Industry Developments

YTL e-Solutions (YTLE), one of four Malaysian WiMAX licence winners, is to collaborate with Cisco Systems in the deployment of the operator's WiMAX core network across Peninsular... 2008-11-28

TT&T, Thailand's fixed-line operator, has scrapped its decision to invest THB50bn in the deployment of a 3G network, according to its major shareholder Jasmine International.... 2008-11-27

Vietnam's second-ranked mobile operator, MobiFone, has awarded a US$48mn contract to Alcatel-Lucent Technologies for the expansion and upgrade of its mobile communications services... 2008-11-26

Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise (CURE), which was bought by PLDT -owned Smart Communications under a PHP419.54mn (US$10mn) deal from PH Communications Holdings... 2008-11-25

Tatung Infocomm, one of six operators to win a WiMAX licence in Taiwan, states it will become the first to launch commercial mobile WiMAX services in the country. The operator... 2008-11-25

PT Excelcomindo (XL) has announced plans for a US$700mn CAPEX for 2009 with the funds being used to expand network capacity by deploying new base transceiver stations (BTS) throughout... 2008-11-21

China's home-grown TD-SCDMA 3G standard has received a further boost: the global leader in mobile handset manufacturing, Nokia, said it will launch models based on the platform by... 2008-11-20

Members of the Asian mobile operators group, Conexus Mobile Alliance, are to begin a regional roll-out of a mobile data roaming plan for BlackBerry smartphones among Alliance members.... 2008-11-20

AIS, Thailand's leading mobile operator, is planning a three-month pilot of an ad-funded mobile service that will provide news, sounds and clips to subscribers for free. The trial... 2008-11-19

Indonesia's fourth largest mobile operator, Bakrie Telecom, has announced plans to sell its 543 telecommunication towers and hopes to raise as much as US$32.5mn. The move is intended... 2008-11-18