Monthly Archives: January, 2011

Reader Forum: Beyond bill shock: The world after FCC regs

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Movers & Shakers: HP shakeup; S&T new appointments; and more

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced that its board of directors has appointed five new members, effective Jan. 21. The appointments bring the total number of board...

Android knocks Symbian off sales top spot

We all knew this moment was going to come sooner or later. Symbian, Nokia's floundering mobile OS, has ruled the roost essentially forever in terms of sales (although it has been fairly absent in the mindshare stakes as of late), but that lead has been slowly crumbling as the twin forces of iOS and Android snapped at its heels. The question wasn't if, but when, one of them would overtake it.

Reader Forum: Picocells and DAS belong together

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 will have Nvidia Tegra 2

Rumors are currently swirling around Samsung's upcoming second tablet, with dubious videos and specs showing up all over the place, but AroundThe.Net claims to have it on "airtight" authority that Tab 2 will indeed be sporting Nvidia's Tegra 2 as opposed to Samsung's own Hummingbird processor.

Latin American eCommerce is ‘Just Beginning,’ declares Francisco Ceballos, MercadoLibre Mexico’s country manager

Mercado Libre | January 27, 2011 | Press Release Regional Online Sales Growth Exceeds 30 Percent Annually NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 27, 2011) -...

Latin American eCommerce is 'Just Beginning,' declares Francisco Ceballos, MercadoLibre Mexico's country manager

Mercado Libre | January 27, 2011 | Press Release Regional Online Sales Growth Exceeds 30 Percent Annually NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 27, 2011) -...

Intel to accelerate innovation expenditures

Business News Americas | January 28, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski The Latin America division of US chip manufacturer Intel (NYSE: INTC) plans to shuffle more...

Telefonica Venezuela RIM agree to block stolen Blackberrys

Wall Street Journal | January 27, 2011 | Ezequiel Minaya CARACAS (Dow Jones)--Venezuela's second-largest telephone service provider, Telefonica Venezuela, said it has reached agreement with...

FCC appoints Google as white space database manager

This week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave nine firms, including Google, backing to manage databases which will coordinate the usage of "white spaces" for high-speed wireless broadband networking.

KT Corp. fourth-quarter profit misses estimates on costs for smartphones

Bloomberg | January 27, 2011 | Jun Yang KT Corp., South Korea’s largest phone and Internet company, reported fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates after...

New Global Texting Champions crowned at 2011 LG Mobile World Cup in New York City – Team Panama

LG | January 27, 2011 | Press Release SAN DIEGO, January 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — LG Mobile Phones crowned the winner of the second annual...

DOCOMO to offer flat-rate data billing for smartphones and tablet PCs

NTT DoCoMo | January 28, 2011 | Press Release Similar billing for data-only devices also to be introduced TOKYO, JAPAN, January 28, 2011 --- NTT DOCOMO,...

S&T builds S&T Americas office with key appointments

S&T | January 28, 2011 | Press Release Strategy & Technology (S&T), a leading provider of interactive television technologies around the world, announced today that...

S&T builds S&T Americas office with key appointments

S&T | January 28, 2011 | Press Release Strategy & Technology (S&T), a leading provider of interactive television technologies around the world, announced today that...

Smartphone demand helps Samsung fourth quarter profits

BBC News | January 28, 2011 Demand for smartphones has helped South Korea's Samsung Electronics to a strong fourth quarter profit. Net profit was 3.42 trillion...

True, CAT sign 3G deal

Bangkok Post | January 27, 2011 True Move, the country's third-largest mobile phone operator, and state-owned CAT Telecom on Thursday morning signed a deal to...

Vietnam Mobifone 2010 sales rise 31.5% on new users

Bloomberg | January 25, 2011 | K. Oanh Ha Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Co., the nation’s second-biggest mobile-phone company by subscribers, said sales surged 31.5...

Egypt restricts mobile operations

The current protests engulfing parts of Egypt has spread to the country’s mobile networks as Vodafone Group plc (VOD) noted the country’s government has...

Verizon reaches for the cloud in $1.4B Terremark buy

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) has acquired Terremark Worldwide Inc. (TMRK) in a cash-for-stock deal value at $1.4 billion.While significant in its potential reach and...

LightSquared triggers 'Phase 2' of spectrum realignment plan

The news kept rolling for LigthSquared Subsidiary L.L.C. today as the company said it has triggered “Phase 2” of its spectrum realignment deal with...

Worldwide handset market sees continued growth

The worldwide mobile phone market just keeps on growing, with IDC's latest results showing a 17.9% rise in the fourth quarter of 2010 alone....

Worst of the Week: Blues iXplosion

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

ZTE Corp. puts a cap on 2010, posting profits of $491M

ZTE Corp. reported net income of $491.34 million on $10.62 billion in revenue during 2010. Revenue for the full year was up 16.69% from...

Velti eyes $150 million in IPO

Velti plc is going public and plans to generate more than $150 million in the process. The mobile marketing and advertising company has filed...
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