Mobility

Maxis adopts hook strategy with LTE
With Maxis taking a market leadership position in LTE rollout in Malaysia, it is timely to ask two questions: Will the LTE market be a handset-dominated one? And will Maxis adopt a premium positioning? Karamjit Singh explores the issue.
SMS ads should be reviewed: Digital agencies
The Malaysian Goverment recently said that a review is necessary for the sending of advertisements via SMS after an outcry from consumers over unsolicited messages sent to their mobile phones.
Maxis rolls out LTE-powered smartphone offers
Maxis has launched two 4G LTE smartphones: The Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC One XL, the first two to be activated on the cellular provider’s 4G LTE (Fourth Generation Long Term Evolution) network.
GHL, Thai Post launch e-payment project, senior citizens to benefit
GHL Systems Berhad announced that its subsidiary GHL (Thailand) Co Ltd was recently appointed to manage an end-to-end mobile solution by Thailand Post Co Ltd.
OCBC Bank and PlayMoolah launch Chinese New Year edutainment app for kids
OCBC Bank and PlayMoolah have jointly launched a mobile app called OCBC Yusheng Rush in time for next week’s Chinese New Year festival.
The long and winding road ahead for BlackBerry
The dust is settling after the full-of-pomp launch of its latest smartphones, the unveiling of its new software operating system and the name-change from Research in Motion to BlackBerry; still, pundits and analysts are still no closer to answering the question as to whether the company will survive in an increasingly competitive smartphone world.
PlugFest programming competition in Singapore to work off govt data
Google Developer Group (GDG) Singapore and IEEE Computer Society Singapore have announced the inaugural PlugFest International Programming Competition for tertiary students and individuals to create complete web applications that utilize publicly-available datasets from the Singapore Government through data.gov.sg.
LTE World Series launches new TD-LTE event in Singapore
Informa Telecoms & Media, producer of the LTE World Series, has announced the TD-LTE Summit, which it describes as the first independent global TD-LTE focused event.
Has Apple’s iPhone lost its mojo in SEA?
The once impregnable dominance of Apple’s iPhone may be somewhat waning in two of South-East Asia’s (SEA) most advanced smartphone markets, thanks to a confluence of factors, all of which are slowly chipping away at Apple’s market share, Edwin Yapp notes.
Disrupt pointers for start-ups in the app economy
The much-touted ‘app economy’ has a lot of 'white spaces' which canny start-ups and developers can explore while established companies and telecommunications companies (telcos) struggle, participants at the DNA-TeAM Disrupt session on Jan 22 were told.
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