Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Telefonica’s Brazilian units swap shares as part of restructure

Bloomberg | March 26, 2011 | Manuel Baigorri Telefonica SA (TEF) said the boards of Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (TLPP3), its fixed-line unit in Brazil...

Samsung apologizes for LG insult

JoongAng Daily | March 28, 2011 | Kim Hyung-eun Latest spat in war of words over who reigns supreme in new 3-D technology Is the war...

Australia's Broadband law passes parliament

Wall Street Journal | March 28, 2011 | Ray Brindal CANBERRA—Australia's parliament has agreed on legislation that sets out the regulatory framework for the National...

Australia’s Broadband law passes parliament

Wall Street Journal | March 28, 2011 | Ray Brindal CANBERRA—Australia's parliament has agreed on legislation that sets out the regulatory framework for the National...

Telmex Ecuador follows Porta in Claro rebranding

TeleGeography | March 28, 2011 Mexican telecoms group America Movil (AM) has decided to rebrand fixed broadband unit Telmex Ecuador under the Claro moniker used...

Digital Telecom Rises Most in Six Years on Sale Speculation

Bloomberg | March 28, 2011 | Ian Sayson Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. shares rose the most in more than six years in Manila trading on...

Sprint Nextel comes out officially against AT&T/T-Mobile USA deal

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) appears set to take a hard-line stance on AT&T Inc.’s (T) proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY), which would...

For Vodafone in India, a Swift but Bumpy Rise

The New York Times | March 27, 2011 | Heather Timmons NEW DELHI — When the British mobile phone giant Vodafone bought an Indian wireless company...

UPDATE 1-Samsung, Sumitomo in $72 mln LED wafer JV

Reuters | March 28, 2011 | Ju-min Park and Isabel Reynolds * Samsung, Sumitomo in $72 mln LED wafer venture * 50/50 venture to start production from...

Telkom to launch Telkom-3 satellite this year

TeleGeography | March 25, 2011 Indonesian online news agency Tempo Interactive reports that the country’s largest telecoms group PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) plans to launch...

Bharti faces Rs 26.92 cr penalty for violation of norms in J&K

The Economic Times | March 27, 2011 NEW DELHI: Facing a huge penalty of over Rs 26 crore for not following guidelines on re-verification of...

Bharti faces Rs 26.92 cr penalty for violation of norms in J&K

The Economic Times | March 27, 2011 NEW DELHI: Facing a huge penalty of over Rs 26 crore for not following guidelines on re-verification of...

Nokia Siemens Networks to participate in large scale China TD-LTE trial

Nokia Siemens Networks | March 25, 2011 | Press Release Provides TD-LTE network, OSS, services for large-scale field trial in Hangzhou With the approval of the...

UT School of Engineering receives $900,000 to unclog wireless video pipes

Austin360 | March 25, 2011 | Omar L. Gallaga We all like our mobile streaming video the way we like our smoothies, right? SMOOTH! Consistent! Perhaps...

Visa and AmEx both preparing PayPal competitors

Ahh PayPal, both a handy way to shift money around and a perpetual thorn in the side. Anyone who has used the service at any great length will no doubt have a story about the, shall we say, "quirks" that exist within the ubiquitous payment system.

@ CTIA: Clearwire banking on wholesale growth, closer ties with Sprint Nextel

Watch live streaming video from rcrtv at livestream.comORLANDO, Fla. – Clearwire Corp. has been through a number of changes over the past several months,...

RIM acquires TinyHippos, makers of the Ripple mobile environment emulator

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. has acquired TinyHippos. The Waterloo, Canada-based company developed the Ripple mobile environment emulator, which provides a cross-platform mobile application...

Will Apple announce the next iPhone at WWDC?

Apple. Inc. has announced the dates and focus of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), but there is some concern that the company may...

American Express takes aim at mobile payments

American Express Co. unveiled a new digital payment and commerce platform called Serve. The move is clearly an attempt to compete with the likes...

Multiple Android ‘markets’ a good thing?

We have recently seen the launch of Amazon.com Inc.'s Appstore for Android. It was not the first 3rd party app store and it is...

Turkcell set for German expansion

Turkey-based mobile operator Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) said it plans to expand operations into Germany through its wholly-owned subsidiary Turkcell Europe. The carrier...

Movers & Shakers: Twitter adds a new director to the flock; BillShrink adds to board; and more

Twitter announced through a PR tweet that Satya Patel will join Twitter as director of product management. Satya will be stepping down as partner...

Reader Forum: The end of an era – Selling T-Mobile USA to AT&T

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 moves forward with mobile wallet

The Internet has been abuzz with talks of near field communications and the future of the mobile wallet, and today Google Inc. announced a...

@ CTIA: Can mobile fuel social change?

It seems like only recently the focus shifted from our obsession with Angry Birds for mobile, to the idea of mobile for the social...
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