Monthly Archives: July, 2011

Capital Markets: Stratos acquires Blue Ocean; Mobile health Azumio receives funding; and more

Stratos BV, provider of mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, announced it has purchased most of the operational assets of Blue Ocean Wireless Ltd....

LG's mobile business continues to lag

LG Electronics Inc. reported an 87% decline in net profit in the recently closed quarter as mobile handset sales continue to falter. The South...

Franken: Just say 'no' to AT&T buy of T-Mobile USA

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has asked the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice to reject the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY)...

RCR Wireless News MBB Baltimore: LightSquared tackles GPS controversy

BALTIMORE – LightSquared's plans to deploy a nationwide mobile broadband network using both satellite and terrestrial components has been a contentious issue since those...

VC investment in mobile at an all-time high

Venture-capital investments in the mobile sector are soaring, led by media and applications, commerce and payments and healthcare, according to a new report from...

Analyst Angle: Note to Canon and Nikon – Look over your shoulder, smartphone cameras may be sneaking up on you

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

IEEE publishes white spaces standard, targets rural deployments

The IEEE is looking to expand the possibility of mobile broadband services using the highly controversial “white spaces” with the publishing of the 802.22...

Exalt provides communication to Will County, Ill. emergency services

Exalt Communications announced that Will County 911 in Illinois has deployed the company’s microwave backhaul systems to connect its new dispatch center, also known...

T-Mobile USA launches new HTC Wildfire S smartphone

T-Mobile USA announced the upcoming availability of the new HTC Wildfire S smartphone recently. The device is a compact Android-powered handset built with simplicity...

Exalt provides communication to Will County, Ill. emergency services

Exalt Communications announced that Will County 911 in Illinois has deployed the company's microwave backhaul systems to connect its new dispatch center, also known...

T-Mobile USA launches new HTC Wildfire S smartphone

T-Mobile USA announced the upcoming availability of the new HTC Wildfire S smartphone recently. The device is a compact Android-powered handset built with simplicity...

BlackBerry 9930 accidentally outed – on video – by Verizon

As a mobile news site which thrives on rumor and gossip, we love it when the industry springs a leak and spews out information not quite ready to be released, and today was just such a day.

Japan’s KDDI first to get sexy new WP7 Mango devices

Japanese carrier KDDI has teamed up with Microsoft and Toshiba-Fujitsu today to unveil the world’s first Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango – device, the IS12T.

Telcordia to administrate number portability in Chile

Telcordia has been chosen to administer number portability in Chile.  Telcordia presented the best technical-economic setting a transaction value for each switch in exchange...

TAM to offer Wi-Fi connections in international flights

Brazilian airline TAM is preparing to offer Wi-Fi service to its customers, and allowing them to use their mobile devices to make phone calls...

ChinaTel Group Changes Name to VelaTel Global Communications

ChinaTel | July 25, 2011 | Press Release SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– US-based ChinaTel Group, Inc. (OTCQB: CHTL) today announced that effective as of the opening...

Apple looks to Taiwanese vendors to cut iPad 4 costs

Apple is looking to cut slices out of its iPad 4 bill of materials (BOM) by looking to cheaper Taiwanese integrated circuit designers according...

Am I asking too much?

A recent column by regular Analyst Angle contributor Gerry Purdy reminded me of one of the most glaring issues still facing the mobile industry: There is still not one device that can do everything.

HTC ready to negotiate with Apple over patent infringement

HTC has told Reuters it is willing to negotiate with Apple to clear up the pair’s legal battle, but has emphasized the terms of...

Telcordia to administrate number portability in Chile

Telcordia has been chosen to administer number portability in Chile, which is set to go into effect July 29. Telcordia presented the best technical-economic...

TAM to offer Wi-Fi connections in international flights

Brazilian airline TAM is preparing to offer Wi-Fi service to its customers, and allowing them to use their mobile devices to make phone calls...

Latam lagging behind in developing mobile payment services, Gartner says

Worldwide mobile payment users will surpass 141.1 million in 2011, a 38.2% increase from 2010, when mobile payment users reached 102.1 million, according to...

Ciena expects high growth from Latin America

Expecting a transformation in Latin America’s telecommunications networks, Ciena Corp. said it believes region will grow at higher rates than other markets. “Latam is...

Young start-ups shaping Egypt’s future

CNN | July 25, 2011 | Catriona Davies Their country may be struggling to emerge from chaos, but a new generation of young Egyptian entrepreneurs...

Young start-ups shaping Egypt's future

CNN | July 25, 2011 | Catriona Davies Their country may be struggling to emerge from chaos, but a new generation of young Egyptian entrepreneurs...
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