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ABI names top mobile operators

ABI Research has named Vodafone and NTT Docomo as the top mobile operators in the industry in a recent study, according to businessMOBILEAsia. ABI’s study revealed that both NTT Docomo and Vodafone were ahead of their peers in areas of consumer and enterprise application delivery, as well as mobile payment. ABI also singled out Hutchison…

19 Mar 2007 Leave a comment technology

Celcom March launch

I spoke to one of Celcom’s Product Development managers last week and he revealed that Celcom was working on a project that will be unveiled at the end of the month. HSDPA perhaps? I’m guessing it will more likely be a major content deal since they’ve demonstrated great savvy in their recent marketing tie-ups. You…

19 Mar 2007 7 Comments Malaysia, technology

Google phone

First the iPhone, now the Google Phone. The head of Google in Spain and Portugal has confirmed that Google is working on a mobile phone. Google HQ in the US responded with a statement that neither confirmed or denied the rumoured Blackberry-like Google Phone. The telecommunications landscape is starting to look very interesting…

17 Mar 2007 Leave a comment google, mobile, technology

Malaysia awards WiMAX licenses

Yesterday the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced the 4 winners of licenses to operate the 2.3GHz WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) spectrum in Malaysia (PDF link to news release). The 4 winners were: Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd (a unit of YTL-e Solutions Bhd) Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (subsidiary of Green…

17 Mar 2007 3 Comments business, Malaysia, technology

Daylight-killing time

A group of F-22 Raptors were almost knocked out of the sky due to a computer glitch caused by the new daylight-savings time schedule which takes effect this year. When the group of Raptors crossed over the IDL, multiple computer systems crashed on the planes. Everything from fuel subsystems, to navigation and partial communications were…

1 Mar 2007 Leave a comment bugs, technology