A gathering of Asia Pacific capacity executives in Singapore yesterday were in general agreement that while a plethora of new regional builds raised understandable fears of a second capacity bubble, this time things were different and a repeat of the 2001 industry collapse should be avoided.
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June 23rd, 2008 in CommsDay ASEAN | read more | add new comment | email this story
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June 2nd, 2008 in CommsDay ASEAN | read more | add new comment | email this story
China restructure: Telecom to abandon CDMA for LTE in 2-3 years
Having freshly announced the purchase of China Unicom’s CDMA network, China Telecom chairman and CEO Wang Xiaochu says that the company will migrate to LTE in 2 to 3 years' time.
February 28th, 2008 in CommsDay ASEAN | read more | add new comment | email this story
Want to be Google's cable partner?
There’s plenty of room left in the Unity cable system being built across the Pacific by a consortium of carriers led by Google and PacNet for new members to join.
February 26th, 2008 in CommsDay ASEAN | read more | add new comment | email this story
Google confirms participation in SingTel, Pacnet cable
Google will combine with KDDI, SingTel, Bharti, Globe Transit and Pacnet to build the mooted Unity cable, connecting Japan to the United States. The $US300m system was revealed by SingTel and Pacnet this morning. The 7.68 terabit cable is expected to be ready for service in 1Q 2010. NEC and Tyco will build the cable while Pacnet will be the largest investor with two of the five fiber pairs.
February 11th, 2008 in CommsDay ASEAN | read more | add new comment | email this story
COMMENT: Cable breaks expose weakness of industry economics
The world’s technology media certainly had fun with the numerous cable breaks across the Middle East last week. First, set up the coincidence as an overwhelming indicator of foul play and then bring in the experts to dismiss the conspiracy theories as the work of the tin-foil hat brigade.
January 15th, 2008 in CommsDay ASEAN | read more | add new comment | email this story
The case for MORE telecom regulation
Telecommunications industry regulation is set to become more necessary than ever as a means of economic regulation, according to an economics and telecoms academic.