Month of September , 2007

Malaysia plans free wireless Internet in 25 cities

Malaysia’s government has launched an aggressive drive to lift its lowly broadband usage, with plans afoot for free WiFi broadband rollouts in 25 cities and public partnerships with the private sector to jointly underwrite new broadband infrastructure.

ANALYSIS: A new trans-Pacific submarine cable bubble?

For all the acres of analysis and grinding of teeth that seems to accompany the great Australian broadband debate, it’s amazing how much focus is placed on the last mile compared to what is arguably a similar chokepoint—international capacity.

ANALYSIS: Temasek's amazing penchant for trouble

What is it about one of Asia’s most active telecom investors, Temasek Holdings of Singapore, that seems to inspire such vicious reactions in people?

And why is it that Temasek seems so tone-deaf to its critics?

Bandwidth boom a "myth"?

Investment research house Nyquist Capital has sounded a warning that the expected surge in demand for bandwidth might be much lower than many anticipate.

Odlyzko returns: Internet traffic growth slower than thought, Australian bandwidth use a fraction of HK, Korea's

The original Internet bubble buster, academic Andrew Odlyzko, is back with a new website that compiles actual recorded Internet traffic data to come up with a measure of bandwidth usage growth.

Verizon ramps up Asia Pac management, network

Verizon Business has announced a ramp-up of its Asia Pacific operations with four new senior management appointments and plans to add considerably more diversity into its regional trunk & node network.