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In a public statement on Wednesday, Hong Kong’s director general of telecommunications, Anthony Wong Sik-kei, gave his consent to Hong Kong Telecom IMS Ltd.’s US$32 million buyout of Hong Kong Star Internet Limited. The director general, also called “the Telecommunications Authority” (TA), heads the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) and by government ordinance is […]

Japan Telecom Co., Ltd. will evaluate Cisco Systems’ IP-based networking solutions in the trial of the Japanese firm’s next-generation network infrastructure, Progressive and Revolutionary Integration on Service Media (PRISM). “Cisco shares a common understanding and vision with Japan Telecom,” said Haruo Murakami, Japan Telecom’s president. “With this collaboration, Japan Telecom can make PRISM the number-one […]

The new Middle Eastern portal of Orientation’s global network experienced a surge in users with the news of the American and British attack on Iraq. “Weve had a significant increase in the number of visitors, both from within the Middle East area and from around the world.” said Gerrie Lim, Orientations editor-in-chief. “This vindicates our […]

From its Hong Kong office, Cisco Systems Inc. is delivering to North Asia two new access router families designed to bring “big business” wide-area networking benefits to small companies, remote offices and telecommuters. According to Cisco, Hong Kong is itself an excellent location to market the 1720 series and the 800 series routers because the […]

Attachmate, an American provider of host access management solutions, has set up an Asian consulting team with headquarters in Hong Kong. “We are targeting our efforts on key vertical markets like finance, telecommunications and insurance where a large amount of business-critical data resides in mainframes and other host systems,” said K. T. Wong, Attachmate’s regional […]

Netscape Communications Corp. of Mountain View, Calif., is launching its first national advertising campaign, estimated at more than $30 million, designed to expand the Netscape brand and promote its Netcenter portal content and services. TV ads will appear on shows such as ER, The X-Files, The Practice, 48 Hours, Dateline and 20/20. Print advertisements will […]

LinkExchange, which was acquired by Microsoft last month, has launched an affiliate hub called Revenue Avenue designed to allow small businesses to generate more revenue and enhance site content. Small businesses can join affiliate programs or start their own through LinkExchange’s ClickTrade service. Revenue Avenue is a resource for more than 1,000 online affiliate programs […]

Hong Kong-based ActionAce.com, is turning into Asia’s first e-commerce success story. ActionAce.com is an online retailer that handles orders for popular and hard-to-get Japanese and American toys. Recently, there has been much chatter about the company because it has in several months succeeded in developing a niche in the U.S. toy market. The online toy […]

2CAN Media Inc. signed an exclusive online advertising representation agreement with The Learning Company Inc. The Learning Company and its Mindscape, Broderbund, Parsons Technology and Creative Wonders brands produce more than 50 Web sites. The company said its Web sites were ranked No. 55 overall, with a 6.03 percent reach/unique audience, by online advertising ratings […]

Avenue A Media said that Peapod Inc. has selected the agency as its Internet media agency of record. Avenue A said its proprietary technology will enable Peapod, an online grocer, to determine the effectiveness of ad creative and Web site placement by measuring the relationship between media costs and sales dollars, new customers and visitors–information […]

SF Interactive Inc. and Mediasmith Inc. have been jointly awarded a new account to create interactive and traditional advertising for BabyCenter Inc., an Internet information and commerce company serving new and expectant parents. BabyCenter.com offers information on preconception, pregnancy, and infancy. The two agencies will partner to deliver integrated advertising and media services. Billings were […]

24/7 Media Inc.in New York City named former Bell Atlantic executive Ron Johnson as chief information officer and senior vice president. The CIO job is a new position created to support the company’s growth through expansion of its technology infrastructure. The title, chief information officer, also reflects its efforts to effectively integrate information management with […]