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KDDI may miss profit and sales targets, CFO Nagao says
Japan Times, The | 13 days 12 hours 13 minutes ago
KDDI Corp. may miss its profit and revenue targets because of falling handset sales and charges to reorganize fixed-line networks, Chief Financial Officer Satoshi Nagao said. "The revenue target may require a revision" to reflect falling sales of mobile phones, Nagao said in an interview Monday, without giving specific figures. "Even if we have to change our profit outlook, I still believe we can maintain year-on-year growth." Nagao's comments signal that analysts may be correct in...

Japan's mobiles: Packed with features
Independent (London), The | 41 days 13 hours 26 minutes ago
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NTT DoCoMo's Net Drops 20% on Call Revenue Decline
Wall Street Journal, The | 25 days 1 hour 15 minutes ago
JURO OSAWA TOKYO -- NTT DoCoMo Inc. said its fiscal second-quarter group net profit sank 20% on a continued slump in phone call revenue and a falloff in sales of mobile handsets.

Japan's DoCoMo to ease pace of Asia M&A
Reuters | 47 days 1 hour 24 minutes ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc (9437.T) is easing the pace of its M&A activity in Asia as it focuses on existing acquisitions, an executive said.

Handango Announces 2009 Handango Champion Awards Winners
FierceWireless | 42 days 17 hours 28 minutes ago
Handango, the world's leading provider of multi-platform smartphone apps, today announced its 2009 Handango Champion Award winners recognizing the most innovative and outstanding mobile apps and... Read more >>

Light Reading Asia - Optical Networking - Midwest Video Tunes In Net Insight - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 14 days 21 hours 9 minutes ago
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Net Insight, a leading developer of efficient and scalable optical transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks, today announced that is has supplied Nimbra switches to Midwest Video Solutions ("MVS"), a leading provider of robust Digital TV solutions, to provide a virtual headend feed from their facilities in Westby, Wisconsin to a US military base in Japan.

Light Reading - Optical Networking - Infinera Adds Sales VP - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 18 days 19 hours 38 minutes ago
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN) has named Chris Champion Vice President of Sales, EMEA with responsibility for leading Infinera's sales activities in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa markets. Since joining Infinera in 2003, Mr. Champion has played a key role in building Infinera's European business. He was integral in securing Infinera's initial European customers such as Flag Telecom (now Reliance Globalcom). Since then, with Mr. Champion playing a key role, Infinera has bee...

Light Reading Asia - Mobile/Wireless - BSNL Picks Dilithium - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 13 days 23 hours 9 minutes ago
PETALUMA, Calif. -- Dilithium, the leading global provider of mobile video infrastructure solutions enabling multimedia services from any network to any device, announced today that BSNL, India's largest telecommunications company, has selected Dilithium solutions for the deployment of new mobile video & streaming services over 2G and 3G networks. BSNL South Zone will deploy 3G Live TV & other video services.

Light Reading Asia - Optical Networking - Huawei, ZTE Buck Optical Trend - Telecom News Analysis
Light Reading | 12 days 22 hours 20 minutes ago
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is now the undisputed leader in the telecom optical equipment market, knocking Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) from the top spot, Ovum Ltd. reports.

Light Reading Asia - VOIP - Geodesic Unveils Spokn - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 12 days 23 hours 5 minutes ago
MUMBAI -- Geodesic, an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment, enters the voice communication space with Spokn, the definitive internet telephony service. Internet voice communication so far has always had the feeling of compromise With Spokn that's finally no longer the case. Spokn is the most comprehensive service internet telephony service to date with a host of breakthrough features that will change the way voice communications is used for...

Huffington Post Increases Advertising, Revenue Streams
MediaPost Communications | 3 days 14 hours 1 minute ago
Arianna Huffington says she will not charge consumers for content, and that her meteoric Huffington Post will rely on interactive advertising and other applications to pay the bills.

Light Reading Asia - Mobile/Wireless - Singtel Reports Q2 - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 12 days 23 hours 21 minutes ago
SINGAPORE -- Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that its underlying net profit rose 19 per cent to S$952 million in the second quarter from a year ago, led by robust performance in its Singapore and Australia businesses and strong earnings recovery by Telkomsel.

Light Reading Asia - Broadband - MTNL Ups Broadband Speed - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 12 days 23 hours 21 minutes ago
MUMBAI -- In an attempt to provide Super Fast Broadband service at affordable price to the peoples of Mumbai, the city's largest Broadband service provider and leading total telecom service operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced that it has increased the Broadband Speed up to 384 kbps in its existing 256kbps Unlimited Broadband Tariff plan, Free of cost for its customers in Mumbai circle.

Light Reading Asia - Video - NTT Tests Video Transport - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 12 days 22 hours 35 minutes ago
TOKYO -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has developed a novel technology that enables on-demand transmission of gigabit-class wideband video.

Light Reading Asia - IP & Convergence - Huawei Gets Into Videoconferencing - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 12 days 21 hours 19 minutes ago
SHENZHEN, China -- Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced the launch of its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based HD (high definition) video conference solution, enabling enterprise users to participate in virtual meetings across a broader way of access methods using a carrier' s existing network.