Telecommunication

14 Sep 2012

China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, which was banned from tendering for work on Australia’s national broadband network, urged Australia not to discriminate against foreign communications companies...

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Ofta tells Citizens' Radio to switch off

24 Mar 2010

Telecoms watchdog Ofta yesterday ordered outlawed Citizens' Radio to stop broadcasting after the Civil Aviation Department said the station's signals were interfering with its communication...

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China, India build links through high-speed cable

29 Dec 2009

Despite their often-strained ties, China and India are jointly creating a new kind of Silk Road - one built with high-speed, fibre-optic communications systems - through a narrow Himalayan...

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61 complaints over unwanted calls

27 Nov 2008

Telecoms watchdog Ofta handled 61 complaints about person-to-person calls between December last year, when the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance came into effect, and November 12,...

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Cable & Wireless aims to double Asia income

2 Sep 2008

Cable & Wireless, a British telecommunications operator, aims to double revenue from Asia this year by expanding in China and the Middle East, according to the chief executive for Europe...

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In Brief

8 Jan 2008

Court rules on life sentences

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Digital TV not cause of snowing, says Ofta

Inquiries flood in over new transmissions

The telecoms watchdog has received more than 300 inquiries since digital television broadcasts began on Monday, five of them about analogue...

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Net complaints and inquiries pour in

Telecommunications officials have received 101 complaints and inquiries about disrupted internet services since fibre-optic cables were damaged by the Taiwanese earthquake on Boxing Day.

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Fixed-line users blocked in switching camps

More than 45,000 fixed-line telephone users applied to switch networks last month but only 58 per cent of them saw their requests successfully processed, according to the telecoms regulator.

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HK fixed-line phone users blocked from switching camps

More than 45,000 Hong Kong fixed-line telephone users applied to switch networks last month, but only 58 per cent of them saw their requests successfully processed, according to telecommunications...

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City puts up Internet challenge to rivals

Shanghai should complete a State Council mandated project to link its telecommunications, cable and data networks by the end of this year, according to a senior municipal official.

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Telecoms come by rail

Broadband optical network provider Marconi Communications has won a US$26 million contract from the Ministry of Railways to build a new mainland telecoms network.

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