Monthly Archives: July, 2011

Bogota council rejects proposal to sell ETB

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Movistar, Comcel and Tigo submitted to participate in spectrum bid

Three Colombian carriers - Telefónica Móviles Colombia SA (Movistar), Comcel SA and Colombia Móvil (Tigo) - have submitted their relevant application forms formally to...

Bogota council rejects proposal to sell ETB

Colombia's Bogotá city council has rejected a proposal to sell its 86.6% shares on Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB).  All 15 council members voted...

Movers & Shakers: Exec shake ups for AOL & Alcatel-Lucent; Verizon's new President; and more

Upstream, mobile marketing technology and solutions provider, has brought in former Microsoft Partner and General Manager, Simon Negus, as Chief Operating Officer. Negus joins...

LinkedIn launches ‘Apply with LinkedIn’ button

Business-skewed social network LinkedIn today launched a new service which could become a key future revenue stream in the notoriously hard-to-monetise social space.

A-LU targets enterprise with video solutions

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) introduced a suite of video solutions for enterprises that work across desktop PCs, smartphones, laptops tablets, interactive whiteboards and display screens. The...

BlackBerry maker cuts 2,000 jobs

Almost 10% of Research In Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) workforce will be showed to the door beginning this week as the company attempts to resuscitate...

NAB says FCC has to mandate 'voluntary' spectrum auctions to meet broadband goal

The National Association of Broadcasters released an analysis that criticized the Federal Communicaitons Commission's National Broadband Plan, noting that 40% of full-power local TV...

iPad dominates Android in enterprise

Not only does Apple Inc. (AAPL) have the most succesful tablet on the market with the iPad, it's also made significant headway in dominating...

Mobile News Weekly: LightSquared explains GPS coexistance, mobile money and more

RCR Wireless News rounds up the week's latest news, including a report in the Shanghai Daily that says China Mobile will get the Apple...

Reader Forum: 4G in developing markets: Not what you think

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

RIM streamlines, jettisons 2,000 employees

While many mobile devices makers, such as Apple and Samsung, are seeing record sales and ever-increasing revenues, Canadian firm Research In Motion are in the midst of a pronounced downward slide, which has today seen them announce a management restructuring and large-scale redundancies totalling around 11% of their workforce.

Qualcomm gets fit with wireless weight challenge

Wireless giant Qualcomm has kicked off a fitness challenge for its employees, in a bid to raise awareness of its wireless health initiatives and the development of new medical technologies

Google + reaches 20 million…plus

Market research firm comScore has released figures which claim Google + has shot past the 20 million visitor mark in just three weeks since...

Google buys facial recognition firm, despite privacy concerns

Even after publicly declaring on several occasions that it had no interest in facial recognition, Google has gone out and bought itself a –yes...

Texan patent troll sues Rovio, stifles other game developers

Angry Birds creator Rovio has been catapulted into the middle of an ugly patent war started by a Texas-based patent licensing company, Lodsys.

Google kicks off “Texas get your business online” workshops

Google Austin: A first-person, customer update Google.  They are the digital version of General Electric, but for the 21st century.   Both are classic, American-headquartered, global...

Google kicks off "Texas get your business online" workshops

Google Austin: A first-person, customer update Google.  They are the digital version of General Electric, but for the 21st century.   Both are classic, American-headquartered, global...

HTC stands up to Apple, fights back

Last Friday, HTC was dealt a massive blow when the US International Trade Commission (ITC) took Apple’s side and found the Taiwanese phonemaker guilty...

Motorola Solutions invests in micro-location firm Nearbuy Systems

Motorola Solutions Venture Capital has led a $1 million round of financing for Menlo Park based Nearbuy Systems which specializes in indoor "micro-location." Motorola Solutions...

Ericsson Latin America’s sales up 17%

Ericsson has unveiled its financial results and, although the world's largest network equipment maker had reported a decline in sales in North America, Latin...

Investments at Telefónica Peru increased 13% as revenue declined

Telefónica Peru confirmed its plan to invest US$ 1.5 million in the country during its financial results. According to a statement, investments from Spanish...

Phone hacking scandal? Your loved ones are guiltier than you think

We've all heard of the dangers of privacy invasion on the internet, but what about an invasion of our personal space from inside the home, from those very loved ones you think you can trust? A recent study from Retrevo – a large consumer electronics and shopping website – claims those closest to you are far more dangerous to your privacy than most outside hackers are.

Ericsson Latin America’s sales up 17%

Ericsson has unveiled its financial results and, although the world’s largest network equipment maker had reported a decline in sales in North America, Latin...
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