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Baidu takes pole position in China’s mobile search market

Market Trends - Asia-Pacific

Thursday, 29 July 2010 09:40

The Chinese search engine giant Baidu looks unlikely to relinquish the mobile search market to competitors, with new data showing that the engine registered the most mobile searches of any company in China during Q2 2010...

Companies and markets: Philippine operators to intensify competition - and new 3G player?

Market Trends - Asia-Pacific

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 01:00

manillaloCompanies and markets has released a new report analysing in great detail the telecoms market in The Philippines. Any loss in growth in 2009 is likely to be compensated for this year. There is also likely to be another entrant in the 3G sector...

IDC: IT transformation strong despite modest economy

Market Trends - Asia-Pacific

Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:00

Governments in APEJ, that is, Asia-Pacific excluding Japan will continue to spend until their countries recover from recession. Ten predictions are recorded in IDC’s recently released Asia/Pacific Public Sector 2010 Top Ten Predictions...

Qualcomm: 40 million 3G subscribers in Philippines by 2012?

Market Trends - Asia-Pacific

Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:19

PhilippinesThe Philippines may see a quadrupling of its citizens signing up for high-speed Internet by 2012. Source of the forecast is silicon-chip-maker Qualcomm, which maintains representatives in Manila...

3G in China - China Mobile all the way?

Market Trends - Asia-Pacific

Friday, 04 December 2009 10:28

 BeijingA recent feature from Reuters compared the markets for 3G in China and looked forward towards 4G. In particular, it reviewed the successes of China’s three major players. Michael Schwartz reviews the article and adds his own thoughts...

Research and Markets: lower barriers will mean 73 million smartphones in China by 2013

Market Trends - Asia-Pacific

Tuesday, 01 December 2009 10:57

Research and Markets estimate that smartphone sales in China are set for real growth: over 73 million by 2013, which equates to 31% of all handset sales...

Fixed-line numbers in Myanmar continue growth; 10% for this year, say Companies and Markets

Market Trends - Asia-Pacific

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 11:54

Bagan, MyanmarGrowth in fixed-line in Myanmar is to ease upwards with annual growth appearing to be around 10% for 2008-9. This accords with a plan drawn up by the Myanmar administration back in 1990. Companies and Markets’ new report details Myanmar’s telecoms market...

Research and Markets: Laos experiencing mobile boom, attracting investment

Market Trends - Asia-Pacific

Wednesday, 07 October 2009 10:26

Luang Prabang, LaosAfter years of under-performance, Laos is on the way to economic growth. The mobile sector is attracting investment for many reasons including supplying telecoms to successful hydro-electric and mining projects...

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