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  • Ratan Tata Investment Underscores How Xiaomi Defies Odds

    CHINA, 2015/05/03 It was only last December at the same time as Chinese smartphone sensation Xiaomi was getting bad press for a reported intellectual property trouble in India. Five months later, that story has faded, restored by a well-received product launch in the country in April along with even additional striking news: Esteemed Indian tycoon business leader Tata has bought a stake in the company. Terms weren’t disclosed. That quick reversal in perceptions and new partnership in India underscores how Xiaomi, a “startup” flush with experienced leadership at the top of the company, has been finding ways to challenge odds and advance in business. Though only five years old, its chief Lei Jun combines two decades of experience in the industry. Co-founders hail from Google, Microsoft and Motorola, bringing ideas about how small businesses can get ahead of entrenched ones. Xiaomi shook up smartphone sales in China, the world’s major market for the devices, in part by eliminating middlemen in its sales channels and passing savings from an online business model along to grateful, mostly young, consumers.

  • Using your mobile phone as a handy tool for financial transactions in India...

    INDIA, 2015/04/25 Using your mobile phone as a handy tool for financial transactions, instead of cash or cards, has become a reality with mobile wallets (m-Wallets), and though a relatively new concept, it is fast gaining popularity across the world. With the human race’s increasing penchant for ‘all things technology’ to make life simpler and additional efficient, it’ll not be long before innovations like m-Wallets make the traditional leather wallet completely redundant. A mobile m-Wallet is essentially a digitized vault for personal identification and making financial transactions, be it airline or hotel bookings, banking, communication, receiving and managing offers and reward bonuses; all integrated across various consumer platforms.

  • Thailand gears up to go digital

    THAILAND, 2015/04/02 As the government sharpens it focus on ICT, a digital drive is taking shape in Thailand, underpinned by plans that include incentives for investors and improved communications infrastructure.

  • Changes in Brunei Darussalam's telecoms market

    BRUNEI , 2015/04/01 Consumers are set to benefit from significant changes in Brunei Darussalam’s telecoms market due to moves by the sector regulator to eliminate mobile termination and incoming call charges, amongst other measures. On March 3rd, the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI) announced plans to rationalise tariffs to ensure a level playing field between mobile operators. The changes, which become effective at the end of March, include directives requiring local mobile providers to adopt the so-called Sender-Keeps-All (SKA) interconnection regime, which eliminates mobile termination charges, allowing existing players and new entrants to compete on an equal footing. “The different pricing arrangement has become a barrier to inter-operator communications. Subscribers of the major player would be reluctant to call subscribers of a smaller player due to the higher rates imposed,” said the body.

  • Chinese pay-television operator StarTimes

    CHINA, 2015/03/28 Chinese pay-television operator StarTimes said Monday it has deployed Conax certified Set-Top Box (STB) chipset solution from ALi Corporation to further expand their African markets. StarTimes, with branches in 26 African nations and operations in 14 nations, has accumulated nearly 5 million subscribers across Africa and ranks part the top three digital TV operators in the region. StarTimes chairman Pang Xinxing said the collaboration with world leading partners, ALi and Conax, helps them deliver optimized total solutions in terms of performance, security, and costs that drive DTV expansion in Africa.

  • The project Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway

    RUSSIA, 2015/03/06 The project Trans-Eurasian Data Super Highway was discussed in the Telecom and Mass Communications Ministry of the Russian Federation in Moscow on February 25. Representatives from Rostelecom, TransTelecom and MTS discussed current national and next prospects of the project, AzerTag national news agency reported.

  • In August 2013 Bharti Airtel raised its stake in Airtel Nigeria

    INDIA, 2014/10/11 In August 2013 Bharti Airtel raised its stake in Airtel Nigeria by 13.36 %. BusinessDayOnline quoted a note to stakeholders as saying that the stakes had been acquired from 'certain existing shareholders although the financial details not disclosed. Looking at Airtel's African subscriber base, Nigeria is its biggest market, with some 21.59 million subscribers at the end of June 2013. It represents 30 % of Airtel's African base. This is a market in which Airtel has to perform well in if it is to justify to its shareholders that it has made the right call in acquiring Zain's African assets in April 2010.

  • Airtel sells telecom towers in Africa

    INDIA, 2014/10/10 Bharti Airtel has signed an agreement with Helios Towers Africa (HTA) to sell its telecom towers. The transaction was made for an undisclosed all. The New Delhi-based company will divest the towers across four nations in Africa, a move that will help it reduce deficit and capital spending and allow Airtel to focus on its core business and customers. The transaction will enable HTA to own additional than 7,800 towers across Africa, making it the major independent tower company in the continent, Bharti Airtel said in a statement.

  • China Mobile to buy into True

    CHINA, 2014/06/10 True Corporation's almost decade-old quest for a strategic partner is over as it forged an alliance with world telecom giant China Mobile International Ltd (CMI) to support its ambitious regional increase. Under the agreement, CMI, a all owned subsidiary of China Mobile Communication Co, will pay 28.6 billion baht for an 18% stake in Thailand's leading telecommunications conglomerate, backed by billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont. A partnership arrangement was signed yesterday in Bangkok. authentic will issue 10.077 billion new shares to existing shareholders and CMI at a price of 6.45 baht per share. Assuming full placement, the share issue will raise 65 billion baht in capital for the company.

  • Microsoft and Lufthansa Systems take mobile services airborne

    GERMANY, 2014/02/11 Tuesday at the Singapore Airshow 2014, Microsoft Corp and Lufthansa Systems are showcasing the new BoardConnect app for Windows 8. The app allows airlines to create a incomparable experience for their in-flight passenger entertainment systems. The interactive solution will allow users to watch the new movies, order food, shop, find data about their destinations and much additional. The entertainment platform can be quickly customized for new airline customers and allows them to configure devices to offer a uniquely branded product to their passengers. "We are making BoardConnect available on Windows 8 to give passengers even additional choices to use the platform," said Norbert Muller, senior vice president of BoardConnect at Lufthansa Systems. "This makes it easy for airlines to give their passengers a superior in-flight entertainment experience that allows them to watch a wide range of movies, look at flight data and shop, all from their seat."
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