Category Archives: Asia Pacific

China’s Entrepreneurship Revolution

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

A clip from the new documentary film Win in China, by Robert Compton, shows how fast China is changing and how hundred of thousands of entrepreneurs are driving the growth of the second economy of the World. At the same … Continue reading →

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In CommunicAsia 2009: Making Mobile TV Work

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

It is more than one motnh ago that I was in CommunicAsia  for a Mobile TV panel. Here are the main points we discussed about how to make the business case for Mobile TV work. Free-to-Air channels are a must … Continue reading →

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No More Bing for China

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

NYT, GigaOm, and others attribute to the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen the fact that Twitter, Blogsplot, YouTube and many other sites are not accessible from China these days. Even the brand new Microsoft search engine Bing is now blocked!! I wonder … Continue reading →

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In Shanghai, without YouTube

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

After a few weeks in Shanghai, I am finally settling and getting used to China, and how crazy they drive in Shanghai. I have a decent 2Mbps ADSL line at home that works much better than the broadband I was … Continue reading →

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Broadband at 1 Gbps in 2012!!

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Koreans and Japanese enjoy today broadband connections at 100 Mbps. Not being enough, the Korean Communications Commission wants to boost the country broadband infrastructure to provide 1 Gbps service in 2012!! That  is a tenfold increase from today’s speed and … Continue reading →

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What Country Has Most Internet Users?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

According to comScore and echoed by The Economist, China is the country with most Internet users in the World, accounting for 179.7 million users out of one billion worldwide. The United States of America, until recently the leader, has 163 … Continue reading →

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Mobile Music keep growing in Japan

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Thanks to KDDI Lismo music service, 90% of the digital music sales in Japan comes from mobile, according to Wireless Watch Japan. The Record Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has reported 2007 figures, with total sales increasing for third year … Continue reading →

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Japan: Mobile Phones and Fashion

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Each season Mobile Operators in Japan present their new handsets, often developed in exclusive by Japanese vendors as Hitachi, Sanyo, Panasonic or Kyocera. See these articles with details on the latest models announced by KDDI and Softbank: KDDI spring’08 phones and … Continue reading →

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Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Happy Chinese New Year.  Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year. Our best wishes for the year of the Rat.

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KDDI LISMO: Best Mobile Music Service in the World

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Few people are aware about the huge success that KDDI, #2 mobile operator in Japan, has achieved in selling music to mobile phones. LISMO is the name of the music service available to KDDI au subscribers, that offers song downloads … Continue reading →

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