Monthly Archives: June, 2011

Freescale releases new AMP series to combat data traffic

Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) recently announced a new generation multi-core platform called the Advanced Multiprocessing (AMP) series and is billing it as the chip-maker’s biggest...

Ford expands Sync AppLink to 10 vehicles in 2012

Ford Motor Co. (F) is expanding its Sync AppLink platform to 10 vehicles in 2012. The car maker tapped the 2012 Fusion, Fusion Hybrid,...

Isis taps Austin for test-bed launch early next year

It's still at least six months away but when Isis launches its mobile commerce platform in the first half of 2012, Austin will be...

Nokia regroups Navteq under location and commerce

Nearly four years after Nokia Corp. (NOK) paid $8.1 billion to acquire Navteq Corp., the struggling Finnish company is repositioning the business under the...

China Telecom open to new partners, distribution channels

GUANGHZOU, China – Transformation. The phrase was an overarching theme during a couple of events here as operators and equipment vendors evolve to meet...

Google properties rack up 1 billion visitors in May

Google may not be the media darling it once was, having lost mindshare to social upstarts such as Facebook and Twitter in recent years, but when it comes to raw traffic the search giant is still top of the pile. Research firm ComScore estimates that last month Google's family of web properties notched up one billion unique visitors.

Leap exec explores network sharing for smaller U.S. operators

GUANGHZOU, China – Network sharing among smaller U.S. operators could create a strong venture that would be able to compete against today's large incumbent...

Hands on with the new Huawei MediaPad

RCR Wireless got a rare hands-on with Huawei's 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb MediaPad, running on Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor.

4G broadband now available from M1

AsiaOne | June 21, 2011 | Kenny Chee SINGAPOREANS can now enjoy faster online speeds on the go with fourth-generation (4G) mobile networks as compared...

ZTE Awarded Optical Vendor of the Year and IPTV Vendor of the Year by Frost & Sullivan

ZTE | June 16, 2011 | Press Release ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed...

ZTE Awarded Optical Vendor of the Year and IPTV Vendor of the Year by Frost & Sullivan

ZTE | June 16, 2011 | Press Release ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed...

Sprint expands M2M push with management hub

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has launched a centralized portal to enable customers to manage and control their machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and services. The Sprint...

Contracts: Alcatel-Lucent in Russia; Huawei with TDC; and more

Alcatel-LucentRussia: With State Corporation Russian Technologies to develop and manufacture Long Term Evolution (LTE) components customized for the Russian market. The companies will set...

Video is still wreaking havoc on carrier networks

Video generates anywhere from 40% to 60% of mobile data traffic on wireless networks today, according to a fresh mobile analytics report from Bytemobile...

Telematics Detroit 2011: Product demonstrations from the show floor

NOVI, Mich. — RCR Wireless News hit the show floor here at Telematics Detroit earlier this month to get a sense of where mobile...

CommunicAsia 2011: Singtel to launch 4G in Singapore later this year

Singaporean operator Singtel says it will be launching 4G across the island nation later this year, with plans to deploy 200 new base stations....

CommunicAsia 2011: Nokia Siemens Networks gives Liquid Radio a power boost

SINGAPORE – Nokia Siemens Networks says it has given its Liquid Radio architecture a boost by launching a higher power radio module for its...

New trojan for Android: GGTracker

Our friends over at Lookout Mobile Security have identified a new trojan for Android - GGtracker. For anyone who is not familiar with...

Nokia announces MeeGo-powered N9, asks for one more chance

Former king of the smartphone heap Nokia yesterday announced their newest flagship device, the N9. The new handset is powered by MeeGo, the mobile operating system that Nokia and Intel teamed up to produce in response to the increasing dominance of Android and iOS.

Tele2 Russia added 216,000 new customers in May

Market Watch | June 16, 2011 Stockholm, Sweden, Jun 16, 2011 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- Stockholm - Tele2 AB (Tele2), (nasdaq omx stockholm:TEL2...

MegaFon Announces Resignation of Kai-Uwe Mehlhorn

The Financial | June 16, 2011 The FINANCIAL -- JSC MegaFon announced the resignation of CFO Kai-Uwe Mehlhorn, effective June 16, 2011. "I sincerely thank...

RIL may have to acquire RCom for telecom success: Report

Hindustan Times | June 19, 2011 In its pursuit to become a leading player in telecom space, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries group may have to...

Airtel, Vodafone added 2.5 mn users each in May

Hindustan Times | June 20, 2011 Telecom giants Bharti Airtel and Vodafone added 2.5 million subscribers each in May, industry data showed. The month saw...

Vodafone drops defamation case against man who talks too much

Mumbai Mirror | June 18, 2011 | Bapu Deedwania Fifteen days ago, mobile giants Vodafone had filed a defamation notice against an irate customer, seeking to...

Telefonica’s O2 Litmus Fails The Litmus Test; App Effort Closes Down

PaidContent: UK | June 17, 2011 | Ingrid Lunden Attention mobile operators: here’s a cautionary tale for you about what happens when you try to wedge...
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