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Mobile Telecom Predictions for 2009

I know this post is extremely late and there has been lots of email since January about this. I apologize for that as I never had the time to write my predictions for 2009. Here’s a very short list on what to look out for in the local telecom industry this year: Aggressive 3G services [...]

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P1 WiMAX user trial

“Be the 1st to test WiMAX“-that’s what the flyer below says. P1 is currently conducting user trials. If I am not wrong, the trial period is 14 days which after that the user can continue to subscribe the P1 WiMAX, of course, with a monthly fee. But I am not sure about the fee. There [...]

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Wirelesstalk.my launched

Mobile World Magazine and Aidaas today launched a discussion site called Wireless Talk where visitors could post questions or discuss a topic relating to wireless technologies. Visit http://wirelesstalk.my/ and start discussing a topic/issue now. The future of wireless broadband technology is seen between WiMAX and LTE, the fact is, Aidaas has its very little own [...]

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Internet from the sky

Communications network provider QucomHaps Malaysia Sdn Bhd says it will deliver wireless broadband access via a high-altitude platform station (HAPS) service in the country in early 2009. The service will use aircraft carrying communications equipment hovering at stratospheric levels (i.e. 20km from the ground) to blanket large areas with broadband access. QucomHaps chief executive officer [...]

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KL becomes "wireless city", soon

Kuala Lumpur will soon be covered with 1,500 WiFi hotspots starting middle next year. A a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between DBKL,MCMC and Green Packet(Packet 1). The phase 1 of the project will cost RM60 million where RM50 million will come from Green Packet and the rest by MCMC and DBKL. The project [...]

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Mobile Number Portability gives DiGi hope for further success

Here is an interview with DiGi by Starbiz STARBIZ: No new spectrum – does that hinder DiGi’s growth? Morten Lundal: We have significantly less spectrum than Celcom (M) Bhd or Maxis Communications Bhd. We are somewhat at a disadvantage because of that. If we could get more spectrum, we are clearly a player that would [...]

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