Monthly Archives: August, 2011

Telcel testing LTE, prepares for 2012 launch

Mexican carrier Telcel is preparing to launch LTE services in 2012. Currently, the America Movil-owned carrier is working on trials, with plans for a...

Reality Check: Understanding Ethernet OAM standards for mobile backhaul

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...

DoT wants to give Trai more power

Times of India | August 22, 2011 | Shalini Singh New Delhi: Close on the heels of PM Manmohan Singh's statement on Independence Day about streamlining and strengthening...

Now, telcos violating norms for 3G

Times of India | August 22, 2011 | Manoj Mitta NEW DELHI: Having burnt its fingers with 2G, the Department of Telecom ( DoT) is grappling...

Judge sides with music lockers in record label dispute

There was a victory for music owners and operators of so-called "music locker" services today as a judge in New York ruled such services do not infringe copyright, as claimed by a conglomerate of record labels in a case against website MP3tunes.com.

Telekom Austria Group Announces the Re-election of Hans Tschuden as Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of the Management Board

Telekom Austria | August 17, 2011 | Press Release Vienna, 17 August 2011: Today, the Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) announced that...

China Unicom iPhone 5 Talk Team Back to Beijing

Investor's Business Daily | August 22, 2011 Source recently disclosed that China Unicom's iPhone 5 talk team with Apple Inc.(APPL) had come back to Beijing...

With $90B of investment, Brazil could triple broadband access in 10 years

The number of broadband access lines in Brazil could more than triple by 2020, and users could see significantly higher speeds if investments of...

Etisalat launches BlackBerry Bold 9900 in UAE

Khaleej Times | August 21, 2011 ABU DHABI - Etisalat on Saturday announced the launch of the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone in the UAE,...

Telcom delivers strong second half performance and increases dividend

Telecom NZ | August 19, 2011 | Press Release Telecom New Zealand has today announced adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxation, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) of...

Bolivia to decide on tariff for dominant operator

Bolivian’s Control Authority and Social Control of Telecommunications and Transport (ATT) said it will make a ruling on the fees it will impose on...

China Mobile sees 1H11 revenues up almost 9% on year

DigiTimes | August 22, 2011 | Han Lee, Adam Hwang China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, brought in revenues of CNY250.080 billion...

transactions carried out as part of a share buyback program and outside of a liquidity contract

France Telecom - Orange | August 17, 2011 | Press Release France Telecom announces having purchased treasury shares within the framework of its 2011 share...

Vodafone New Zealand Agrees to Take Capacity on Pacific Cable for 10 Years

Bloomberg | August 21, 2011 | Tracy Withers Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) agreed to a 10- year deal to take capacity on a new undersea...

Alcatel-Lucent helps communications service providers track and fix network performance problems before they happen

Alcatel-Lucent | August 22, 2011 | Press Release Paris, France – August 22, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has introduced a new...

Saving an extinct species – How I rescued an HP TouchPad

I have a confession to make, I’m a history buff. I’m a sucker for historical novels, love a good period drama and, probably most...

Motricity’s tailspin continues as Wuerch leaves CEO post

Ryan Wuerch’s run as CEO at Motricity Inc. (MOTR) has come to an end less than two weeks after the embattled company reported a...

Movers & Shakers: FCC appoints new council; NVIDIA's new execs; and more

The IABM announced that Joe Zaller will serve as the association's North American market development officer. Prior to founding Devoncroft Partners, strategic marketing and...

Skype buys GroupMe messaging service for $85 million

VoIP firm Skype has reportedly paid $85 million for smartphone group text messaging service GroupMe, to put itself on competitive footing with rival messaging services from RIM, Apple and others.

Smart grids gain traction worldwide

Advances in smart-grid utility networks are taking place steadily, with announcements in the United States, China and Europe this month. Notably, Duke Energy Corp....

Saving an extinct species – How I rescued an HP TouchPad

I have a confession to make, I’m a history buff. I’m a sucker for historical novels, love a good period drama and, probably most importantly, I read history when I was at university. So it’s really no surprise that as soon as the HP TouchPad made the transition from current product to relic of the digital past, I absolutely had to run out and buy one. Oh, yeah, that and the $100 price tag, which you’d have to be a dodo to ignore.

China Mobile adds 5M customers in July

China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) said it added just over 5 million new customers in July, pushing its total customer base to a world-leading 621.851...

Reader Forum: How can device makers differentiate on Android?

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...

Report: $53B investment in domestic 4G could spell $151B contribution to GDP, create 771,000 jobs

A new report from Deloitte L.L.P. claims the mobile industry could invest up to $53 billion in so-called “4G” networks by between 2012 and...

Reader Forum: With LTE, is video the new voice?

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...
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