Blogs « mobileVAS

March 16, 2010

Consumer group slams HK bandwidth throttling

Filed under: Blogs, CSL, FUP, Fixed Access, Fixed Broadband, Hong Kong, OFTA, Operator Services, Public, SmarTone, wireless broadband — fmmonteverde @ 7:44 am

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

Filed under: 3G, Blogs, Business and managed services, DoCoMo, KTF, Malaysia, Merger and acquisition, Operator Services, Public, ST Telemedia, U Mobile, Wireless Acccess — fmmonteverde @ 7:11 am

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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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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March 10, 2010

DoCoMo snatches the lead again

Filed under: Blogs, Business and managed services, NTT DoCoMo, Operator Services, Public, Softbank Mobile — fmmonteverde @ 6:10 am

Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo pipped out third-ranked Softbank Mobile from its perch as the market’s fastest=growing operator in February.

And the Japanese behemoth is expected to hold onto the position in March as well, and possibly longer.

The story starts with the

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March 9, 2010

Smart meters, not-so-smart security

Filed under: Blogs, Network management, Public, Smart meters, smart grids, smart security — fmmonteverde @ 4:46 am

With all the recent talk of smart grids of smart meters as a key M2M app for operators that can also

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March 2, 2010

Hacking video signs of the times

Filed under: Billboard, Blogs, Hacker, IT and business management, Public, Security and risk management, video signs — fmmonteverde @ 6:10 am

Those of you in or around the digital signage space, pay attention:

ITEM: Police in the Russian city of Novorossiyskarrested a man for allegedly hacking into a video billboard in January and replacing the content wi

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February 23, 2010

Hot on the Chinese hacker trail

Filed under: Blogs, Business and managed services, China, Google, Hackers, Lanxiang Vocational School, Network management, Operator Services, Public, Security and risk management, Shanghai Jiaotong University — fmmonteverde @ 8:01 am

The press leaks from those on the trail of the China Google hackers are coming thick and fast.

That doesn’t mean they make sense as a whole.

The Wall Street Journal today says inv

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Secret copyright treaty takes aim at ISPs

Filed under: Blogs, Fixed Access, Fixed Broadband, ISPs, Operator Services, Public, copyright treaty — fmmonteverde @ 7:46 am

There’s been another leak from the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that indicates negotiators remain determined to hold ISPs responsible for any copy infringement that takes place over their networks.

ACTA is a global intellectu

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February 9, 2010

Huawei’s big four for the next ten years

Filed under: 2010 predictions, Blogs, Huawei, M2M, Mobile broadband, Network management, Operator Services, Predictions, Public, Wireless Access, cloud computing — fmmonteverde @ 7:45 am

Better late than never.

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February 8, 2010

CSL brings 3.5G back home

Filed under: Blogs, CSL, Carrier Ethernet, DSL, HSPA, Optical Networks, Public, Wi-Fi, Wireless Access, wireless broadband — fmmonteverde @ 7:02 am

Hong Kong’s mobile broadband war is spilling out into the fixed-line sector as two cellcos are now betting on 3.5G as a DSL substitute.

SmarTone-Vodafone kicked off the trend in May last year with its Home Broadband and Phone service, which leveraged its HSPA network against PCCW’s voice/fixed-broadband package.

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