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    Evolution, not revolution, of telecoms

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 13/01/2010

    » So the Google Super-phone, the Nexus One, has finally been unveiled to the world after a gestation that had many guessing and teetering at the edge of their seats for months. Watching to the streaming video press conference, I could not help but feel that for the most part it was evolution, not revolution, at least when it came to the product. The real revolution was in the way the archaic telecommunications sector in the United States is poised to be shaken up.

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    Nexus One to redefine smart phone high end

    Database, Published on 13/01/2010

    » Last week, Google launched the Nexus One, an HTC-built phone using Google's own mobile software platform, Android. The high-end handset, described by Google as a 'Super Phone', will compete directly with other high-end Android phones.

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    The 3G saga continues... for the worse

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 20/01/2010

    » It has been more than a month now since Thailand joined the civilised world when the Turtlephone Organisation of Thailand launched its 3G network in Bangkok and the surrounding areas. I signed up one day after launch. So, how has the experience been? How is the network? How is the customer service and billing?

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    A bite of the Apple

    Database, Published on 20/01/2010

    » Google released the Nexus One smart phone, an impressive gadget that will push more improvements in the iPhone, but will not immediately take much more than a nibble out of the Apple; the new phone runs on the Google operating system, and starts life with more than 18,000 apps - about 15 percent of the Apple selection but, on the other hand, able to multi-task, something the iPhone apps won't do; the big deal about Nexus One, however, is only about US and Canada, where Google aims to be, very roughly, what Number 2 yuppiephone firm DTAC was when the Norwegians took it over and it unlocked its phones; that is what Google is doing with Nexus, which is made by HTC of Taiwan and costs $529 or 17,500 baht in real money - but which is unlocked and will work with any carrier; this is a revolution in the US wireless industry, where phones are totally locked into carriers, and if you want an iPhone, you sign a two-year, near-usurious contract with AT&T; phone companies will feature the Nexus One - T-Mobile subsidises it for $179 for Americans who agree in writing to pay $79.99 a month for the next two years, or 6,000 plus 2,700 baht in real money; but Google will sell you the phone for use with any carrier from its website (google.com/phone) and this is the first crack in the phone-company control of the business.

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    Surprise wedding of the year goes awry

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 27/01/2010

    » It could have been the surprise wedding of the year, but instead we had a runaway bride, not to mention the best man curiously absent.

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    Dysfunctional campaign

    Database, Published on 03/02/2010

    » Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced that he expects third generation phone service before New Year's Eve; he then announced why there probably won't be any; in a speech to mark the fifth anniversary of the Magnificent Seven National Telecommunications Commission, Mr Abhisit set out the conflicting criteria he expects to see in Asia's last, most dysfunctional 3G campaign: service before the end of the year after fair bandwidth auctions that favour small Thai telecom operators; on one hand, "3G services can no longer be postponed," he insisted, but on the other, the NTC must bias bidding to favour a more competitive structure; the English translation of this speech: DTac of Norway and AIS of Shingapore have way too much market power now and 3G contracts must show that.

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    ASEAN campaign could yield unwelcome results

    Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 15/02/2010

    » The effort to rebrand Asean as "Southeast Asia" for tourism promotion is being closely watched by Burmese tourism authorities, who say they will hold the Asean Tourism Association (Aseanta) responsible if the new marketing website is used for anti-Burma criticism.

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    IDC issues positive figures

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/02/2010

    » Fierce competition and concern over costs will drive enterprises to continue spending on IT, pushing single-digit market growth. Data services as well as social media for smart phones will drive the telecom market, which is expected to grow if 3G is fully implemented, according to the top 10 ICT trend predictions for Thailand from IDC.

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    iPhone 3G Thai sales agreements

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/02/2010

    » An attempt by Apple to protect its market share from rival BlackBerry needs to increase data revenue if it is to produce positive results for the Dtac and Apple deal.

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    ToT and 365 add to size and quality of 3G network

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/02/2010

    » ToT has announced two phases of uplifts for its 3G network in Thailand, along with a doubling of speed to 14.4 MBPS, while 365 has added over a thousand new users to its fledgling service.

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