Monthly Archives: July, 2011

LightSquared looks to appease public safety

Looking to maintain its position with the public safety community, LightSquared said it plans to replace current devices at no cost and continue to...

Verizon, Wilson reach accord on signal booster specifications

Wilson Electronics Inc. said it reached new technical specifications for cellular boosters with Verizon Wireless, a process that the manufacturer said worked because of...

Reality Check: There’s always a higher gear

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...

RadioShack continues musical carriers: ditches T-Mobile USA for Verizon Wireless

UPDATED: RadioShack Corp. (RSH) is set to jump back in bed with Verizon Wireless (VZ) at the expense of its long-term relationship with T-Mobile...

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 one...

Zynga looking to cut the Facebook cord

Social game maker Zynga, whose titles include the hugely popular FarmVille, CityVille and FrontierVille Facebook games, is looking to take its first big step outside the giant social network's walls in a deal with Chinese social site Tencent.

Upstream drops anchor in Silicon Valley

Mobile marketing platform company Upstream says it will be opening new offices in Redwood City, California, at the heart of Silicon Valley. The firm, whose...

Invoicing on the go with Intuit's QuickBooks mobile app

Mountain View based Intuit Inc., maker of the popular TurboTax program, has announced the availability of its QuickBooks invoicing app for Android, following up its...

Invoicing on the go with Intuit’s QuickBooks mobile app

Mountain View based Intuit Inc., maker of the popular TurboTax program, has announced the availability of its QuickBooks invoicing app for Android, following up its...

UniWA consolidates to private cloud

iTnews | July 25, 2011 | James Hutchinson The University of Western Australia has embarked on an 18-month project to consolidate approximately 1000 disparate servers...

Qualcomm targets touchless tech with GestureTek asset acquisition

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) has snapped up assets from Sunnyvale based GestureTek, which specializes in gesture recognition technology, for integration into its Snapdragon processors. Gesture...

Outlook grim for top Korean IT firms

The Korean Herald | July 25, 2011 | Kim Ji-hyun Companies fail to lure customers due to lack of killer products. Read the full article here...

Mobile weather apps are by far the most popular

Crowded House said it best back in 1987 with the hit single "Always take the weather with you," and now comScore can confirm, taking the weather with them in their pocket is what most mobile users love above all else. Of the 76.8 million Americans who own a smartphone, a whopping 31 million have some kind of weather app, amounting to 40.4%.

Samsung May Have Surpassed Apple, Nokia in Second-Quarter Smartphone Sales

Bloomberg | July 25, 2011 | Jun Yang Samsung Electronics Co., maker of the Galaxy mobile phone, may have surpassed Nokia Oyj and Apple Inc....

IC solution vendors landing more orders for entry-level smartphones and tablet PCs

DigiTimes | July 25, 2011 | Cage Chao, Steve Shen As the entry-level to mid-range smartphones are expected to serve as killer applications in the...

Europe Turns to the Cloud

The New York Times | July 24, 2011 | Kevin O'Brien When the founders of Shutl, a British courier service that makes deliveries in 90...

Sand, Sea and Smartphones: European Holidaymakers Cannot Leave the Internet at Home

Brocade | July 19, 2011 | Press Release GENEVA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/19/2011 -- More than half of all Europeans take at least one holiday...

Alcatel-Lucent brings visual collaboration to users across the enterprise with suite of video solutions

Alcatel-Lucent | July 25, 2011 | Press Release Paris, July 25, 2011 -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced availability of a suite...

M-net strengthens position in voice services

Nokia Siemens | July 22, 2011 | Press Release Nokia Siemens Networks’ IP Multimedia Subsystem platform to offer new services M-net Telekommunikations GmbH, a leading operator...

Change of number of shares and votes in TeliaSonera

TeliaSonera | July 22, 2011 | Press Release The reduction of share capital by means of cancellation of shares resolved upon on April 6, 2011...

Poland – PTC and PTK Centertel conclude network agreement

Deutsche Telekom | July 22, 2011 | Press Release Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, operator of the T-Mobile network, and PTK Centertel, operator of the Orange network,...

Interim Management Statement for the Quarter ended 30 June 2011

Vodafone | July 22, 2011 | Press Release Group service revenue +1.5%(*), excluding mobile termination rate cuts +3.9%(*) Strong service revenue growth in India +16.8%(*), Turkey...

Expiration of the Three Months Period From the Registration of Share Issuance Report

Mobile TeleSystems | July 22, 2011 | Press Release Moscow, Russian Federation – Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” or the “Company” – NYSE: MBT), the leading...

Movistar, Comcel and Tigo submitted to participate in spectrum bid

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