Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Bring on the connected home

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To...

@ MWC: Hands on with the LG Optimus 3-D phone

BARCELONA, Spain— LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Optimus 3-D mobile phone takes a little getting used to, reports RCR Unplugged Editor Sylvie Barak from the...

@ MWC: Hands on with Samsung’s Galaxy Tablet 2

BARCELONA, Spain—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new 10.1 -inch Galaxy Tablet 2 has a nice user interface and is an improvement from its first version,...

Reader Forum: How smart phone manufacturers can gain greater market share today

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Google remotely patching exploited Android devices

In the wake of last week's discovery of a tranche of malicious apps residing in the Android Market, Google Inc. has leapt into action to protect those users affected by the malware, which not only collected and transmitted identifying information, but also left devices open to further attack.

Another day, another Twitter worm

It seems a month can't go by at the moment without some kind of viral worm weaving it's way through the Twittersphere, leaving a wake of dodgy linkbait and annoyed users behind it. This week's Twitter exploit, TweetViewer, once again plays on the insecurity and gullibility of the average Twitter user, and purportedly allows people to find out who has been viewing their Twitter profiles.

Motorola will upgrade rooted Xooms after all

As with most Android devices, it was only a matter of a few hours after launch until the Xoom was rooted, allowing would-be tinkerers access to the nuts-and-bolts of the device's Android operating system.

Latin Day Ahead: Brazil Signals It Will Raise Rates Next Month

Bloomberg | March 4, 2011 | Laura Price Brazil Says Raising Rate to 11.75% Part of ‘Adjustment Process’ Brazil’s central bank signaled it will raise the benchmark...

Oi reaches 19% market share in São Paulo at end-2010 – Brazil

Business News Americas | March 4, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás Brazilian telecoms operator Oi (NYSE: TNE) reached a market share of 19% in the São Paulo...

ACCC ushers in new era of telecommunications regulation with release of interim access determinations

ACCC | March 3, 2011 | Press Release The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued interim access determinations (IADs) for fixed line telecommunications services...

3G auction planned by year-end … maybe

Bangkok Post | March 3, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana The country's new telecommunications regulator officially has no members yet but it has begun work on two...

Billionaire vs. billionaire in Mexico feud

Wall Street Journal | March 4, 2011 | JOSÉ DE CORDOBA MEXICO CITY—Three of Mexico's most prominent billionaires—who were once a cozy group of amigos protecting...

Instant broadband for instant moments- Malaysia

ADOI Magazine | March 4, 2011 Packet One Networks (“P1”), Malaysia’s first and leading 4G wireless broadband service provider launched its latest ad campaign -...

KT, Samsung end rivalry, start anew

Korea Times | March 3, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul KT and Samsung Electronics are finding themselves closer, ending more than a year of animosity over...

China's Xunlei said to plan $200 million U.S. public offering, hire banks

Bloomberg | March 2, 2011 | Zijing Wu and Serena Saitto Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Ltd., the Chinese video and music file-sharing company partly owned by Google...

China’s Xunlei said to plan $200 million U.S. public offering, hire banks

Bloomberg | March 2, 2011 | Zijing Wu and Serena Saitto Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Ltd., the Chinese video and music file-sharing company partly owned by Google...

UPDATE 3-Alcatel shares surge on bid talk -traders

Reuters | March 3, 2011 | Blaise Robinson and Tarmo Virki * Huawei has no plans to invest in Alcatel - spokesman * Short squeeze also mentioned to...

March 2011 Hong Kong spectrum auction: too little, too late at too high a price…

Telstra | March 4, 2011 | Media Release Hong Kong, 4 March 2011 - Following the Auction of Radio Spectrum held by the Office of...

Vodafone Australia boss pleads with customers

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has had a tough time of its own making lately, blindly walking into one mess after the other.

@ MWC: The Weather Channel reignites global efforts

BARCELONA, Spain—With 35 million downloads, The Weather Channel is the second-highest smart-phone application in the United States. Now the company is reigniting its international...

Streaming 3D content seamlessly requires more than just backhaul

This week at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, RCR caught up with one of the world's largest ISPs, Level 3, which was...

Navteq sees crossover between gaming and GPS

GPS mapping provider Navteq says it believes it has a lot to offer the world of gaming, and spent GDC trying to persuade developers their content would look a whole lot nicer if it included the firm's enhanced 3D city models for more realistic and compelling content.

The Daily's Greg Clayman celebrates freedom from legacy costs

It isn't easy to define "The Daily." Publisher Greg Clayman relishes this fact for a few reasons.It looks pretty like a magazine, but it's...

Volubill, Sandvine build joint solution for traffic management

Real-time policy management and charging solutions provider Volubill announced that the company has completed interoperability testing with Sandvine, a provider of network policy control...

How to make Flash content run on your iDevice

Possibly the most common gripe about any Apple device is the swiss cheese style holes it leaves whenever it encounters flash content. Of course, Apple's refusal to budge on the issue has also closed the door to many a Flash game and given the finger to any developer clinging to Adobe's products.
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