July 9th, 2008
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Willcom, the 4th largest phone operator and the only PHS phone maker in Japan is releasing Willcom 9. It is expected to be in market by July 18. It is quite small (although not thin) and said to be Google friendly phone. It is the first Willcom to have integrated function with Google Search Engine [...]
July 8th, 2008
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Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communication is about to grant four licenses of 3G Network to boost the country’s mobile phone growth rate. Vietnam is categorized as quite late in implementing 3G Network compared to fellow countries in the South East Asia region.
Vietnam operators will cooperate with their foreign partner in this competition. MobiFone with [...]
July 8th, 2008
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Taiwan manufacturer, HTC, made it to be the first foreign handset maker to sell smartphone in Korean market. The HTC Touch Dual is available for subscribers of country’s largest operator, SK Telecom. For now, the phone is only being offered to corporate customers, but around this week individual customer will be able to grab it.
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July 6th, 2008
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iPhone 3G is going to be launched in a matter of days. Japan and Hong Kong are two lucky Asian countries (or territories, considering HK is part of China) to grab this phenomenal phone on July 11. Is iPhone 3G ready to conquer Asian market?
July 4th, 2008
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There are about 66% of foreign labors in Malaysia that are from Indonesia. Most of them are living in under-banked area, make themselves difficult to transfer their money-overseas payment-to their homeland. But as research tell, every family in under-banked area has at least 1 cellphone. Can they use the cellphone to transfer their money back [...]
July 4th, 2008
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As the penetration of mobile phone usage has reached 85% of population (or 108 millions subscribers), DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan is trying to expand their business by looking for opportunities overseas. Ryuji Yamada, the new President and CEO said, “our No. 1 priority is the Asia-Pacific region, then the Middle East and [...]
July 3rd, 2008
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Benq, Taiwan manufacturer, was buying the once-German-respected, Siemens Mobile, in 2005. They thought, using the power and name of Siemens Mobile, can enhance their business in mobile market share. Turn out they are wrong. This move makes no difference to Benq position in global sales.
June 19th, 2008
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We all know that China made numerous cheap phone market. So cheap that we even can’t understand how they make profit. A phone with dual GSM-CDMA band with TV capability, multimedia, and great connectivity can be bought with less than US$ 250 in price tag. Can you imagine if they enter Japan’s sophisticated market and [...]
June 17th, 2008
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As we have predicted before, Sony Ericsson launched several new products in CommunicAsia-Singapore, of which our managing editor also attending there. The Japan-Sweden manufacturer unveiled not only one or two series, but 5 new series! They range from S, C, K, J to F series.
June 11th, 2008
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I don’t know if this is an anticipation of “cheap” iPhone 3G price, but HTC Singapore has already cut several product prices. The products include TyTN II, Touch Cruise, Touch Dual, Touch, Shift P3300. Singapore is going to be one country that sell iPhone (and the 3G version also?).
