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March 11, 2010

Streaming video fuels demand for capacity

Filed under: 3G, Features, HSPA, IM, IPTV and Video on Demand, Messaging, Mobile Apps and Content, Mobile Data, Mobile Usage, Operator Services, TelecomAsia, Video, VoIP, Wireless Access — galaxiav @ 8:25 pm

Mobile data bandwidth consumption grew 72% in second half of last year, driven by rapid uptake of streaming video.

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From a position of strength

Filed under: 2G and 2.5G, 3G, AnalystWire, App Store, Emerging Markets, Forum, Innovation, Mobile Apps and Content, Operator Services, TelecomAsia, Wireless Access, revenue sharing — galaxiav @ 7:16 pm

Few emerging operators have given the nascent mobile content market the attention in deserves. As a result, they have ignored their potential to dominate the sector, which has the potential to drive operator revenues in Asia’s emerging markets.

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HK cellcos bring 3.5G back home

Filed under: 3G, CSL, Features, First Mile, Fixed Access, HKBN, HSPA, Hong Kong, Optical Networks, PCCW, SmarTone, TelecomAsia, Wireless Access, wireless broadband — galaxiav @ 6:46 pm

At an LTE event last year, eMobile president and COO Eric Gan raised a few eyebrows by insisting that LTE would challenge fixed-broadband to the point of cannibalizing FTTH.

Cellcos in Hong Kong aren’t quite taking the argument that far but are definitely betting on 3.5G as a DSL substitute, even as the leading fixed-broadband players start moving to fiber.

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Smarten up those pipes

Filed under: Aepona, App Store, Cover Story, Features, GSMA, Google, Mobile Apps and Content, Mobile broadband, NSN, Network management, SDP, TelecomAsia, Tellabs, Telstra, Wireless Access — galaxiav @ 4:01 pm

When cellcos effectively entered the broadband access business by way of all-you-can-eat flat rates, most did so with the underlying fear that they would be transforming thems

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Mobile price war 2.0

Filed under: 2G and 2.5G, 3G, AnalystWire, BSNL, Bharti Airtel, Country Focus, Idea Cellular, India, MTNL, Operator Services, Price War, Reliance Communications, TelecomAsia, Wireless Access — galaxiav @ 3:37 pm

The Indian mobile market has long been a case study for managing massive traffic volumes largely through the use of outsourcing contracts. As far back as 2004 the co

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FASTTAKES: FCC, PCCW, FarEasTone, KT, Ericsson

Filed under: Daily News, Ericsson, FCC, FarEasTone, Fixed Access, KT, Mobile Apps and Content, Operator Services, PCCW, Public, Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:00 am

US regulator FCC is considering assigning a portion of the nation’s airwaves for the provision of free wireless internet services.

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March 10, 2010

Vmax launches with $63m Wimax network

Filed under: Daily News, Operator Services, Public, Taiwan, Vmax, WiMAX, Wimax network, Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

Taiwan’s newest operator, Vmax, has opened its NT$2 billion ($63 million) Wimax network with an ad-based service to taxis and bargain-priced netbooks.

The company, backed by Intel and local electronics firms, has built a network in metropolitan Taipei and plans to extend the service across northern Taiwan.

The centrepiece of its laun

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FASTTAKES: BSNL, Google, NTT DoCoMo, S Tel, Digi, Pacnet

Filed under: BSNL, Daily News, DiGi, Fixed Access, Google, Mobile Apps and Content, NTT DoCoMo, Operator Services, Pacnet, Public, S Tel, Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:00 am

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March 9, 2010

Tata DoCoMo once again stirs Indian tariff war

Filed under: 2G and 2.5G, Daily News, India, Mobile market, Public, Reliance Communications, Tariff war, Tata DoCoMo, Tata Teleservices, Wireless Access, roll over plans — fmmonteverde @ 6:07 am

Tata DoCoMo, India’s fastest-growing cellco, has once again stirred up the market with aggressive price plans.

Tata Teleservices’ GSM arm has unveiled new packages that allow enterprise customers to carry over unused free talk time and free texts for up to three consecutive months.

Tata Teleservices managing director Anil S

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FASTTAKES: Apple, Telenor, ZTE, Fujitsu

Filed under: Apple, Daily News, Fixed Access, Fujitsu, Mobile Apps and Content, Operator Services, Public, Telenor, Wireless Access, ZTE — fmmonteverde @ 6:00 am

China Unicom CEO Chang Xiaobing told the Wall Street Journal that the firm is working with Apple to add Wi-Fi functionality to its iPhones in China. He also said current iPhone owners – whose device

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