Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Capital Markets: Salesforce acquires Radian6; PLDT buys Digitel; and more

Tabula Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company, announced it has secured $108 million in Series D funding. Tabula will use the new capital...

Microsoft challenges Google to NFC showdown

One of the biggest trends in 2011 is the mobile wallet, and Microsoft Corp. wants in. According to sources, Microsoft is currently developing its...

Analyst Angle: Service assurance – A critical challenge in the 4G world

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

Bharti, Idea, Vodafone Close to Signing 3G Pact

Wall Street Journal | March 29, 2011 | Kenan Machado MUMBAI—Bharti Airtel Ltd., Vodafone Essar Ltd. and Idea Cellular Ltd. are close to signing an...

Chinese operators select Alcatel-Lucent to enhance mobile network intelligence

Alcatel-Lucent | March 29, 2011 | Press Release 9900 Wireless Network Guardian (WNG) to help Jiangsu Mobileand Ningxia Telecom provide superior customer experience Shanghai, March 29,...

San Diego County prepares for network overload during major events

In anticipation of the next fire season in San Diego County, researchers and local authorities are building a wireless network to provide better access...

FLO TV goes dark, what's next for mobile TV?

Qualcomm Inc.'s mobile TV service has gone dark and with it a new round of questions have cropped up about the future of mobile...

@ CTIA: Cricket to stay on top of smartphone space

UPDATED: ORLANDO, Fla. – Few would argue the allure of a mobile device for consumers when they are selecting which wireless carrier they are...

LTE Money Matters VoLTE and Roaming

LTE networks are here to address the hunger for mobile broadband. But today’s implementation does not fully satisfy as LTE is missing two aspects...

Best Buy Connect now '4G' enabled

Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY) bolstered its Best Buy Connect-branded mobile broadband offering with the addition of “4G” services through a previously announced agreement...

Alcatel-Lucent signs equipment deals with Chinese operators

Alcatel-Lucent scored a pair of Chinese victories with subsidiaries of China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) and China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA) announcing plans to deploy...

Contracts: Telecom Italia chooses NSN; and more

Alcatel-Lucent announced that Chinese operators Jiangsu Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, and Ningxia Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom, will deploy the Alcatel-Lucent...

Cox moves into Oklahoma; New England next on deck, 50% footprint coverage later this year

Cox Communications followed up on its previous announcement to launch wireless services in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla., markets, marking the cable companies...

Reality Check: Anchoring among consolidating network operators

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...

Amazon launches Cloud Player, streams your music for free

Those sneaky Amazon.com Inc. engineers are at it again. While rumours swirled that Google Inc. was preparing to launch their cloud-based Google Music service, Amazon.com has gone right ahead and stolen their thunder with a streaming solution of their own!

RCR Wireless News’ Haiti odyssey: A personal journey

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – We needed to change some money and buy some Gummi bears – though not necessarily in that order of importance. So we headed to the supermarket and upon emerging, realized that the car had died once again. “Can you help me push it?” asked Nixon. We got out and threw our weight against the massive Mitsubishi. It didn’t really budge. We tried again. A little crowd formed and some added their shoulders to the effort. Eventually, the car started rolling, but still it couldn’t start. “Keep pushing,” Nixon yelled from out of the window. “Er, Nixon, where do you want us to push it? There’s a busy intersection with oncoming traffic in front of you.”

RCR Wireless News’ Haiti odyssey: Election fever heats things up in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti is hot and getting hotter by the minute as election results loom. As if the posters plastered over every available surface weren’t enough, it’s almost impossible to avoid talk of the elections with anyone we meet.

Microsoft Names Oracle Ex-India Chief Bhaskar Pramanik As New Chairman

Fox Business News | March 28, 2011 | Dhanya Ann Thoppil BANGALORE -(Dow Jones)- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT: 25.41, -0.21, -0.82%) Monday said it named the ex-chief of Oracle...

Video: Big queues for Ipad 2 in Australia

March 26, 2011 | Video News via CNTV

Group plans to take Funtalk private

Business Week | March 25, 2011 Funtalk China Holdings Ltd., which sells and distributes wireless communication devices, said Friday that a group of investors, which...

Telefonica and Microsoft bring BlueVia to .NET framework developers

Telefonica | March 28, 2011 | Press Release Telefonica and Microsoft Bring BlueVia to .NET Framework Developers Alliance extends BlueVia’s reach, providing Microsoft’s 6 million-strong .NET...

GlobeNet's submarine fiber optic cable system upgrade is now complete

GlobeNet | March 24, 2011 | Press Release Delivering the Lowest Latency International Capacity Between the Americas BOCA RATON, FL--(Marketwire - March 24, 2011) -  GlobeNet,...

GlobeNet’s submarine fiber optic cable system upgrade is now complete

GlobeNet | March 24, 2011 | Press Release Delivering the Lowest Latency International Capacity Between the Americas BOCA RATON, FL--(Marketwire - March 24, 2011) -  GlobeNet,...

ComunIP is now part of Takenet!

ComunIP | March 25, 2011 | Press Blog After almost three months of negotiations, Takenet announced the acquisition of ComunIP. Takenet is a pioneer in...
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