Monthly Archives: August, 2011

Prusch named Clearwire CEO, Stanton moves to executive chairman position

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) looked within for new leadership announcing the promotion of current COO Erik Prusch to president and CEO of the company. Prusch...

SBA, health care REIT ink leasing deal

SBA Communications Corp. (SBAC) and Health Care REIT Inc. (HCN) announced an agreement to make available wireless site leasing of new, prime rooftop locations...

Facebook releases messenger app, gets immediately panned

Facebook has released its own separate group messaging app for Android and iOS, though initial impressions from early adopters today were overwhelmingly negative.

Cloud awareness high, most prepared to pay, says Funambol

People’s awareness of cloud services is high and intent to store one’s virtual goods in a digital locker is on the rise, according to...

FCC rules unleash up to 650 MHz for mobile backhaul

The Federal Communications Commission adopted rules designed to increase the use of mobile backhaul, and make up to 650 megahertz of additional spectrum available...

Samsung reacts to European injunction of Galaxy Tab 10.1

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. responded with disappointment to news that a German regional court in D

Net and Globosat launch video over IP offer

Brazilian carrier Net  and pay television programmer Globosatlaunch today introduced a new video over Internet offer called Muu. Service will be available for Net’s subscribers,...

Telecommunication jobs hold steady, demand for developers grows

Job figures in the telecommunications space remained steady in Silicon Valley last month, according to new statistics released by the U.S Bureau of Labor...

Londoners rally to repair city with #RiotCleanUp hashtag

Most of the UK has been transfixed by the rioting and looting that has been taking over our capital for the past few days - with many of the media pointing the finger at Twitter and BBM. Today London's citizens showed that social media is indeed capable of organising large groups of people - but for the right reasons.

Samsung Galaxy Tab ban spreads to Europe

Last week Apple persuaded an Australian court to ban sales and promotion of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1. Now a court in Germany has also sided with Apple, resulting in an Europe-wide ban on sales of the device.

Telecommunication jobs hold steady, demand for developers grows

Job figures in the telecommunications space remained steady in Silicon Valley last month, according to new statistics released by the U.S Bureau of Labor...

FCC to 'coordinate' review of AT&T's Qualcomm, T-Mobile USA proposals

The Federal Communications Commission has stopped its formal review of AT&T Inc. (T) plans to acquire 700 MHz spectrum assets from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM)...

Verizon upgrades mobile satellite services for private IP customers

PHILADELPHIA — Claiming its spot as the No. 1 communications provider to the federal government, Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is making a larger investment...

London Riots: Don’t shoot the (BlackBerry) Messenger!

As London burns and gangs of hooded youths take to the streets to loot shops for sneakers, phones and Xbox 360s, the tech press...

BlackBerry may not be cool, but users have more Klout

BlackBerry may be down and out, but it still has clout, or Klout, rather, with the phone's aficionados scoring higher than either Android or...

India's mobile base nears 852 million subscribers

India's mobile industry ended the first half of the year with 851.7 million subscribers, with overall market penetration reaching 71.11%, according to Telecom Regulatory...

Reality Check: Roller coaster

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...

Motorola Solutions floods public safety market with new products, services

PHILADELPHIA — Motorola Solutions Inc.'s (MSI) presence here at the APCO International Annual Conference and Expo is among the largest on hand and considering...

Sprint, StraightTalk ad 'winners' in my view

So with all of the economic malaise out there in the past few weeks, and a new commercial from Virgin Mobile that slams T-Mobile...

BlackBerry may not be cool, but users have more Klout

BlackBerry may be down and out, but it still has clout, or Klout, rather, with the phone’s aficionados scoring higher than either Android or iPhone users on average.

Telstra to launch Australia’s first commercial 4G/LTE device

Telstra | August 8, 2011 | Press Release Businesses in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will be the first to experience 4G/LTE mobile broadband after Telstra...

Alcatel-Lucent to publish its first half report to June 30, 2011

Alcatel-Lucent | August 8, 2011 | Press Release Paris, August 8, 2011 - In compliance with current regulations, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today...

Chaer named managing director for MMA LATAM region

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) named Marcio Chaer as managing director for Latin America (LATAM) region. The executive has 10 years of experience in the...

Qualcomm: Carriers can evolve to HSPA+ rather than LTE

If there is an auction for 4G spectrum, carriers should jump to buy it. However, it’s not the only way to offer better data traffic to...

London Riots: Don’t shoot the (BlackBerry) Messenger!

As London burns and gangs of hooded youths take to the streets to loot shops for sneakers, phones and Xbox 360’s, the tech press has tut-tutted and blamed….Twitter. And BlackBerry messenger.
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