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Bell (Finally) Rings for Telecoms Reform
2008-05-30 10:09:00 It has been a long wait (we flagged it back in November 2006), with lots of talk, lobbying and political positioning, but the long-expected reforms of Chinese telecoms sector have now been announced. The Economist reported: ?BY ANY measure?revenues, employees, customers?it is the largest industrial reorganisation ever. And, reflecting how business is done in China, it ...
In Major Shakeup, China?s Govt. Melds Six Largest Telecoms into Three
2008-05-28 18:00:00 There are three new kings in China?s $100 billion-plus telecom kingdom: China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (ADR: CHA), China Network Communications Group Corp. Ltd. (ADR: CN) and China Mobile Ltd. (ADR: CHL). Not surprisingly, all are state controlled. But now that the first two have more assets, the up-to-now dominant China Mobile faces increased competition and a more-level playing field. The government of China announced this major shakeup in the country?s burgeoning telecommunication industry over the weekend. It?s a massive restructuring that?ll fold the country?s top six telecom companies into three, and possibly open the way to windfall profits for wireless-equipment providers. “Everyone has been…SHARETHIS.addEntry({- title: "In Major Shakeup, China?s Govt. Melds Six Largest Telecoms into Three", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/-28/in-major-shakeup-china%e2%80-%99s-govt-melds-six-largest-tel-ecoms-into-three/" });
By: Jutia Group
Republicans Pushing For Retroactive Immunity For Telecoms
2008-04-26 18:00:00 By- Suzie-Q @ 9:00 AM MST GOP Still Pushing Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms By Paul Kiel - April 25, 2008, 11:22AM While House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) presides over negotiations on the new surveillance bill, House Republicans have continued to push the Senate’s version, which contains retroactive immunity for the telecoms, every which way they can. Earlier ...
By: Suzie-Q
Mobile Payment Systems
2008-04-22 10:49:00 Mobile commerce is potentially important for a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, IT, finance, retail and the media, as well as for end-users. It will work best in those areas where it can emphasise the core virtue of mobile networks ? convenience. Japan and Korea were one of the first to offer low-cost models to ...
Broadcasters in Need of an Overhaul
2008-03-27 11:17:00 The next 12 months will see the broadcast sector addressing new business models for distribution and advertising in a bid to retain and attract new audiences. This is one of the key conclusions to be drawn in a new report which says that the transforming communications and entertainment sector is creating a challenging new environment ...
Of Telecoms, and "Twisting Slowly, Slowly in the Wind": Watergate Reprised
2008-03-24 18:19:00 As Congress continues to consider the regulatory regime necessary to “permit” the President to engage in national security-based wiretaps, it is important to put the current debates into historical perspective. The canvass upon which the wiretap authority is now being argued is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a 1978 statute that was a response to litigation that arose during the Watergate era. That litigation, contrary to popular belief, did not reach the question of...(read more)
Podcast: House votes against immunity for telecoms
2008-03-14 21:20:00 Podcast: House votes against immunity for telecomsThe House of Representatives voted not to grant retroactive immunity to telecom companies that open their networks to intelligence agencies. http-://www.news.com/Podcast-House-v-otes-against-im...
Put on Hold: Why Telecoms Can't Get Consumers to Bond More with Their Cell
2008-03-13 05:09:00 As the price of wireless transmissions drops, telecom carriers need to focus on new applications to engage consumers more deeply with their mobile devices -- and encourage them to pay a premium for wireless services, according to speakers at the recent Wharton Business Technology Conference, whose theme was "Enterprise Agility: Lead with Speed." Amol Sharma, who covers telecom for the Wall Street Journal, moderated a telecom panel titled, "The Business of Wireless: When Everything Connects." He began the discussion with an overview of key issues shaping the industry. One issue is convergence, as major technology companies -- such as Apple and Google -- enter the communications business along with startups and established media companies in music, video and broadcasting. Another theme is openness, especially in the wake of Google's participation in Android, a freely-available mobile platform. "The giant cell phone companies are reinventing their business models," said Sharma. He ask...
By: Brand Mantra
Google and other telecoms to build U.S.-Japan cable
2008-03-12 16:07:00 The existing bandwidth between Asia and North America is crowded. Following FCC approval of a U.S.-China link last month, Google and five other companies have announced a Japan-U.S. link to be completed in early 2010. The $300 million fiber-optic cable will stretch approximately 10,000 km (6,214 miles) under the Pacific. “Google’s partners in the consortium, dubbed ...
Not everyone in the Obama camp agrees with him on FISA and Telecoms
2008-03-08 08:41:00 Interesting... Check it out Quote: In a new interview with National Journal magazine, an intelligence adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign broke with his candidate’s position opposing retroactive legal protection for telecommunications companies being sued for cooperating with a dubious U.S. government domestic surveillance program. "I do believe strongly that [telecoms] should be granted that immunity," former CIA official John Brennan told National Journal reporter Shane Harris in the interview. "They were told to [cooperate] by the appropriate authorities that were operating in a legal context." "I know people are concerned about that, but I do believe that's the right thing to do," added Brennan, who is an intelligence and foreign policy adviser to Obama. That wasn't just a personal opinion, Brennan made clear to Harris. "My advice, to whoever is coming in [to the White House], is they need to spen...
By: Political Byline
BT and Cisco Team up to Launch ?Communications Complete?
2008-03-06 11:15:00 BT has a strong presence in the SMB market and has just expanded its portfolio with a new unified communications (UC) service aimed at these customers. It hopes to utilize its ?Communications Complete? solution to build long-term partnerships. BT has chosen to work with Cisco and is using its UC500 platform for this new service. ...
Strategic Information - Telecoms, Wireless and Broadband
2008-03-05 22:31:00 Are you in need of high level strategic information? "BuddeComms USA Annual Publication, 2008 USA Telecoms, Wireless and Broadband provide market analysis. According to the Business Wire that cover the following issues emphasize bellow mentioned items:· Forecast growth in select telecommunication markets.· The emerging trends and convergence in the USA voice, broadband and digital TV sectors.· How the USA is faring in terms of global broadband development.· The current and emerging broadband technologies and their long-term projections.· The growth of wireless voice and data and the deployment of 3G and 4G technologies.· Key information on the major telecommunication operators.The above mentioned aspects and technology issues are too intensively covered in media sources. Even the variety of media channels indicate about those changes that are already noticed by the professional specialist. The convergence process plays very important role in developing the field of...
By: BLOGVASION.COM
earthing in telecoms
2008-03-03 20:08:00 I write to enquire how an earthing in global satelite for mobile telecommunication mast can be done. thanks
Bush Moves To Protect Telecoms From Being Litigated To Death
2008-03-03 13:45:00 That is what the headline should say, anyhow (Washington Post) President Bush said last week that telecommunications companies that helped government wiretapping efforts need protection from “class-action plaintiff attorneys” who see a “financial gravy train” ahead. Democrats and privacy groups responded by accusing the Bush administration of trying to shut down the lawsuits to hide evidence ...
By: Pirate's Cove
The Time to Act Is Now To Prevent Amnesty For The Telecoms
2008-02-28 17:44:00 As the debate on extending the Protect America Act goes on now would be a really good time to contact your Congress man or woman and tell them to not vote for amnesty for the telecoms. I just watched Bush and his rhetoric on it and the economy. Him telling me that there is not ...
Wireless Broadband Better Potential for the Delivery of VoIP
2008-02-27 11:04:00 A new report shows that the focus of wireless broadband, and in particular WiMAX has now shifted towards the area of mobility, although there will still be some opportunities in the fixed broadband markets. WiMAX is well suited to the mobile sector as the future of wireless/mobile rests very much with ?personal broadband? - where broadband ...
WTO DG Lamy Celebrates Benefits Of Opening Trade In Telecoms
2008-02-22 15:02:00 This is something to watch from the WTO (World Trade Organization), as it could open more doors than one might want. Director-General Pascal Lamy hailed liberalisation of trade in telecoms services as a vital tool in economic growth and development on the occasion of the WTO Symposium on Telecommunications organized in Geneva to commemorate the 10th ...
Amnesty for Telecoms, Not People
2008-02-14 00:00:00 (HT: Am Funk, Amnesty for Domestic Spying) from Glenn Greenwald, Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms: Update The Dodd/Feingold amendment to remove telecom immunity from the bill just failed by a whopping vote of 31-67 -- 20 votes shy of the 50 needed for a passage. A total of 18 Democrats ...
By: The G Bitch Spot
World Bank urges opening up of Palestinian telecoms - AFP
2008-02-13 17:17:00 Canada.comWorld Bank urges opening up of Palestinian telecomsAFP - 1 hour agoJERUSALEM (AFP) ? The World Bank on Wednesday urged an opening up of the Palestinian telecommunications sector, saying this would yield far-reaching ...Palestinians need cell phone competition-World Bank Reutersall 111 news articles
Is Microsoft Wasting $45 billion on Yahoo?
2008-02-13 15:47:00 The fact that Microsoft is prepared to bid $45 billion-plus for Yahoo is a sign more of desperation than of good business sense. It plainly is an admission that Google is actually right about something Microsoft has been talking about for more than a decade, but has failed to anything much about. A new report shows ...
Senators Love Telecoms More Than Your Privacy
2008-02-13 05:49:00 It’s pretty sad that I wasn’t even surprised when the Senate approved immunity for eavesdropping Telecoms today. What really disappoints me, though, is how many Democrats voted for the immunity. And we’re not just talking about a few nameless senators here. The vote was 31-67, and the list of approving democrats included Dianne Feinstein ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Senators Love Telecoms More Than Your Privacy", url: "http://mint.theavclub.tv/feede-r/?FeederAction=clicked&fee-d=Articles+%28rss2%29&seed=-http%3A%2F%2Fblog.theavclub.tv%-2Fpost%2Fsenators-love-telecoms--more-than-your-privacy&see-d_title=Senators+Love+Telecoms+-More+Than+Your+Privacy" });
By: The AV Club Blog
[ Poll ] Did your Senator sell out your rights for the Telecoms? in Liberal
2008-02-13 00:00:00 Anym, 13/02/08 (27 Replies)
Should The Telecoms Industry Tighten Regulations On Prepaid Phone Cards?
2008-02-08 20:12:00 Should The Telecoms Industry Tighten Regulations On Prepaid Phone Cards?By Vanessa A. Doctor Prepaid sound or call game are act tools purchased and utilised to attain daylong indifference or foreign sound calls. These occupation game are mostly oversubscribed by the sort of transactions a game is beatific for, still player transactions crapper be live for fees, surcharges ...
HP Unveils Network Software to Help Telecoms Build Customer Loyalty with Pe
2008-02-06 14:25:00 HP today announced two software solutions that help telecom operators harness customer information to deliver personalized services that promote customer loyalty and lead to increased revenue. The company also announced that rapidly growing European operator, Hutchison 3G Austria, has successfully deployed the HP OpenCall Home Location Register (HLR) to support all wireless users of its
SPECIAL COMMENT by Keith Olbermann: Bush Puts Telecoms Ahead Of American Ci
2008-02-03 20:05:00 Pres. Bush demands a law which would clear phone giants from responsibility for government’s unjustified and illegal spying on Americans If you like Keith Olberman you will like his latest Special Comment In a Presidency of hypocrisy; an Administration of exploitation; a labyrinth of leadership, in which every vital fact is a puzzle inside a riddle
Globe Telecoms terminates IMEVRYWHR
2008-01-30 08:29:00 Just a year after it has been introduced, Globe Telecom is officially terminating the IMEVRYWHR Instant Messaging service on February 1, 2008 Click here to read more [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Asian telecoms, roads offer safer havens in market storm
2008-01-26 00:00:00 Utilities hold less appeal on tighter regulation By Jeffrey Hodgson Reuters First Posted 10:57:00 01/17/2008 HONG KONG -- Telecoms, infrastructure and toll road companies are among the best defensive stocks for Asian investors who fear that the downturn since ...
By: Pinoy Technology
United Kingdom, IT & Telecoms, Technology Predictions - TMT Trends 2008
2008-01-25 12:56:00 United Kingdom, IT & Telecoms, Technology Predictions - TMT Trends 2008 - Part 1 - Deloitte - 24/01/2008, Information Technology Law, New Media, Telecommunications, Mobile & Cable Communications, Accounting and Consultancy, Economi: "Welcome to the 2008 edition of the DTT Global TMT Industry Group’s Technology Predictions.As predicted in last year’s Technology report, the environment has become increasingly important to all of the activities of technology companies, from the greenness of products and services through to the sustainability of production processes. The user interface has also taken center stage, in all parts of the technology sector. Storage, and its cost, became a sensitive issue, with research suggesting that the volume of data created during the year would approach the total amount of storage available1. Biometric technologies continued to make progress, and were included in a growing range of products, from laptops to smart phones. Free offers in the t...
Dodd Fights Amnesty for Telecoms
2008-01-24 18:02:00 Attempting to block the adoption of the new FISA wiretap bill which would grant immunity to the telephone companies that illegally tapped American citizens phones, Senator Chris Dodd needs your help. It’s important that your lawmakers know how you feel about the the president, the vice president and the NSA casually defecating on your rights and ...
By: Daily Nonsense
EU telecoms chief calls for broadband...
2008-01-15 18:06:00 EU telecoms chief calls for broadband regulation Posted by Huw Jones, Reuters at 11:43AM, Tuesday 15th January 2008 Viviane Reding argues that regulation is essential going forward to ensuring choice for broadband users. EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding has called for improved regulation of the booming broadband sector to safeguard consumer and business customer choice, as well as stimulate competition between providers. The sector, which she argues does not enjoy enough competition, has achieved over 90 million broadband connections in the EU, a penetration rate of 18 per cent compared with 22 per cent in the US. However, penetration varies widely from country to country within the EU. "The single most important factor explaining this gap is lack of effective competition on the market because access regulation has not been effectively implemented," the EU Telecoms Commissioner said. "How we treat next generation access is therefore the single most importan...
Global experts see 'emerging' gains in global telecoms
2008-01-14 07:00:00 For their favorite stocks for 2008, three leading global investing experts turned to telecom companies that are focused on emerging markets.Here, Nick Vardy (ccount/click.php?id=1640) looks at Millicom International Cellular (quote.htm?sym=micc) (NASDAQ: MICC (quote.htm?sym=micc)); Yiannis Mostrous (ccount/click.php?id=1623) recommends Mobile TeleSystems (quote.htm?sym=mbt) (NYSE: MBT (quote.htm?sym=mbt)); and John Christy (ccount/click.php?id=1588) chooses Philippines Long Distance Telecom (quote.htm?sym=phi) (NYSE: PHI (quote.htm?sym=)). Here are their reviews.
Decreased Hardware and Broadband Prices and Interest in Online Gaming will
2008-01-11 09:23:00 The Phillipines is in the midst of an internet revolution - with more and more people connecting to the web using their mobiles as well as computers. News published by the Inquirer finds that the broadband market will serve 50 million Filipinos by 2015. Analysts believe that the falling cost of broadband, increasing uptake of online ...
Telecoms in India | Full-spectrum dominance
2007-12-30 18:42:00 Telecoms in India | Full-spectrum dominance | Economist.comDear All Was reading through the Economist and found this excellant article on the GSM/CDMA Industry of India. I thought of sharing the same with you talented people. Cheers. Nov 29th 2007 | DELHI | From The Economist India’s fast-growing mobile-phone operators vie for capacity on the airwaves MUMBAI’s trains are ...
Telecoms, oil stocks fuel rally in HK shares
2007-12-25 22:11:00 Reuters - China National Materials Company Ltd (Sinoma) 1893.HK, the world's largest cement engineering services provider, which debuted … More Financial Services and Real Estate... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Third telecoms firm goes on Hanoi bourse
2007-12-18 05:57:00 The Telecoms Technology Service Co (TST) on December 13 officially traded 4.8 million shares at the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre (HASTC), becoming the third telecoms firm to list on this OTC market. This is considered one of the preparatory... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Telecoms embrace the future of open wireless networks?or do they?
2007-12-06 16:55:00 USA Today got the scoop that AT&T is now publicizing the ability of customers to use any phone or any software they want on the AT&T network: Starting immediately, AT&T customers can ditch their AT&T phones and use any wireless phone, device and software application from any maker ? think smartphones, e-mail and music downloading. And they don’t have to sign a contract. “You can use any handset on our network you want,” says Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T’s wireless business. “We don’t prohibit it, or even police it.”…AT&T for years kept quiet the fact that wireless customers had the option of using devices and applications other than those offered by AT&T. But now salespeople in AT&T phone stores will make sure that consumers “know all their options” before making a final purchase. The AT&T wireless chief won’t say whether AT&T plans to launch a marketing campaign to push “...
Senate to telecoms: You aren?t immune?yet
2007-11-16 14:22:00 Although this has already made its way around the blogosphere at lightning speed, I wanted to take a moment to note that the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted in favor of a FISA oversight improvement bill that does not contain immunity from prosecution for telecoms, and the whole of the House of Representatives voted for legislation that contains many more privacy safeguards for American citizens against warrantless surveillance. Chris Dodd has promised to filibuster any legislation in the Senate that contains retroactive immunity for telecom companies, but (as the AP article notes) Arlen Specter is floating a compromise that would force (enable?) the government to step in as the liable party against the many lawsuits filed for damages from the illegal spying. Now, this might seem sensible on its face–it was the government, after all, that approached the big telecoms like AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest and asked for their assistance in setting up the wiretaps and data mining...
Ignorance is no excuse for telecoms in NSA illegal spying case
2007-11-05 21:31:00 Today former Attorney General and current AT&T lobbyist John Ashcroft had an editorial in the New York Times demanding that the Senate grant immunity against litigation for telecom companies that participated in the NSA spying program. It’s your typical “ZOMG LIVES ARE IN DANGER 9/11 PATRIOTISM!!!!1111″ swill, but one passage in particular bears citation–Ashcroft’s- idea that the combined might of these companies’ legal departments couldn’t possibly realize these orders were illegal: As a practical matter, in circumstances involving classified intelligence activities, a corporation will typically not know enough about the underlying circumstances and operations to make informed judgments about legality. Moreover, for an initiative like the terrorist surveillance program ? which the Office of Legal Counsel made clear was based on the Congressional authorization for the use of military force and the president?s war powers under the Constitu...
Former AG John Ashcroft In NYT Op-Ed: Leave The Telecoms Alone, Grant Them
2007-11-05 18:06:00 First off, let’s take a little trip down Memory Lane, shall we? Let’s take a moment to enjoy the golden tonsils of former Attorney General John Ashcroft as he croons “Let The Mighty Eagle Soar” (courtesy of YouTube): Wow… just BREATHTAKING, wasn’t it? Gotta love that vibrato, donchya? Today, Mr. Ashcroft brings that same trembly, ...
Skype Nudges Slow Telecom Market Forward to the Web
2007-10-03 17:10:00 Have you ever used Google, Skype, YouTube or MySpace? Well if you have, you are part of a future which will be increasingly web-based with voice data and video services delivered in an open model. It?s goodbye to paying locked-in subscriptions. A new report shows that Skype has changed telephony from a telecoms service to a ...
Google?s New Incarnation: Moving From Search Engine To Telecoms Operator?
2007-10-02 09:54:00 If your one-stop answer to everything from the capital of Burma, to the meaning of life comes from a broadband connection and the Google search toolbar, it?s time to read a new report. There?s been a media buzz about Google?s ?multi-pronged strategic approach?. (Read the company may be interested in doing more than searching and organising ...
Will Speaking into Your Mobile Pay the Bills?
2007-09-24 16:23:00 Developed in the United Kingdom, the first voice-verified payment processing system has recently been launched, substantially reducing the threat of credit and debit fraud. The Voice Pay system uses a customer’s own voice as a means of digitally signing and authorising payments. It incorporates VoiceVault voice biometric authentication technology that is already in use by global ...
Digital: the New Way of Broadcasting TV
2007-09-10 12:46:00 The industry is still struggling to find products to entice customers into digital TV. The only country where this product has been really successful is the USA, which accounts for more than 80% of the global online video market ? worth between US$600 and $650 million. Video-on-demand is still the main product. However, all around ...
President Bush Wants Power To Immunize Telecoms That Aid In Spying On Ameri
2007-08-06 23:06:00 by- Suzie-Q @ 2:07 PM MST Via The Raw Story: The day after President George W. Bush marshaled political forces in Congress to grant him greater authority to engage in counter terrorism-related spying, the president stated that he would seek greater changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act when the legislative branch returns to work ...
By: Suzie-Q
FBI Seeks To Pay Telecoms For Data
2007-07-27 05:06:00 The FBI wants to pay the major telecommunications companies to retain their customers’ Internet and phone call information for at least two years for the agency’s use in counterterrorism investigations and is asking Congress for $5 million a year to defray the cost, according to FBI officials and budget documents. The FBI would not have direct ...
Angola: Blogging from inside the country
2007-07-22 03:27:00 With a total population estimated at just under 16 million, five years after the end of the thirty-year long civil war, the state telecommunications enterprise Angola Telecom?s fixed-line network still serves less than one percent of the population, Internet Service Providers hardly serve one person per one thousand people and there are just around fourteen ...
FBI Seeking to Pay Telecoms to Store Records for Years
2007-07-20 03:49:00 FBI Seeking to Pay Telecoms to Store Records for Years and Provide Instant Access Posted by l33tdawg on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 12:39 AM (Reads: 9) Source: Wired An FBI unit reportedly facing a criminal investigation for Patriot Act abuses is asking Congress for $5.3 million in 2008 to pay three telecoms to build data centers to store Americans' communication records for years in order to provide the FBI "near real time" access to Americans' phone and internet records.The FBI already pays three telecoms, including AT&T and Verizon, about $1.8 million a year to process written "emergency" requests for telephone and internet records. It says the 2008 requested funding (.pdf) will get them more than that.The requested funding will allow for the development of data storage and retrieval systems by each contractor, accessible only by the contractor, for at least two years’ worth of network calling records. In addition, each contractor would provide a dedicated on-site empl...
By: for bored mindz
Kuwait: Despite the Summer, it?s Never Quiet in Here!
2007-07-15 13:26:00 It’s still summer here. The mercury is rising but Kuwaitis still go for traditional activities during the summer. Pepsi Guy blogs about his first boat trip and gives a warning. After a long wait, I finally got to take my boat on it’s 1st test drive. The weather was amazing, boat ride was cool (though we had ...
Malawi: Windmill genius, burying the first lady, and other things Malawian
2007-07-01 13:30:00 He made his first windmill when he was 14 years old, having dropped out of school due to lack of school fees in 2002. And until two weeks ago, he had never touched a computer before, let alone use email. This month he was the toast of an international technology conference in Arusha, Tanzania, where ...
Rwanda: Rwanda, Knowledge Economy, and the East African Community
2007-07-01 12:21:00 Why is Rwanda’s membership in the East African Community important to ICT practitioners in the region?: “This is because Rwanda was developing its ICT industry before its regional neighbours had an inkling of the potential and competitive edge ICT gives nations. Rwanda has a knowledge-based economy that is only matched in the region by Mauritius,” ... |
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