Stories by Stephen Lawson

Foreign firms to leap into China Internet

Foreign companies this week are setting their sights on China's fast-growing Internet services business, amid reports that the government will legalize outside investment in the industry as early as this quarter.

FCC Names New Chief Technologist

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday named David Farber, currently a telecommunications professor at the University of Pennsylvania, as its chief technologist.

Hong Kong to Kick Off 3G Mobile Data Services

Hong Kong is setting up its red-hot mobile communications market for broadband, with licenses for third-generation (3G) services scheduled to be issued late this year, the government confirmed today.

Hong Kong Exchange, Banks Run Smoothly

In their first regular business day of operation since the Year 2000 rollover, the engines of Hong Kong's economy were reported running smoothly, unaffected by four apparently minor problems that hit local government agencies.

UPDATE: HK Exchange, Banks Run Smoothly

In their first regular business day of operation since the Year 2000 rollover, the engines of Hong Kong's economy were reported running smoothly, unaffected by four apparently minor problems that hit local government agencies.

Motorola, China team up on 3G mobile services

Motorola has announced a deal that will let the company tap in to the burgeoning brainpower of China's academic community to develop third-generation (3G) mobile data technology.

New T&T teams up with China Telecom

New T&T Hong Kong has gained access to China Telecom's fibre-optic network in Mainland China, opening up new services opportunities for one of Hong Kong's aggressive carriers.

Cisco's entry likely to drive wireless LAN market

Cisco Systems' acquisition of wireless LAN (local area network) vendor Aironet Wireless Communications, announced earlier this month, may change the face of the market by putting enterprises' and home users' data on the air.

COMDEX: Users, vendors eye challenges of voice over IP

Voice over IP holds the promise of slashed long-distance bills and flexible future services, but service quality and security concerns may be holding users back from adopting it, according to participants and users at a Comdex panel discussion here yesterday.
The discussion drew nearly a full house of hundreds of users - most of them IS managers - who heard an industry analyst and a service provider executive examine the pros and cons of voice over IP (VOIP).

Acquisition heats up super-router market

Several large makers of telecommunications equipment and start-ups last month geared up to supply tomorrow's high-speed carrier networks, and Lucent led the way with a major acquisition.

Service-level monitoring options growing

Options for service-level management will grow this month, with 3Com and two other companies detailing software upgrades to monitor network application performance.

SuperComm gives DSL profile boost

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology got a recent boost from several major network vendors who announced progress towards high-powered, multivendor DSL infrastructures.

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