Monthly Archives: July, 2011

Worst of the Week: Does not compute

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Worst of the Week: Does not compute

An awesome report was release this week that showed one-third of current iPhone 4 owners think their device is compatible with “4G” networks.

Enterprises increasingly use mobile platform for internal, external communication

Businesses increasingly are using wireless technology to communicate internally among employees and externally with potential and existing customers. The trend is only going to...

Brazil counts 27.9 million mobile broadband users

Mobile broadband access is increasing in Brazil. At the end of first half of 2011, Brazil had counted 43.7 million broadband access connections, according...

iSend expands mobile top-up service reach with Tigo El Salvador and Tigo Guatemala

iSend, a U.S. electronic payment service for people who support family members in other countries, announced that it has added Tigo El Salvador and...

TIM to invest R$ 171 million in fiber optics in Northern Brazil

TIM Brazil had signed a contract with LT Amazon consortium to use their tower transmission lines and power substations to transport TIM cables across...

Huawei to build WiMAX network in rural Canada

Chinese infrastructure vendor Huawei has announced a partnership with Canada’s Manitoba NetSet Ltd at the Global WiMAX & LTE Development Forum in San Francisco...

PayPal demos NFC payments at Mobile Beat 2011

PayPal demonstrated its new NFC capabilities for the first time this week at the Mobile Beat 2011 conference in San Francisco. Senior director of PayPal...

Tata Teleservices asks government to allot startup GSM airwaves in Delhi, 39 districts

Economic Times | July 14, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: Tata Teleservices has demanded that the government 'immediately' award startup GSM airwaves in...

Mobile is the new search at Google

“Android's really on a tear,” Larry Page said in his first earnings call as Google Inc. (GOOG) CEO today. Consider these numbers, which certainly...

Uruguay decides to allocate 700 MHz for mobile broadband services

The Uruguayan government said it will make the 698-806 MHz band available for mobile broadband services. The decision affects cable companies, such as Cablevision and Multiseñal....

Mexico approves open use of 71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz bands

Mexican telecoms regulator Cofetel (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones) has approved a resolution that classifies as open use of spectrum bands frequencies from 71-76 GHz...

TIM, Telebrás agree to get mobile Internet to 1,000 Brazilian cities

Telebrás and TIM Brazil announced on July 13 that they have closed a deal to deliver mobile Internet to 1,000 Brazilian cities by the end...

Smart Grids Face Health Backlash

Campaigners against smart grids say the radio networks they use will cause cancer. ...

PayPal Intros Phone-to-Phone & Tap Out; Payments

PayPal this morning announced a new mobile phone widget that will let smartphone users "tap" their phones together to exchange money. ...

Savvis Stockholders Approve Merger with CenturyLink

ST. LOUIS and MONROE, La., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions...

Mobile Cloud Will Consume 9,400 Petabytes Of Storage By 2015

WebWire | July 13, 2011 The proliferation of powerful mobile devices, increasing mobile bandwidth and new form factors is creating demand for services that allow...

Nationals sue Maryland wireless network installer

The Washington Nationals say the Maryland company that installed the wireless network at Nationals Park owes the team nearly $500,000 from a failed advertising...

Foxconn reportedly lands 10.1-inch tablet PC orders from Amazon

DigiTimes | July 14, 2011 | Yenting Chen, Steve Shen Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly landed orders for 10.1-inch tablet PCs from...

EBay’s PayPal Unveils Mobile-to-Mobile Payment System With NFC Technology

EBay Inc. (EBAY)’s PayPal unit unveiled a service that will let users make payments by tapping their mobile devices together, joining rivals in the...

Nokia Siemens Networks helps expand T-Mobile’s faster 4G network

Nokia Siemens Networks | July 14, 2011 | Press Release Nokia Siemens Networks has upgraded portions of T-Mobile USA’s 4G (HSPA+*) network, the country’s most...

Ericsson Money Services launches cross border international remittance service in Europe and Philippines

Ericsson | July 14, 2011 | Press Release Today, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) Money Services launches its first global ‘corridor’ for cross-border international remittance in partnership with...

Ericsson helps expand T-Mobile’s faster mobile broadband network to 170 million Americans

Ericsson | July 14, 2011 | Press Release Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced the company has partnered with T-Mobile USA, Inc. to expand portions of the...

Cracking the mobile health consumer market

The eighth annual Healthcare Unbound conference revealed a tension in the m-health marketplace between cutting-edge technology and ease of use. ...

Finland Searches for Non-Nokia Growth

Bloomberg | July 14, 2011 | Kati Pohjanpalo, Diana ben-Aaron Finland, one of six AAA rated euro countries, may face a similar fate to junk-graded...
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