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March 16, 2010

Consumer group slams HK bandwidth throttling

Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has weighed into local mobile providers over bandwidth throttling – prompting a stout defense by Ofta of its consumer protection efforts. 
 
“If unlimited usage and high speed are two factors that determine your choice of a mobile broadband service plan for your computer, you may be in for a big disappointment,” the

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ST Telemedia to bail out U Mobile

ST Telemedia has inked a deal to buy a 33% stake in tiny Malaysian 3G operator U Mobile, but it will need deep pockets if the embattled startup can make head-way in the saturated market.
 
The company said on March 10  it had signed an agreement to buy a 33% stake in Vincet Tan-co

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Telstra investor warns on NBN “risk”

Telstra’s second-largest shareholder, fund manager Australian Foundation Investment (AFI), is urging Telstra shareholders not sell the firm’s fixed-line assets to the government at a bargain basement price.
 
”Telstra is entitled to get appropriate value for its assets, including its customer traffic,” according to AFI managing director Ross Barker,

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Google: Talks go on as Chinese govt cautions partners

Google says it is still in talks with the Chinese government over censorship of its search engine, despite reports that it is almost certain to leave the market.
 
However, authorities have warned Google’s major search partners that they should prepare backup plans in case Google stopped censoring its results.
 

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Telenor calls for Pakistan consolidation: report

Telenor Pakistan’s chief executive believes the local market needs to slim down from five operators to three in order to grow.
 
 “Most markets are [divided between] three players,” said Telenor Pakistan’s boss Jon Eddy Abdullah.
 

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Global outsourcing demand will return to growth in ‘10: Gartner

Demand for outsourced IT services will return to growth as world economy revives in 2010 – but demand will vary wildly between markets, Gartner predicts.
 

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FASTTAKES: Reliance, Bharti, UQC, China Mobile, HTC, SK Telecom

Japanese Wimax operator UQ Communications aims to deploy more than 6,000 Wimax base stations by March, 2,000 more base stations than originally planned.

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March 15, 2010

There’s life yet in Wimax

Filed under: Blogs, Clearwire, LTE-Wimax, Masayashi Son, Public, Softbank, Vmax, WiMAX, Willcom, Wireless Access, Yota, hybrid — fmmonteverde @ 8:04 am

In Taipei last week to see Vmax turn on its network I chatted to a former mobile executive about Wimax.
 
“I just don’t see a business case,” he said. “When I talked to those guys I don’t think they really believe in it.”
 

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Google “99.9% certain” to close China search engine

Filed under: Business and managed services, China, Daily News, Google, Operator Services, Public — fmmonteverde @ 6:10 am

Google is “99.9% certain” it will shutter it China search business after talks with Chinese authorities on censorship have failed to make progress.
 

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Softbank gains 2.5GHz of spectrum from Willcom

Japanese internet and telecom giant Softbank will inject 3 billion yen ($33.1 million) into a new company that will assume control of Willcom’s valuable 30Mhz of spectrum at 2.5Ghz.
 

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