GreyReview.com » java http://www.greyreview.com the eastern journal of technology and business Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:41:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Maxis Unveils Its Platform Play http://www.greyreview.com/2010/01/25/maxis-unveils-its-platform-play/ http://www.greyreview.com/2010/01/25/maxis-unveils-its-platform-play/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:30:32 +0000 LIM YUNG HUI http://www.greyreview.com/?p=5334 Maxis, leading cellular provider and exclusive iPhone distributor in Malaysia, just launched its mobile applications marketplace, 1Store Developer Sentral. The 1Store (the name most likely aspired by 1Malaysia) will feature Java/Symbian-based mobile applications. Developers (individuals and companies) can now register at here. And the applications are available to over 11.4 million Maxis and Hotlink subscribers. Maxis is using its existing billing infrastructure to charge subscribers for downloading applications from 1Store. It is opening up its billing APIs to both purchases and in-app micropayments. Developers will then get paid via funds transfer (for local developers) and TT (for foreign developers).

Competition is intense in Malaysian cellular market. Pricing no longer an effective competitive advantage; price war can only go so far. Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has eliminated the hassles of changing carriers. Differentiation takes different forms. Tactics are being deployed by three key players – Maxis, DiGi and Celcom – to enhance its ecosystems and content play is a popular one – DiGi with its DiGi Music, Maxis with Music Unlimited and Celcom with Channel [X].

Maxis venturing into applications with 1Store, quite similar to the strategy adopted by smartphone makers – Apple with App Store, Nokia’s Ovi, BlackBerry’s App World and Google’s Android Market. Smartphone players use the apps to enhance the perceived value of their phones and enhances lock-ins; Maxis is planning to use applications to enhance the perceived value of the Maxis ecosystem and ultimately, increase subscribers and decrease subscribers’ churn rate.

Expect Maxis to continue to use its scale to corner the market with first-mover advantage and DiGi with late-comer strategy i.e. let the market play out and then find missing gaps to position itself. Think Broadband Done Right campaign. DiGi is a late-entrant in the Malaysian mobile broadband market but the company is gaining market share with its pricing and service quality. For DiGi, it’s launch-and-learn strategy with a twist – let-others-launch-first-and-learn-from-them approach. As for Celcom, it will continue to position itself as No. 1 in all Celcom territories.

Maxis Unveils Its Platform Play originally appeared on GreyReview.com on January 25, 2010.

]]> http://www.greyreview.com/2010/01/25/maxis-unveils-its-platform-play/feed/ 5 15 Mysterious ‘Thoroughbred’ Malaysian Open-Source Companies http://www.greyreview.com/2008/11/25/15-mysterious-thoroughbred-malaysian-open-source-companies/ http://www.greyreview.com/2008/11/25/15-mysterious-thoroughbred-malaysian-open-source-companies/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:03:55 +0000 LIM YUNG HUI http://www.greyreview.com/?p=1291 Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) handpicked 15 MSC Malaysia status open-source companies to transform them into global players within two years. Target: Each capable of generating RM150 million of annual revenue!

The 15 promising open-source companies were selected from a total 46 open-source companies (out of 1929 MSC Malaysia status companies, as of Nov 25 2008). However, for whatever reason, MDeC didn’t reveal the identities of the 15 companies.

A simple search (by MSC Malaysia qualifying activities) with the term ‘open source‘ from the MSC Malaysia Company Directory only yields 10 companies, namely:

  1. Byte Craft Sdn Bhd
  2. Microlink Solutions Bhd
  3. KZEN Solutions Sdn Bhd
  4. MNS Systems (MSC) Sdn Bhd
  5. Getronics Technology Sdn Bhd
  6. ELX Operating Systems Sdn Bhd
  7. Synchroweb Software (MSC) Sdn Bhd
  8. Abyres MSC Sdn Bhd
  9. Jayway Malaysia Sdn Bhd
  10. Open Application Systems Sdn Bhd
Also, results from a search with the term ‘open‘ (in addition to the above 10 companies):
  1. Unified Communications Sdn Bhd
  2. Comline DotCom Sdn Bhd
  3. eWarna.com Sdn Bhd
  4. Consolsys Technologies Sdn Bhd
Search with ‘linux’:
  1. CSA Conventive MSC Sdn Bhd
  2. Karensoft Technology Bhd
  3. Axiomatic Solutions Sdn Bhd
  4. Milinux Networks Sdn Bhd
  5. Hybrinix Sdn Bhd
  6. Zen Computer Systems Sdn Bhd
Search with ‘java’ (MDeC is collaborating with Sun Microsystem for this initiative)
  1. Sun Microsystems Malaysia Sdn Bhd
  2. Cyber Logic IT (MSC) Sdn Bhd
  3. Plant Essence Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd
  4. Forest Interactive Sdn Bhd

That’s a total of 24 companies associated with the keywords ‘open source’, ‘open’, ‘linux’ and ‘java’ in the MSC Malaysia Company Directory. The Star’s news article reported a total 46 open-source MSC Malaysia status companies. Maybe the discrepancy occurs due to (a) beside the four search keywords, there are other keywords associated with open-source companies in the Directory or (b) the Directory is poorly maintained (or, @nazroll rightly asked, “how does mdec define an open source company?“)

Are some of the above-mentioned enterprises made up the list of the 15 mysterious creme de la creme Malaysian open-source companies?

15 Mysterious ‘Thoroughbred’ Malaysian Open-Source Companies originally appeared on GreyReview.com on November 25, 2008.

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