectrum fee on GSM operators (India)
Mediatek cuts Q4 revenue forecast (Taiwan, Province of China)
BPL plans to manufacture mobile phone batteries - report (India)
Tata Teleservices wins fixed line services deal for airport (India)
NTT dominates FTTH market while fixed market share falls (Japan)
Comms ministry seeks comments on standards for IP networks (Japan)

Oceania, Pacific
Civil liberties group slams Labor plan to filter internet (Australia)
Telstra expects 53 mln messages to be sent on New Year's Day (Australia)
Australia cable to reduce New Caledonia internet prices (New Caledonia)

South East Asia
Telekom Malaysia sells payphone subsidiary to Pernec (Malaysia)
VNPT joins Pacific Partners (Viet Nam)
Vietnam adds 18.5 mln telephony subscribers in 2007 (Viet Nam)
Cat proposes rental scheme to settle access charge dispute (Thailand)
Shin Satellite sells 100,000 Ipstar terminals (Thailand)
Singtel books forex gain (Singapore)

World
Global handset sales growth to fall to 10% in 2008 - analyst (World)
Electronics firms looking to waterproof handsets - report (World)
Dior, Swarovski to launch mobile phones in 2008 - report (World)
Mobile internet set to become open in 2008 - Google exec (World)
Optibase to purchase 10% of Scopus shares (World)
Motorola, Metrologic settle patent disputes (World)
EB sells microwave technology unit to Senfit (World)
Avanex expands amplified TDC for 40Gbps transponders (World)
AOL drops Netscape, advises switch to Firefox (World)
Amazon sells Warner Music Group songs as DRM-free MP3s (World)
Jennic unveils JenNet 802.15.4 networking stack (World)

Friday December 28, 2007

Asia
Samsung Electronics plans sales of 1.8 mln phones in Taiwan (Taiwan, Province of China)
China sees number of blog spaces rise to 72.82 mln (China)
Qiao Xing Universal expects to post positive results in Q4 (China)
Grameenphone supports Information Boat project (Bangladesh)
Global Mobile secures investments - report (Taiwan, Province of China)
NTT Data to launch data centre power reduction service (Japan)
Comms ministry issues specs for digital TV tuners (Japan)
DoCoMo to integrate Google apps in i-mode service - report (Japan)
Chinese WAP market to reach CNY 52.2 bln - study (China)
Google China wins lawsuit over Chinese name (China)
Au ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction - study (Japan)
Fixed phone users allowed to keep number for VoIP (Korea, Republic of)
Handset sales in China to reach 150 mln units - study (China)
Alcatel-Lucent appoints president of its India business (Asia)
FTTH customers in Japan up to 10.52 mln (Japan)
Ericsson powers NTT DoCoMo's security device (Japan)
Bharti Airtel expects 20% growth in Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Acca revamps strategy after WiMAX licence loss (Japan)
Softbank's White Plan exceeds 10 mln customers (Japan)
Oceania, Pacific
Telstra improves Next G highway coverage (Australia)
ACCC publishes Telstra's exemption application (Australia)
Telstra submits fresh ULLS monthly charge proposal (Australia)
South East Asia
TrueMoney launches cash card promotion (Thailand)
Samsung Malaysia aims to sell 10,000 dual SIM phones (Malaysia)
NTC issues WiMAX test permits to 12 companies (Thailand)
World
Schulz steps down at Draka (World)
Micronas to stop with IPTV set-top box development (World)
CommScope completes Andrew takeover (World)
Oberthur reports double-digit growth for card business (World)
RIM takes second place from Motorola in smartphones (World)
Verso acquires AccessGate division from NMS Communications (World)
VoIP Inc enters USD 2.5 million private placement (World)
Alipay targets North American retailers (World)
Avanex files arbitration complaint against 3S Photonics (World)
Sumitomo launches DWDM pluggable transceiver series (World)
PFIF signs Windows Workgroup code deal with Microsoft (World)

Thursday December 27, 2007

Asia
Softbank's White Plan exceeds 10 mln customers (Japan)
FiberHome finishes tests for China Netcom's video services (China)
DoT to fund innovations in telecom technologies (India)
Sanyo finishes internal review of past financial statements (Japan)
B-Mobile launches VAS web portal (Bhutan)
Asia Netcom, TM to expand in Middle East, SE Asia (Asia)
Bollywood, cricket drive mobile value added revenue in India (India)
Spice to sell telecom towers to Srei for INR 5 bln (India)
VSNL sells 10% stake in VSNL Lanka (Sri Lanka)
Gemini, Midas win INR 2.6 bln broadband project from BSNL (India)
IIJ releases firewall option for SMF sx service (Japan)
DoT invites bids to set up mobile towers in India (India)
Vodafone Spacetel secures GSM licence in Madhya Pradesh (India)
TTC, NTT construct fibre-optic cable between Russia, Japan (Asia)
China to subsidise mobile phones, PCs in rural areas (China)
Indian PM says to freeze GSM spectrum allocation (India)
Siva to sell 7% stake in Tata Teleservices - report (India)
TRAI issues consultation paper on telephone directory (India)
India adds 8.32 million mobile users in November (India)
Korean president-elect demands cut in telecom fees (Korea, Republic of)
Unesco oceanographic unit signs deal with Inmarsat for BGAN (Asia)
Wateen launches WiMAX network in Pakistan (Pakistan)
Samsung aims for 30% market share in 2008 (Korea, Republic of)
Oceania, Pacific
Telstra launches Sony Ericsson Z750 on Next G network (Australia)
South East Asia
Nera wins SGD 5.1 mln order from Indonesian operator (Indonesia)
Samart sues over Thai Mobile payments (Thailand)
Altimo plans to invest in Vietnam (Viet Nam)
True applies for more mobile spectrum (Thailand)
World
Alcatel releases 'Humanitarian Meeting Place' platform (World)
Hitachi, Canon, Matsushita sign deal on LCD panel business (World)
Motorola extends tender offer period for Vertex acquisition (World)
STM, Intel delay Numonyx flash memory venture (World)
Nokia delays gaming service launch to next year (World)
PartFoundy develops GPS module for iPhone (World)
LG sells 700,000 Prada phones (World)
I3A launches phone camera quality initiative (World)
Nokia's Ovi platform is open for iTunes - Markets Director (World)
Orb hits 4 mln registered users for MyCasting software (World)
HTC drops smartphone development project with Vodafone (World)

Friday November 23, 2007

Grameenphone could offload 10% stake for tax cuts - CEO (Bangladesh)
Mero Mobile's subscriber base hits 800,000 (Nepal)
I-Cable purchases 130,000 own shares (Hong Kong)
India adds 7.89 million mobile users in October (India)
Dial-up internet service subscribers up 45% in Pakistan (Pakistan)
Pakistan's mobile subscribers total 71.53 mln in October (Pakistan)
Pakistan fixed-line subscribers touch 4.73 mln in September (Pakistan)
Sony Ericsson, RIM offer BlackBerry Connect v4.0 in Asia-Pac (Asia)
Buffalo brings wi-fi gaming device to India (India)
Smaller Indian operators accuse DoT of discrimination (India)
Airtel unveils mega expansion plan for Tamil Nadu (India)
Star India fined for non-compliance of TDSAT order (India)
BSNL may call off deal with Nokia Siemens Networks (India)
TDSAT issues notices to TRAI, operators on channel pricing (India)
TRAI to intervene in case of cartelisation (India)
Opera teams with Tata Teleservices in India (India)
Guangzhou Global sees Q3 revenues of USD 6.4 mln (China)
Aplix signs distribution agreement with ClassifEye in Japan (Japan)

Oceania, Pacific
Telstra offers election, Australian Idol coverage on Next G (Australia)
RIM unveils BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone in Australia (Australia)
Unwired Group plans share issue (Australia)
Vodafone New Zealand extends lifespan of top-ups offer (New Zealand)

South East Asia
BT installs trading floor comms system for Mitsui Energy (Singapore)
Vietnam to ease ISP restrictions (Viet Nam)
Indosat reports net profit growth of 56% (Indonesia)
Philippines may set-up ICT department (Philippines)
True, Watchdata unveil RFID SIM mobile payment service (Thailand)

World
Telent reports H1 revenue growth of 1.36% to GBP 149 mln (World)
Econet, Renaissance take full control of First Mutual (World)
Option makes two senior appointments (World)
Unified communications revenues to reach USD 1.4 bln in 2011 (World)
Vivendi rejects advances from Orascom - report (World)
N American, European broadcasters to boost technology spend (World)
Mobile phones help balance social, work lives - survey (World)
Sonic receives notice for failure to file quarterly report (World)
Control Panel Version 5.1 to be released in two months (World)
Mobile operators may deploy femtocells in 2008 - study (World)
WRC picks 2.3 Ghz as the frequency band for mobile WiMax (World)
Seamless adds USSD services to ERS 360? software platform (World)
Seeker Wireless secures EUR 6.1 million funding (World)
Psion's EMEA, Asia revenues are two-thirds of group revenues (World)
Condico introduces mobile device management service (World)
Nuplex picks Verizon Business as global network services pro (World)
ARM buys another 1.25 mln ordinary shares (World)
GCT WiMAX chipsets are ready for Windows Vista (World)
PayPoint unveils revenue of GBP 103.9 million (World)
NTG Clarity's profits up 79% in Q3 (World)

Thursday November 22, 2007

Mobilink offers BlackBerry services at Pakistani university (Pakistan)
Vibo pushes back break-even date on investments (Taiwan, Province of China)
I-Cable buys 133,000 own shares (Hong Kong)
CSL launches HTC Touch Dual (Hong Kong)
Matsushita buys 9 million own shares (Japan)
SK Telecom sues LG Telecom stores for using logo and brand (Korea, Republic of)
Nokia to generate revenues from mobile internet ads (India)
VSNL adds two Signaling Transfer Points to SS7/C7 network (India)
Indian cable operators to be regulated from 1 December (India)
3i Infotech launches international data centre in Chennai (India)
KDDI to launch flat-fee mobile data plan (Japan)
Tata Indicom introduces new tariff plan for prepaid users (India)
CATT to sell 13 percent stake in Datang Mobile (China)
No consensus on spectrum issue at DoT meeting (India)
Samsung faces fresh bribery allegations (Korea, Republic of)
Afghanistan launches village network project (Afghanistan)
I-Cable buys 644,000 own shares (Hong Kong)
EADS to provide radio service for metro line in China (China)
Hitachi's telecom sales up in H1 (Japan)
Indian govt plans strict wireless broadband rules - report (India)

Oceania, Pacific
Vodafone New Zealand launches international calling offer (New Zealand)
Telstra Next G service increases productivity by 9.3% (Australia)
New Zealand govt to revamp Commerce Act (New Zealand)
C-COM Satellite, Baycity Communications in reseller deal (New Zealand)
TNZ makes two appointments (New Zealand)
CallPlus criticises TNZ's roadside exchanges plan (New Zealand)

South East Asia
StarHub offers Barclays Premier League in high definition (Singapore)
StarHub buys back 45,000 own shares (Singapore)
Smart launches mobile broadband modem (Philippines)
Redtone teams with Celcom to launch MVNO services (Malaysia)
EVN Telecom secures USD 40 mln loan (Viet Nam)
TM's R&D arm, Velchip to partner on BPL development (Malaysia)
Ericsson deploys solar-driven GSM base station in Indonesia (Indonesia)
Telcordia launches MNP Clearinghouse service in Malaysia (Malaysia)
No takers for government's Eastern Telecom shares (Philippines)
Globe Telecom claims per-second charging scheme is legal (Philippines)

World

PopCap launches Bookworm mobile game in NA, UK (World)
Huawei uses Anritsu 40G SDH/Sonet analyser (World)
German authority clears cash tender offer by Hexagon (World)
Aruba revenues nearly double, net loss narrows in Q1 (World)
Gemalto integrates Valimo's mobile signature app on SIMs (World)
Nokia Ad provides mobile ads for Handmark data application (World)
Ericsson pays SEK 12 mln to Oman minister - report (World)
Liberty Global authorises USD 500 mln stock repurchase (World)
Cellular South launches Pic Sender service (World)
Telespree awarded patent for wireless device activation (World)
Motorola's share of Christmas handset sales low (World)
Toronto Hydro Telecom launches managed firewall service (World)
ECtel unveils telecom revenue management platform (World)
ShoZu launches MMS picture messaging service (World)
Sohoware debuts Ethernet, GigE, PoE switches (World)
Ericsson lowers outlook, faces 4 lawsuits on profit warning (World)
Industria introduces Zignal client for mobile platforms (World)
Highdeal promotes O'Reilly to CTO (World)
Global FTTH shipments grow by 7% in Q3 - study (World)
ISMA upgrades content protection scheme (World)
LG Electronics to double sales in Middle East, Africa (World)
HSDPA is available on 154 networks in 71 countries - GSA (World)
Zattoo is profitable in Switzerland, rest to follow by 2010 (World)
Wi-LAN licenses V-chip patents to Hyundai IT (World)
Ixia releases Test Conductor 1.1 test automation toolset (World)
MRG raises 2011 IPTV subscriber forecast to 72.6 million (World)
Fujikura launches optical time domain reflectometer for FTTH (World)
Ericsson launches local switching in GSM radio base stations (World)
ROK acquires 51% controlling interest in Fun Little Movies (World)
Symantec introduces consumer mobile security service (World)
Grid-TV, Mimundo team up for hybrid TV service (World)
Italtel launches Presence Service Enabler for carriers (World)
Linksys, Centile complete interoperability testing (World)
Narrowstep to roll out upgraded video player software (World)
Social engineering attacks top threat for m-banking - study (World)
THQ launches Ratatouille Cheese Rush mobile game (World)
NeoMedia appoints new board member, marketing VP (World)
Fujikura develops SFP optical transceiver for GPON systems (World)
Vizada offers integrated broadband package for ship managers (World)
Fronde Anywhere launches the BusinessMobile payments system (World)
SES Sirius launches Sirius satellite into orbit (World)
Deutsche Bank holdings in Nokia below 5% (World)
Asia, Latin America drive mobile infrastructure market (World)

Wednesday November 21, 2007

Asia

Alibaba launches advertising exchange Alimama (China)
AsiaInfo debuts mobile e-commerce service, wins China deal (China)
Indiagames sells Glu Mobile titles in India (India)
Indian CDMA mobile user base grows by 1.94 mln in October (India)
Daewoo Engineering deploys Juniper security appliance (Korea, Republic of)
Japanese comms ministry reviews spectrum plan (Japan)
MTNL welcomes mobile number portability - report (India)
TDSAT rejects Reliance's contempt plea against COAI (India)
Airtel changes name of broadband & phone services unit (India)
Tourism ads on mobiles to grow nearly 200% in India - study (India)
Vodafone Essar unveils 149 calling card in Kerala (India)
BPL Mobile offers network trial in Mumbai (India)
MSN India launches mobile services in India (India)
Nokia India to invest USD 170 mln in Chennai unit (India)
Bharti Airtel partners Mformation for device management (India)
Foreign players may miss India's 3G spectrum - report (India)
Asia-Pacific SMBs to spend USD 2.8 bln on IT in 2008 - study (Asia)
KongZhong revenues down 32% to USD 17.12 mln in Q3 (China)
China Telecom deploys Sable service controller (China)
Far EasTone launches new hybrid rate plan (Taiwan, Province of China)

Oceania, Pacific

ACCC starts arbitration on three telecoms access disputes (Australia)
Taleo improves 3 Australia's HR system (Australia)
VisionGateway names Edmonds as COO (Australia)
Alcatel, Telstra to deliver Australia's business network (Australia)

South East Asia

IDA reviews code of practice for communications facilities (Singapore)

World

NTT Com launches remote desktop application globally (World)
Optical transport equipment spend will rise by USD 2 bln (World)
Yahoo! extends video-on-demand licence with Sony BMG (World)
Motorola delivers over 20,000 MotoLocator licences worldwide (World)
SecureMedia's Encryptonite One, Bee's Vision TV integrated (World)
Zarlink forecasts revenue shortfall, net loss in Q3 (World)
New World Brands to sell IPGear subsidiary to Teles (World)
Ixia announces BoD chairman, director's retirement (World)
Warner Bros. launches Warner TV services worldwide (World)
Zultys integrates SIP PBX into Microsoft CRM platform (World)
Avot Media introduces mobile video service (World)
Google launches Custom Search service internationally (World)
Cisco, Nortel drive PoE port shipments in Q3 (World)
IP telephony market revenues exceed USD 1 billion in Q3 (World)
Ixia chairman steps down (World)
Internap chief financial officer resigns (World)
HP Q4 revenues up 15 %, announces share repurchase (World)
SIP services to generate USD 150 bln in revenue by 2012 (World)
Thomson involved in half of mobile TV tests to date (World)
Boingo releases mobile software for Nokia internet tablets (World)
Alltel fixes price for senior toggle notes (World)
New mobile advertising systems become more efficient (World)
CSR unveils BlueCore Player reference design (World)
Ceva in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR deals with Renesas, Rohm (World)
Nokia Siemens unveils Energy Efficient platform (World)
McAfee completes USD 350 mln acquisition of SafeBoot (World)
LogicaCMG signs extension to GBP 150 mln bank loan (World)
Infineon ships 1 bln RF transceivers, unveils LTE chip (World)
Wi-Fi TV, Wi-FiChina offer WritersVoiceTV.com service (World)
UDcast appoints VP of corporate and business development (World)
Service providers drive global router market in Q3 - study (World)
TA Telecom launches music recognition service in MENA region (World)
Mig33 mobile social network adds 2 mln users in three months (World)
Mvive establishes mobile profile manager (World)
Aruba selects Cavium Octeon MIPS64 processors for WLANs (World)
Subex Azure launches Nikira Version 6.1 (World)
Ninj launches mobile internet set-up platform for SMEs (World)
Xing's profit increases by 257% in Q3 (World)
Jajah launches internet telephony service minus internet (World)
BCS, Mirial provide video collaboration applications (World)
MobiLuck launches social networking service (World)
Motorola unveils Canopy module for indoor connectivity (World)
GSM Assn unveils mobile alliance against child abuse content (World)
MapQuest, Telmap launch MapQuest Navigator 5.0 (World)
8x8 launches Packet8 MobileTalk calling service (World)
Redknee Solutions launches Mobile Money Services (World)
DataPath launches baseband services under GSA (World)
GlobalPlatform releases content management amendment (World)
Verizon tests 100 Gbps optical network transmission (World)
CSR launches Bluetooth enabled BlueCore Player (World)
Home broadband network firm Enure raises USD 5 mln (World)
Business intelligence integrates with business operations (World)
MTN picks Cambridge Broadband as preferred supplier (World)

Tuesday November 20, 2007

Asia

Virgin finds local partner for Indian MVNO (India)
China Mobile adds 6.60 mln customers in October (China)
China Telecom adds 550,000 broadband customers in October (China)
Hurray! moves to net loss in Q3 (China)
Hurray! to merge with Chinese entertainment company (China)
Handset shipments to reach 124 mln in 2008 - study (Taiwan, Province of China)
BSNL to invest INR 40 billion in WiMAX in India (India)
F-Secure, Airtel team up for data security service in India (India)
TRAI issues guidelines for collection of dues (India)
TRAI chairman advises service providers to own up consumers (India)
Abertis to develop mobile TV services in China (China)
Korean institute deploys Force10 routers (Korea, Republic of)
China Digital TV revenues, net profit up in Q3 (China)
PTA warns three card payphone service providers (Pakistan)
Sify, Saba to deliver learning management services in India (India)
Asus releases R300 PND navigation device (Taiwan, Province of China)
Asus introduces P527 PDA phone (Taiwan, Province of China)
NDS expands facilities in Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
China to allow fixed operators on mobile market (China)
China's smartphone sales reach 6.4 mln sets in Q3 (China)
Bharti Telesoft appoints Manoranjan Mohapatra as CEO (India)
FTC sues NTT DoCoMo, KDDI for misleading ads (Japan)
Tadiran Telecom signs distribution deal with HCL in India (India)
Taiwan Mobile appoints new CEO of Taiwan Fixed Network unit (Taiwan, Province of China)
Tohoku University develops technology to boost optical comms (Japan)
Excite, Skype to launch joint website in Japan (Japan)
Games makers develop games for 905i series of FOMA handsets (Japan)
China Unicom ends October with157.5 mln mobile subs (China)
China Unicom subsidiary buys telecom assets from parent (China)
DotAsia receives more than 15,000 applications in Sunrise (Asia)
Taiwan Mobile lowers SMS charges (Taiwan, Province of China)
Baidu to launch 3G search applications (China)

Oceania, Pacific

New Zealand govt to set up digital advisory body (New Zealand)
Iinet sees FY2007 EBITDA rise to AUD 39.1 mln (Australia)
Epitiro to measure New Zealand ISPs' performance (New Zealand)
Freeview subscriber base in New Zealand hits 62,000 (New Zealand)
Ex-TNZ executive may complain over Vodafone promotion (New Zealand)
ACCC issues DDAS, ISDN declaration review paper (Australia)
Motorola invests in Australian company Tilefile (Australia)

South East Asia

Anti-trust watchdog orders Temasek to sell telco stakes (Indonesia)
Regulator issues equipment specifications (Malaysia)
TOT files suit against CAT, DTAC and TrueMove (Thailand)
Regulator proposes central database for SIM registration (Philippines)
StarHub to up MaxOnline speed to 8Mbps (Singapore)

World

MontaVista, Movial to develop joint service (World)
Utimaco sees quarterly revenues stabilise at EUR 11 mln (World)
Cisco completes acquisition of Securent (World)
Internet usage may outpace network capacity by 2010 - study (World)
PayPal secures transactions for non-PayPal sites (World)
T-Mobile suspends Sidekick Slide phone sales - report (World)
J2's virtual PBX services launch click-to-call, multimedia (World)
Easynet unveils new managed network contracts (World)
Timico, Nortel launch VoIP service for SMBs (World)
Gemalto, Oberthur catch up in mobile payment chips (World)
Just 21% of EMEA firms block social networking access (World)
Jamba! Music is available on Nokia mobile phones (World)
Mobile WiMAX users to hit 30 mln in 2011 - study (World)
ICF teams with Transaction Network for trading connectivity (World)
Deutsche Telekom in talks to acquire EDS - report (World)
Sea Launch resumes countdown for Thuraya-3 satellite launch (World)
Stratos offers Inmarsat's FleetBroadband maritime service (World)
MobiMate completes financing round led by Motorola Ventures (World)
PicoChip debuts single-chip WiMAX Wave 2 femtocell reference (World)
Vivendi talks to buy Oger Telecom fall through (World)
Copernic unveils Corporate Edition of CDS software (World)
GSM Assn backs LTE standard for 4G services (World)
Nokia sees growth in e-mail in MEA region (World)
Global DRAM sales see only 8% rise in Q3 - study (World)
Globe7 upgrades applications with advanced widgets (World)
Satellite industry assures interference-free C-band at WRC (World)
Etisalat launches global carrier and wholesale services (World)
Right information helps to choose right mobile plan - study (World)
Ditech Q2 revenues down 69%, moves to net loss (World)
Genband unveils converged media gateway (World)
Garmin extends agreement with Navteq (World)
Kaioo set up as new non-profit social online network (World)
Verizon Wireless, Vodafone sign global services agreement (World)
VoluBill to acquire Intec dynamic charging platform business (World)
Swyx unveils SwyxWare Version 6.10 (World)
Funambol releases Funambol version 6.5 (World)
Comfone, Spotigo complete tests on WeRoam network (World)
Tecore Wireless Systems is now Tecore Networks (World)
Green Packet, Sinotel to resell each other's products (World)
Superscape introduces pinball mobile game (World)
Superscape launches Meteor Mania 3D (World)
Embarq, TeleMessage launch Text-to-Landline service (World)
Travelling Connect signs up several partners (World)
NetHawk net sales down 8.3% to EUR 6.9 mln in Q3 (World)
Deutsche Bank exceeds 5% of Nokia share capital (World)
News agencies set up Minds International network (World)
Intel names Carol Bartz to board of directors (World)
BenQ unveils Joybook R43 (World)
NEC unveils 0.35 mm thick magnetic sensor (World)
ROK Entertainment completes share exchange (World)
RFS launches 90 degree beamwidth AWS Optimiser (World)

Monday November 19, 2007

Asia

Qiao Xing's profits increase by 19.6% in Q3 (China)
Vodafone keen to expand presence in China - CEO (China)
Beijing InfoSure to deploy mobile message organiser in China (China)
Panasonic begins delivery of P905i handsets to NTT DoCoMo (Japan)
RCOM launches rural mobile application contest (India)
I-Cables nine-month profit rises on lower revenues (Hong Kong)
IMImobile secures information security certification (India)
Korea set to allow ISPs to broadcast TV via internet (Korea, Republic of)
DoT says 256 kbps to remain broadband speed in India (India)
Airtel reports highest gross revenue of INR 70.69 bln - TRAI (India)
Reliance must be allotted GSM spectrum last - COAI (India)
MCeck launches mobile payment service in India (India)
Indian mobile tariffs may decrease (India)
Sony Ericsson launches W910i handset in India (India)

Oceania, Pacific

New Zealand govt consults on identity verification service (New Zealand)
Engin accepts Network Investment's takeover bid for Unwired (Australia)
ComTel acquires Empowered, appoints non-executive director (Australia)
Telstra unveils interactive flagship store in Australia (Australia)

South East Asia

SingTel requests dominant licensee obligations exemptions (Singapore)
DTAC withdraws interconnection offer with TOT (Thailand)
DTAC to pre-empt 3G licensing, unveils upgrade plans (Thailand)
Digitel complains over PLDT interconnection rates (Philippines)

World

YouTube looking at higher-quality videos (World)
AMD unveils Spider PC platform with quad-core processor (World)
Satellite industry safeguards C-band frequency spectrum use (World)
NEC, Skyley announce compliance of ZigBee platform (World)
Siemens introduces programming device in notebook format (World)
1 mln projector mobiles to be sold in 2010 - Young Optics (World)
Coms introduces VoIP service for business (World)
Most countries still against US influence on web governance (World)
Consumer opposition to mobile phone firms grows - report (World)
France, UK win the day at WRC; UHF partly goes to mobile (World)
TomTom starts acceptance period for Tele Atlas shares (World)
TSMC appoints president of TSMC Europe (World)
New opportunities for vendors in content security space (World)
Demand for 100 Gbps DWDM will develop before products (World)
Public Safety Spectrum Trust releases bidder info document (World)
Kajeet launches text entertainment and information service (World)
Jajah, Jangl partner to offer better voice services (World)
Actix debuts system to automate RAN performance engineering (World)
Mvive tests mobile messaging delivery technology (World)
54 percent admit stealing Wi-Fi internet access ? study (World)
IPDR joins TMF to drive IP management standards (World)
NGMN defines roadmap for 2008 (World)
Bango debuts Bango Button to push digital content to mobiles (World)
Hellosoft, Aricent complete interoperability testing (World)
Microsoft to acquire Musiwave for USD 46 mln and assume net (World)
Spin3 debuts online and mobile casino application (World)
Retail VoIP revenues hit USD 6.91 billion in 2006 - study (World)
Deutsche Telekom eyes more acquisitions - CEO (World)
Xfone's total revenues up 25.8% in Q3 (World)
Skype releases Skype 3.6 for Windows (World)
Nuance reports net loss of USD 3.4 mln in fiscal Q4 (World)
Stratos introduces deep-ocean GSM service (World)
InfoSpace approves special cash distribution (World)
The Coca-Cola Company unveils commercial widget for Joost (World)
Agilent revenues up 9% to USD 1.45 bln in Q4 (World)
Wolfson Microelectronics names new chairman (World)
FCC grants exclusive mobile satellite spectrum to Iridium (World)
Deltathree picks Spirit platform to upgrade PC Phone (World)
IBM to launch series of cloud computing offerings (World)
UN gives access to terrestrial TV spectrum (World)

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