Two of the world’s leading music companies have partnered on a joint venture in China that will research and develop technology for distributing media to mobile phones. The revelation Tuesday, sees Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the Warner Music Group join forces to invest in Access China Media Solutions, in what Warner dubbed “a strategic [...]
Millicom International Cellular (MIC) said on Sunday that it has signed an agreement for the sale of its 88.6 per cent holding in Pakistani mobileco, Paktel, to China Mobile for a cash consideration of $284m. The transaction implies a total enterprise valuation for of $460m for Paktel. Heavy investments in Pakistan have been a drain [...]
Boosted by a flourishing broadband environment and major events such as the Beijing Olympics in 2008, IPTV take-up in mainland China is forecast to pass the 23 million subscriber mark by 2012. New findings from ABI Research suggest that technological innovations are rapidly redrawing the Chinese telco landscape and operators are compelled to diversify in [...]
Chinese consumers in Shandong will, starting in April, be able to make calls over VoIP via wifi, using a dual-mode device from Jinan Yinquan Technology. The firm, a wholly owned subsidiary of China VoIP and Digital Telecom (CVDT), will be offering its existing mobile subscribers the new handsets which holds two SIM cards. “One is [...]
Australian incumbent Telstra has requested A$600m from the government to help fund what it says will be the largest ADSL broadband rollout the country has ever seen. With a significant number of Australians living in extremely remote parts of the country, beyond the reach of much of the cutting edge infrastructure deployed in larger population [...]
A survey of customer satisfaction with mobile services in India has revealed a public that is becomming increasingly incensed with poor service in the world’s fastest growing mobile market. The survey by Voice and Data – a magazine covering telecommunications in India – suggests that satisfaction levels have fallen below a benchmark set by the [...]
Leading Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo is feeling the heat from mobile number portability and increased competition after signing up the smallest number of subscribers over the month of December. In terms of net additions, DoCoMo was beaten flat out by second placed KDDI, which signed up 297,500 customers in December. Even the country’s smallest [...]
According to local reports, Virgin is looking to launch its mobile brand in India. The Times of India said Monday that Virgin was in talks with Tata Teleservices there. The paper cited a source “familiar” with the deal but did not name sources. According to the report, if Virgin is successful, it could launch products [...]
After its phenomenal rise in the mid-range mobile market, Sony Ericsson (SE) is turning its attention to the low cost sector in India where it has signed an agreement to make entry-level music phones. The handsets will use low-cost colour screens and will be manufactured in partnership with its outsourcing partners Flextronics and Foxconn in [...]
America’s Commerce Secretary has publicly criticised China for its 3G strategy, accusing the country of stifling innovation by snubbing global standards. Carlos M. Gutierrez on Tuesday slammed China’s chosen route on 3G in what he termed “pockets of standards” which he claimed harmed the prospects for innovation. In particular, he referred to the continuing wait [...]
Search giant Google on Wednesday said it had made an agreement with China Mobile to provide mobile search services in China. Google, which has been criticised in the past for providing its service in China, said it will provide search technology for mobile search on the Chinese operator’s Monternet WAP portal. The service was trialled [...]
The mobile video market in China will take off in 2008, driven by interest in the Beijing Olympics according to a new study from ABI Research. The analyst firm predicts that total mobile video users in China will number 32 million by 2008, with about 27 per cent of them using broadcasting technology. The remaining [...]
As the number of parties interested in controlling Indian operator Hutchison Essar grows by the day, a protracted bidding war looks increasingly likely. On Thursday it emerged that Indian conglomerate the Hinduja Group was interested in a majority holding in the fourth placed mobile operator. But Hinduja faces stiff competition from Vodafone, rival Indian operator [...]
Taiwan’s BenQ Mobile will shut down after a battle to keep the struggling unit afloat failed to attract any investors, according to a spokesperson Wednesday. BenQ Mobile filed for insolvency in September 2006 when the Taiwanese manufacturer said it was pulling out after suffering “unsustainable losses.” The Taiwanese-German joint venture was established just over a [...]
Arun Sarin’s interest in India’s fourth-largest mobile operator, Hutchison Essar, was confirmed Friday morning as Vodafone admitted it was looking for a controlling stake in the company. In a statement Friday morning, the UK mobile phone group said: “The board of Vodafone continues to believe the mobile market in India has great potential and is [...]
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