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Articles in May, 2003 issue of Telecom Asia

• Strong demand for wholesale wavelength services - Insight: one month's telecom research - Brief Article
• Hong Kong: Sunday Communications launches a service - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Taipei: Chunghwa Telecom plans to launch a much-postponed American Depositary Receipts issue in July - ADRs - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• As the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States continues to examine Hutchison-Whampoa's investment in Global Crossing - movements - Brief Article
• Trading places: blurring the lines between telcos and TV: Telcos and broadband ISPs hungry for value-added video have been creeping into the TV space via IPTV. From the other side, new platforms are giving content providers fresh distribution channels
  by John C. Tanner
• Preview: CommunicAsia2003 [17-20 June, 2003]
• Undersea glut - Stat Snap - Brief Article
• Beijing: China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom will spend less on new gear this year than in 2002 - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Seoul: the MIC plans to postpone nationwide W-CDMA services until after 2006 - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Singapore: analysts worry that new product rollouts and quality checks that new clients make on suppliers' factories could be disrupted for Singapore tech suppliers because of the spread of the SARS virus - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Arti
• A federal judge in New York, acting upon a ruling from the US Court of Appeals, dismisses Motorola's racketeering case against the Uzan family, owners of Turkish cellco Telsim - movements - Brief Article
• 10-Gbps optical transceivers - Premiere: latest products and services - Brief Article
  by Fiona Chau
• Wiretap - Back Page Briefing - Brief Article
• Broadband to drive SDH sales - Insight: one month's telecom research - Brief Article
• Hong Kong: China Mobile and China Unicom declare first-ever dividends - News Map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Seoul: Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics halt deliveries of handsets to SK Global - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• WorldCom files a reorganization plan to emerge from bankruptcy with a smaller debt of $3.5-$4.5 billion and a $1 billion cash cushion - movements - Brief Article
• Microsoft files a complaint against Lucent Technologies to counter claims by Lucent that Microsoft's hardware partners.—Dell Computer and Gateway—were infringing on the telecoms equipment maker's patents - movements - Brief Article
• Networking the multinational: the turmoil in global service provision may have settled down, but users are becoming more conscious of provider stability—and new competition - Telecom Corporate
  by Grahame Lynch
• WLAN hot spots to the WiMAX - First Mile
  by John C. Tanner
• SmarTone's ISP bid a smart move: flashbacks, updates and nostalgia: Telecom Asia, May 1999 - Resend
• Manila: Globe announces its first cash dividend in 13 years - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Globe Telecom GMCR Inc - Brief Article
• Wellington: five New Zealand telcos, including TelstraClear urge the Commerce Commission to rule on how the costs of providing local telephone and mobile number portability should be divided up - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Motorola completes its offer for 13.3 million Next Level shares after extending the deadline five times - movements - Brief Article
• CTI system for small call centers - Premiere: latest products and services - Computer Telephony Integration - Brief Article
  by Fiona Chau
• Ready - Back Page Briefing - Brief Article
• Fun and games in home network - Insight: one month's telecom research - Brief Article
• Bangkok: Shin Satellite has presold about 35% of the capacity from its 40 Gbps iPSTAR broadband satellite due - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Tokyo: eight major ISPs including NTT Com, KDDI and Japan Telecom - News Map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• FLAG Telecom contracts Fujitsu to increase capacity on key segments of the FLAG Europe-Asia submarine cable - FEA - movements - Brief Article
• Still investigating after all these years: lower valuations, fewer competitors, less cash: telecom fund specialist TVG is making the stock market meltdown work for it. So says managing director John Troy, speaking with group editor Robert Clark in his Hon
  by Robert Clark
• FCC gives green light to telco lawbreakers - Telecom Planet
  by Grahame Lynch
• Dividing up the wireless spoils of war - Tanner
  by John C. Tanner
• Owners to buy 90% of needs from Reach - News Analysis - Brief Article
  by Robert Clark
• Manila: PLDT sacks more than 1,300 employees of its 12,000 workforce in a staff reduction program implemented last month - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Sydney: Telstra launches a suite of 3G apps for its cdma2000 1x network, initially in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Ericsson will outsource its worldwide IT operations to Hewlett-Packard - movements - Brief Article
• Lightning protection for communications systems - Premiere: latest products and services - Andrew Corp - Brief Article
  by Fiona Chau
• Surrender - Back Page Briefing - Brief Article
• Korea's broadband confusion - News Analysis
  by Robert Clark
• Fuzhou: the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court in Fujian province fines the local units of China Telecom - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Seoul: Onse Telecommunications becomes the second broadband service provider to file a court receivership due to a severe cash crunch - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Sydney: Hutchison Telecom launches Australia's first W-CDMA service, initially available in Sydney and Melbourne - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Cisco Systems launches several initiatives to boost profits of its distributor, including a cut in administrative fees - movements - Brief Article
• Integrated CMOS camera modules - Premiere: latest products and services - Agilent Technologies Inc - Brief Article
  by Fiona Chau
• The 3G lobbying season - Inside Line
  by Robert Clark
• Year of change in China - Insight: one month's telecom research - Brief Article
• Islamabad: Pakistan authorities block more than 1,800 pornographic Web sites - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo hits its target of 320,000 FOMA subscribers by the end of March - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Reach agrees to new terms with its banking syndicate for its $1.5 billion loan. . - movements - Reach Communications Services Thailand - Brief Article
• The slow tide of change in China's telecoms regulatory landscape - Forum China
  by Ross O'Brien
• Alone - Back Page Briefing - Brief Article
• Subsea construction: cost of submarine cables, 1998-2003 - Stat Snap - Brief Article - Illustration
• Beijing: China Unicom plans to issue 10 billion yuan in bonds - $1.2 billion - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Seoul: KTF and SK Telecom start talks to pitch in together to build a national W-CDMA network - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Singapore: IDA relaxes licensing requirements for foreign telecom operators coming into the market - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• The University of California and Amalgamated Bank's Longview Collective Investment Fund files suit against AOL Time Warner - movements - Brief Article
• NEC to resell Overture IP service gateway - Premiere: latest products and services - Brief Article
  by Fiona Chau
• Spinning broadband - Inside Line
  by Robert Clark
• PLDT wields the axe - News Analysis - Brief Article
  by Mary Ann Li Reyes
• Kuala Lumpur: Telekom Malaysia and Maxis will launch pilot 3G services by as early as July - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Tokyo: NTT and mobile unit NTT DoCoMo say the planned introduction of a size-based corporate tax is likely to slash their profits for 2002/03 - News Map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
• Level 3 becomes the latest global carrier to quit the Web hosting business after it hands over the operation to Computer Sciences Corp - movements - Brief Article
• C&W launches IP-VPN QoS solution for Asia - Premiere: latest products and services - Brief Article
  by Fiona Chau
• Overrun - Back Page Briefing - Brief Article