The Indonesian commission for the supervision of business competition (KPPU) punished Singapore holdings, Temasek, for having 2 telecommunication operator by cross-ownership as there is indication about tariff monopoly. Temasek holds Telkomsel via Singtel and Indosat using STT Telemedia. Telkomsel and Indosat are state-own company as the largest telecommunication operator in Indonesia with more than 60 million subscribers all together.

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on November 20th, 2007 2 Comments »

AT&T Inc. recently announced the availability of a complete portfolio of radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking offers for health care providers. The company's managed service enables health care providers to increase productivity, improve patient care, and reduce costs.

Posted by Budi Putra on September 21st, 2007 1 Comment »

After getting its 3G network up and running, T-Mobile USA may offer the HTC Kaiser as its first 3G smartpone.

Posted by Budi Putra on September 21st, 2007 1 Comment »

Thai Mobile will team-up with two European telecom operators and investment funds from China and Russia.

Posted by Budi Putra on July 12th, 2007 No Comments »

Malaysia's Maxis has 350,000 3G subscribers. Most of Maxis 3G subscribers are using their mobile phones to surf on the Internet as well as video calls and TV programmes.

Posted by Budi Putra on July 12th, 2007 No Comments »

The official Chinese news agency, Xinhua News has reported that Nepal Telecom launched a 3G network yesterday. According to Nepal Telecom director Buddhi Acharya, the SIM card for 3G service will cost 4,195 Nepali rupees (US$64.50) and its charges will be similar to that of prepaid mobiles. For the time being, the 3G services will be made available to area within the Ring Road in the capital city of Kathmandu. Source

Posted by Budi Putra on May 18th, 2007 No Comments »

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile service operator, said it has attracted 237,000 customers over the past year to its third-generation HSDPA service and nearly half of them were tech-savvy consumers in their 20s and 30s. SK Telecom said it analyzed its subscription base and found that around 47 percent of its 3G service users were in their 20s and 30s. Currently, SK Telecom, Korea's No. 1 mobile service operator with more than half of the voice-centered 2G customers in South Korea where four out of every five people carry mobile phones, is competing with the smaller KTF Co. which also launched its nationwide HSDPA service in March. KTF reported that its 3G users exceeded 300,000 in April. Source

Posted by Budi Putra on May 15th, 2007 No Comments »

Telecom Argentina plans to launch this week a 3G service offering in capital Buenos Aires. The company also expects changes in local regulations allowing telecoms operators in Argentina to provide triple play services to be introduced by the end of the year. Company chairman Carlos Felices said the company was carrying out internal tests in preparation for when the government gives the go-ahead. Source

Posted by Budi Putra on May 15th, 2007 No Comments »

In the development of China's 3G licence strategy, the involvement of foreign telecoms companies has been uncertain as the government is seemingly plumping for a homegrown standard. Now the country's Ministry of Information Industry has said the licenses will be technology-neutral. According to reports in the Chinese press, the Ministry is considering established flavors of 3G alongside its own version, TD-SCDMA. Xi Guohua, a vice minister at the Ministry of Information Industry, told the Shanghai Daily: "We will treat W-CDMA and CDMA-2000 equally. It has nothing to do with supporting a locally developed standard." W-CDMA is traditionally favored in Europe and CDMA-2000 is used in the United States. Source: ZDNet

Posted by Budi Putra on April 24th, 2007 No Comments »

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it has successfully completed two trials of its end-to-end Mobile WiMAX solution for Reinan Cable Network Co., Ltd and Beam Planning Corporation in Japan . The trials were carried out in cooperation with Fujikura, a manufacturer of power and communication cables. The trials are regarded as an important step in the u-JAPAN Plan, which is a Japanese government initiative to realize seamless broadband coverage throughout Japan by 2010. Japanese cable operators, such as RCN, selected WiMAX technology for its large coverage footprint and high capacity, which also will help solve the broadband access problem in the regions with low broadband coverage. The Huawei WiMAX solution uses leading technologies, such as MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) and OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access), to ensure higher flux and comprehensive coverage in those regions.

Posted by Budi Putra on April 9th, 2007 No Comments »