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China urges integration of various media platforms
China’s government on Wednesday called for the acceleration of a proposal to integrate the nation’s Internet, telecommunications and broadcast media. The State Council, or Cabinet, decided at a meeting that integration was needed to meet the Chinese public’s “increasingly diverse” information needs, a statement summarising the meeting said. To read this AFP report in full, see: news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-urges-integration-of-various-media-platforms-20100114-m75t.html news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-urges-integration-of-various-media-platforms-20100114-m75t.html Related... »
Massachusetts Miracle in the Making
Came across a patriotic video that will have your patriotic heart soaring – at least for the first 42 seconds. After that, how you view this video depends on how you view the current Obama administration. The premise of the video is how on April, 19, 1775 Americans first fought the British... »
Kaira Calls For Help to Hunza Landslide Victims: Telenor Presents Rs. 2 mln For Affectees
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira Thursday asked civil society, corporate sector and philanthropists to come forward and help government in its relief and rehabilitation effort for victims of recent land-slide in Attabad, Hunza. The Minister, who is also Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan was talking to Vice President Corporate Affairs of Telenor,... »
US, Pakistan Further Expand Bilateral Cooperation in IT Field
The U.S and Pakistani officials agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and evolving a cooperation program for deploying socially relevant services using mobile phones and other IT platforms. This was agreed during the meeting of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Special Representative of US for Afghanistan and Pakistan and... »
Study: Broadband does indeed help local economies
U.S. broadband policy in recent months has been driven by a widely held assumption that the availability of broadband in an area will help improve the economy. A study released Wednesday puts some scholarship behind that assumption, with the author saying that broadband indeed has economic benefits. Areas that moved from having no broadband to... »
How Much Will It Cost Google to Exit China?
Google, earlier today made a bold decision — it stopped censoring results on Google.cn, its Chinese destination. The decision, was a direct consequence of a sophisticated attack on its infrastructure as attempts were made to penetrate Gmail accounts of human rights activists. This will most certainly get the company banned from China and it... »
How Much Will it Cost Google to Exit China?
Google, earlier today made a bold decision — it stopped censoring results on Google.cn, its Chinese destination. The decision, was a direct consequence of a sophisticated attack on its infrastructure as attempts were made to penetrate Gmail accounts of human rights activists. This will most certainly get the company banned from China and it... »
Views of the public sought on Australian wireless spectrum
A crucial piece of wireless spectrum needed to advance the nation’s mobile broadband services could soon be added to the government’s “digital dividend” auction block after the communications watchdog put out a public call for how the spectrum band should be best used. After the government’s announcement last week that it would auction off a... »
Australia goes wild for wireless internet
Use of wireless broadband services mushroomed during the past year to reach more than two million subscribers, driven by the popularity of wireless modems and mobile devices such as the iPhone. The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s communications report, released yesterday, revealed the use of wireless broadband services jumped 162 per cent in 2008-09, while... »
Forrester Declares Tech Recession ‘Unofficially Over’
Global IT spending will climb 8.1 percent in 2010 as the tech sector recovers from economic recession, according to a report released on Tuesday by Forrester Research Inc.The figure represents a significant turnaround – IT purchasing around the world dropped 8.9 percent in 2009. This year, businesses and governments will …(385 words) ... »
Forrester Declares Tech Recession ‘Unofficially Over’
Global IT spending will climb 8.1 percent in 2010 as the tech sector recovers from economic recession, according to a report released on Tuesday by Forrester Research Inc.The figure represents a significant turnaround – IT purchasing around the world dropped 8.9 percent in 2009. This year, businesses and governments will …(385 words) Related Topics: business,... »
E-Bond Trading Platform to Create Wider Investor: Syed Salim Raza
Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, Syed Salim Raza on Monday said that Electronic Bond Trading Platform will enhance investors’ base of the sovereign debt market as it would attract investors from the non-banking sector as well resulting in higher liquidity in the government securities. Speaking at the launching ceremony of this bond here at State... »
British Council Focussing on Digital Technology in Pakistan
The head of British Government agency that promotes the use of information and communications technology has appreciated the computer usage in Pakistan and said the country has a good level of computer literacy. Stephen Crowne, Chief Executive, BECTA, was speaking to the members of the international media at the opening of the three-day “The... »
Second leg of Australia’s 4G digital auction ramped up
Media and telecommunications companies will be forced to make more efficient use of the limited spectrum available to service the rapid growth in data-hungry devices such as smart phones as the federal government prepares for the launch of the second leg of its digital spectrum auction. After announcing last week that it had a identified... »
Australian telcos eye 4G networks in government spectrum sale
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone Hutchison have begun formulating responses to the federal government’s proposed auction of broadcast spectrum, which is expected to lead to the creation of a high-speed 4G mobile broadband network. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has issued a green paper that argues that a “digital dividend” of spectrum vacated by the switch... »
US administration urges FCC to look at spectrum for wireless broadband
As the Federal Communications Commission works toward developing a national broadband plan by a congressionally mandated Feb. 17 deadline, the Obama administration on Monday weighed in with its views, urging the commission to identify spectrum for wireless broadband in an effort to increase competition in the residential broadband market. “Given the projections of explosive growth... »
GENBAND Set as First Nortel Carrier VoIP Bidder
GENBAND on Wednesday got government go-ahead to be first in line to buy bankrupt Nortel Networks’ carrier VoIP assets. If other firms decide to bid, an auction will take place on Feb. 24 in New York. The two companies on Dec. 22 said GENBAND was prepared to buy the unit …(316 words) Related Topics: carrier,... »
GENBAND Set as First Nortel Carrier VoIP Bidder
GENBAND on Wednesday got government go-ahead to be first in line to buy bankrupt Nortel Networks’ carrier VoIP assets. If other firms decide to bid, an auction will take place on Feb. 24 in New York. The two companies on Dec. 22 said GENBAND was prepared to buy the unit …(316 words) ... »
What is Mobile Number Portability?
In Pakistan, an independent body – Pakistan MNP Database (PMD) was setup by Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA), with the specific purpose of managing the implementation of MNP. The PMD is set to have a 14 member dedicated staff, with the entire project costing Rs. 4-5 billion (US$66 million – US$82 million) with US$10 million... »
Huawei slams critics making spying allegations
China’s leading telecommunications equipment maker, Huawei, has once again been forced to dismiss spying allegations and stake its claim in the $43 billion national broadband network bonanza. Huawei has faced major challenges doing business in some parts of the world due to its close links with the Chinese government. The fact that its founder, Ren... »
Huawei backs Australia’s NBN model
A leading global player in providing high-speed internet systems has backed the Rudd government’s plan for an open-access national broadband network. The company that will build and operate the $43 billion network — NBN Co — is expected to announce early next month a shortlist of prospective partners to join the project. To read this report... »
TeleNav Asset Tracker from AT&T Now Available for Enterprises and Government Agencies
AT&T today announced an asset tracking application for businesses and government agencies to monitor and report the location of their portable assets in field operations with GPS precision. Delivered as software-as-a service (SaaS), TeleNav Asset Tracker from AT&T tracks and provides location-based information on field-based assets such as machinery, equipment, containers and vehicles. Related Topics:... »
BT protest over mobile 3G licences falls on deaf ears
Lord Mandelson is to forge ahead with a consultation to extend indefinitely mobile phone companies’ 3G licences, despite the threat of a judicial review from BT. The fixed-line phone group has written a “letter before action” to the Business Secretary, condemning plans to hand over for good the valuable licences to Vodafone and its peers... »
India delays mobile number portability
India has had a last-minute change of heart over boosting competition in its telecoms sector from the start of the New Year by delaying the introduction of mobile number portability for at least three months. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology had planned to start the service from January 1 in the country’s largest... »
FCC moves toward net neutrality rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in taking the first step toward creating net neutrality rules earlier this year, has reignited a contentious debate about government regulation of the Internet. Opponents of new net neutrality rules argue that an FCC proposal released in October would create intrusive new rules for the Internet and would mark a... »
GM Head Whitacre Hires Ex-AT&T Colleagues as Lobbyists
Former ATT Inc. (T) CEO Ed Whitacre, who now serves as chairman of General Motors Co., has hired two of his former colleagues to lobby for the struggling car maker.John Montford and Robert Ferguson will move to GM to serve as senior adviser to Whitacre and vice president of government relations, …(248 words) ... »
GM Head Whitacre Hires Ex-AT&T Colleagues as Lobbyists
Former ATT Inc. (T) CEO Ed Whitacre, who now serves as chairman of General Motors Co., has hired two of his former colleagues to lobby for the struggling car maker.John Montford and Robert Ferguson will move to GM to serve as senior adviser to Whitacre and vice president of government relations, …(248 words) Related Topics: AT&T,... »
BT warns of court fight over digital spectrum plans
The government’s plans to bring broadband within the reach of every home by 2012 have been put in jeopardy by BT. The telecoms operator has warned that it will take legal action if the government presses ahead in the new year with plans to liberalise the nation’s mobile phone spectrum. BT’s move could derail a... »
PM Adoption of Modern ICT Applications to Improve Efficiency of Public Sector Organizations
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday called on Saturday for promoting Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) education and adopting modern ICT techniques to improve governance and efficiency of public sector organizations.E-government, he said, would not only improve efficiency but also cut down costs and contribute the austerity measures. He... »
Report: Smart-Grid Outlay Will Top $200B by 2015
A new Pike Research report shows governments and utilities are expected to spend $200 billion worldwide on the electrical smart grid from 2008 through 2015. “Smart grid” refers to technologies that automate and digitize electrical power management; part of the hope is to cut costs and conserve energy. Service providers …(199 words) Related Topics: 2008,... »