March 2011

Wondering what the topic of conversation will be at this week’s CTIA event in Orlando, Fla.? Wonder no more.AT&T Inc. (T) announced plans over the weekend to acquire the domestic …

AT&T Inc. (T) announced plans to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc. in a $39 billion deal that if approved will create the domestic industry’s largest player – by a sizeable margin …

Jobs in the computer and electronics products sector continued to trend upward in February, according to information released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Positions in the telecommunications space …

Business News Americas | March 17, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Emerging markets will be the biggest growth opportunity for US chipset maker Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOMM) in the next 3-4 years, …

Reuters | March 18, 2011 | Cesar Bianconi * Telefonica buys 10.63 million common shares of Vivo * Spanish telecom group pays 118.97 reais per Vivo share * Vivo voting …

Pace | March 17, 2011 | Press Release SALTAIRE, England, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — – Pace set to help NET’s Transition to Advanced Digital Services;Partnership Marks One Million Set-Top …

Business News Americas | March 18, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Certain countries in the Caribbean are implementing an advanced communications system called Common Alerting Protocols (CAP), which allows automatic, multimedia …

ITU | March 16, 2011 | Press Release Re-establishing communications vital for search and rescue in tsunami-affected areas Geneva, 16 March 2011 — ITU has dispatched emergency telecommunications equipment to …

Gizmodo | March 17, 2011 | Nick Broughall The brilliant minds CSIRO have spent the past few years developing a new wireless technology to deliver high speed wireless internet to …

Baraka Telecom | March 18, 2011 | Press Release KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MMD Newswire) March 18, 2011 — Baraka Telecom (www.barakatelecom.com), the first dedicated Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) in …

Just short of a year after announcing its intentions, CenturyLink Inc. (CTL) received Federal Communications Commission approval for its acquisition of Qwest Communications International Inc. (Q) The deal, which was …

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. is on the verge of releasing the PlayBook and has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to handle what it expects will be a growing …

Henkels & McCoy NetWorks, a national wireless networking infrastructure design and integration firm based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., announced that the company has chosen MobileAccess DAS equipment as its preferred …

Funambol, the mobile cloud company, announced the introduction of two new price plans for the myFUNAMBOL mobile cloud service, which allow users to upgrade from the basic service. myFUNAMBOL makes …

The migration of voice services to data networks is not a new phenomenon in the world of telecommunications, but for the mobile space the move has started to gain steam …

The RCR Wireless News editorial team will be broadcasting live from the CTIA show next week, bringing news and analysis straight from the show floor to RCRWireless.com and our microsite, …

Led by 50% growth in Europe and North America, ZTE Corp. reported $10.6 billion in revenue for the year, up 21% from the previous year, leading to a net profit …

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American Banking News | March 16, 2011 Equities research analysts at Standpoint Research upgraded shares of Telecom Argentina (NYSE: TEO) from a “hold” rating to an “accumulate” rating in a …