TM new High Speed Broadband (HSBB) UniFi packages

TM launched its High Speed Broadband (HSBB) service with brand name UniFi on 24 March 2010.

The UniFi network is an end-to-end all-fibre optic, all-Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructure being built by TM to replace their older copper based telecommunications infrastructure.

UniFi is a bundled triple play service offering High Speed Internet, HyppTV (IPTV) and Voice service. There are 3 available packages for residential consumer and 3 packages for business.

Consumer (residential) packages:

• VIP5 - up to 5Mbps upload and download speed, RM149/month
• VIP10 - up to 10Mbps upload and download speed, RM199/month
• VIP20 - up to 20Mbps upload and download speed, RM249/month

There will be no installation and activation fee, no deposit, no Voice rental, and free equipments.

Product features:

• HyppTV Channels including RTM1, RTM2, TV3, NTV7, 8TV, TV9, Hikmah, Bernama TV, Australian Network, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies, Channel News Asia, Channel V Taiwan, DWTV, Euronews, Fashion TV, STAR Chinese Channel, STAR Chinese Movies, Travel Channel, LUXE TV, etc.
• Set-Top-Box
• 1x Streamyx Zone ID
• Dynamic IP address
• 2GB email space
• Call rates: free calls to TM fixed lines nationwide, flat rate 10 sen/min to all mobiles and other fixed lines nationwide, normal IDD rate
• Free cordless phone
• Premise Gateway with Wireless N
• Fair Usage Policy (FUP): Maximum 60GB (VIP5), 90GB (VIP10), 120GB (VIP20) download per month

Click here for more information about UniFi residential packages.

These packages seem more attractive than their previously launched Blockbuster Deals.

Business packages:

• BIZ5 - up to 5Mbps upload and download speed, RM199/month
• BIZ10 - up to 10Mbps upload and download speed, RM599/month
• BIZ20 - up to 20Mbps upload and download speed, RM899/month

There will also be no installation and activation fee, no deposit, no Voice rental, and free equipments.

Product features:

• 1x Streamyx Zone ID
• Dynamic IP address for BIZ5, fixed IP address for BIZ10 and BIZ20
• 2GB email space
• Call rates: 5 sen/min to TM fixed lines nationwide, flat rate 15 sen/min to all mobiles and other fixed lines nationwide, normal IDD rate
• Free DECT cordless phone
• Premise Gateway with Wireless N
• Unlimited usage
• 10GB Web Hosting Basic with customized domain name
• 5GB e-Storage Basic
• Service level guarantee

Click here for more information about UniFi business packages.

Currently, UniFi only available in limited Klang Valley areas including Bangsar, Shah Alam, Subang and Taman Tun Dr. Ismail. Click here to check the UniFi roll out schedule to your area.

Top 10 IT priorities for 2010

In January 2010, CIO Magazine has conducted a survey among CIO.com visitors to gauge which technology areas IT professionals plan to focus on, and received respond from 405 IT decision makers involved in buying technology products and services for their organizations.

The 6 pages exclusive research report reveals the top 10 areas of interest that IT decision makers care about in 2010 are:

• Cloud computing
• Business process management
• Web 2.0 / social networking technologies
• Desktop/client virtualization
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Analytics
• Storage virtualization
• Enterprise data management
• Software as a Service (SaaS) and Web services
• Collaboration technologies

Beside that, it is found that mobile and wireless applications are the most frequently cited technologies currently in production either enterprise-wide or on a division or business unit scale.

Click here to report the report of CIO Technology Priorities Survey (January 2010) for more detail.

Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 stable version released

After quite a long beta period, finally the stable version of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 is now officially released.

For those who haven't tried the Opera web browser for mobile devices, you should test it out. It is free, and most of the time it provides much better browsing experience as well as surfing speed than the original web browser that comes with your handphone.

To download Opera Mini 5 or Opera Mobile 10 to your handphone, simply make a visit to http://m.opera.com/ with your handphone, and the automated download and installation process should be initiated.

Opera Mini 5 is available on all Java-based handphones. Opera Mobile 10 is available on Windows Mobile and Symbian S60-based smartphones.

Here is how the new Opera Mini 5 screen looks like in my Sony Ericsson P1i.

And here is how this blog looks like when browsed with Opera Mini 5 (landscape mode).

When you tab on any area, it will enlarge that region, then the text and pictures will be readable.