Monthly Archives: October, 2011

Google gobbles up 21 companies so far this year

Search engine giant Google has been looking for deals in more ways than one this year. The company has made 21 acquisitions, and several...

MMA Forum: Check all stories about Latam edition

At the MMA Forum Latin America RCR Wireless New's Roberta Prescott explored what the next wave of mobile marketing will be. The event took...

Alcatel-Lucent to sell Genesys

Alcatel-Lucent has a binding offer to sell it Genesys business for $1.5 billion in cash to a company owned by Permira, a European private...

Apple posts strong Q4 results, stock slides

Apple saw its position as the world’s most valuable company slip following release of its fourth fiscal quarter financial results that posted significant year-over-year...

TTL unveils growth strategy; integrates all brands under DoCoMo‎

The company has declared that it would leverage its wide range of products and services and reach out to customers with one common brand – Tata DoCoMo – cutting across the CDMA and GSM platforms.

Software startups find favor with venture capitalists in Q3

Investments in software startups dominated the venture capital landscape in the third quarter of 2011, according to data from Thomson Reuters compiled in the...

C Spire to offer iPhone

Rural wireless operator – and recent name changer – C Spire Wireless said it would begin offering Apple’s recently launched iPhone 4S “in the...

Mobile advertising must be content-based

SãO PAULO – The mobile advertising market is expected to see tremendous growth in the coming years, with global revenues expected to increase from...

Zootechnical company Tortuga going mobile to support its growth

Brazilian animal nutrition provider Tortuga has seen a strong response to its mobile initiatives that have helped the company better manage its daily operations....

Tata Tele selects NEC for mobile broadband traffic backhaul

India's Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTL) selected Japanese company NEC's iPasoLink platform for backhauling its mobile broadband traffic.

Motorola pulls name from the past for new Verizon Wireless LTE device

Motorola’s LTE partnership with Verizon Wireless keeps expanding as the device maker today unveiled its latest smartphone that includes a nod to the company’s...

Sprint Nextel scrambles to support iPhone 4S, faces another debt downgrade

Sprint Nextel is betting billions on the iPhone 4S, and now the No. 3 U.S. carrier is answering complaints that the massive data traffic...

América Móvil buys DLA to expand video offer

Carlos Slim's América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. (“AMX”) said it had entered into an agreement with Argentina-based Claxson Interactive Group Inc. to acquire content...

Megacabe launches MVNO in Mexico, becomes quad-play

Mexican cable operator Megacable Holdings SAB (MEGA.MX) launched its mobile virtual network operation service through an agreement with the local unit of Spain's Telefonica SA....

NSN launches Facebook app to connect customers to operators

Nokia Siemens Networks has launched its set of self-care applications that uses social media for customers to manage personal telecom services. Taking into account...

Domestic carriers could see iPhone-fueled Q3 lull

With wireless scheduled to start releasing third quarter results in the coming days, analysts have begun to place their cards on the table as...

Broadcast supporters claim new plan will raise $125B for government by 2026

The wireless industry’s attempts to shake loose additional spectrum assets from the federal government could run into a stumbling block as the Coalition For...

Reliance Globalcom boosts capacity to meet ‘bandwidth revolution’

Reliance Globalcom, the Global telecommunications services arm of Reliance Communications, upgraded capacity on Flag Europe Asia and FALCON Cable Systems to over 500 gigabytes....

Carriers agree to alert customers in real time

The Federal Communications Commission says it will require carriers to alert customers who are about to exceed limits on their data or calling plans,...

CTIA E&A 2011: Leap keeps focus on smartphone penetration

SAN DIEGO – Leap Wireless International Inc. said it plans to continue to focus on the burgeoning Android-powered smartphone market, which has helped the...

BlackBerry offers free apps

It's payback time for beleaguered BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion. RIM said it will let its subscribers download more than $100 worth of free apps...

Apple pushes 4M iPhone 4S devices in three days

Apple said it sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S devices since its launch in Oct. 14, a number that is set to skyrocket...

Colombian police invest millions to update communications system

The Colombian National Police is investing millions of dollars to modernize its radio communications system. The five-month update program has begun in the state...

HCL launches Android-based tablet in India

The tablet market in India saw another new entrant with HCL Infosystems launching its Android-based tablet, the ME X1. Priced at a little over...

Smartphones lack security solutions

Though most people know the importance of protecting their phones, research conducted by security vendor Eset showed that 80% of smartphone users do not...
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