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SMS Text Messaging Keeps Strong Edge in Asia Pacific

SMS Text Messaging Keeps Strong Edge in Asia Pacific Despite the increased availability of mobile email and multimedia messaging for mobile phones, most wireless users are still content with plan old SMS text messaging. A recent IDC survey in Asia Pacific countries suggests that less than 10% of users are consistently using advanced messaging and other multimedia features on their cell phones. The survey involved 4,056 urban users in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. It reached the conclusion that “despite the proliferation of content-rich mobile data services, the adoption of advanced services such as mobile phone payment, online

Rice in Asia, Addresses Major International Security Issues

Rice in Asia, Addresses Major International Security Issues U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has assured Asias top diplomats that the United States will continue working for a lasting resolution to the Middle East crisis. But the possibility of action on another pressing security issue, North Koreas nuclear weapons, seems to be fading. The U.S. secretary of state says she is willing to return to the Middle East if her presence will help end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants. I am willing and ready to go back to the Middle East at any time if I think we can move

Virtua Link to provide Xand Mail’s Push Mail in Asia

Virtua Link to provide Xand Mail's Push Mail in Asia XandMail, a digital communication solutions provider, has announced that Xand Mail Push Mail solution will now be distributed by Virtua Link Technologies (Vlink), a Singapore-based technology company, and its subsidiary V-Mobile to their customer base throughout Asia. Specifically designed for the consumer market, Xand Mail Push Mail is a carrier-grade solution which enables mobile operators to offer e-mail push features to their subscribers. The solution is compatible with almost all mobile phones with a complete range of push options (through MMS, SMS or WAP push) for any webmail account (Yahoo, Gmail,

East Asia summit concludes

East Asia summit concludes New Zealand was pleased to have taken part in the inaugural East Asia Summit on an equal footing with its regional neighbours, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today. The summit, which concluded in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, was attended by Prime Minister Helen Clark and Leaders from the 10 Association of Southeast Asia Nation (ASEAN) countries, ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) and Australia, New Zealand and India. Winston Peters attended a pre-summit Foreign Ministers meeting to lay the groundwork for the leaders' meeting. A key focus of the meeting was to finalise the East Asia

East Asia summit becomes an annual feature

East Asia summit becomes an annual feature The East Asia summit held in the Malaysian capital will hence forth be an annual affair to foster strategic dialogue among the member nations and to promote cooperation in security and political issues besides economic integration. The leaders of 16 nations which included the core ASEAN group have also decided to help each other in promote development, financial stability, energy security, economic integration and to narrow the development gap through technology transfer and removing infrastructure bottlenecks. To be chaired by ASEAN chairperson, the new summit will be "an open, inclusive, transparent and outward-looking forum in which