Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Worst of the Week: Idol worship

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Confessions of a Gingerbread man

A while ago, I was able to give you my impressions of Gingerbread based on the emulator Google released. It is all very well playing around with a mobile OS on an emulator, but it was never going to be the same experience as using it day to day on my phone. So here are my impressions of using Gingerbread in anger!

Bits &Bytes: Scanbuy opens in Mexico; Telstra bids on spectrum; and more

Networking specialists LANCOM, LTE modem manufacturer Sierra Wireless, and Rohde & Schwarz, a provider of wireless test technology, presented at CeBIT the first live...

@ MWC: GSMA’s mWomen Programme aims to close cell-phone gender gap

BARCELONA, Spain — The GSMA's mWomen Programme is aiming to close the gender gap between men and women in developing countries by helping to...

Haiti-Technology: Major internet project for Haiti and the Dominican Republic

HaitiLibre | March 3, 2011 World Bank (WB) and the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) proposes the creation of a submarine cable terminal (optical fiber) to...

Dekal Wireless deploys Altai Technologies for the world's first island-wide SuperWiFi network

PR Newswire | March 2, 2011 | Press Release PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Dekal Wireless and Altai Technologies are proud to announce the completion...

Dekal Wireless deploys Altai Technologies for the world’s first island-wide SuperWiFi network

PR Newswire | March 2, 2011 | Press Release PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Dekal Wireless and Altai Technologies are proud to announce the completion...

Telcos push for added broadband spectrum

ABS - CBN | March 1, 2011 | Lenie Lectura MANILA, Philippines - Telecom companies want the government should provide adequate broadband spectrum and enforce the...

Celcom investing RM1b to upgrade network

The Star | March 3, 2011 | Leong Hung Yee KUALA LUMPUR: Celcom Axiata Bhd will invest about RM1bil this year in capital expenditure (capex) to...

IBM’s Watson supercomputer creator to lecture at SXSW

AUSTIN-David Ferrucci, lead researcher and principal investigator at IBM Corp. for the Watson/Jeopardy! project, is scheduled to speak at the South by Southwest (SXSW)...

IBM's Watson supercomputer creator to lecture at SXSW

AUSTIN-David Ferrucci, lead researcher and principal investigator at IBM Corp. for the Watson/Jeopardy! project, is scheduled to speak at the South by Southwest (SXSW)...

Mexican telecoms call for regulation of Telcel’s rates

Fox News | March 3, 2011 More than 20 telephone operators have banded together to ask the Mexican government to regulate the interconnection fees charged...

Mexican telecoms call for regulation of Telcel's rates

Fox News | March 3, 2011 More than 20 telephone operators have banded together to ask the Mexican government to regulate the interconnection fees charged...

SmarTone-Vodafone bids successfully for 850 MHz spectrum

SmarTone | March 3, 2011 | Press Release SmarTone-Vodafone today announced that it has bid successfully at the auction in Hong Kong for 2 x 5...

Nokia to establish a new manufacturing site in Vietnam

Nokia | March 2, 2011 | Press Release Increasing capacity to connect the next billion to the Internet Espoo, Finland - Nokia's ambition is to connect...

Yahoo said to be in discussions to dispose of Japan venture with Softbank

Bloomberg | March 2, 2011 | Brian Womack, Serena Saitto and Mariko Yasu Yahoo! Inc. is in talks to dispose of its 35 percent stake in...

@ HIMSS: Verizon outlines strategy and areas of focus in healthcare

ORLANDO, Fla. – “Our focus is on mobilizing healthcare on all levels.” Mike Ross, VP of sales in the healthcare retail sector at Verizon...

Pacnet joins new cloud computing initiative in China

Pacnet | March 2, 2011 | Press Release The company will support Chongqing’s ambition to be China’s largest data center hub through the development of...

Don’t worry, roam happy when you travel the world with StarHub’s peace-of-mind data-roaming offerings

StarHub | March 2, 2011 | Press Release - StarHub launches Roam Manager to provide cost management tools and pertinent roaming related information, to empower...

Don't worry, roam happy when you travel the world with StarHub's peace-of-mind data-roaming offerings

StarHub | March 2, 2011 | Press Release - StarHub launches Roam Manager to provide cost management tools and pertinent roaming related information, to empower...

Cisco discovers it has a lot to offer the games industry

Cisco is not typically the kind of company you'd think of if anyone asked you to name a gaming firm, but the router company is nothing if not diverse, as we discovered in GDC this week.

Merchandising and in-app purchasing booming for Angry Birds

RCR was doing a bit of bird watching at GDC in San Francisco yesterday, only to land ourself an Angry Bird, in the form of Mighty Eagle Peter Verterbacka himself, CMO at Rovio.

VZW, U.S. Cellular get top honors in J.D. Power call quality survey

Verizon Wireless took top honors in J.D. Power and Associates newest call quality performance study, even as overall call quality stagnated due to more...

AT&T Mobility's top brass downplays iPhone defections

Now that Verizon Wireless has been carrying the long-time flagship and most exclusive device at AT&T Mobility for a couple weeks now, everyone wants...

AT&T streamlines tablet data plans

As more tablets come on to the scene, including Apple Inc.'s iPad 2 next week, AT&T Mobility has streamlined its billing options for this...
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