Monthly Archives: April, 2011

Press Release: América Móvil announces resolution issued by the Comisión Federal de Competencia imposing fine

America Movil | April 15, 2011 | Press Release Mexico City, Mexico, April 15, 2011 -- América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“AMX”) (BMV: AMX; NYSE: AMX;...

Bloomberg: Telefonica May Reduce Workforce in Spain by 20% Amid Latin American Push

Bloomberg | April 14, 2011 | Manuel Baigorri Telefonica SA (TEF) may cut its workforce in Spain by about 20 percent within the next three years as...

Economic Times: Bharti Airtel partners Zoomin.com for photo service for broadband customers

Economic Times | April 18, 2011 NEW DELHI: Telecom major Bharti airtel today said it has partnered with photo service firm Zoomin.com to allow its broadband...

The Hindu: Another telecom license under CVC scanner

The Hindu | April 18, 2011 In yet another instance of a decision taken by the NDA regime coming under scrutiny, the Central Vigilance Commission...

Reuters: Japan's TEPCO says no decision yet on sale of KDDI shares

Reuters | April 18, 2011 | Joseph Radford (Reuters) - Troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.T) said on Monday it is mulling the sale of stock...

Reuters: Japan’s TEPCO says no decision yet on sale of KDDI shares

Reuters | April 18, 2011 | Joseph Radford (Reuters) - Troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.T) said on Monday it is mulling the sale of stock...

Texas Instruments blames disappointing financials on Japan earthquake

Texas Instruments Inc. has blamed the Japanese earthquake for its disappointing financial results, which came in below analyst estimates. The chipmaker disclosed first-quarter...

Texas Instruments blames disappointing financials on Japan earthquake

April 18 2011 - 6:52 pm ET | Sylvie Barak | RCR Wireless News Texas Instruments Inc has blamed the Japanese earthquake for its disappointing...

Press Release: Smart introduces world’s fastest mobile broadband technology

Smart Communications | April 16, 2011 | Press Release - Cellular leader Smart Communications has introduced to the country what company officials describe as...

Press Release: Globe launches 4G mobile: First to roll out 4G mobile technology in the Philippines

Globe | April 16, 2011 | Press Release In a Philippine first, Globe announces a major expansion of its current 4G footprint by becoming the...

Press Release: Record Commerce Act penalty against Telecom for price squeeze

New Zealand Commerce Commission | April 19, 2011 | Press Release The High Court in Auckland has imposed a $12 million penalty against Telecom for...

Google looking to crowdsource Maps information

Google Maps is one of the few things that is universally loved by internet users. Find a person who doesn't like Google Maps and I can guarantee you they're either insane, a moron, or both. That said, the ubiquitous cartography service isn't without its little quirks.

T-Mobile USA to offer free calls over VoIP application

Looking to expand its reach beyond traditional wireless voice calls, T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) unveiled its Bobsled service that will allow users to make...

Digby teams with AT&T, raises $8 million

Digby, a homegrown Austin company and developer of mobile commerce software announced yesterday that it had raised $8 million in a recent round of...

Digby teams with AT&T, raises $8 million

Digby, a homegrown Austin company and developer of mobile commerce software announced yesterday that it had raised $8 million in a recent round of...

Location Labs claims formula for making LBS profitable

The death of mobile “check-in” services is often hotly debated in industry circles; but while Facebook Places may have flopped and services like Foursquare/Gowalla...

Contracts: KT will use Oracle; Rostelecom deploys Alcatel-Lucent; and more

The following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:KTKorea: With Oracle to use its integrated suite of Oracle Communications applications and technology for...

Mobile Web Development: Beyond the Buzzwords

2011 marks my 7th year of developing content in the Wild West that is the mobile device ecosystem. The experience has sometimes been like building sand castles – where tides of disruptive technologies come along and wipe out what you’ve worked so hard to build.

Mobile ad spending in China to surpass $1B by 2014

Mobile ad spending in China is expected to jump to $448.7 million this year, according to a new report from eMarketer. Continuing on a...

New York City delivers mobility in a carrier-free world

NEW YORK CITY — Mobile broadband is being delivered outside the carrier framework to this city's brass and dozens of of city agencies. After...

63% of mobile traffic to be offloaded to Wi-Fi and Femtocells by 2015

63% of traffic generated by Smartphones, Tablets and Feature Phones will transfer onto the fixed network via Wi-Fi and Femtocells by 2015 says a...

Newmont deploys Exalt to support gold mining operations

The Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM), a global gold mining producer, announced today a deployment of Exalt microwave backhaul systems to support operations at Newmont’s...

Sprint to pay Clearwire $1B, untangles wholesale pricing conflict

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) resolved their dispute over wholesale pricing in an agreement that also gives Clearwire additional funding of...

Twitter enters bidding war for Tweetdeck?

A few months ago it was reported that social media software conglomerate UberMedia were in talks to buy UK-based Tweetdeck for $30 million. This would be a significant move by the group, as it would mean the combined reach of all their clients would be over a third of all Twitter users.

Reality Check: Google's shareholder value challenge

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...
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