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Articles in August, 2004 issue of Telecom Asia

• DSL continues to pull ahead
• KT starts offering broadband service in Thailand by installing 5,500 high-speed Internet connections in Bangkok and on the resort island of Phuket
• Incumbent Chunghwa Telecom expands its Q2 net profit 2.3% year-on-year to $398m
• Six telecoms carriers, including KT, NTT Communications and BT
• 3 Italia reaches the 1-million subscriber mark
• PCCW COO resigns
• Chinadotcom names head of CRM software unit
• The State Council and the Assets Supervision and Administration Commission are considering merging the country's four telcos into two companies as state agencies search for ways to curb price competition and simplify the issuance of 3G licenses
• China's exports of handsets in the first five months of the year expanded 58%
• The Indian government proposes raising the cap for foreign direct investment in telecommunications from 49% to 74%
• Telstra signs its biggest ever wholesale agreement that allows rival Optus to connect to its national fixed-line network and to resell Telstra's local calls and high-speed data DSL services
• Intel's second-quarter profit rises 96% to $1.8b from $896m a year ago
• Midrange unified storage systems
  by Fiona Chau
• 3 UK names CFO
• Can-do
• Telling the user's story: Telecom user groups add another dimension to the industry debate, says Rosemary Sinclair, Asian vice-chairman of global users' body INTUG and head of Australia's ATUG. INTUG eyes a bigger role in Asia beyond the APEC Tel dialogue
  by Robert Clark
• Futuretech
• LBS poised for a rebound
• SK Telecom inks a $6.3m contract with TA Orange
• NTT East and NTT West jointly develop a stand-alone Internet videophone terminal, which will enable callers to communicate without a computer, camera and headphones
• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission signs an MoU with counterpart bodies in the US and Britain in an effort to minimize spam
• Amdocs signs a long-term global framework agreement
• TCNZ appoints new director, head of merged unit
• Lucent names government relations VP
• The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts directs SingTel to comply with a December IDA ruling on lowering wholesale LLC pricing
• Subsea fiber buildouts back on the radar
• Huawei Technologies wins a contract with Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications
• The government orders SK Telecom to reduce charges by 24% to its smaller rivals for using its network as part of measures to level the playing field in the telecoms industry
• MobileOne launches three-week push-to-talk trials with the Marriott Hotel and UPS in the city
• MCI awards Hewlett-Packard
• Cranite and Vivato jointly deliver WLAN networking solution
  by Fiona Chau
• Telstra appoints area GM
• Regulators at the doorstep: VoIP services remain largely unregulated across the region. While this has encouraged innovation and spurred competition, it is taking its toll on the traditional telcos. New regulations in the pipeline could change all that
  by Nick Abrahams
• Let the music play
  by John C. Tanner
• Moving toward a critical mass
• Telenor Pakistan awards Nokia a three-year turnkey deal to build and operate the carrier's GSM network
• Taiwan's Industrial Technology Information Service expects production of cellphones in the second half of the year to increase 57%
• Australia and Thailand will step up cooperation in the area of telecoms and IT under a signed pact
• Intel and Hutch India
• Vodafone KK president and CEO
• InfiniRoute taps two new executives
• The Ministry of Information Industry and State Development and Reform Committee issue a decree on tariff controls
• Wireless lasers aimed at enterprises
  by John C. Tanner
• Shanghai Unicom unveils 5,000 GSM/CDMA dual-mode mobile phones under the brand name World Wind
• The Indian government proposes cutting the Department of Telecom's budget for 2004-05
• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission approves Optus' proposed $163m takeover
• The GSM Association and Ovum agree to jointly deliver a market data and advisory service
• Next-gen multi-access connectivity system
  by Fiona Chau
• Wavecom deputy MD
• Adults
• NTT Com launches global unified voice/video solution
  by Fiona Chau
• Construction industry goes high-tech
• True teams up with NC Software to establish NC True
• KDDI plans to launch mobile phones powered by fuel cells by 2007 and is working with Hitachi and Toshiba
• Texas Instruments and NTT DoCoMo are working together to develop a multi-mode UMTS chipset
• BT Group launches a service that allows users to make VoIP calls over Yahoo's instant messenger product
• New president for BT Japan
• Governing the Net
  by Robert Clark
• Softswitches for everyone: the softswitch sector is gathering speed, especially now that smaller early adopters have forced the big guys to get serious about upgrading their networks
  by Robert Poe
• AT&T Wireless rolls out 3G service
• India's telecoms landscape set to change
  by Tamanna Kumar
• Indosat launches its fixed wireless services
• NTT DoCoMo will partner with local semi-conductor manufacturer Renesas Technology to develop a single-chip for WCDMA/GSM dual-mode handsets
• Sony Ericsson and the other shareholders in Symbian succeed in thwarting Nokia's bid
• Integrated voice services and unified messaging solution
  by Fiona Chau
• Intelsat's new regional sales director
• Remuneration
• Huawei achieves mass deployment of ADSL2+
• The search for growth: Telco's key expansion strategies
  by Robert Clark
• Telstra scores a victory but still under probe
  by Lachlan Colquhom
• The Hong Kong government agreed to accelerate the phasing out its mandatory Type II interconnection policy
• SK Group plans to invest $8.6b in information and telecoms business over the next three years
• StarHub and Indosat jointly launch IP VPN service for companies operating between Singapore and Batam
• BT and Microsoft team up to develop an integrated real-time communication and collaboration solution
• VoIP troubleshooting software
  by Fiona Chau
• Metalink strengthens Japanese operations
• Telecom Asia Awards final scores
• Behind Falun Gong's satellite hack: flashbacks, updates and nostalgia: Telecom Asia, August 2002
• Globe Telecom announces plans to spend $90m through 2007 to expand on its fixed-line network through the installation of 145,000 phone line nationwide
• Hutchison Telecom is discussing sharing its 3G network with Telstra and other carriers

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