July 2011

Nokia has been having a hard time of it recently. The firm’s floundering smartphone products have been almost completely eclipsed by efforts from Apple and Google, and now the once-king of the handset finds itself shedding marketshare at an alarming rate.

DigiTimes | July 21, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Joseph Tsai After having to share Apple’s next generation iPhone orders with Pegatron Technology, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is internally …

Bloomberg | July 21, 2011 | Diana ben-Aaron Ericsson AB, the largest maker of wireless networks, reported profit that missed analysts’ estimates on a job-cut charge and said U.S. spending …

France Telecom – Orange | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Laurent Biojoux was appointed Customer Relations Director of Orange France, effective 18 July 2011. Orange France combines the operational …

France Telecom – Orange | July 21, 2011 | Press Release France Telecom-Orange has published its third party-operator access offer for its FTTH fiber-optic network outside very-dense areas, and has …

Nokia | July 21, 2011 | Press Release 6.7% Devices & Services non-IFRS operating margin, benefiting from IPR royalty income related to the second quarter 2011 and settling prior periods. …

Google has saddened early adopter everywhere today with its decision to shut down Google Labs, its incubator for newly conceived, half-baked products, which sometimes evolved into tasty new offerings from …

Ericsson | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Bharti Airtel, (“Airtel”) a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa today announced a five year …

Ericsson | July 21, 2011 | Press Release In the quarter we saw a change in market mix where Brazil, China, Germany, Korea, and Russia showed especially strong growth both …

Telenor Group | July 21, 2011 | Press Release In the second quarter of 2011, Telenor Group reported revenues of NOK 24,4 billion, representing an organic revenue growth of 7%. …

TeliaSonera | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Telia Norge AS, a company owned by TeliaSonera has entered into an agreement to sell all of its shares in North Sea …

Telefonica | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Madrid, Spain & Abu-Dhabi, UAE, July 21st 2011 – Etisalat and Telefonica, two leading telecom operators worldwide, today jointly announced that they …

San Francisco based startup Stampt today unleashed its digital loyalty reward card program across the US. The service, which aims to swap out paper coupons of the “buy-10-get-1-free” variety with …

Despite another strong quarter for chipmaker Intel in terms of revenue, the chipmaking giant couldn’t help but be disappointed by its continued failures to break into the mobile market and …

Net income for the second quarter at Mexican fixed line incumbent Telefonos de Mexico SAB fell 11.8% from the year-ago period. Telmex’s revenue also dropped 2.9% from the year-ago period …

América Móvil’s net profit (earnings) of 24.1 billion pesos (US$ 2.1 billion) increased 14.1% in the second quarter of 2011, compared to the same period year earlier. Earnings were equivalent …

Research in Motion (RIM) Ltd. will start manufacturing BlackBerry smartphones in Argentina through a deal with Brightstar Corporation, which will invest US$ 23 million. The production begins on October in …

Brazilian carrier Vivo has launched its push-to-talk (PTT) service under the name “Vivo Direto.” The service started on July 18 in Rio de Janeiro and one month before in Porto …