News In Brief.
Peso stands at P50.449 The peso reference rate remains at P50.449 to the U.S. dollar, the weighted average pegged at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines last Friday. Asset management unit eyed The Department of Finance (DOF) is...

Industry ready for MMS take up.
Byline: edison d. ong It is now a matter of time on when multi-media messaging service (MMS) use will catch on among mobile phone users in the Philippines. One major compelling factor will be the cost per kilobyte of data and image downloaded. ...

DoCoMo, Nortel Back China's Wireless Networking Expertise.
China's burgeoning mobile telecoms equipment market has gained the financial backing of two new international supporters. NTT DoCoMo Inc and Nortel Networks Corp have followed Germany's Siemens AG in supporting China's domestic mobile networking talent. Japanese mobile operator DoCoMo and Canadian networking equipment manufacturer Nortel have both...

Industry ready for MMS take up.
Byline: edison d. ong It is now a matter of time on when multi-media messaging service (MMS) use will catch on among mobile phone users in the Philippines. One major compelling factor will be the cost per kilobyte of data and image downloaded. ...

Coming soon: Multimedia Satellites.
Up to 50 projects are under way to provide genuine two-way services via satellite and a receive/transmit ground station at the user's premises. But hew many will ever fly? Now that the first Global Mobile satellite telephone service, Iridium, is at least up if not yet quite...

PEZA investments up 176%; Whole year target already exceeded by P10.4 B.
Investments in the country's economic zones soared to P55.427 billion for the first seven months this year surpassing by P10.427 billion the whole year's target of P45 billion. In a report, Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Lilia B. de Lima said the January-July locator investments...

Philips Electronics appoints new country CEO.
Philips Electronics and Lighting, Inc. announced yesterday the appointment of Pratt Hsu as its new president and chief executive officcer. He takes over from Georges Bobin, who will assume his fulltime role as general manager for the Philips Semiconductors plant in Cabuyao, Laguna. An industrial...

Digitel allocates $ 350 M for expansion.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. is allotting $ 350 million for capital expenditures this year as it ramps up the coverage of its cellular phone network and rolls out new broadband services. In a chance interview during the weekend, Digitel chairman James...

Valente Accepts ExteNet Systems EVP / COO Post.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-21 May 2008-Valente Accepts ExteNet Systems EVP / COO Post(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com ExteNet Systems named Oliver M. Valente to the newly created post of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Valente most recently served as senior vice president, product management and...

Qualcomm Demos MediaFLO and ISDB-T Mobile TV Standards on Handset.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 May 2008-Qualcomm Demos MediaFLO and ISDB-T Mobile TV Standards on Handset(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Qualcomm announced that it has demonstrated the capability to support the MediaFLO and International Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (International ISDB-T) mobile TV standards on a multi-mode handset. Powered...