Monthly Archives: April, 2011

RCA 2011: Roaming, USF remain contentious issues for rural operators

LAS VEGAS – A relative new entrant into the mobile space, Hays, Kan.-based Nex-Tech Wireless has established itself as an entrenched partner to the...

Mobile Scene mind map spreads to Houston, Dallas

Appconomy, an Austin-based app developer, is also about collaboration and helping companies find each other. The company previously launched a ‘mobile mind map’ for...

OS companies at heart of privacy debate

Media reports that Apple Inc. (AAPL) can track a user’s every movement are teeing up a new round of debate on privacy concerns as...

Cox names new VP of wireless operations

Cox Communications turned to a trusted name to head up its wireless business, announcing the promotion of Kelly Williams to VP of the company’s...

UPDATED: Cloudpocalypse continues into sixth day

Last week we brought you news that Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) had crashed, taking with it popular services like FourSquare and Reddit. Just a few hours later Sony's Playstation Network (PSN) was taken offline in response to an "external intrusion".

RadioShack blames T-Mobile for poor first quarter

Fort Worth-based RadioShack Corp. (RSH) reported a 30% decline in first-quarter profits this week and points at its agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY)...

Contracts: Farnell chooses Laird as a distributor; China Unicom selects Alcatel-Lucent; and more

The following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Laird Technologies Inc.U.K.: With Farnell as a European distributor for its wireless & M2M products....

Zain Iraq picks NSN for data management upgrade

Nokia Siemens Networks said it was selected by Iraqi wireless provider Zain Iraq to provide its One-NDS subscriber data management solution. NSN said the...

Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel continue device parade

Verizon Wireless (VZ) and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) shed some launch light on a pair of handsets that both expect to begin offering over...

Lawmakers question OS platform companies on ability to track user's location

Lawmakers stepped in to ask operating system companies how they are tracking, using, storing and sharing location information on smartphones after media reports that...

RCA 2011: Sprint Nextel adds might to RCA

LAS VEGAS – The Rural Cellular Associations snared a significant catch getting Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) to join the association, which traditionally has catered...

Google slapped with $5M fine in Linux patent lawsuit

A Texas jury decided to fine Google Inc. (GOOG) $5 million for infringing on Linux technology patents owned by Bedrock Computer Technologies.Google's Android...

Reality Check: AT&T Mobility beat the spread, so let's go buy Apple

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...

RCR Mobile Broadband New Jersey: See what you missed

Our most recent event, RCR Wireless News Broadband New Jersey covered a lot of ground. It was a full day of discussion on stage...

Amazon.com begins fight over ‘app store’ trademark

Although many heralded the arrival of Amazon.com Inc.'s Android Appstore as a boost to the Android ecosystem, and a victory for consumer choice, Apple Inc. congratulated Amazon.com in a rather different way – they sued them.

Business News Americas: Osiptel issues 2 resolutions to cut fixed-to-mobile calls – Peru

Business News Americas | April 21, 2011 Peruvian telecoms watchdog Osiptel has issued two resolutions to regulate the rate of fixed-to-mobile telephony calls, Osiptel said in...

WSJ: Argentina Takes Greater Control Over Private Companies

Wall Street Journal | April 13, 2011 | Taos Turner BUENOS AIRES --Argentina's government increased its sway over dozens of companies through a presidential decree...

Bangkok Post: True Move renews search for partners

Bangkok Post | April 25, 2011 | Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn True Move is seeking to restart talks with prospective foreign partners in another step to move ahead...

Reuters: KT CEO says in talks to sell Russian unit

Reuters | April 22, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) - KT Corp , South Korea's top fixed-line and No.2 mobile company, is in talks to sell...

Economic Times: Micromax, Lava, Karbonn, Spice, Maxx, Olive, Zen plan to start operations in Africa

NEW DELHI: Micromax, Lava, Karbonn, Spice, Maxx , Olive and Zen have got a new caller tune-waka waka eh ehae...this time for Africa. After...

TI announces new DSP device and software updates for developers

Today, Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) announced the company’s newest member to the TMS320C66x (C66x) generation of multi-core devices, the TMS320C6671 (C6671),...

Amazon web-hosting crash hits Texas companies

While the Amazon cloud crash affected big sites such as Foursquare, HootSuite, Quora and Reddit last week, it hit home at smaller...

The Telegraph: Reliance launches 3G at 24 locations

The Telegraph | April 22, 2011 Guwahati, April 22: Reliance Communications today announced the launch of its 3G services in 24 locations in the Northeast,...

Marvell sues Goldman Sachs for alleged margin-call fraud

The two founders of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL) are suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), alleging that Goldman unfairly coaxed the...

The Australian: Vodafone hit by new network failure

The Australian | April 25, 2011 | Chris Griffith   Video here via The Australian
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