Published: Monday July 12, 2010 MYT 8:42:00 AM
Updated: Monday July 12, 2010 MYT 9:00:46 AM
SAN JOSE, California: A federal judge says a monopoly abuse lawsuit against Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc.'s mobile phone unit can move forward as a class action.
The lawsuit consolidates several filed by iPhone buyers starting in late 2007, a few months after the first generation of Apple's smart phone went on sale.
An amended complaint filed in June 2008 takes issue with Apple's practice of "locking" iPhones so they can only be used on AT&T's network, and its absolute control over what applications iPhone owners can and cannot install on the gadgets.
The lawsuit also says Apple secretly made AT&T its exclusive iPhone partner in the U.S. for five years.
Consumers agreed to two-year contracts with the Dallas-based wireless carrier when they purchased their phones, but were in effect locked into a five-year relationship with AT&T, the lawsuit argued.
The actions hurt competition and drove up prices for consumers, the lawsuit claims. Apple and AT&T have not commented on the terms of their deal.
In its response to the complaint, Cupertino, California-based Apple said it did not hurt competition.
In court documents filed July 8, Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said parts of the lawsuit that deal with violations to antitrust law can continue as a class action.
The class includes anyone who bought an iPhone with a two-year AT&T agreement since the device first went on sale in June 2007.
Apple has sold more than 50 million iPhones in the last three years.
The company does not specify how many have gone to U.S. customers.
Ware dismissed other claims against Apple, among them allegations that the company broke laws when an update to the iPhone's operating software caused some phones to stop working and deleted programs that users had purchased.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction to keep Apple from selling locked iPhones in the U.S. and from determining what iPhone programs people can install.
It also seeks damages to cover legal fees and other costs. - AP
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Axiata announces several appointments
Published: 2010/07/07
AXIATA Group Bhd today announced the appointment of Donald James Rae as the new Senior Vice President for Group Business Development and Regional Operations, effective July 1.
President and Group Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Jamaludin Ibrahim was quoted as saying, in a statement, that the appointment was part of the group's effort to harness internal talent.
Eric Chong was also appointed Hello Axiata's Chief Marketing Officer in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, effective June 21.
Suresh Sidhu, Head of Regional Development, will move from the Corporate Centre to Sri Lanka as Chief Officer, Enterprise and Global Business. Replacing him will be Thivanka Rangala.
Jamaludin said Axiata was developing a management bandwidth in order to complete and provide flexible deployment of resources to respond to new opportunities and challenges. - Bernama
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AXIATA Group Bhd today announced the appointment of Donald James Rae as the new Senior Vice President for Group Business Development and Regional Operations, effective July 1.
President and Group Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Jamaludin Ibrahim was quoted as saying, in a statement, that the appointment was part of the group's effort to harness internal talent.
Eric Chong was also appointed Hello Axiata's Chief Marketing Officer in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, effective June 21.
Suresh Sidhu, Head of Regional Development, will move from the Corporate Centre to Sri Lanka as Chief Officer, Enterprise and Global Business. Replacing him will be Thivanka Rangala.
Jamaludin said Axiata was developing a management bandwidth in order to complete and provide flexible deployment of resources to respond to new opportunities and challenges. - Bernama
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
TM belanja RM2 bilion bagi HSBB tahun ini
Oleh Azli Ayob
2010/07/03
4,700 langgan khidmat UniFi sejak dilancarkan Mac lalu
TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd (TM) akan membelanjakan sejumlah RM2 bilion tahun ini bagi pelbagai kerja berkaitan projek perkhidmatan jalur lebar berkelajuan tinggi (HSBB) syarikat itu yang dikenali sebagai UniFi.
Setakat 30 April lalu, TM telah membelanjakan RM2.3 bilion bagi projek membabitkan perbelanjaan keseluruhan RM11.3 bilion itu yang meliputi penyediaan akses sambungan akhir, pelaksanaan teras Protokol Internet (IP) dan penambahan kapasiti bagi rangkaian antarabangsa. Pakej jalur lebar UniFi TM itu terdiri daripada perkhidmatan internet berkelajuan tinggi; siaran televisyen dan video menerusi internet protokol (IPTV) serta telefon internet. Ia ditawarkan pada harga bermula RM149 sebulan. Pengarah Program (Projek HSBB) TM, Ahmad Azhar Yahya, berkata sejak dilancarkan Mac lalu, jumlah pelanggan UniFi adalah seramai 4,700 dan ia dijangka terus meningkat menerusi usaha pemasaran agresif yang sedang dilaksanakan TM ketika ini.
“Jumlah pelanggan juga akan bertambah sejajar dengan peningkatan kawasan liputan perkhidmatan,” katanya pada sidang media sempena promosi perkhidmatan UniFi di Bangsar Shopping Center, Kuala Lumpur, semalam.
Ahmad berkata, bermula kelmarin, perkhidmatan UniFi sudah diperluaskan ke 18 lagi kawasan di seluruh negara daripada empat kawasan ketika dilancarkan Mac lalu.
Pada peringkat awal pelancarannya, perkhidmatan itu hanya disediakan di Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail dan Bangsar di Kuala Lumpur.
Beliau berkata, kawasan terbaru termasuklah kawasan industri Kulim Hi-Tech Park di Kedah, Bayan Baru di Pulau Pinang, Senai dan Gelang Patah di Johor, Wangsa Maju, Sungai Buloh, Puchong dan Cyberjaya di Selangor serta Putrajaya dan Damansara di Wilayah Persekutuan.
“Dengan 18 kawasan baru ini, perkhidmatan UniFi kini boleh dipasang di 375,000 premis dan akan ia akan meningkat kepada 750,000 premis menjelang akhir tahun ini dan 1.3 juta pada akhir 2012,” katanya.
Ahmad berkata, TM juga sedang berusaha meningkatkan lagi kandungan bagi perkhidmatan UniFi untuk menarik lebih ramai pelanggan.
“Kami akan mendapatkan lebih banyak penyedia kandungan tempatan dari semasa ke semasa daripada 10 penyedia kandungan ketika ini,” katanya.
Beliau berkata, sehingga kini TM masih lagi memberikan beberapa insentif bagi menarik pelanggan baru seperti pengecualian caj pemasangan, peralatan atau pengaktifan.
“Bagaimanapun pelanggan lama yang sebelum ini menikmati perkhidmatan secara percuma akan mula membayar bil mereka mulai bulan ini,” katanya
http://www.bharian.com.my/articles/TMbelanjaRM2bilionbagiHSBBtahunini/Article/
2010/07/03
4,700 langgan khidmat UniFi sejak dilancarkan Mac lalu
TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd (TM) akan membelanjakan sejumlah RM2 bilion tahun ini bagi pelbagai kerja berkaitan projek perkhidmatan jalur lebar berkelajuan tinggi (HSBB) syarikat itu yang dikenali sebagai UniFi.
Setakat 30 April lalu, TM telah membelanjakan RM2.3 bilion bagi projek membabitkan perbelanjaan keseluruhan RM11.3 bilion itu yang meliputi penyediaan akses sambungan akhir, pelaksanaan teras Protokol Internet (IP) dan penambahan kapasiti bagi rangkaian antarabangsa. Pakej jalur lebar UniFi TM itu terdiri daripada perkhidmatan internet berkelajuan tinggi; siaran televisyen dan video menerusi internet protokol (IPTV) serta telefon internet. Ia ditawarkan pada harga bermula RM149 sebulan. Pengarah Program (Projek HSBB) TM, Ahmad Azhar Yahya, berkata sejak dilancarkan Mac lalu, jumlah pelanggan UniFi adalah seramai 4,700 dan ia dijangka terus meningkat menerusi usaha pemasaran agresif yang sedang dilaksanakan TM ketika ini.
“Jumlah pelanggan juga akan bertambah sejajar dengan peningkatan kawasan liputan perkhidmatan,” katanya pada sidang media sempena promosi perkhidmatan UniFi di Bangsar Shopping Center, Kuala Lumpur, semalam.
Ahmad berkata, bermula kelmarin, perkhidmatan UniFi sudah diperluaskan ke 18 lagi kawasan di seluruh negara daripada empat kawasan ketika dilancarkan Mac lalu.
Pada peringkat awal pelancarannya, perkhidmatan itu hanya disediakan di Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail dan Bangsar di Kuala Lumpur.
Beliau berkata, kawasan terbaru termasuklah kawasan industri Kulim Hi-Tech Park di Kedah, Bayan Baru di Pulau Pinang, Senai dan Gelang Patah di Johor, Wangsa Maju, Sungai Buloh, Puchong dan Cyberjaya di Selangor serta Putrajaya dan Damansara di Wilayah Persekutuan.
“Dengan 18 kawasan baru ini, perkhidmatan UniFi kini boleh dipasang di 375,000 premis dan akan ia akan meningkat kepada 750,000 premis menjelang akhir tahun ini dan 1.3 juta pada akhir 2012,” katanya.
Ahmad berkata, TM juga sedang berusaha meningkatkan lagi kandungan bagi perkhidmatan UniFi untuk menarik lebih ramai pelanggan.
“Kami akan mendapatkan lebih banyak penyedia kandungan tempatan dari semasa ke semasa daripada 10 penyedia kandungan ketika ini,” katanya.
Beliau berkata, sehingga kini TM masih lagi memberikan beberapa insentif bagi menarik pelanggan baru seperti pengecualian caj pemasangan, peralatan atau pengaktifan.
“Bagaimanapun pelanggan lama yang sebelum ini menikmati perkhidmatan secara percuma akan mula membayar bil mereka mulai bulan ini,” katanya
http://www.bharian.com.my/articles/TMbelanjaRM2bilionbagiHSBBtahunini/Article/
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Google to buy air ticket booking company for US$700mil
Published: Friday July 2, 2010 MYT 7:26:00 AM
Updated: Friday July 2, 2010 MYT 7:27:35 AM
SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc. plans to buy travel technology company ITA Software Inc. in a US$700 million deal that would enable the Internet search leader to steer more of the airline reservations booked on the Web.
The all-cash deal announced Thursday signals Google's intention to challenge flight-comparison services that are ITA customers, including Kayak, FareCompare, Hotwire and Microsoft Corp.'s Bing Travel.
The deal is likely to face a rigorous review by federal antitrust regulators.
"There is clearly more room for competition and innovation" in online travel, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in a conference call.
"We will improve the way flight information is organized."
ITA Software, a 500-employee company created in 1996 by computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sells technology that helps run the reservation systems of many airlines, including American, Southwest, Alaska and Continental.
Its software also powers the tools that other travel websites use to track air fares.
The widespread reliance on ITA's technology means federal regulators are likely to spend six months to a year trying to determine whether the acquisition will give Google an unfair advantage in the rapidly growing online travel market, said Ted Henneberry, an antitrust lawyer in Washington for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
"This is going to raise a lot of eyebrows," he said.
Schmidt did not predict when the deal might close, but said he expected Google would ultimately win approval after regulators take a "fair amount" of time to review the deal.
"We are pretty confident that this is pro-competitive and pro-consumer," Schmidt said. Both the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Justice Department declined to comment Thursday.
Google is counting on ITA's expertise to improve the quality of its search results when people are looking to make airline reservations.
Schmidt predicted the biggest winners in this deal would be consumers, but he also predicted Google would be able to drive more traffic to airlines and travel agencies such as Orbitz and Expedia.
Google would profit from ITA's technology by selling more ads alongside the flight data.
Bing has been picking up more traffic with features that help people figure out whether the prices of airline prices are likely to increase or decrease.
Like other search engines specializing in travel, Bing checks multiple sites at once for the best deals and sends users to those sites to book there.
Google intends to honor all of ITA's existing contracts if the acquisition is approved.
It's unclear whether Google would still want to work with some of its rivals after the contracts expire.
This isn't the first Google acquisition to come under intense scrutiny.
Regulators took nearly a year to approve the company's $3.2 billion purchase of online ad service DoubleClick in 2008 and six months to OK its recent $750 million takeover of mobile ad service AdMob.
Those successes may have emboldened Google to buy ITA Software, too, Henneberry said. - AP
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/2/business/20100702073125&sec=business
Updated: Friday July 2, 2010 MYT 7:27:35 AM
SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc. plans to buy travel technology company ITA Software Inc. in a US$700 million deal that would enable the Internet search leader to steer more of the airline reservations booked on the Web.
The all-cash deal announced Thursday signals Google's intention to challenge flight-comparison services that are ITA customers, including Kayak, FareCompare, Hotwire and Microsoft Corp.'s Bing Travel.
The deal is likely to face a rigorous review by federal antitrust regulators.
"There is clearly more room for competition and innovation" in online travel, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in a conference call.
"We will improve the way flight information is organized."
ITA Software, a 500-employee company created in 1996 by computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sells technology that helps run the reservation systems of many airlines, including American, Southwest, Alaska and Continental.
Its software also powers the tools that other travel websites use to track air fares.
The widespread reliance on ITA's technology means federal regulators are likely to spend six months to a year trying to determine whether the acquisition will give Google an unfair advantage in the rapidly growing online travel market, said Ted Henneberry, an antitrust lawyer in Washington for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
"This is going to raise a lot of eyebrows," he said.
Schmidt did not predict when the deal might close, but said he expected Google would ultimately win approval after regulators take a "fair amount" of time to review the deal.
"We are pretty confident that this is pro-competitive and pro-consumer," Schmidt said. Both the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Justice Department declined to comment Thursday.
Google is counting on ITA's expertise to improve the quality of its search results when people are looking to make airline reservations.
Schmidt predicted the biggest winners in this deal would be consumers, but he also predicted Google would be able to drive more traffic to airlines and travel agencies such as Orbitz and Expedia.
Google would profit from ITA's technology by selling more ads alongside the flight data.
Bing has been picking up more traffic with features that help people figure out whether the prices of airline prices are likely to increase or decrease.
Like other search engines specializing in travel, Bing checks multiple sites at once for the best deals and sends users to those sites to book there.
Google intends to honor all of ITA's existing contracts if the acquisition is approved.
It's unclear whether Google would still want to work with some of its rivals after the contracts expire.
This isn't the first Google acquisition to come under intense scrutiny.
Regulators took nearly a year to approve the company's $3.2 billion purchase of online ad service DoubleClick in 2008 and six months to OK its recent $750 million takeover of mobile ad service AdMob.
Those successes may have emboldened Google to buy ITA Software, too, Henneberry said. - AP
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Google says China partially blocks search service
Published: Friday July 2, 2010 MYT 9:10:00 AM
BEIJING: A Google search feature was blocked in China on Thursday, the company said as it awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship.
Google Inc. said mainland users were unable to use the search giant's "suggest" feature, which offers possible results as they start to type a query.
When it works, the feature may offer Chinese users a reminder that "tiananmen square massacre pictures" are available - but perhaps blocked - when they simply start typing in "tiananmen."
"It appears that search queries produced by Google Suggest are being blocked for mainland users in China," Google spokeswoman Jessica Powell said in an e-mail.
"Normal searches that do not use query suggestions are unaffected."
Although Google services such as YouTube do get blocked from time to time, the new constraints are the latest example of the Chinese government using its power to make Google's search engine a less convenient option on the mainland.
Google this week stopped automatically redirecting traffic from mainland China to its Hong Kong site after the government warned the maneuver could result in the loss of the company's Internet license in the country.
Google's relations with Beijing have been deteriorating since the U.S.-based search giant took a stand against the government's online censorship rules in response to computer hacking attacks that the company traced to China.
Google closed its China-based search engine March 22 and began routing users to its unfiltered site in Hong Kong.
With the shift, Google hoped to be able to maintain its technological toehold in one of the Internet's most important markets while sticking to its free-speech principles.
But the Chinese government's threats to take away Google's license indicate it may punish Google for its defiance, even if the retaliation undermines the country's efforts to encourage more technological innovation.
Losing the Chinese license would be a significant setback for Google, even though China will only account for a fraction of the company's projected $28 billion in revenue this year.
China already has emerged as the Internet's most populous market with nearly 400 million Web surfers, and usage is expected to rise for years to come.
Anything that hinders Google's ability to mine the China's growth potential would likely hurt its stock price, which has already fallen by nearly 30 percent since the start of the year.
The shares were down $3.81 to $441.14 in afternoon trading Thursday.
Although Google's China license runs until 2012, it must be renewed annually.
The company applied for renewal before Wednesday's filing deadline. Google hasn't received any indication when regulators will rule on the application.
The official Xinhua News Agency said "there will be a result soon" and Google was "very late" in submitting the application. Phone calls to the regulator, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, were not answered.
A foreign ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, did not answer directly when asked whether Google would be allowed to operate in China.
"Internet operating companies, while doing business in China, should abide by Chinese laws and regulations," Qin said.
"We hope all foreign companies, including Internet companies, should comply with Chinese laws and regulations."
The China site, Google.cn, was operating Thursday with a tab that said "we have moved to google.com.hk." Clicking on that took users to the Hong Kong site.
If Chinese regulators decide the new linking technique still isn't enough to renew Google's license, Web surfers could still reach the Chinese-language Hong Kong site by typing in its ".hk" address directly. Industry analysts, though, believe many people would defect to Chinese competitors such as Baidu Inc.
Google, based in Mountain View, California, has about 30 percent of China's search market, compared with Baidu's 60 percent.
Analysts say the rerouting of mainland China search requests so far has had little effect on revenue, but the outright closure of Google.cn could hurt advertising sales.
Google opened its China site in 2006 to attract more Chinese users after the government filters slowed their access to its main U.S. site, Google.com.
In a letter requesting Google's license renewal, the company's local partner, Guxiang Information Technology Co. Ltd., pledged to "abide by the Chinese law" and "provide no lawbreaking contents," Xinhua reported.
Also Thursday, a state-run newspaper said Google is not on the first list of companies that the government plans to approve to provide online mapping services.
Twenty-three domestic companies including Baidu, portal Sohu Inc. and e-commerce site Alibaba are among those expected to be approved, the China Daily said, citing the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.
Asked for comment on Google's situation, a U.S. State Department spokesman, P.J. Crowley, said Wednesday in Washington, "I think there are negotiations ongoing, and these are a matter between China and Google." - AP
Online:
Google China site (in Chinese):
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/2/business/20100702091516&sec=business
BEIJING: A Google search feature was blocked in China on Thursday, the company said as it awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship.
Google Inc. said mainland users were unable to use the search giant's "suggest" feature, which offers possible results as they start to type a query.
When it works, the feature may offer Chinese users a reminder that "tiananmen square massacre pictures" are available - but perhaps blocked - when they simply start typing in "tiananmen."
"It appears that search queries produced by Google Suggest are being blocked for mainland users in China," Google spokeswoman Jessica Powell said in an e-mail.
"Normal searches that do not use query suggestions are unaffected."
Although Google services such as YouTube do get blocked from time to time, the new constraints are the latest example of the Chinese government using its power to make Google's search engine a less convenient option on the mainland.
Google this week stopped automatically redirecting traffic from mainland China to its Hong Kong site after the government warned the maneuver could result in the loss of the company's Internet license in the country.
Google's relations with Beijing have been deteriorating since the U.S.-based search giant took a stand against the government's online censorship rules in response to computer hacking attacks that the company traced to China.
Google closed its China-based search engine March 22 and began routing users to its unfiltered site in Hong Kong.
With the shift, Google hoped to be able to maintain its technological toehold in one of the Internet's most important markets while sticking to its free-speech principles.
But the Chinese government's threats to take away Google's license indicate it may punish Google for its defiance, even if the retaliation undermines the country's efforts to encourage more technological innovation.
Losing the Chinese license would be a significant setback for Google, even though China will only account for a fraction of the company's projected $28 billion in revenue this year.
China already has emerged as the Internet's most populous market with nearly 400 million Web surfers, and usage is expected to rise for years to come.
Anything that hinders Google's ability to mine the China's growth potential would likely hurt its stock price, which has already fallen by nearly 30 percent since the start of the year.
The shares were down $3.81 to $441.14 in afternoon trading Thursday.
Although Google's China license runs until 2012, it must be renewed annually.
The company applied for renewal before Wednesday's filing deadline. Google hasn't received any indication when regulators will rule on the application.
The official Xinhua News Agency said "there will be a result soon" and Google was "very late" in submitting the application. Phone calls to the regulator, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, were not answered.
A foreign ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, did not answer directly when asked whether Google would be allowed to operate in China.
"Internet operating companies, while doing business in China, should abide by Chinese laws and regulations," Qin said.
"We hope all foreign companies, including Internet companies, should comply with Chinese laws and regulations."
The China site, Google.cn, was operating Thursday with a tab that said "we have moved to google.com.hk." Clicking on that took users to the Hong Kong site.
If Chinese regulators decide the new linking technique still isn't enough to renew Google's license, Web surfers could still reach the Chinese-language Hong Kong site by typing in its ".hk" address directly. Industry analysts, though, believe many people would defect to Chinese competitors such as Baidu Inc.
Google, based in Mountain View, California, has about 30 percent of China's search market, compared with Baidu's 60 percent.
Analysts say the rerouting of mainland China search requests so far has had little effect on revenue, but the outright closure of Google.cn could hurt advertising sales.
Google opened its China site in 2006 to attract more Chinese users after the government filters slowed their access to its main U.S. site, Google.com.
In a letter requesting Google's license renewal, the company's local partner, Guxiang Information Technology Co. Ltd., pledged to "abide by the Chinese law" and "provide no lawbreaking contents," Xinhua reported.
Also Thursday, a state-run newspaper said Google is not on the first list of companies that the government plans to approve to provide online mapping services.
Twenty-three domestic companies including Baidu, portal Sohu Inc. and e-commerce site Alibaba are among those expected to be approved, the China Daily said, citing the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.
Asked for comment on Google's situation, a U.S. State Department spokesman, P.J. Crowley, said Wednesday in Washington, "I think there are negotiations ongoing, and these are a matter between China and Google." - AP
Online:
Google China site (in Chinese):
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YTL Comms to extend 4G campus network
Friday July 2, 2010
By ZAZALI MUSA
zaza@thestar.com.my
20 public universities will be covered by year-end
JOHOR BARU: YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YTL Comms), the telecommunications arm of YTL Corp Bhd, will extend its 4G campus-wide network to other public universities nationwide by the year-end.
YTL Comms executive chairman Tan Sri Francis Yeoh said that by then more than 400,000 students in 20 public universities would benefit from the high-speed wireless broadband connectivity.
The 4G campus-wide network is a high-performance, high-capacity wireless network that is optimised for dense mobile broadband access with voice services.
Yeoh said the 4G campus-wide network coverage was part of the company’s RM2.5bil investment in its 4G network infrastructure to reach at least 65% of the populated areas nationwide.
“After the public universities, we are extending the coverage to selected private universities and later to other parts of the country,” he said.
Yasmin Mahmood signing the MoA as (2nd from left) Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim and Prof Dr Zaini Ujang look on.
Yeoh was speaking at the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MoA) between YTL Comms and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
YTL Comms executive director Yasmin Mahmood signed on behalf of the company while UTM vice-chancellor Prof Dr Zaini Ujang represented the university. Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim witnessed the event.
Yeoh said the MoA was the first initiative headed by YTL Comms to bring 4G converged service – offering data, voice and mobility – to all public universities in the country.
He said the extension of the 4G campus-wide network coverage to universities would allow students to access the Intranet and Internet anytime, anywhere within their campuses.
“We are confident that when our nationwide 4G network is rolled out by the fourth quarter of the year, the target of achieving 50% broadband penetration rate under the National Broadband Initiative will have been brought closer to reality,” Yeoh said.
Under the MoA, the company will at its own cost design, build, operate and manage a 4G campus-wide network for the provision of data and voice services within UTM’s campus in Skudai.
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/2/business/6590159&sec=business
By ZAZALI MUSA
zaza@thestar.com.my
20 public universities will be covered by year-end
JOHOR BARU: YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YTL Comms), the telecommunications arm of YTL Corp Bhd, will extend its 4G campus-wide network to other public universities nationwide by the year-end.
YTL Comms executive chairman Tan Sri Francis Yeoh said that by then more than 400,000 students in 20 public universities would benefit from the high-speed wireless broadband connectivity.
The 4G campus-wide network is a high-performance, high-capacity wireless network that is optimised for dense mobile broadband access with voice services.
Yeoh said the 4G campus-wide network coverage was part of the company’s RM2.5bil investment in its 4G network infrastructure to reach at least 65% of the populated areas nationwide.
“After the public universities, we are extending the coverage to selected private universities and later to other parts of the country,” he said.
Yasmin Mahmood signing the MoA as (2nd from left) Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim and Prof Dr Zaini Ujang look on.
Yeoh was speaking at the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MoA) between YTL Comms and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
YTL Comms executive director Yasmin Mahmood signed on behalf of the company while UTM vice-chancellor Prof Dr Zaini Ujang represented the university. Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim witnessed the event.
Yeoh said the MoA was the first initiative headed by YTL Comms to bring 4G converged service – offering data, voice and mobility – to all public universities in the country.
He said the extension of the 4G campus-wide network coverage to universities would allow students to access the Intranet and Internet anytime, anywhere within their campuses.
“We are confident that when our nationwide 4G network is rolled out by the fourth quarter of the year, the target of achieving 50% broadband penetration rate under the National Broadband Initiative will have been brought closer to reality,” Yeoh said.
Under the MoA, the company will at its own cost design, build, operate and manage a 4G campus-wide network for the provision of data and voice services within UTM’s campus in Skudai.
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/2/business/6590159&sec=business
YTL: 4G diperkenal suku ke-4
Utusan Online : 2 Julai 2010
JOHOR BAHARU 1 Julai - YTL Communications akan memperkenalkan rangkaian 4Gnya di seluruh negara pada suku keempat tahun ini, kata Pengerusi Eksekutifnya, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh Sock Ping.
Beliau berkata, syarikat itu telah melabur RM2.5 bilion untuk memajukan infrastruktur 4G bagi menyediakan liputan kepada sekurang- kurang 65 peratus daripada kawasan yang berpenduduk di negara.
"Saya yakin bila kita perkenalkan rangkaian 4G ini ke seluruh negara menjelang suku keempat tahun ini, hasrat Perdana Menteri untuk sebuah "negara berjalur lebar" dan unjuran 50 peratus kadar penembusan jalur lebar Inisiatif Jalur Lebar Negara (NBI) menjelang akhir tahun boleh menjadi kenyataan," kata beliau.
Sock Ping berkata demikian pada majlis memeterai perjanjian kerjasama antara YTL Communications dan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM) untuk menyediakan akses rangkaian 4G keseluruhan kampus utama universiti di Skudai, dekat sini, hari ini.
Turut hadir ialah Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim dan Naib Kanselor UTM, Prof. Datuk Dr. Zaini Ujang.
Sock Ping berkata, syarikat telahpun memperlihatkan rangkaian 4G canggihnya kepada para pegawai kanan Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) minggu lepas. - Bernama
Beliau berkata, para pegawai turut melawat Pusat Operasi Rangkaian YTL Communications di Sentul Park untuk mengkaji rangkaian jalur lebar 4G berkelajuan tingginya itu.
Mereka turut menyaksikan fasa pertama prestasi peranti 4G.
"Kami bekerjasama dengan mereka yang terbaik dana rakan niaga di dalam dan luar negara untuk membawa satu platform lengkap penawaran yang akan merevolusasikan pengalaman 4G untuk semua pengguna di dalam negara," kata beliau. - Bernama
Mengenai majlis hari ini, Sock Ping berkata, YTL Communications telah mewujudkan secara khusus "Program Rakan Pendidikan" (EPP) agar institusi pendidikan tinggi dan para pelajar mereka boleh menjadi antara yang pertama di Malaysia mendapat manfaat daripada spektrum 4G paling berkuasanya.
Program EPP YTL Communications menyediakan akses ke IntraNet dan Internet pada bila-bila masa dan di mana juga dalam lingkungan kampus.
Sock Ping berkata, syarikat turut mengadakan perbincangan dengan beberapa universiti berhubung Program EPP kepada mereka.
"Matlamat akhir kami ialah menjadikan saling hubung jalur lebar tanpa wayar berkelajuan tinggi diperoleh menjelang akhir tahun untuk semua 400,000 pelajar universiti awam di dalam negara," tambah beliau.
— Bernama
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0702&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Korporat&pg=ko_10.htm
JOHOR BAHARU 1 Julai - YTL Communications akan memperkenalkan rangkaian 4Gnya di seluruh negara pada suku keempat tahun ini, kata Pengerusi Eksekutifnya, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh Sock Ping.
Beliau berkata, syarikat itu telah melabur RM2.5 bilion untuk memajukan infrastruktur 4G bagi menyediakan liputan kepada sekurang- kurang 65 peratus daripada kawasan yang berpenduduk di negara.
"Saya yakin bila kita perkenalkan rangkaian 4G ini ke seluruh negara menjelang suku keempat tahun ini, hasrat Perdana Menteri untuk sebuah "negara berjalur lebar" dan unjuran 50 peratus kadar penembusan jalur lebar Inisiatif Jalur Lebar Negara (NBI) menjelang akhir tahun boleh menjadi kenyataan," kata beliau.
Sock Ping berkata demikian pada majlis memeterai perjanjian kerjasama antara YTL Communications dan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM) untuk menyediakan akses rangkaian 4G keseluruhan kampus utama universiti di Skudai, dekat sini, hari ini.
Turut hadir ialah Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim dan Naib Kanselor UTM, Prof. Datuk Dr. Zaini Ujang.
Sock Ping berkata, syarikat telahpun memperlihatkan rangkaian 4G canggihnya kepada para pegawai kanan Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) minggu lepas. - Bernama
Beliau berkata, para pegawai turut melawat Pusat Operasi Rangkaian YTL Communications di Sentul Park untuk mengkaji rangkaian jalur lebar 4G berkelajuan tingginya itu.
Mereka turut menyaksikan fasa pertama prestasi peranti 4G.
"Kami bekerjasama dengan mereka yang terbaik dana rakan niaga di dalam dan luar negara untuk membawa satu platform lengkap penawaran yang akan merevolusasikan pengalaman 4G untuk semua pengguna di dalam negara," kata beliau. - Bernama
Mengenai majlis hari ini, Sock Ping berkata, YTL Communications telah mewujudkan secara khusus "Program Rakan Pendidikan" (EPP) agar institusi pendidikan tinggi dan para pelajar mereka boleh menjadi antara yang pertama di Malaysia mendapat manfaat daripada spektrum 4G paling berkuasanya.
Program EPP YTL Communications menyediakan akses ke IntraNet dan Internet pada bila-bila masa dan di mana juga dalam lingkungan kampus.
Sock Ping berkata, syarikat turut mengadakan perbincangan dengan beberapa universiti berhubung Program EPP kepada mereka.
"Matlamat akhir kami ialah menjadikan saling hubung jalur lebar tanpa wayar berkelajuan tinggi diperoleh menjelang akhir tahun untuk semua 400,000 pelajar universiti awam di dalam negara," tambah beliau.
— Bernama
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0702&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Korporat&pg=ko_10.htm
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