Monthly Archives: August, 2011

Google unveils Gmail calls for Latam users

Latin America Gmail‘s users can now make phone calls. Since last year, it was possible for U.S. users to call any mobile phone...

HTC Corp. acquires Dashwire Inc. for $18.5M

In a deal that is uniformly being labeled as a patent portfolio purchase, HTC Corp. has acquired Dashwire Inc. for $18.5 million. The Seattle-based...

Mexico may allow bids on 2.5 GHz spectrum

The Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transport said that it may allow bidding on a portion of nearly 190 megazhertz of spectrum currently held...

Sprint offers Samsung Conquer 4G for $100

Sprint Nextel Corp. has teamed up with Samsung Telecommunications America to offer consumers a sub $100 Android phone running on Sprint Nextel's WiMAX version...

Worst of the Week: Deep-tissue massage

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

NSN could cut up to 1,500 positions

Nokia Siemens Networks could cut as many as 1,500 jobs picked up as part of its acquisition of Motorola Inc. assets earlier this year,...

Powerwave banks $7M profit on increased sales

Powerwave Technologies Inc. (PWAV) recorded a $7 million profit on $170.6 million in sales during the recently closed second quarter. The Santa, Calif.-based company...

Which carrier hit, got hit during Q2

UPDATED: Editor's Note: With all of the domestic industry's public, facilities-based operators having announced second quarter results we decided to provide a quick snapshot...

Worst of the Week: Deep-tissue massage

AT&T Mobility rattled some cages late last week when it announced it would begin reducing data speeds for some customers currently on unlimited data plans. The threshold before getting “reduced” is when data usage puts a consumer among the top 5% of data users. However there is some vaguery (it’s a word now) as to where the threshold is for being in that elite 5%, with AT&T Mobility only noting that “you have to use an extraordinary of data in a single billing period.”

Personal devices invade workplace

Do you think your personal devices are more useful at work than those provided by your company? If you said yes, you fit in...

Sky Brazil must pay $6M to use 2.5 GHz band for broadband

The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) set a R$ 9.5 million (US $6 million) price for 2.5 GHz band spectrum so TV Filme Bras

Android users found in South, Southwest, iOS takes Northeast, Midwest

The top three mobile operating systems control over 90% of the OS market, making it increasingly difficult for competing platforms to gain traction, according...

American Tower reports US$ 597.2 M revenue in second quarter; strong growth in Latam

American Tower Corp. (AMT) said its international markets in Mexico, Brazil and India are experiencing strong growth due to new spectrum and technology deployments...

Intel aims to play in wireless, device markets

Intel Corp. aims to play in wireless and device markets, introducing digital signage and machine-to-machine solutions. “We are working with some players to validate...

Brazil to have LTE pilot project by Rio+ 20, MiniCom says

Brazilian Minister of Communication Paulo Bernardo said Brazil will have a pilot high-speed broadband project by the Rio+20 Conference — a United Nations' Conference on...

SK Telecom Second-Quarter Profit Rises on Smartphone Users, New Businesses

Bloomberg | August 4, 2011 | Jun Yang SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile-phone operator, reported a 3.7 percent increase in second-quarter profit, helped...

ANZ Wealth eyes application-level security for cloud

iTnews | August 4, 2011 | James Hutchinson The chief information officer of ANZ's financial management subsidiary has called on colleagues and security managers to...

NBN Co prepares for wireless tower backlash

iTnews | August 4, 2011 | James Hutchinson NBN Co has started an education campaign to curb potential opposition to new phone towers required in...

Conroy attacks Turnbull over latest broadband plan

iTnews | August 3, 2011 | John Hilvert, James Hutchinson Communications minister Stephen Conroy has slammed a coalition proposal to disband the National Broadband Network...

Third of adults ‘use smartphone’ says Ofcom report

BBC News | August 3, 2011 Nearly one in three adults in the UK now uses a smartphone, according to a report by the telecoms...

Third of adults 'use smartphone' says Ofcom report

BBC News | August 3, 2011 Nearly one in three adults in the UK now uses a smartphone, according to a report by the telecoms...

Nokia Helps Companies Tag Advertising in U.K. to Get Phone Users Tapping

Bloomberg | August 3, 2011 | Diana ben-Aaron Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) is offering companies advertising with embedded tags that can be read by some mobile...

Deutsche Telekom Second-Quarter Profit Falls on T-Mobile USA Client Losses

Bloomberg | August 4, 2011 | Cornelius Rahn Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE), Europe’s largest phone company, reported a 6.5 percent decline in second-quarter profit before...

British smartphone use soaring, led by teens: survey

Reuters | August 3, 2011 | Paul Sandle Teenage Britons are spending more and more time using smartphones to make calls, send texts and use...

29 million in Vietnam to enjoy high-quality video on their mobiles

Ericsson | August 4, 2011 | Press Release Mobifone, one of Vietnam's leading mobile operators with 32 percent of the country's mobile communications market, has...
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