2011

UPDATED: This story has been updated to clarify Cox’s spectrum holdings as well as its initial reliance on Sprint Nextel for coverage in its launch markets. Cox Communications has finally …

India’s present 3G roaming provisions have far-reaching security implications, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Leading professional networking website LinkedIn has opened a research and development unit in Bangalore, the first center of its kind outside its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

Private equity firm Aditya Birla Capital Advisors has invested U.S. $18.7 million in Alphion India Private Ltd., the principal subsidiary of Alphion Corp, a global provider of optical networks.

Investment in Venezuela’s telecommunications industry increased 21.7% in the third quarter compared with the same period last year, reaching U.S. $220 million, said Conatel, the country’s telecom agency. However, the number of mobile subscribers dropped 3.2% from a year ago.

Ecuador has unveiled its national digital strategy, with the goal of having Internet access in place for half of the country’s households by 2015, up from a current level of 29%.

Dell Inc. is keeping more of every dollar it makes. The world’s No. 3 PC maker (behind Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo) earned $1.1 billion in the third quarter on revenue of $15.4 billion.

Mobile phone intellectual property rights (IPR) licensing significantly includes patents that are “essential” to implement various standards including GSM, CDMA, HSPA and LTE. Purported IPR valuations including those derived from essential patent ownership “determinations” are subject to great uncertainties, inaccuracies and biases.

Rural telecom provider Frontier Communications (FTR) signed a wholesale agreement with AT&T Mobility (T) to offer wireless services to Frontier’s customers. The three-year deal will allow Frontier to provide access …

Idea Cellular is expecting a huge surge in the usage of 3G services in India and plans to launch its own branded smartphones.

The beleaguered banking industry has a new idea for building business — calling customers on their mobile phones to encourage them to pay their bills.

Sprint Nextel has re-constructed the pricing structure of its dual-band 3G/4G mobile broadband offerings weeks after curtailing unlimited data access to its “4G” service. The new plans combine data access …

Imagine checking your smartphone or PC at work to see how much energy your home heater or air conditioner is using while you’re out. Then imagine resetting your appliances remotely to save energy and money. That’s the goal envisioned by Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) in its partnership with a group of global companies that has formed the Energy@Home Consortium

Laboring under a debt load of nearly $7 billion, Reliance Communications, one of the leading telecom operators in India, is in the midst of exclusive negotiations with a consortium of private equity players, including Blackstone and Carlyle, to sell its tower unit, according to media reports in India.

Wavion, a global provider of Wi-Fi solutions, and the integrated solutions company Leadcom have OK’d a cooperation agreement for Africa and Latin America. Wavion expects to more than double its sales in the region in 2012, coming from both operators (carriers and ISPs) and government projects such as education.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has bought $10.7 billion worth of common stock in IBM (NYSE: IBM) this year. Berkshire now owns 5.4% of Big Blue, but the 81-year-old billionaire has said he doesn’t intend to buy any more shares.

Many apps are quickly abandoned, especially free ones. For example, less than 5% of smartphone owners are still using free apps 30 days after downloading them. Understanding why the vast majority of apps are quickly abandoned is key for developing ones that are the exception to the rule.

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 insights into the marketplace. Recently authorized by Anatel, the …

AT&T Mobility continues to parse out coverage of its recently launched LTE service, announcing plans to add six new markets beginning Nov. 20. The new markets will include Charlotte, N.C.; …

Software giant Oracle recently released a report focused on the mobile space showing that increased consumer demand of mobile data services is a worldwide phenomenon fueled by the rise of …

Reliance Communication, whose net profit is declining and has one of the lowest average revenue per user (ARPU) in the industry, has witnessed a further decline in its ARPU in Q2 of the current financial year.

Appcelerator and IDC’s latest survey of more than 2,000 application developers found that the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle Fire, which ships today, is the No. 1 Android device in North …

VelaTel Global Communications said it has entered in an agreement with China Aerospace Science and Technology Group subsidiary Aerostrong to deploy and operate a TD-LTE network for use primarily as …

Safer online shopping saves money for vendors, shoppers and financial services companies. That’s why MasterCard Inc. is joining forces with Intel Corp. in an effort to make online shopping safer …