David Legard

South Korea plans to build a nationwide Internet access infrastructure capable of speeds between 50Mbps and 100Mbps by 2010, the online edition of the Chosun Ilbo daily newspaper reported Tuesday.

Reacting to strong demand for ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) broadband services, the government has allowed a second company to start offering broadband in competition with state carrier Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corp. (VNPT).

Reacting to strong demand for ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) broadband services, the government has allowed a second company to start offering broadband in competition with state carrier Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corp. (VNPT).

Prominent Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. is dropping its free Linux product range and asking customers to migrate to its priced Enterprise Linux, the company said Monday.

The wireless services market in China is continuing to grow rapidly and will have over 400 million subscribers by 2007, according to a report released Tuesday by Instat/MDR.

Representatives from Vietnamese and Japanese software companies have agreed to form a joint-venture company with the aim of outsourcing some software development to Vietnam, a Vietnamese government report said Tuesday.

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) and Ayala Corp. of the Philippines have increased their stakes in Philippine company Globe Telecommunications Inc. by buying up the 24.8 percent stake owned by Deutsche Telekom AG.

Asian countries should embrace full telecommunications liberalization as a platform for driving their economies, according to Lee Boon Yang, Singapore's minister for information, communications and the arts.