Hans Lombardo

The Chinese military hopes to develop the capability of engaging in warfare over the Internet by training hackers to take the battle online. The Liberation Army Daily (LAD), a mouthpiece of China’s Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), recently called for the development of this capability. The paper said that, by recruiting civilian hackers and training “cyber […]

One of China’s most successful portals, Netease.com, has become the first to offer personalized front pages for the mainland Chinese audience. Since it was launched in 1997, Netease has pioneered a number of services for Chinese Internet users including free Web-based e-mail, free Web hosting and other community services. Netease serves one million registered users […]

US microchip giant Intel Corp. and Hong Kong-based Pacific Century Group (PCG) have further sealed their partnership to deploy broadband Internet services in Asia. Intel has agreed to invest HK$389 million (US$50 million) in Hong Kong listed Tricom Holdings Limited, currently being acquired by PCG and soon to be renamed Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited. Moreover, […]

BMCMedia.com, Australia’s largest Internet advertising firm, is this month setting up offices in Singapore and Hong Kong in order to target the Asia-wide Internet market. In Singapore, the Australian firm has teamed up with local Web consulting firm Active Media. BMCMedia has chosen Active Media’s managing director, Peter Leung, as the general manager & director […]

The Chinese government’s crackdown against the 100 million member Falun Gong sect has spread to the Internet. The sect’s Web site has been blocked by Chinese authorities, according to press reports. China’s Public Security Bureau issued warnings last week against the dissemination of information regarding the sect by any means. China.com’s free e-mail service was […]

Korea Telecom, a government telecom and the largest ISP in Korea, will co-locate on AboveNet’s West Coast Internet Service Exchange (ISX) in San Jose. Korea Telecom will have access to AboveNet’s significant bandwidth, which currently totals 10.5 Gbps, according to company sources. In addition, Korea Telecom will also have access to AboveNet’s more than 257 […]

Nagoya Cable Network Co., Ltd., operated by KDD Media Net, is deploying cable modems and headends from Com21, Inc in various locations throughout the 400,000 homes commercially serviced by Nagoya and KDD. As part of their deployment, KDD and Nagoya plan to purchase US$1.5 million in cable modem equipment over a two-year period. Over the […]

China market leader Sina.com has introduced a Hong Kong portal to its network of Chinese sites. Although only one million people are online in Hong Kong, Sina.com’s management indicated that the Hong Kong portal was an important addition to its network because of the city’s financial capital and its geographical and strategic significance. “Sina Hong […]

France’s Alcatel will supply Internet dial-up access equipment for Chinese ISP Xin Hai Technology Development Ltd. Alcatel will provide the ISP, branded as Xin Net, with a remote access concentrator that will support the implementation of 18,000 ports over the next 3 years. Xin Net has 25,000 subscribers in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang, and has […]

CCT Telecom Holdings Limited has announced that a “renowned Japanese telecommunications corporation” is negotiating to acquire a 49 percent stake in its subsidiary HKNet, the number three ISP in Hong Kong. Officials at HKNet, however, were tight lipped about the name of the Japanese telco. Charles Mok, the general manager of HKNet, said, “All I […]

Although China.com appears to be the darling of Wall Street, the newest survey produced by the China Network Information Center (CNNIC) indicates that China.com’s mainland portal has fallen further behind the market leaders. Every six months, government-run CNNIC rates the top 100 sites in China in addition to providing other demographic data regarding China’s Net […]

As China.com soared on the Nasdaq yesterday, Sina.com Wednesday announced that it’s mainland China portal recorded average daily pageviews of 2.82 million last month in a third party audit by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Sina.com representatives said that this is more than 50 percent of the global average daily page views of […]