March 2011

I switch smart phones like they’re going out of style. Mostly because they are always going out of style. I’ve broken more carrier contracts and paid for more devices at full retail price than I care to admit. Last month, it all happened again. I’m one of those defectors who ditched their iPhones with AT&T Mobility and switched to Verizon Wireless.

Industry analytics outfit ComScore Inc. has released their latest figures for mobile operating system market share, covering the fourth quarter of 2010. The quarter is always the biggest period of the year for any retailer, covering Black Friday and the festive season. So how did the major operating systems do?

Business News Americas | March 7, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Colombian BSS/OSS solutions provider Open Systems is confident it can expand beyond Latin America with its offering that seeks to …

Sports Business | March 7, 2011 | Matt Cutler A consortium of Embratel and Claro has been appointed as a national sponsor of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Embratel and …

Forbes | March 7, 2011 | Agustino Fontevecchia Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who is soon to be re-deployed as chairman after founder Larry Page takes the reins in April, gave an interview …

Research and Markets | March 7, 2011 | Press Release DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/51dfb5/brazil_telecommuni) has announced the addition of the “Brazil Telecommunications Report Q1 2011” report to their offering. …

LogNet Systems | March 7, 2011 | Press Release London, UK (March 7, 2011) – LogNet Systems, a global provider of customer management and billing solutions for multiple play service providers, …

Today Online | March 5, 2011 | Jonathan Peeris SINGAPORE – MediaTek plans to invest S$120 million to expand its research and development centre and business operations in Singapore, with the …

Finance News Network | March 6, 2011 M2 Telecommunications Group Ltd (ASX:MTU) has boosted its full 2011 financial year net profit after tax guidance by 20 per cent to $27.3 …

Korea Herald | March 4, 2011 | Shin Hyon-hee SK Telecom will begin selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone on March 16, it announced Sunday, ending the exclusive distribution here by its rival …

Bloomberg | March 4, 2011 | Young-Sam Cho Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is interested in developing a version of the iPhone for China Mobile Communications Corp.’s TD-LTE network, …

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy | March 4, 2011 | Press Release Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Deputy Leader …

As a BlackBerry user, my main gripe about Android phones is that I just can’t find one that suits my incessant e-mailing habit. The on-screen keyboards just don’t cut it, no matter what new-fangled system the phone is using. i just want my QWERTY brick, goddamit!