Telecommunications Industry

[hakz2007]

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[Retro]

The iPad effect: Kindle, Nook cut their prices

Robert Clark | June 22, 2010
telecomasia.net

The extraordinary success of the iPad has forced specialist ebook readers Kindle and Nook to cut their prices.

Barnes & Noble, the producer of the Nook, yesterday offered the 3G version of the device at $189, $70 off its previous price, and unveiled a Wi-Fi only reader for $149.

Rival Amazon responded hours later by also knocking $70 off the price of the Kindle to $189.

Other makers of e-readers, like Sony Electronics, may also have to cut their prices, a Standard & Poors analyst told Reuters.

However, by playing both the software and hardware sides of the street, Amazon’s Kindle, the original e-book reader, looks the strongest-placed in the market.

As with Barnes & Noble, Amazon’s e-readers sales are just a tiny fragment of its total business. But it has also created a Kindle e-reader app for the iPad, the iPhone and Android platforms, which is driving sales from its digital bookstore.

GigaOm’s Om Malik blogged: “Unlike Amazon’s Kindle store, iBooks is going to be limited to the iPad/iPhone platform — which is not good enough for me. I like the flexibility of the Kindle app, even if it offers books to me in somewhat of a less attractive format. In other words, Amazon should be thinking about Kindle as a platform that leverages other people’s hardware.”

Apple has sold more than 2 million iPads since the lightweight multimedia tablet was launched in early April. It is expected to go on sale in Hong Kong and Singapore next month.

[jpdm]

Eagerly waiting for the roll-out of Liberty telecoms (San Miguel telecoms) products..

[marlowe_cano]

Originally Posted by jpdm

Eagerly waiting for the roll-out of Liberty telecoms (San Miguel telecoms) products..

Any idea when would it commence its promotion?

[Retro]

Google Voice telecom service opens to all in US

Agence France-Presse - Inquirer.net
First Posted 08:19:00 06/23/2010

SAN FRANCISCO—Internet giant Google has opened its Google Voice telecommunications service to anyone in the United States interested in using a single telephone number for all of their phones.

Google Voice reportedly attracted more than a million users during an invitation-only test phase and Google was bracing for a flood of interest on Tuesday as it made the service public.

"Today, after lots of testing and tweaking, we're excited to open up Google Voice to the public, no invitation required," product managers Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet said in a joint blog post.

"We’re proud of the progress we've made with Google Voice over the last few years, and we're still just scratching the surface of what's possible when you combine your regular phone service with the latest Web technology."

Along with letting users have one phone number that rings at all of their telephones, the service converts voice mail or text messages into email and allows for toll-free calls to the United States and Canada.

In an online video describing Voice, Google promised "less annoyances and more awesomeness -- for free." Voice threatens to challenge global Internet telephony star Skype.

People in the United States can sign up for the service online at google.com/voice.

Google promises that the service works "no matter what kind of phone you have or which carrier you use."

[Retro]

Globe interconnects with BayanTel

In Camarines Sur and Albay - Manila Bulletin
By EMMIE V. ABADILLAJune 22, 2010, 7:39pm

Globe Telecom Inc. forged an interconnection agreement with Bayan Telecommunications for the provinces of Camarines Sur and Albay to enable millions of subscribers to make local calls to one another.

The local interconnection between the two telcos took effect June 16, 2010. With this development, Globe is set to provide its wireline products and services to the residents of Camarines Sur and Albay as it pursues its network rollout in these parts of Bicol region.

“The interconnection allows Globelines and BayanTel landline customers in Camarines Sur and Albay to call one another without any additional fee,” according to Atty. Froilan Castelo, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Globe. “As these will now be considered local calls, the people in the area stand to benefit by saving on long distance charges that they used to pay before in making calls from one provider to the other. Our Globelines customers can simply dial the seven-digit telephone number to connect with the other service provider.”

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) mandates compulsory interconnection of authorized public telecommunications carriers under Republic Act 7925.

[romantic_guy08]

Originally Posted by jpdm

Eagerly waiting for the roll-out of Liberty telecoms (San Miguel telecoms) products..

Wi-Tribe has already started several months ago although I think its only here in Manila. And they have been getting some flak in other message boards for that 6GB cap.

[Nanflexal]

Originally Posted by romantic_guy08

Wi-Tribe has already started several months ago although I think its only here in Manila. And they have been getting some flak in other message boards for that 6GB cap.

mayron kaming Wi-tribe, asar yon agent na nag demo sabi 1 Mbps yon speed sir amp, di naman sinabi yon about ca 3 GB cap. ayaw tulong di namin binayaran at nong pinayaran naman namin yon 1 month saka naman nila pinutol ang service. ok na kami ngayon wala Buwis na Wi-tribe.

[jpdm]

Originally Posted by marlowe_cano

Any idea when would it commence its promotion?

3rd quarter of 2010.

[chris_nigel]

^ So this would Liberty will be another name for a SIM Card here..just asking LOL

[Retro]

Were lucky yun bansa natin late ma-reach ng iPhone v4... may antenna problem pala yun 1st version ng unit...

On New iPhone, a Mystery of Dropped Calls

Published: Friday, 25 Jun 2010 | 10:21 AM ET
By: Miguel Helft
The New York Times / CNBC

For iPhone owners, it always comes back to the antenna.

Apple’s touch-screen smartphone has been a sensation since Day 1 three years ago, and many who own the device believe it to be almost perfect — if only it worked better as a phone.

So it is not surprising that as the first boxes of the new iPhone 4 landed in the hands of the earliest adopters late Wednesday, the antenna’s reception quickly became an Internet obsession. What surprised many of them: the precious little bars that signal network connections inexplicably disappeared when they cradled the phone in their hands a particular way. Sometimes, but not always, the cradling resulted in dropped calls.

In the hours before Apple weighed in on the problem, iPhone fans turned to one another on the Internet in a zealous exercise in crowd-sourcing for answers to the mystery.

They were all the more baffled because the iPhone 4 was designed to have better reception. A metal band that wraps around the edges of the device is supposed to pull in a stronger signal; software is supposed to choose the section of the signal with the least congestion.

A user calling himself FFArchitect appeared to be the first to report the phenomenon on MacRumors.com, a site for the Apple-obsessed. He said that touching the band in various places caused reception problems. His report, like many that followed, included a video demonstrating the problem.

Soon after, Gizmodo, a popular site for gadget fans, picked up on it, calling the phenomenon “weird.”

“When the guy holds the iPhone in his hands, touching the outside antenna band in two places, he drops reception,” Jesus Diaz, a writer for the blog, said. “Placing the phone down gets him 4 bars.”

From then on, report after report began to ricochet across technology Web sites, and Mr. Diaz posted updates as new stories from around the Web dropped into his in-box. “This is worrying,” Mr. Diaz wrote.

One commenter linked to an article from early this month about a Danish expert in radio antennas who predicted that touching the antenna would affect reception. Another update claimed to narrow down the problem to touching the lower left side of the phone.

The reader reports included suggestions for how to fix the problem use nail polish to insulate the antenna; enclose the phone in a rubber case — and appeared to show some wisdom in this crowd. Late Thursday, an Apple spokesman, Steve Dowling, acknowledged that the issues experienced by users were real but he played down their importance.

“Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, depending on the placement of the antennas,” he said. “This is a fact of life for every wireless phone.”

Mr. Dowling declined to say whether Apple experienced the issue during testing of the phone and suggested that users not hold the phone in a way that covers both sides of a small black strip on the lower left side. Alternatively, he said, they could use one of many available cases.

Analysts and investors did not appear overly worried

“Apple has not had one introduction that hasn’t had issues,” said Charles Wolf, an analyst with Needham & Company. “Sometimes these things get blown out of proportion.”

On Wall Street, shares of Apple slid a mere 0.8 percent, faring better than the broad Nasdaq index, which dropped 1.6 percent.

And given the long lines outside Apple stores in New York heat, Chicago rain and San Francisco fog, consumers appeared unconcerned by, or unaware of, the potential reception issues.

Even Brian Lam, Gizmodo’s editorial director, saw an upside to the iPhone 4, antenna problems and all. “We are paying attention to the antenna issue because it could be a big deal,” he said.

But Mr. Lam said that for years, he had not been able to use older iPhones to make calls from his home. That changed on Thursday, after he bought an iPhone 4. “I have made three hours of calls today,” he said.

[-SNPKLSDMBLDR-]

i doubt na kahit late ang launch ng iphone sa pinas ay aayusin nila yang problema sa drop calls pati na rin ng yellow spots sa screen.

[jpdm]

Originally Posted by chris_nigel

^ So this would Liberty will be another name for a SIM Card here..just asking LOL

maybe.

[Nanflexal]

Originally Posted by jpdm

maybe.

ok na kahit di na sila mag promote. shutdown nalang nila yon network. wala naman kuwenta service nila.

[jpdm]

Originally Posted by Nanflexal

ok na kahit di na sila mag promote. shutdown nalang nila yon network. wala naman kuwenta service nila.

in other words nakuryente ang San Miguel for taking over Liberty Telecoms?

[Retro]

Globe explores LTE technology

Business Insight Malaya Philippines
June 23, 2010

Globe Telecom continues testing the Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in as it aims to bring the latest mobile broadband innovation to the Philippines.

LTE is a high-performance air interface for cellular mobile technology. After 2G and 3G, LTE is next frontier in radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks. It addresses the demand for higher data rates and increased quality of service.

LTE enables its users to experience the fastest mobile broadband service up to 100 MBPS.

It will not only make existing mobile phone applications faster, but will pave the way for new functions that previously available only on a wired internet connection. With LTE, multimedia content and applications be available anytime, anywhere.

Several worldwide carriers like Verizon and AT&T in the United States are beginning to convert their networks to LTE. In fact, global telecom industry analysts say that demand for LTE connections should soar once the technology is commercially available.

As a pioneer, Globe continues to deploy future technologies for use of Filipino customers such as LTE.

Local LTE testing is being undertaken in conjunction with parent firm Singapore Telecom, who has spearheaded efforts for LTE trials across affiliates in Asia and Australia.

The trials will take about six to nine months and is meant to understand LTE and determine the best approach and strategy for its adoption locally. The trials will also lay the groundwork to establish a regionally compatible LTE network.

[Nanflexal]

Originally Posted by Retro

Globe explores LTE technology

Business Insight Malaya Philippines
June 23, 2010

Globe Telecom continues testing the Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in as it aims to bring the latest mobile broadband innovation to the Philippines.

LTE is a high-performance air interface for cellular mobile technology. After 2G and 3G, LTE is next frontier in radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks. It addresses the demand for higher data rates and increased quality of service.

LTE enables its users to experience the fastest mobile broadband service up to 100 MBPS.

It will not only make existing mobile phone applications faster, but will pave the way for new functions that previously available only on a wired internet connection. With LTE, multimedia content and applications be available anytime, anywhere.

Several worldwide carriers like Verizon and AT&T in the United States are beginning to convert their networks to LTE. In fact, global telecom industry analysts say that demand for LTE connections should soar once the technology is commercially available.

As a pioneer, Globe continues to deploy future technologies for use of Filipino customers such as LTE.

Local LTE testing is being undertaken in conjunction with parent firm Singapore Telecom, who has spearheaded efforts for LTE trials across affiliates in Asia and Australia.

The trials will take about six to nine months and is meant to understand LTE and determine the best approach and strategy for its adoption locally. The trials will also lay the groundwork to establish a regionally compatible LTE network.

and once deploy, Globe will offer 1 Mbps internet for residential. p@tang inang nyo Globe, Smart kung makaka-kula lang ako ng internet galing sa ibang bansa sila pa ang pipiliin ko kisa sa 1 Mbps na internet nyo. pwe. Wimax and LTE 1 Mbps lang ang speed na binigay pero yon singil 1000.00

makaka-kuha kana ng 20 to 50 Mbps nyan sa Malaysia at Hongkong.

my own thread of this LTE
http://www.xdownx.org/index.php?/top...te-technology/

[fengrun]

walang sim card ang wi-tribe aka liberty telecom, aka san miguel wimax, dahil hindi naman sila telco or mobile phone company.

Wimax lang ang current product nila, at walang sim card ang wimax modems nila.

[amigo32]

Originally Posted by Nanflexal

ok na kahit di na sila mag promote. shutdown nalang nila yon network. wala naman kuwenta service nila.

hindi namn kasi for biz ang service nila. for home users only na hindi mahilig mag download sa torrent, p2p etc..

[Nanflexal]

Originally Posted by amigo32

hindi namn kasi for biz ang service nila. for home users only na hindi mahilig mag download sa torrent, p2p etc..

kung alam ko yon CAP nila ng 3 or 6 GB hindi parin ako mag-sa-subcribe sa kanila.