Monthly Archives: March, 2011

RCR Wireless News Desk @SXSW to feature live game of Angry Birds : RCR Wireless News will be broadcasting live from Alcatel-Lucent's ElevenAPI Developer...

RCR Wireless News is bringing its 2011 Mobile Broadband Innovation & Opportunity Tour to Austin, Texas, March 10 to March 17. While in...

Why I made the iPhone switch from AT&T Mobility to Verizon Wireless

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.

Realty Check: Smaller and greener: The base stations of the future

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

Contracts: Rio Olympics chooses Embratel and Claro; HBO and Motorola; and more

Embratel and Claro Brazil: With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to be a national sponsor, exclusively in the Telecommunication Services categories. Thus, Embratel and...

@ MWC: Invest Sweden discusses mobile graphics improvements

BARCELONA, Spain—Invest Sweden is a government initiative formed to get foreign research and development dollars in Sweden in the telecom and IT sectors. Swedish...

Latest ComScore figures show Android top, Microsoft slipping

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?

Open Systems eyeing geographical expansion with integrated services offering – Regional

Business News Americas | March 7, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Colombian BSS/OSS solutions provider Open Systems is confident it can expand beyond Latin America with...

Rio 2016 recruits telecommunications sponsor

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

Google’s Schmidt puts social media chips on Brazil and Orkut to fend off Facebook

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...

Research and Markets: Brazil Telecommunications Report Q1 2011

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...

LogNet Systems to replace legacy systems and deliver a multiple play solution for bundled voice, data and IPTV services

LogNet Systems | March 7, 2011 | Press Release London, UK (March 7, 2011) – LogNet Systems, a global provider of customer management and billing solutions...

Singapore springboard for chip giant MediaTek

Today Online | March 5, 2011 | Jonathan Peeris SINGAPORE - MediaTek plans to invest S$120 million to expand its research and development centre and business...

M2 boosts FY guidance by 20%- Australia

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...

SKT to break KT’s iPhone monopoly

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...

Apple keen on development of China Mobile 4G IPhone, Wang Says

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...

Release of telecommunications industry ombudsman scheme discussion paper- Australia

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

GSM operators to surrender excess spectrum during renewal in 2014

Economic Times | March 7, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: All leading GSM operators will have to give up 'excess' airwaves they have when...

Samsung looking to win over BlackBerry users?

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!

BroadSoft unveils video-conferencing solution

BroadSoft Inc. (BSFT) is aiming to bring mobile video calling to the business community, giving operators an opportunity to sell enhanced services and...

Sprint Nextel launches online business directory for mobile numbers

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) reported a partnership with WhitePages to produce an online business directory for wireless phone numbers. The offering is in response...

Google culls malicious apps from Android Market, RIM launches BlackBerry Protect

There is a growing response to security lapses on mobile. Last week, Google Inc. discovered more than 20 malicious applications that were uploaded to...

SK Telecom to offer iPhone

Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. (SKM) said it will begin offering Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 beginning March 16. The device will include the...

Movers & Shakers: AT&T names new CFO; CBS Interactive's new President; and more

AT&T Inc. announced that Rick Lindner, chief financial officer, will retire effective June 1, 2011. He will be replaced by AT&T Controller John Stephens,...

Movers & Shakers: AT&T names new CFO; CBS Interactive’s new President; and more

AT&T Inc. announced that Rick Lindner, chief financial officer, will retire effective June 1, 2011. He will be replaced by AT&T Controller John Stephens,...

AT&T set for CFO swap

AT&T Inc. (T) reported late last week that current CFO Richard Lindner will retire June 1 and be replaced by current controller John Stephens....
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