Singapore – A consortium comprising major Asian telecommunications companies have agreed to jointly plan and develop a proposal to build the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG), an international submarine cable system in the Asia Pacific region. The list of major telcos in the APG consortium include StarHub (Singapore), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), China Telecom (Mainland China), China Unicom (Mainland China), KT Corporation (Korea), NTT Communications (Japan), PLDT (the Philippines), Telekom … [Read more...] about Asia Pacific Gateway consortium to build submarine cable system
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PCCW seeks joint IPTV services with Chunghwa Telecom
Hong Kong/Taiwan - Hong Kong operator PCCW is seeking to work together with Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom on IPTV services, reports the Economic Daily News. The two companies have previously signed a letter of intent on a proposed IPTV cooperation in 2006, but Chunghwa Telecom was blocked from carrying out the agreement by Taiwanese restrictions on China-related investment, as well as regulatory curbs on IPTV development, according to the paper. PCCW reached an installed base of 953,000 … [Read more...] about PCCW seeks joint IPTV services with Chunghwa Telecom