[December 24, 2008] BRIEFING - ASIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS - DEC 24, 2008 Tweet Dec 23, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- An executive briefing on the telecommunications industry for Dec 24, 2008, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. BAKRIE TELECOM TO BUILD LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE NETWORK JAKARTA - Fixed wireless telecommunications operator PT Bakrie Telecom Tbk (BTEL) (JSX:BTEL) is allocating US$200 million worth of capital expenditures for developing infrastructure for a long distance telephone network (SLJJ) in Indonesia after securing a license for it. "Some of the capital expenditures are allocated for SLJJ," BTEL president director Anindya N Bakrie said in a written statement here on Tuesday. NIHON ENTERPRISE TO OFFER MOBILE GAMES IN INDIA TOKYO - Mobile content provider Nihon Enterprise Co. (TSE:4829) will step up Asian operations, launching a service to distribute video games through an Indian cell phone service provider. Nihon Enterprise will team with Indian content distributor Astute Systems Technology to offer video games to Tata Teleservices Ltd. customers. The Japanese firm expects to expand the service to users of other mobile service firms by next May. JAPANESE GOVT TO ORDER NTT TO END MISLEADING ADS TOKYO - The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will order Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s (9432) regional operating units to pull misleading advertisements for their fiber-optic telecommunications services. The ministry deemed that some ads by NTT East Corp. and NTT West Corp. gave the impression that they handle both fiber-optic and digital television services when in fact the digital TV service is provided by a subsidiary of Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. (TSE:9412). JAPANESE CO KONAMI TO RELEASE GAMES FOR IPHONE TOKYO - Konami Digital Entertainment Co. on Wednesday will begin distributing games for Apple Inc.'s iPhone mobile phone. The games will capitalize on the iPhone's touch panel and tilt sensor, and will be distributed in Japan, Europe and the U.S. INDIA SET TO UNVEIL MOBILE VIRTUAL NETWORK POLICY NEW DELHI - The Indian government expects to unveil its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) policy by January 5, when the auction of the 3G spectrum commences. Addressing the pre-bid conference for the auction of 3G and BWA spectrum, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Joint Secretary J S Deepak said: "We are hoping to come out with the policy on MVNO before the end of January 5, which is the deadline for (the) application of 3G spectrum." SAMSUNG ORDERED TO PAY US$7.3MLN FOR CHINA PATENT INFRINGEMENT HANGZHOU - Samsung Electronics Co. (KSE:005930) of the Republic of Korea has been ordered to pay 50 million yuan (US$7.3 million) to a company in east China's Zhejiang Province for infringing the latter's dual-mode cell phone patent. The rule was made by the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Provinces on Saturday. INDONESIA'S TELECO OPERATORS FORECAST TO SPEND US$8.7BLN IN 09 JAKARTA - Indonesian telecommunications operators are forecast to spend Rp87.2 trillion (US$8.7 billion) next year. The country's largest telecommunications company PT Telkom (JSX:TLKM), alone plans to spend up to Rp24 trillion, its President Rinaldi Firmansyah said. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]