Monthly Archives: February, 2011

Cuba welcomes new internet cable link with Venezuela

BBC | February 9, 2011 Cuba has welcomed the arrival of an undersea fibre-optic cable linking it to Venezuela as a blow to the US...

Indosat mulling spin off of CDMA unit

The Jakarta Post | February 9, 2011 | Esther Samboh Indosat, the nation’s second largest telecommunications company, is considering spinning off its CDMA (code division...

Core market growth fuels SingTel's net

Wall Street Journal | February 10, 2011 | Gaurav Raghuvanshi SINGAPORE—Higher revenue in its core markets of Singapore and Australia led Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to post...

Core market growth fuels SingTel’s net

Wall Street Journal | February 10, 2011 | Gaurav Raghuvanshi SINGAPORE—Higher revenue in its core markets of Singapore and Australia led Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to post...

IBM, Samsung to license each others' patent portfolios

Wall Street Journal | February 8, 2011 | Matt Jarzemsky International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE, SSNHY) have agreed to license...

IBM, Samsung to license each others’ patent portfolios

Wall Street Journal | February 8, 2011 | Matt Jarzemsky International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE, SSNHY) have agreed to license...

SKT, KT bet that NFC will catch on

Korea JoongAng Daily | February 10, 2011 | Kim Hyung-eun SK Telecom announced yesterday that it joined forces with two Japanese wireless operators to conduct...

Telstra profit misses estimates in battle with Optus

Bloomberg | February 10, 2011 | Robert Fenner and Chan Sue Ling Telstra Corp., Australia’s largest phone company, posted earnings that missed estimates as it...

Opera pushes past 100 million monthly mobile users

Norwegian software firm Opera has announced it has pushed past the 100 million mark in terms of mobile users.

GetJar puts its money on Android in Nokia dilemma

While the Internet is rife with rumor surrounding what embattled Nokia Corp. plans to do next, cross platform app store GetJar has thrown its hat in the ring with the opinion Nokia should go Android and not Windows Phone 7.

Sprint Nextel posts robust Q4 results

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) appeared to continue making progress on turning around its beleaguered operations during the final three months of 2010. The carrier...

Visa acquires PlaySpan for $190M

Visa Inc. has announced plans to acquire PlaySpan Inc. for nearly $190 million with additional earn-out potential.The move comes as incumbents in the credit...

Obama, FCC expand strategy to increase wireless broadband access

As President Obama lays out his wireless broadband initiative today at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich., the Federal Communications Commission is moving...

iPhone 4 officially drops on Verizon Wireless today

I did it again. I bought another iPhone. This time it's the same iPhone that I already own. Less exciting. Nothing new. Just the same old iPhone 4, but this time with Verizon Wireless. Instead of waiting in line for maybe 10 grueling hours to get my hands on Verizon's iPhone 4 today, I decided that having it in my hands before Mobile World Congress wasn't worth it, so I pre-ordered online.

Verizon Wireless completes first VoLTE call

Verizon Wireless’ (VZ) push to bring voice services to its recently launched LTE network gained momentum as the carrier said it placed an “IMS-based...

HP goes all in on Palm's webOS, unveils trio of new devices

It's been more than nine months since Hewlett-Packard Co. acquired Palm and the company is just now taking the wraps off its plans for...

Partnerships: Tribune joins MMA; Movistar chooses Xius; and more

The Mobile Marketing Association and Tribune Co., a media company operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing, and digital media, announced that Tribune has joined the...

UK police using Twitter to track protesters

As you may (or may not) have heard, the United Kingdom has recently seen a series of protests aimed at reversing the government's controversial spending cuts, which have lopped a massive £7 billion from the budget of public services across the country.

Global Crossing Genesis Solutions expands broadcast and media services across its Latin American network

Global Crossing | February 8, 2011 | Press Release FLORHAM PARK, N.J., /PRNewswire/ --Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading IP solutions provider with the world's...

Digicel acquires Nextar Technologies

Digicel | February 8, 2011 | Press Release Businesses across the Caribbean and Central America to benefit from the region’s newest ICT powerhouse Tuesday 8 February...

Fixed broadband connections in Chile growth only 3.8 percent in first half of 2010

Cisco | February 8, 2011 | Press Release Mobile Connectivity Instead Shows Accelerated Adoption, Growing Nearly 40 Percent SANTIAGO, Chile - Feb 8, 2011 - Cisco...

Movistar Colombia selects XIUS payment manager solution for electronic prepaid recharge

PR Newswire | February 9, 2011 | Press Release WOBURN, Massachusetts, February 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- XIUS, a leader in delivering innovative telecom solutions for mobile operators...

Huawei's U.S. partner scales back

Wall Street Journal | February 9, 2011 | Shayndi Raice Chinese equipment-maker Huawei Technologies Co. and its U.S. partner Amerilink Telecom Corp. have significantly scaled...

Huawei’s U.S. partner scales back

Wall Street Journal | February 9, 2011 | Shayndi Raice Chinese equipment-maker Huawei Technologies Co. and its U.S. partner Amerilink Telecom Corp. have significantly scaled...

NEC, Lenovo may extend venture to cover server sales

Taipei Times | February 9, 2011 NEC Corp is in talks with Lenovo Group Ltd to partner on server sales in China, a move that...
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