February 25, 2008
Arcoa, a Taiwan-based retail channel operator for mobile phone handsets and other communication technology, says that it aims to increase its handset sales in Taiwan to 500,000 units. This includes 150,000 - 200,000 of its own brand 'Utec' models. Last year Arcoa launched 13 Utec branded phones, and sold a total of 80,000 units. The company plans to release ...
Arcoa predicts 2008 sales of 500,000 handsets
by David MastersArcoa, a Taiwan-based retail channel operator for mobile phone handsets and other communication technology, says that it aims to increase its handset sales in Taiwan to 500,000 units. This includes 150,000 - 200,000 of its own brand 'Utec' models. Last year Arcoa launched 13 Utec branded phones, and sold a total of 80,000 units. The company plans to release ...
Mobile accessories market worth $40 billion and growing
by David MastersThe market for mobile phone accessories is to grow steadily in the next five years, generating over US$80 billion in revenues in 2012, according to ABI. The market for mobile phone accessories will be worth over US$40 billion in revenues this year, according to newly released research. Feature-rich handsets require a large number of accessories to be used to their ...
February 22, 2008
The government has launched an independent review of the UK's communications infrastructure. The review will investigate barriers to rolling out high speed, next-generation broadband networks in the UK, which are considered vital to the nation's economic health. The Government wants the UK to be in a position where it is able to respond to future technology development, which means ...
Government launches broadband speed review
by Jan HarrisThe government has launched an independent review of the UK's communications infrastructure. The review will investigate barriers to rolling out high speed, next-generation broadband networks in the UK, which are considered vital to the nation's economic health. The Government wants the UK to be in a position where it is able to respond to future technology development, which means ...
Tiscali CEO says spotlight needs to shift from speed to bandwidth
by Dave NixonTiscali currently has 55% coverage of the UK households with its unbundled network, just one of the scraps to surface of an interview Mary Turner, who is the CEO of Tiscali UK, has provided to Silicon.com. This may perhaps bewilder several people as many presume speed is bandwidth. The speed is referring to the fundamental connection to the telephone exchange and ...
Is it actually broadband or bankruptcy for rural businesses?
by Dave NixonSearching back from an editorial in the farming segment of the Hexham Courant you arrive at the Country Land & Business Association website (CLA). The findings of the CLA make five main points: Businesses are having to pay for the full cost of broadband when sometimes only half - or less -of the advertised connection speed is available; Respondents felt that customer service ...
ISPs given piracy time limit - April 2009
by Dave NixonThe government is anticipated to notify Internet Service Providers (ISPs) today of legal penalties if they do not take action against piracy on the Internet. This follows the disclosure of a paper last week which asserted to suggest a "three strikes" rule against UK Internet users, which would see their Internet connection terminated. Andy Burnham, culture secretary, talking to the ...
HP fuming at Inventec blunders
by David MastersU.S. based vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to cease its co-operation with Inventec Appliances after a series of blunders by the Taiwan-based handset maker. Inventec repeatedly delayed shipments of the iPAQ 600-series smartphone. When the devices were finally shipped, HP tests found that it was faulty. As a result of the delays, HP has decided to cancel the release ...
President predicts strong first quarter for MTI
by David MastersAllen Yun, president of Microelectronics Technology (MTI), a manufacturer of telecoms equipment, has predicted a 25% increase in revenues for the first quarter of this year compared to the first quarter of 2007. The increase in revenues will be boosted by the strong growth of the company's low noise block (LNB) devices and its power amplifiers (PAs) for mobile telecom base ...
Taiwan to Intel: ‘We never needed you anyway’
by David MastersTaiwan's Affairs Minister Steve Chen has commented that Taiwan doesn't need Intel's support to establish a WiMAX network. The comment comes after Intel backed-out of investing in Taiwan-based WiMAX operators and decided to invest in Japan's KDDI technology instead. According the Chen, Taiwan's government rates WiMAX as one of the countries key industries, and highly values the technology. ...
CHT cancels treasury stock to downsize paid-in capital
by David MastersChunghwa Telecom (CHT) announced yesterday that it is reducing its paid-in capital by 1.14%. The company is doing this by cancelling all existing treasury stock. After the reduction, the company's paid-in capital totals NT$95.578 billion (US$3.01 billion). The decision was made by CHT's board of directors at a provisional meeting. Earlier this year CHT reduced its paid-in capital ...
Online sales of mobile handsets to triple by 2012
by David MastersResearch firm Informa Telecoms and Media have predicted that online sales of mobile phone handsets will rise to 21% of total device sales by 2012. Angela Stainthorpe, a research analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media, said: "Online retail for wireless is certainly only a nascent market but the tentative steps taken in 2007 will quickly become more confident. "As broadband ...
CHT set to expand optical communications network
by David MastersChunghwa Telecom (CHT) will be expanding their optical communications network this year to the tune of NT$3.3 billion (US$104 million). The company aims to increase its number of subscribers to these networks by 400,000 this year. To complete the expansion, CHT will be purchasing 683,000 units of VDSL2 equipment and 55,000 units of EPON (Ethernet passive optical network) equipment. The EPON ...
DVB-SH edges closer to commercial release
by David MastersIt is expected that in the near future Taiwan-based manufacturers of handsets that have developed devices supporting mobile TV, including the DVB-T and DVB-H standards, will start developing devices supporting the DVB-SH (digital video broadcasting-satellite services to handsets) standard. This is to coincide with the DVB-SH broadcast system entering commercial operations by the end of this year. DVB-SH's main support ...
Sony Ericsson goes 3.5G in Taiwan
by David MastersSteve Yeh, president of Sony Ericsson Taiwan, has announced that the company is planning to bring 3.5G data cards to Taiwan by the second quarter of this year. The company also plans to launch ten new handsets in Taiwan during the first half of 2008. The data cards to be brought to Taiwan include the MD300, which supports a USB ...
GAA broadcasting rights secured by RTÉ
by Lin FreestoneBroadcasting rights for the Gaelic Athletic Association Championships through to 2010 have been secured by Irish broadcaster RTÉ. RTÉ is to provide free-to-air coverage of the events via its TV, radio and internet platforms. The GAA is an Irish organisation that aims to nurture traditional, indigenous sports, including football, hurling and handball. Over the next three years, the RTÉ audience ...
February 21, 2008
So far the different mobile and land-line broadband packages have only applied to customers with comparatively expensive monthly contracts. O2 Broadband is to extend its £5 discount to all its pre-pay (pay as you go) customers who top up their mobile with £10 every three months. The discount will be offered from Friday 22nd February 2008. Pre-pay customers utilizing of the ...
O2 broadband discounts include pre-pay customers
by Dave NixonSo far the different mobile and land-line broadband packages have only applied to customers with comparatively expensive monthly contracts. O2 Broadband is to extend its £5 discount to all its pre-pay (pay as you go) customers who top up their mobile with £10 every three months. The discount will be offered from Friday 22nd February 2008. Pre-pay customers utilizing of the ...
Sky wireless routers - users warned to set new wireless key
by Dave NixonSky Broadband goes the extra mile more than various broadband providers and hardware suppliers in supplying its Sky Broadband wireless router, a Netgear DG834GT, with wireless security enabled by default. Signifying that the wireless network is secure out of the box, however it appears according to an article on The Register that if you can acquire the MAC address (a number ...
Digital Inclusion Project in Renfrewshire addresses 2,600 households
by Dave NixonBased upon the recent press releases covering the wireless broadband network installed by Proxim in Renfrewshire, one could get the notion it was uniquely in relation to broadband coverage, but the broadband access is just an element of the Digital Inclusion Project. The project is operated with support from Renfrewshire's Community Planning Partnership, Communities Scotland and the Scottish Executive's Community ...
Notts CC deploys rostrvm contact centre software
by Jan HarrisNottinghamshire County Council has deployed the rostrvm Contact Centre application suite at a new Customer Service Centre in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. The call centre software was deployed in conjunction with Ericsson PBX technology. It enables calls to be efficiently distributed to advisors at the Centre who use the rostrvm desktop application to answer and process calls. The new Centre is part ...
Doubts over 99.4% broadband availability estimates in Wales
by Dave NixonUK broadband coverage figures, when talked about, are questioned and to some degree, until each telephone line has been tested by trying to get ADSL working over it and other broadband solutions discounted, any coverage figure will remain an approximation. The truth for areas like Wales where it appears that entire villages are incapable of getting broadband would appear to go ...
