Telecom & Internet

BNP Paribas launches ‘mobileMarkets’ iPhone app

The app allows for access in services like Currency Radar, Trade Ideas, and FX Forecasts.

BNP Paribas launches ‘mobileMarkets’ iPhone app

The app allows for access in services like Currency Radar, Trade Ideas, and FX Forecasts.

Australia signs $13bln deal with SingTel and Telstra

The network deals are part of NBN’s $38 billion plan to deliver high speed internet to Aussies.

M1 first to launch 4G

Available in the Marina Bay and CBD area, the 4G network will download at 75 Mbps and upload 37.5 Mbps.

FXMedia Internet launches e-greeting apps using A*STAR technology

A*STAR’s latest technologies, including 3D Face Modeling for e-greeting apps, to be showcased at CommunicAsia.

A worm in this Apple as Android takes 46% of the tablet market in Asia?

Over 260,000 Tablets worth USD167m were sold in Southeast Asia in April, says GfK Asia.

Worldwide mobile advertising revenue to reach $3.3b in 2011

And Asia Pac is to lead the market as it is accounts for 49.2% of take-ups in 2011, says Gartner, Inc.

Singapore mobile ad market grew by 18% in 4 months

Oh, and Android crushed Apple over the last 4 months as the mobile ad market reached 139 mn monthly impressions, increasing by 119 mn  from January...

Bridge Alliance appoints Hui Weng Cheong Chairman

Mr. Hui is CEO International of SingTel and he succeeds Mr. Lim Chuan Poh as the Chairman of the Board of Bridge Alliance.

Gadget sales up by 17%

And affluent Singaporeans are at the forefront as LED TV sales jumped considerably by 34% last year to hit 38% of overall TV units being sold in Q1...

StarHub donates $200,000 to SCAS

The donation to Spastic Children's Association School will benefit persons with cerebral palsy.

How does Singapore feel today?

SingMood.com determines Singaporeans' collective mood through data gathered from tweets of the day.

Starhub to launch live group photostreaming app

LiveShare is a free app for iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7 that allows live group photo streams.

TEE International buys 80% interest in Trisilco Folec and Keppel Communications Thailand

The deal enables the TEE to gain entry into the telecommunications engineering industry and leverage on the companies’ engineering capabilities and...

70% of Singaporeans feel alone

And all Singaporeans surveyed believed that face to face conversations were more effective than SMS.

@Customerservice#productfail: 30% of Chinese turn to social media for customer service

And 60 % use web chat to talk with companies as they hang up the phone on customer service.

Fibre broadband take up shockingly low in Singapore

With adult content banned in Singapore, perhaps there isn't as much "in home" high speed demand as forecast.

Gadget sales up 12% in SouthEast Asia

And Indonesian mobile phone sales led the pack jumping 39 % in the first quarter of 2011.