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September 3, 2010

Cliffhanger poll fractures NBN consensus

Ovum On 21 August 2010, Australia went to the polls to elect a national government.

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THE WRAP: Web TV war breaks out, Singapore’s NBN

This week internet titans prepped for the web TV wars, as Singapore’s next-gen fiber network cranked into life.
 
Apple slashed the price of its Apple TV hard-drive and announced 99-cent downloads for TV shows.

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Sony takes on Apple with video, music services

Sony is making a play for a slice of the online entertainment market with new TV and music offerings designed to trump the best that Apple has to offer.
 
The consumer electronics giant promised its new video on demand service would deliver “hundreds of box office hits” from big-name studios, and said its

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FASTTAKES: DoT, HP, Telkom, BT, Vimpelcom, AlcaLu

India’s DoT has begun allocating 3G spectrum to the seven winners of May’s 3G auctions. It requires operators to cover at least 90% of metro circles, and 50% of most of the other circles.

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September 2, 2010

India tells Google, Skype to open up servers

India has expanded its drive to bring foreign-operated data services under state security surveillance.
 
After forcing RIM to offer a technical fix to allow security agencies to read encrypted BlackBerry data, Home Secretary G.K.

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Gartner warns of lower PC, chip sales

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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FASTTAKES: TelstraClear, Google, Bharti, Nokia, Cisco, Motorola

TelstraClear and WorldxChange have forged what they say is the first full VoIP interconnection service agreement involving a Tier 1 carrier.

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Four content strategies shaping up for CSPs

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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Amazon joins online TV craze

Online retailer Amazon has become the latest to jump on the online TV bandwagon.
 
It has been pitching its planned subscription service to major media companies including NBC Universal, Time Warner and News Corp, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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September 1, 2010

Singapore NBN sparks ISP competition

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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