Monday, September 24, 2012 at 12:40PM Foxconn’s workforce problem goes much deeper than the latest outbreak of worker unrest. Even with heavy government support it's struggling to recruit enough bodies to assemble iPhone 5s.
Foxconn, iPhone, labour shortage Friday, September 21, 2012 at 11:36AM As the iPhone 5 hits the stores in Hong Kong, a small but telling Apple power play
Apple, CSL, Hutchison, iPhone in Telecoms Hong Kong Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 10:43AM I’m surprised this didn’t get more exposure than it did. Hutchison Hong Kong has come up with a smart deal with WhatsApp: for the equivalent of US$1 a month you get unlimited data in your WhatsApp package.
Monday, September 17, 2012 at 2:13PM Submarine cables are still run as dedicated point-to-point infrastructure, but that's about to change.
Ciena, Infinera, bandwidth, subsea cables Friday, September 14, 2012 at 10:09AM Who saw this coming? Huawei and ZTE appeared before a Congress committee and denied spying on the US.
Here's the money quote from Mike Rogers, chair of the House of Reps intelligence committee:
"Our sources overseas have told us that there is a reason to question whether the companies are tied to the Chinese government or whether their equipment is as what it appears," he said.
Not only does he have no specific information, he doesn't even have a specific allegation. The phrasing puts as much distance as possible between himself and an actual position. This is a guy with the world's largest intelligence-gathering machine at his disposal.
Huawei, ZTE, national security in China Vendors