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Singapore-based content provider Tricast (BVI) Ltd. has closed a five-year deal with E! Online, the US provider of online entertainment content. According to Tricast representatives, the content provider has exclusive distribution rights in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan for content on E!Online.com, Moviefinder.com, and Shop.eonline.com. “This deal marks a significant step forward for Tricast,” […]

The Hong Kong Tourist Association (HKTA) has won a best Web site award from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) for its “Hong Kong – City of Life” tourist campaign Web site. The site provides updated online information on Hong Kong, including entertainment, events and travel information, and contains multimedia options, competitions, virtual tours, games, […]

Hongkong ISP Asia Online, a Softbank company, has officially debuted LiveWeb, a service that integrates video and audio streaming, image resolution on demand and e-commerce modules for interactive web page design and hosting. “Today, thousands of businesses in Hong Kong have their own web sites and a presence on the World Wide Web, but many […]

Starting in May 1999, Hongkong Telecom (HKT) plans to offer multimedia satellite services to customers throughout the Asian region. According to HKT, the new service will bring interactive multimedia to desktop units and corporate networks even in countries without developed cable infrastructures. The new service will, through satellite broadcast, provide transfer of streamed and packaged […]

A Hong Kong-based offshore corporate services firm, ICS Trust (Asia) Ltd., is offering a service where companies can incorporate offshore over the Internet. ICS is providing Hong Kong businesses with access to the Anguilla Commercial Online Registration Network (ACORN), an Internet- based system that allegedly provides 24-hour, 365-day-a-year automated registration of offshore companies in the […]

Last week, Hong Kong Internet-related stocks gained as investors reacted to substantial developments in the local industry. Highly visible gainers included Hongkong Telecom (HKT), Wharf Cable, SmarTone, and ABC Communications. Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Francis Cheung indicated that the increase in value Internet listings is understandable considering the success of Singapore ISP Pacific Internet […]

Cisco Systems will provide networking solutions for Hong Kong schools amounting to over HK$3 million (US$387,000) in business. Part of the Hong Kong Government’s pilot scheme for developing IT in education, the US networking giant is filling orders for its products through its partners, Hongkong Telecom CSL and Datacraft Asia. “Hong Kong is at the […]

Nortel Networks renewed an agreement with Hongkong Telecom to supply a range of communications products for voice and data integrated solutions. “Nortel Networks’ Unified Networks Solutions fit in well with Hongkong Telecom’s mission of being Asia’s leading integrated communications provider,” said Gary Chow, general manager for corporate marketing, Hongkong Telecom. “We are delighted to see […]

Zhaodaola Internet (Beijing) Limited, the China portal that is financially backed by American evangelist and former presidential candidate Pat Robertson, is now offering NetGravity’s AdServer Network application to its advertisers and clients. “We’re excited about being the portal that introduces new Internet technology to China,” said Ruby Yu, Zhaodaola’s general manager. “By investing in advanced […]

In a position paper, the Hong Kong Internet Service Provider’s Association (HKISPA) advocated more competitive broadband and Internet markets in Hong Kong and criticized Hongkong Telecom (HKT), the dominant fixed network provider and largest ISP, for monopolistic tactics. However, the HKISPA stopped short of criticizing the Hong Kong Government for what the harshest critics say […]

VIP Calling Inc., an US-based provider of wholesale international Internet telephony services, has entered into a joint venture with Microworld Limited, a local provider of telephony and VOIP applications, to open a Hong Kong office. The new office will target traditional carriers and firms that have been awarded PNETs (Public Non-exclusive Telecommunications Service) licenses by […]

Consistent with its plan to become a regional force, Web development company, Web Connection Ltd., has entered the Japanese market by purchasing the communications division of LINC Media. At the end of the month, the Web Connection will take over the assets, 13 employees, and customer accounts of the LINC Media division which creates, manages, […]