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BRIEFING - ASIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS - JUNE 5, 2009
[June 05, 2009]

BRIEFING - ASIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS - JUNE 5, 2009


Jun 05, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- An executive briefing on the telecommunications industry for June 5, 2009, prepared by Asia Pulse (http:/ www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.



JAPAN'S DOCOMO TO RELEASE CAR-MOUNTED WIRELESS MODULE TOKYO - NTT DoCoMo Inc. (TSE:9437) has begun selling a wireless communications module designed for installation in automobiles.

The vehicle-mounted TM01-SA was developed with Denso Corp.


(TSE:6902) and is manufactured by Kyocera Corp. (TSE:6971).

Although DoCoMo has previously released modules incorporated into electronic money settlement terminals for use in taxicabs, the new product offers enhanced durability, vibration and heat resistance so that it can be installed in such extreme environments as the engine compartment. It is expected to sell in the upper-30,000 yen range.

MOBILE INTERNET PENETRATION MAKES UP 4.8% IN UZBEKISTAN TASHKENT - As of 1 January 2009, number of legal entities, providing data transfer services, including Internet service, made up 856. Number of internet cafes reached 872. Number of companies, which have license to render data transfer services, including Internet (operators and providers, except Internet cafes) made up over 200, the State Demonopolization Committee said. The analysis showed that legal entities rendered data transfer services, including Internet, for 31.1 billion soums in 2008 compared to 20.8 billion soums in 2007. Mobile operators of Uzbekistan provided mobile internet services for 5.5 billion soums in 2008 against 1.2 billion soums in 2007.

Mobile internet penetration in Uzbekistan made up 4.8 per cent, the committee said. The committee said there were about 1.3 million Internet users in December 2008 and major part of users live in Tashkent city and some other large cities of the country.

AUDTOR TO REVIEW TENDER PROCESS FOR AUSTRALIAN BROADBAND NETWORK CANBERRA - The national auditor will soon begin a full review of the Australian government's abandoned National Broadband Network (NBN) tender process.

Auditor-General Ian McPhee has written to the opposition saying he had decided to conduct a complete audit of the tender process, which was cancelled after the government decided none of the tenders were suitable.

INDIAN GOVT SEEKS DETAILS OF BHARTI-MTN DEAL, TO SEEK LEGAL OPINION NEW DELHI - The Indian government Thursday said it has asked Bharti to furnish all details of its proposed US$23 billion deal with South African company MTN for legal scrutiny.

"We have asked for formal request/papers about the deal from the company... there seems to be no problem with the deal but still we want to be sure (about the compliance)," Salman Khursheed, Minister of Corporate Affairs, told PTI, adding that the matter will be referred to the law ministry for legal opinion.

INDIANS MORE WILLING TO TRY NEXTGEN MOBILE SERVICES: KPMG NEW DELHI - Indians are more willing to experiment with value-added services, including chatting, video gaming and watching live TV on mobile phones, as compared to their global counterparts, KPMG says.

Asian consumers, including those in India, seem the most willing to use their mobile phones for purchasing music, video games, and watching live TV, followed by the Middle East and Africa and Latin America, global consulting firm KPMG's 'Consumers and Convergence III' global survey found.

INDONESIAN TELCO XL SET TO OVERTAKE INDOSAT IN REVENUE JAKARTA - Indonesia's PT Excelcomindo Pratama (XL) (JSX:EXCL) said it is set to become the country's second largest cellular phone operator in revenue, overtaking PT Indosat.

XL, currently the country's third largest, had 16,500 units of base transceiver stations by the end of last year as against 27,000 units of the country's largest cellular phone operator PT Telkomsel.

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