Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Unclear integration, biz model to delay NFC launch – IMS Research – Regional

Business News Americas | March 16, 2011 | Christian Molinari Undefined infrastructure issues and business development plans for near field communications (NFC) mean that the...

Brightpoint Latin America, Intcomex combine operations in $15M deal

Indy Star | March 16, 2011 Indianapolis-based wireless device provider Brightpoint announced today its wholly-owned Miami-based subsidiary, Brightpoint Latin America Inc., will invest $15 million...

Telecom Italia to Shuffle Key Roles

Wall Street Journal | March 14, 2011 | Giada Zampano ROME—Telecom Italia SpA's controlling shareholders have agreed to a reshuffle at the helm of Italy's...

Mexico Regulator Sets Interconnection Rate For Telcel, Alestra

Wall Street Journal| March 16, 2011 | Anthony Harrup MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Mexico's telecommunications regulator said Wednesday that it has settled a dispute on interconnection...

Apple tumbles most since June after downgrade tied to Foxconn sales growth

Bloomberg | March 16, 2011 | Adam Satariano Apple Inc. (AAPL), the world’s most valuable technology company, fell the most since June on the Nasdaq...

Law proposed against uploading violent images on the internet

Sydney Morning Herald | March 16, 2011 | AAP The South Australian government wants to make it an offence to post violent or other degrading...

True offers 10Gbps service to companies

Bangkok Post | March 16, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana True ups bandwidth with fibre-optic ethernetTrue Corporation is moving aggressively into high-speed fibre-optic networking for corporate...

New Car Connectivity Consortium aims to put in-vehicle infotainment into high gear

Nokia | March 16, 2011 | Press release Cross industry initiative: Leading automotive mobile communications and consumer electronics companies join a new consortium for in-vehicle...

NTT Docomo pulls out of CTIA due to earthquake

Japanese carrier NTT Docomo has decided to cancel its participation in the CTIA WIRELESS tradeshow in the aftermath of the powerfully destructive earthquake and tsunami that struck...

@ SXSW: Winners named in Microsoft Bizspark entrepreneur contest

AUSTIN, Texas – Thirty-two hungry entrepreneurs showed off their products and services at the SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft Corp. BizSpark on ...

Samsung announces the Galaxy Player

In a move seemingly directly aimed at competing with Apple Inc.'s iPod Touch, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced a new ultra mobile device – the Galaxy Player, which comes in two flavors of either a 4-inch or 5-inch screen.

Companies line up against AT&T to block FLO TV spectrum purchase

The big wireless players may not be making any fuss yet, but a group of smaller carriers, organizations and Dish Network Corp. have filed...

Survey: Social media spurs device love

Wireless consumers that are really addicted to their devices are also really happy with those devices, according to the latest customer satisfaction studies conducted...

Globys launches split-billing solution to separate business, personal phone use

Globys said it has launched Globys SplitView, an online application that allows businesses to separate their employees’ business calls from personal calls and...

Malaysian operator U Mobile to bolster HSPA+ service, looks towards LTE

Malaysian 3G operator U Mobile Sdn Bhd said it has signed an agreement with ZTE Corp. to expand its current HSPA+ network as...

Sprint Nextel taps Telespree for prepaid data

Sprint Nextel Corp. expanded its play into the prepaid mobile broadband space announcing an agreement with Telespree Communications to provide a mobile service management...

NAB, CTIA, CEA spar over incentive auctions

A year after the Federal Communications Commission presented its National Broadband Plan to Congress, broadcast incentive auctions seem to be the major contentious point...

Partnerships: U Mobile & ZTE; AppTech and Conmudata of Colombia; and more

U Mobile and ZTE have signed an agreement to bring 100 Mbps wireless network across key cities in Malaysia. The agreement is a two...

Partnerships: U Mobile & ZTE; AppTech and Conmudata of Colombia; and more

U Mobile and ZTE have signed an agreement to bring 100 Mbps wireless network across key cities in Malaysia. The agreement is a two...

Sprint Nextel sheds more light on PTT plans

Following up on comments made earlier this month, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) said it plans to begin rolling out an updated CDMA-based push-to-talk service...

PS3 hacking lawsuit takes a turn for the creepy

Sony Corp.'s legal team must be a busy bunch at the moment. On the one hand they're battling LG Electronics Co. Ltd. in a Blu-Ray patent dispute that has seen European Union Playstation imports impounded in Holland, and on the other hand they're fighting an increasingly vitriolic battle against renowned hacker George "GeoHot" Hotz, who is in hot water for cracking open the security on the companies popular console.

IE9 sees 2.3 million downloads in first 24 hours

Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft Corp.'s newest and fastest-ever browser, has scored around 2.3 million downloads since it launched on Monday evening. Microsoft has issued a back-slapping blog post detailing the feat, and certainly seems pleased as punch that people are flocking to their new browser.

@ SXSW: Net neutrality debate cites flurry of voices

AUSTIN, Texas – Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said he will introduce antitrust legislation to curb the influence of telecommunications lobbyists, but that...

Qualcomm says Japan earthquake won’t significantly hinder supply

Qualcomm Inc. says it does not foresee any significant impact to its semiconductor supply chain after last week’s earthquake in Japan and says it shouldn’t have a problem in continuing to supply product to its customers.

Brazil's Oi reports 3% stake in Portugal Telecom

Wall Street Journal | March 16, 2011 | Carla Canivete LISBON (DJ Bolsa)--Portugal Telecom (PT, PTC.LB) said Tuesday that Brazilian peer Tele Norte Leste Participacoes...
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