It’s hard to imagine life now without the Internet, or the mobile phone. And yet neither of them started life with a mass consumer audience in mind. Mobile phones were the preserve of the rich and famous, and the Internet was simply a way for academics and technologists to exchange and share information. Read More →
Posts By Michael Wu
Take your partners for growth
The telecoms industry can’t seem to get enough of partnerships at the moment. And that’s on top of the mega-mergers that characterized the start of the year. Read More →
Getting to know you…
Google is diving into WiFi and cellular businesses with its usual gusto, and the telecoms industry is now considering the potential repercussions of its latest launch, Project Fi.
Fi is Google’s own wireless network, officially launched last month. The company has partnered with US operators T-Mobile and Sprint, using their infrastructure to become an MVNO. Not only does Google provide the operating system (Android) and hardware (the Nexus 6), now the company will provide network connectivity as well. The service will leverage existing WiFi networks, and switch to the carrier networks only when Wi-Fi isn’t available. This approach to mobile communications is what some are calling ‘Wi-Fi First’.
AsiaInfo team pulls together to support Nepal
AsiaInfo has two operator customers in Nepal and we have many of our own engineering staff based in the country, who were there when the earthquake hit, and who have stayed to help with the rescue effort.
Seeing the way in which AsiaInfo staff have pulled together to support our clients, Hello Nepal and Nepal Telecom, the local community and each other in the aftermath of the earthquake makes me proud to call myself CEO of AsiaInfo.
