Telkomsel and Nokia today announced their collaboration to offer the Nokia Messaging service, which will be commercially available to Telkomsel subscribers from 26 December 2009 onwards.
Telkomsel is the first operator in Indonesia to commercially launch this service which will allow users to enjoy easy access to mobile email on their [...]
Vietnam Mobile Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent solution to enhance and expand Mobifone networks
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has been selected by Vietnam’s CMC Telecom Infrastructure Corporation to deliver its gigabit passive optical network (GPON) solution. CMC TI’s GPON project, the country’s first, will enable the delivery of advanced triple play services – including high-speed Internet, [...]
Indonesia’s IT industry could be in line for an increase in state support, with the government looking to boost funding for infrastructure while backing calls for greater assistance to the domestic software sector.
In late October, the newly appointed information and communications minister, Tifatul Sembiring, said more needed to be done to promote [...]
Telecom New Zealand has today announced earnings before EBITDA of NZ$447 million for the quarter to 30 September 2009, in line with guidance and a 4.1% decline on the equivalent quarter last year.
Group net earnings increased 9% to $163m when compared to the equivalent quarter in the prior financial year. This was [...]
China Unicom launched Iphone last Friday and expects the first official sales can lift its financial statement.
The China’s 2nd largest telecom company started selling 3G service in most of Chinese cities, in order to fight with its rival China Mobile. By the end of the 3rd quarter, China Union has only 140 million users, while [...]
Samsung Electronics has posted a record operating profit of 4.23 trillion won ($3.57Bn) in the third quarter, boosted by an encouraging turnaround of its chip and panel businesses.
The results were in line with analysts’ expectations. Year on year, an increase of 186% & a jump of 68 percent from the previous quarter was recorded. Q3 [...]
Innovation in the Thai telecommunications industry is being seriously hampered by political wrangling over regulatory powers and by state-owned operators that are desperately trying to hold on to their outdated revenue sources.
The Thai telecommunications regulator National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is finally planning to hold a 3G licence auction in early December. The plan comes after [...]
Indosat, Indonesia’s second-largest telecom operator, is bringing advanced location based services to its 29 million subscribers using Ericsson’s technology.
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, with over 230 million people. The current total mobile subscriptions are at about 120 million, just above 50% penetration, and Indonesia is [...]