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Posted on Tuesday, 1st June 2010 by Kash
This Sunday, I joined what must have been the majority of Malaysians in following the results of the Hulu Selangor by-election. The whole day long, I sought out reports of how the polling was going on. After 5 pm, I eagerly consumed every report that I found which shared updates of unofficial vote counts as [...]
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Posted on Friday, 28th May 2010 by Kash
For the last 10 years or so, wireless technologies have been the darlings of the communications industry – and rightfully so. Wired technologies have struggled to bring services to the whole world. Wireless technologies on the other hand seem unstoppable; there are more than 4 billion mobile phone users in the world today and their [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 20th April 2010 by Kash
The topic of the moment has got to be HSBB. It is certainly telling of the state of our broadband today that the arrival of what we are going to call high speed broadband for the next few years has generatedso much buzz.
I, of course, welcome Unifi, the brand name of Telekom Malaysia’s fibre optic [...]
Tags: Broadband, Mobile Broadband
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Posted on Friday, 26th March 2010 by Kash
One of my favourite pastimes is coming up with wish lists of features I would like to see on mobile devices. I don’t think I am alone on this; I’m sure most of you have at one time or another thought that it would be great if mobile phones had a particular feature.
In my more [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 18th February 2010 by Kash
As you probably know from this issue’s cover, Malaysia’s very own mobile brand CSL is celebrating its 10th anniversary. That’s an amazing feat if you ask me.
For a locally-inspired brand to have not only survived but actually thrived over a decade is truly amazing when you consider how many brands have come and gone over [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd September 2009 by Administrator
Business is war they say which is why mobile phone companies are always engaged in ruthless take-no-prisoners wars.
It hasn’t been a single continuous war. By my count, we are witnessing the Third Mobile Phone World War. Motorola and Nokia shared the spoils of the First Mobile Phone World War which was fought in the eighties [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 1st September 2009 by Kash
If you’ve been listening to BFM 89.9, Malaysia’s business station you might have heard me on air every Thursdays at noon. I’ve been doing a tech talk segment with them on mobility for nearly two months now. No, I’m not moonlighting because of the economy; I grabbed the opportunity to reach out to a new [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 1st September 2009 by Kash
Even in the same industry, the outlook can be vastly different from one place to another. An event that took place last week in Malaysia and a milestone that was reached across the globe are perfect examples of this truism.
Last week, MDeC sort of brought together the mobile industry for their MSC Malaysia Mobile Content [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 29th August 2009 by editor
Maxis has new data plans.
Flexibility is the keyword in these plans. This ranges from a 1 hour plan (RM2) all the way to a 3GB plan for RM88 per month. You can also surf for RM8 per day – useful if you travel outstation occasionally.
Maxis has also withdrawn its unlimited RM99 per month plan. If [...]
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Posted on Monday, 11th May 2009 by editor
“Leave it at home. Leave it in your car. Leave it with a friend. Leave it in a locker. But you are not to get on board that bus or [train or trolley] and have a cell phone on your person or in the cab. Period. This is going to be a zero-tolerance policy.”
That’s what [...]
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