Monthly Archives: July, 2011

AT&T profits decline 10% as smartphones fly off the shelves

AT&T Inc. (T) added 1.1 million subscribers during the last quarter, bringing its total to 98.6 million customers. The carrier reported $3.6 billion...

RIM to start producing BlackBerry in Argentina

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

Nokia bleeds red in disastrous quarter

The pain continues for Nokia Corp. (NOK). Device sales are down across the board and profits have fallen off a cliff, well into the...

Brazilian carrier Vivo launches PTT and faces Nextel

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...

Feature Report: Ireland: Investing in Technology and People to Drive Economic Recovery

The 27,136-square-mile country of Ireland is probably best known for its rolling hills and vibrant culture, but with a population of around 4.4 million...

Intel Capital names David Thomas as executive director for Latin America

Intel Capital has announced that David Thomas will return to his position as director of strategic investments for Intel Latin America, after a hiatus...

A crash course in buzzwords for telecom beginners

Working in telecommunications is a bit of a headache with acronyms and jargon being tossed around within nearly every conversation. It’s likely that a...

Qualcomm delivers strong quarter, but sees shares drop

Qualcomm Incorporated delivered solid third quarter financial results on Wednesday, exceeding analyst estimates but apparently not living up to shareholder expectations, with the firm’s...

The World Bank? There’s an app for that!

The World Bank has been in the news rather a lot recently, and not always for the most salubrious of reasons, but the global financial institution seems to want to clean up its image and make itself more transparent to citizens everywhere. How better to do this than with a mobile app? Or, in the World Bank's case of overkill, six iPhone/iPad apps, with a promise of "more great mobile applications" to come.

Jumbuck says mobile matches made in heaven

Jumbuck, an Australian VAS firm, is trying to translate the love affair people have with their phones into real life social relationships. “The mobile phone...

T-Mobile offers lower pricing options for unlimited smartphone plans

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a change to its pricing for unlimited smartphone data service, providing new and lower postpaid plans. The carrier said it...

San Francisco moves to mandate radiation warnings on phones

The City of San Francisco will on Thursday hold a vote on whether to implement a controversial law which would make it mandatory for...

Dell announces acquisition of Force 10 Networks

Dell Inc. (DELL) announced today that it will acquire Force 10 Networks, a buy that backs up analyst speculation that the second-largest computer maker...

Capital Markets: Dell expands enterprise with Force10; Acacia acquires 3G/4G patents; and more

Birch Communications, IP-based telecommunications and managed services provider, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. CLEC assets of Cordia...

Lenovo announces three new tablets for Android, Windows OS

Tablet maker Lenovo today announced a trio of new 10.1-inch tablet devices, with two that run on Android 3.1 and one that operates on...

RIM and Brightstar Introduce a Localized BlackBerry Bold 9780 Smartphone in Vietnam

Research In Motion | July 19, 2011 | Press Release   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and...

Private cloud to create 1 lakh jobs in India

Times of India | July 20, 2011 KOLKATA: EMC Corporation and Zinnov Management Consulting, in a study on private cloud landscape in India estimated that the totalcloud market in India,...

Korea’s SME federation seeks to set up 4th mobile carrier

The Korea Herald | July 18, 2011 South Korea's umbrella federation of small and medium-sized enterprises on Monday said it will seek to set up...

Korea's SME federation seeks to set up 4th mobile carrier

The Korea Herald | July 18, 2011 South Korea's umbrella federation of small and medium-sized enterprises on Monday said it will seek to set up...

Samsung takes shot at iPad with new Galaxy Tab

Reuters | July 20, 2011 | Miyoung Kim South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co launched a thinner and lighter version of its Galaxy tablet in its...

Mapmaker AND selected to power AvMap for mobile navigation

Automotive Navigation Data | July 20, 2011 | Press Release Rotterdam, 20 July 2011 - Digital Map provider AND Automotive Navigation Data teams up with...

Ofcom cuts rural broadband prices

BBC News | July 20, 2011 Rural broadband bills could fall after telecoms regulator Ofcom moved to cut the wholesale price that BT charges other...

TeliaSonera January-June 2011

TeliaSonera | July 20, 2011 | Press Release A united TeliaSonera shows stronger profitability Second quarter Net sales in local currencies and excluding acquisitions increased 3.0 percent....

Mobile broadband in1800MHz spectrum – spectrum strategies, refarming and the global ecosystem

Ericsson | July 20, 2011 Deploying mobile broadband in 1800MHz spectrum is part of the solution to the rapid growth of mobile broadband, which is...
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