Monthly Archives: February, 2011

An industry first: Freescale Semiconductor unveils innovation at MWC

BARCELONA-In a leap in the infrastructure field, Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor, one of the 10 largest chip makers worldwide, unveiled the industry’s first multimode wireless...

Reader Forum: Are we really addicted to mobile phones?

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...

RCR Wireless News @ MWC 2011

The Mobile Broadband Global Tour enables RCR Wireless News to provide the industry with "real" mobile broadband news, insights, and analysis online, in person,...

@ MWC: Sequans' 4Sight solution works for WiMAX and LTE operators

BARCELONA, Spain – Sequans Communications announced an initiative named 4Sight that allows operators to go forward with next-generation wireless plans, without immediately having to...

My Mobile World Congress Top 10

BARCELONA, Spain – I manage to attend Mobile World Congress about every other year, (someone has to manage the home fronts so Editor Dan Meyer...

S. Korea, Dominican Republic sign mobile broadband deal

Yonhap News Agency | February 11, 2011 SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the Dominican Republic signed a preliminary agreement on Friday to...

S. Korea, Dominican Republic sign mobile broadband deal

Yonhap News Agency | February 11, 2011 SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the Dominican Republic signed a preliminary agreement on Friday to...

Movilway arrives in Mexico with the electronic top-up service

Movilway | February 11, 2011 | Press Release EXPANDING ITS PRESENCE IN SIX COUNTRIES Movilway, one of the leading electronic top-up service platforms in Latin America, is now present...

Venezuela, Brazil Complete Fiber-Optic Cable Link

Wall Street Journal | February 11, 2011 | Kejal Vyas CARACAS (Dow Jones)--Venezuela's state-run telecommunications operator, Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, or Cantv, said...

2degrees unveils $100m network expansion

New Zealand Herald | February 10, 2011 | Hamish Fletcher 2degrees plans to invest $100 million in its network over the next two years, extending...

Alcatel-Lucent supports Telefónica’s commercial femtocell deployment in Spain

Alcatel- Lucent | February 11, 2011 | Press Release Improving 3G coverage in indoor locations and high-traffic public areas Paris and Madrid, February 11, 2011 —...

Texas bank branches introduce integrated mobile banking

AUSTIN, Texas – American Bank of Texas in Marble Falls and Waggoner National Bank located in Vernon have launched First Data Corp.’s Mobile Manager...

Yahoo hopes to revolutionize tablet content delivery

Just a short while after Apple and News Corp. announced their collaboration to produce a tablet newspaper called The Daily, Yahoo has announced its new publishing platform, which it calls Livestand – a digital newsstand for tablets and mobile phones.

Will you get lucky this Valentine’s day? Depends on your phone!

Size may not matter, but what you have jutting out of your trouser pocket does have an impact, according to OK Cupid, the online dating site. And by that, of course, we mean your phone.

Nokia and Microsoft team up for mobile revival

Nokia Corp. has done the unexpected. Never mind, the news already leaked. The world's largest handset manufacturer has taken its search for a modern...

Verizon Wireless adds another rural carrier to LTE plan

Utah-based rural operator Strata Networks said it has taken Verizon Wireless up on its LTE in Rural America program designed to expand network coverage...

Reaction positive to Obama wireless plan

Reaction to President Obama's Expanded Wireless Access Initiative was welcomed by wireless industry groups, which used the platform to continue to promote their own...

Worst of the Week: Slow news week … not

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...

Nokia kills Symbian, sidelines MeeGo (UPDATE: Intel responds)

At today's big Nokia / Microsoft announcement, Nokia's ballsy new CEO Stephen Elop dished some details about the Finnish phone maker's plans with regard to the OS future handsets will be running. Obviously, Window Phone 7 featured heavily, however more interesting were the plans for Nokia's own platforms.

Spotlight on: Mitek Systems

There is little about the mobile space that should shock or surprise anyone anymore. Just think for a minute about all that you can...

Bits & Bytes: Telefonica launches BlueVia; Ericsson announces money service; and more

Telefonica SA announced that it has launched a developer community, BlueVia, which will operate across Telefonica's global footprint. BlueVia will build upon the foundations...

Carlos Slim interview

Bloomberg | February 10, 2011 | Betty Liu Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about his 2011 investment...

Quepasa appoints Lars Fuhrken-Batista to board of directors

QuePasa | February 10, 2011 | Press Release WEST PALM BEACH, FL--(Marketwire - February 10, 2011) - Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex:QPSA), creator and operator of Quepasa.com, the...

Millicom slates US$800mn in 2011 capex, may acquire Central American cable operators – Regional

Business News Americas | February 10, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Luxembourg-based mobile operator Millicom International Cellular (Nasdaq: MICC) has forecast capex of US$800mn for 2011, which...

Telefonica announces BlueVia developer community

Telefonica | February 10, 2011 | Press Release Telefonica announced today that it has launched a developer community, BlueVia, which will operate across Telefonica’s global footprint. BlueVia...
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