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Articles in March, 2008 issue of Telecom Asia

• GPS-enabled handsets for less
• Sri Lanka Telecom posts a lower-than-expected 4% rise in 2007 group net profit despite strong profits from mobile arm, Mobitel, as tariff changes hurt its final quarter
• ZTE warns that a brewing corruption scandal linking it to an allegedly overpriced deal and kickbacks in the Philippines
• European data privacy regulators say that internet search engines based outside Europe must also comply with EU rules on how a person's internet address or search history is stored
• The iPhone business model killer
  by Nikolaj Grubert
• Ericsson appoints head of sales
• Asia to drive mobile growth
• Mobility, lifestyle enhancement take center stage
• Samsung overtakes Motorola in China
• The government, carriers and vendors are set to spend more than 70b yuan on a "next-generation broadband wireless mobile communications network" project
• Japan's space agency launches an experimental communications satellite
• Siemens will cut 7,000 jobs from its corporate telecommunications unit Siemens Enterprise Networks
• Cable & Wireless will eliminate about 100 jobs in Jamaica as part of a restructuring to better compete with competition in the Caribbean country
• Qualcomm taps GM for MediaFLO
• Missing out on games glory
  by Robert Clark
• Secure public safety communications
  by Fiona
• Scalable app delivery controller
  by Fiona
• A telecom leap forward
  by Robert Clark
• Telekom Malaysia reports a marginal rise in fourth-quarter net profit as foreign exchange losses and other charges offset improvements in its overseas cellular businesses
• The DoT awards Cable & Wireless licenses
• Reliance Communications acquires a telecom firm in Uganda
• New microwave radio range
  by Fiona
• Exec appointments at Sybase 365
• Threat level elevated: the brave new world of managed security services: it's a jungle out there in cyberspace, and the threats grow more complex and challenging every day. As such, managed security services are in vogue, but service providers have had to
  by John C. Tanner
• Your own handset counselor
• SD, not HD, could drive DVB-S2/MPEG-4
  by John C. Tanner
• China Telecom approves a proposed scheme to absorb 20 wholly-owned subsidiaries of the company
• LG Telecom plans to move to the main stock exchange
• Research In Motion is suing Motorola
• US federal regulators say they are ready to discipline internet service providers that secretly favor certain types of data traffic
• Simplifying complex service pricing schemes
  by Fiona
• Rohde & Schwarz appoints operations chief
• High-accuracy caller location feature
  by Fiona
• Clear regulatory outlooks boosts Telstra
  by Lachlan Colqhoun
• AIS reports a better-than-expected 61% rise in quarterly earnings, as it started booking interconnection fees from other operators
• Telstra's net profit for the six months to December 31 rose 13% to A$1.93b from a year earlier, as it snared more market share from competitors
• Nokia Siemens Networks will cut 239 jobs in Finland
• Internet outages raise terror fears: the recent widespread outages due to cut undersea cables raise concerns about sabotage, but experts insists fishing, anchoring and quakes are the only real threats
  by Fiona Chau
• Leader for Nokia Artists' advisory council
• Promotions at NetApp
• Consumers want convergence simplified
• CAT Telecom is preparing to abandon its money-losing CDMA business and migrate to GSM system
• Hutchison Telecommunications says its full-year net loss narrowed last year when compared to the year before, and that it expects a turnaround in earnings before the end of 2008
• Consortiums led by Bahrain Telecommunications, Hong Kong's PCCW and US-based Verizon Communications win final approval to operate new Saudi fixed-line phone networks
• Multimedia obstacles: multimedia services are being held back by a lack of education among subscribers about the services as well as fears over the anticipated cost
  by Abigail Ho
• RFS hires India operations head
• Procera Networks' new CEO
• Issues still hound mobile TV industry
• Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group plans to invest $1b to upgrade the country's broadband internet network and keep pace with economic growth
• The Department of Telecommunication signs 210 licensing agreements with nine new telecom operators for 23 circles across the country
• France Telecom, Sagem Communications and Thomson launch a software joint venture that aims to compete with Microsoft
• First SDR base station
  by Fiona
• Redback CEO steps down
• Technology hype takes backseat to experience and insight
  by Joseph Waring
• Networking opportunities across Asia
• Nokia and Samsung control 50% of market
• The National Telecommunications Commission is expected to issue long-awaited licenses for the 3G mobile services to private operators in May
• NTT DoCoMo will offer 24-hour free calls between family members as it fights to keep users from switching carriers
• Nortel Networks will cut 2,100 jobs, about 6% of its work force, as it reported its fourth-quarter losses had widened, sending its shares tumbling
• Balancing act: dual networks and partnerships: SK Telecom China Holdings' CEO Suk Hwan Lee explains the strategic role of its partnership on TD-SCDMA in tightening the link with China and reveals the importance and challenges of maintaining dual networks
• Intelsat appoints VP
• No buried treasure
• Coverage for inaccessible locations
  by Fiona
• Wimax on the fast track
  by Sufia Tippu
• Motorola announces a 350m ringgit reinvestment into Malaysia from 2007 to 2012
• Google confirms its long-expected participation in the Asian bandwidth business with a stake in a new multi-terabit cable between Japan and the US
• Two Linux-based mobile operating systems made their handset debuts at the Mobile World Congress
• Added RF spectrum analyzer option
  by Fiona
• Telcogames taps new chair
• Indian subscriber boom spawns new players: a ballooning subscriber base in India anticipates a rush of new operators, but consolidation looms even before the newcomers arrive
  by Sufia Tippu
• The whole truth
• Thinking outside the clamshell
  by John C. Tanner
• The MII aims to provide broadband internet to more than 95% of villages and townships across the country by the end of 2008
• The government gives final approval to SK Telecom's proposed acquisition of Hanarotelecom, though not without conditions
• Bain Capital and Huawei abandon their $2.2b takeover of networking firm 3Com
• Britain will impose legislation on internet service providers by April 2009 if they do not work with the music and film industries to curb illegal downloading, the government
• Integrated GPON fiber access gateway device
  by Fiona
• Springboard Research gets new research director
• Cashing in on user-defined services
  by Cynthia Leung
• Plug and play