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Ericsson sets out smart pipe plan
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011
» Ericsson has set out a plan to help mobile operators return to profitability and evolve into a smart pipe, while the longer term focus is now on LTE and 50 billion connected devices by 2020.
'Bulldozer' aims at changing the server landscape
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/11/2010
» Don Newell, AMD Senior Vice President and CTO for Servers, said that today the company is focusing on changing four-way server economies. Traditionally, going from two-way to four-way often meant a 3x increase in price, not 2x. With AMD, the linear relationship is restored.
Peering through the dust that's settled over 3G
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 06/10/2010
» So now that the 3G dust is settling, one is left to ponder what happened. Finally, after almost two years of dithering, ToT is moving ahead with its 3G network.
Parties need to work together to break deadlock
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 28/07/2010
» Four parties need to work together to break the deadlock in the telecommunications sector and allow the 3G auction to achieve its full potential, according to a leading think-tank.
Time to wake up and start running
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 28/07/2010
» State domain assets. That word last popped up in anger during the privatisation of PTT, the Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand. A group of activists, led by now Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul launched a legal challenge arguing that while PTT, as a company, could be sold off and privatised, the assets which it had acquired as through its expropriate power as part of the state through its dual role as both a government agency and an operator were to be retained by the state.
Revolutionising the cash card
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 14/07/2010
» After a few years of quiet growth, TrueMoney hopes to tap into the growing trend for e-commerce and convenient bill payment for growth, while also launching an automated payment kiosk along with a few other high-technology solutions it already has up its sleeve.
Telco to help rural majority access banking services
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/05/2010
» Telenor Pakistan, the country's number two mobile operator, has recently purchased a bank and is now using its banking license through its network of franchisees and top-up agents to offer banking services to Pakistan's largely unbanked population, with savings, insurance and international remittance soon to follow.
Location, location, location
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 14/04/2010
» Location-based services are now all the rage. Most modern phones have a GPS built in and suddenly, after being used only for maps or for tagging pictures, the feature has taken off, with services like Foursquare and Gowalla, but there is much more fun to be had beyond those two headline-grabbing services.
Myopic view ignores increasing convergence
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 31/03/2010
» How much should Channel 3 pay for its 10-year concession extension? Half a billion baht? One billion? How about something along the lines of a trillion and a half? Broadcasting and telecommunications are converging in more ways than one and perhaps Thailand should rethink whether it actually needs a spectrum-hogging UHF broadcaster in this day and age, and if the resources could be put to better use elsewhere.
Big Brother is watching - and waiting to break down your doors
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/02/2010
» What do the GT200 magic wand and the Internet Sniffer project have in common? Both are an assault on privacy and allow the state to pick on anyone at will.