Some facts about Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft is still the king in the computer business. There are some facts you may not know including the average income of employees who reached IDR 964 million. Microsoft word coined by Bill Gates in 1975 as an abbreviation of ‘microcomputer‘ and ‘software‘. Not only that, Microsoft has changed its logo several times where the word ‘o’ represents the services offered burgers Microsoft’s corporate cafeteria.

In April 2002, Microsoft re-organized into seven major business units, namely:
Windows Client (managing clients, servers and operating system called Microsoft Windows) , Information Worker (Office software products to manage)Microsoft Business Solutions (business service management and application process), Server and Tools (managing servers and software development tools, integrated), Mobile and Embedded Devices (palmtops and managing telephone services), MSN (manage web-based services), Home and Entertainment (hardware and software to manage customer).

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Hewlett-Packard (HP) Completes Palm Acquisition

Hewlett-Packard (HP) eventually won the bidding on the Palm worth USD 1.2 billion. Earlier, HTC and Lenovo becomes the company reported that it would buy the company’s smartphone.In fact, apart from that there is also Apple, Google and BlackBerry, Research In Motion (RIM) is interested in acquiring Palm.

Apple and Google look at Palm as a repository of intellectual property and patents of potential growth for their companies. Apple could offer Palm’s patent portfolio. Although for that, Apple should support two different platforms of competing applications. But then, Apple’s offering is not accepted by Palm. Google had intended to acquire Palm, but then canceled the offering.

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Esia - Telkom Flexy merger in Indonesian Telco Industry

The merger between two operators based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Esia Telkom Flexi-will benefit the Indonesian telecommunications industry. Consolidation of the top two CDMA operators that could suppress tariff war.

The merger is expected Esia and Telkom Flexi did not result in monopolistic practices in business.Merging the two largest CDMA operators were expected to be done in a healthy business corridor.

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Mobile Internet Users Increasing in Indonesia

Cell phones increasingly used for data services and internet access. Any increase in mobile internet trend welcomed by the operators. Axiata XL is one of the operators who welcomed the growth data. Therefore, data access has become one of the reliable revenue other than voice calls and SMS.

“Service to first quarter 2010 data has contributed 7% of our total revenue,” said Head of Marketing Mobile Data Services XL, Budi Harjono, after the launch of XL Content Gila, at Euphoria, Jakarta, Tuesday (06/01/2010).

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Google Translate Adopted to SMS Translator

Telkomsel adopt one of the Google service to be part of value added services based on SMS. This time, Google’s translation dictionary can be enjoyed by 82 million users of Telkomsel.
“This new innovation we represent pure cooperate with Google. His name is SMS Translator, which is Indonesia’s first SMS service to translate Indonesian to various foreign languages and vice versa, through an SMS service,” said General Manager of  VAS & Devices Customization Jajang Munajat Telkomsel, in his statement official.

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Business Mobile Broadband Can Stand Alone

Nokia Siemens Networks issued a techno economic research that shows that even without voice services, operators can preserve capital and operating expenditures amounted to three euros per customer.
Through an official statement quoted by Nokia Siemens Networks, on Monday (5/17/2010), the operator can provide up to 5 GB of data per month for each customer of their current voice service using radio technology, HSPA and LTE base stations existing on the site and using several different frequency bands. In addition, the higher penetration of mobile broadband, the lower the cost of providing gigabytes of data per customer.

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