Weekly round-up: Digital & tech Asia, September 20
Returning after a recent absence, here is my take on the key tech/internet in Asia articles between 13-19 September 2010.
BBC Hindi launches India’s first mobile site with text and audio India PR Wire
Airtel in talks with rivals for 3G partnership Total Telecom
S.Korea has more mobile phones than people: agency AFP
Indian handset makers emerge as hyper-competitive force AFP
3G delay may cost Thailand THB50bn in 2010-2011 investment – TMB Bank Total Telecom
(Singapore) Government to spend $16.1b on innovation Today Online
Mobile bank to cover every village in next 5 years: RBI The Economic Times
Facebook launches Places in Japan All Facebook
Capcom in talks to partner China online game company Business Week
Opera Software in talks with mobile handset manufacturers for browsing Business Standard
Slow start for Google in East Asia, but moving ahead IDG via PC World
Korea to begin Web address overhaul in 2011 The Korea Times
China Mobile: 4G network coming soon Shanghai Daily
Singapore should end ban on websites, let parents use filters instead, govt committee says Canadian Press
China freezes nearly 1 billion RMB in Internet gambling crackdown People’s Daily Online
China top online video sites in IPO race Reuters
India’s desire to monitor networks poses challenge for Google Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Google to launch e-book service in Japan in 2011 AFP
Indian youth to spend $9 bn on mobile Internet by 2012 Voice and Data
Asia-Pacific to Pass North America as Biggest Ad Market in 2014 Bloomberg
iPhone 4’s Taiwan debut sets local records Focus Taiwan
China gets the iPad, Wall Street Journal
From this blog last week – Jon Russell: social media and tech in Asia:
Mobile key to social media growth in Vietnam
Guest post: Thai telecom law & the 3G debacle
Thailand’s 3G process on hold yet again
Online chatter, Twitter continue to grow in Asia – report
Interview: Thai media activist Supinya Klangnarong
Twitter.com’s redesign and new look (video)
Has TAT lost it with ‘medical tourism’ social media campaign?