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September 2, 2010

Gartner warns of lower PC, chip sales

Filed under: Business and managed services,Daily News,Forecast,Gartner,Intel,Mobile Apps and Content,Operator Services,PC,Public,Research Notes,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 7:03 am

In another sign of slowing global demand, Gartner has cut its global PC outlook and warns of likely lower chip sales.
 
The research firm trimmed its PC outlook by two percentage points for the second half on lower consumer demand in the US and Western Europe, and

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Four content strategies shaping up for CSPs

Filed under: AnalystWire,Business and managed services,CDN,Content strategy,DBMS,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,Mobile broadband,OTT,Operator Services,Public,Wireless Access,cloud computing — fmmonteverde @ 6:59 am

Network operators have learned that services targeting plain "Internet access" as their goal have little chance of earning a durable return on infrastructure investment.
 
Over the top (OTT) players like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, YouTube and Hulu have

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September 1, 2010

Singapore NBN sparks ISP competition

Filed under: Business and managed services,Daily News,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,LGA Telecom,M1,NBN,Nucleus Connect,Operator Services,Optical Networks,Public,SingTel,Singapore,Singapore-NBN,StarHub,SuperInternet — fmmonteverde @ 8:08 am

Singapore’s state-funded next-gen broadband network began commercial operations yesterday, with two new ISPs joining the market.
 
The NBN wholesaler, Nucleus Connect, announced the commercial launch of the network yesterday with five retail customers – M1, SingTel and StarHub an

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Axiata taps Tata Comm for regional IP network

Filed under: 2G and 2.5G,3G,Axiata,Business and managed services,Celcom,Daily News,Dialog Telecom,Fixed Access,M1,MPLS Networks,Malaysia,Operator Services,Public,Singapore,Sri Lanka,Wireless Access,XL Axiata — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

Malaysia’s Axiata has contracted Tata Communications to build and operate its regional IP network.
 
The network, which will carry voice and mobile traffic from Axiata affiliates in four countries, will be built on Tata Comms’ Tier-1 IP backbone

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Maxis net down 5% on rising costs

Filed under: 2G and 2.5G,3G,Business and managed services,Daily News,Earnings,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,Malaysia,Maxis,Operator Services,Optical Networks,Public,Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

Maxis, Malaysia’s biggest mobile operator, has posted a 5.0% fall in quarterly earnings despite dominating customer growth in the market.
 
It has reported an after-tax profit of 532 million ringgit ($169m) for the second quarter, with revenue up 2.3

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August 31, 2010

HP pays $55m to settle US fraud case

Filed under: Business and managed services,Daily News,Fraud,HP,Operator Services,Probe,Public,U.S — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

HP has agreed to pay $55 million to settle a US Department of Justice (DoJ) investigation into allegations of fraud and kickbacks.
 
HP had been accused of bribing system integrators to recommend US government agencies purchase its products, and of providing incomplete information to the General Services Administration (GSA) in 2002. 
 

Equinix to build $63m HK data center

Filed under: Business and managed services,Daily News,Equinix,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,HK2,Hong Kong,Operator Services,Public,data center — fmmonteverde @ 6:07 am

Equinix has announced plans to build a new $63 million data center in Hong Kong, due to open in the third quarter of 2011.
 
The data center, located in Tseun Wan, will be its second in Hong Kong, with capacity of more than 1,450 cabinet equivalents.
 
The first phase of the project will cost HK$156 million, and will run up until initial launc

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BT takes axe to Indian IT deals

Filed under: BT,Business and managed services,Communications Workers Union,Daily News,HCL,India,Infosys,Operator Services,Public,Tata Consultancy Services,Tech Mahindra,Telecom service provisioning,layoffs — fmmonteverde @ 6:07 am

BT will slash its IT outsourcing to tier one Indian firms in a major shift in strategy designed to cut its IT expenditure.
 
The operator will cut the amount of work passed to leading Indian tech firms by 15% and could recruit second-tier prov

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August 30, 2010

It’s Google vs Facebook vs privacy

Filed under: Blogs,Business and managed services,Facebook,Google,Merger and acquisition,Mobile Apps and Content,Network management,Operator Services,Privacy,Public,Social Networking,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 8:48 am

Another day, another Google swing at Facebook.
 
This time the Googlers have bought Angstro, a startup that enables the sharing of news and other data across social networking sites.
 
Angstro, named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Angstrom, says its technology enables it to

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Slowdown: Intel cuts forecast

Filed under: Business and managed services,China,Cisco,Daily News,India,Intel,Mobile Apps and Content,Operator Services,Outlook,Public,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 7:09 am

Chip leader and tech bellwether Intel has cut its sales outlook, citing weaker demand for PCs, while new figures show mobile network spending fell in the last quarter.
 
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