2011

Facebook announced the opening of its office in Brazil, under the leadership of Alexandre Hohagen, who formerly was Google Inc.’s (GOOG) country manager for Latin America. Located in S

Wow! Now that was a crazy week for the mobile device market. First Google went all crazy in announcing plans to acquire Motorola Mobility to the chagrin of it seems just about everyone; and just yesterday Hewlett-Packard went even crazier announcing it was basically shuttering its mobile operations including the WebOS business it acquired along with Palm last year for more than $1 billion.

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) witnessed a surge in its stock price this morning following another published report indicating a possible acquisition by current majority owner Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)Clearwire’s stock was …

China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) said it added 2.126 million customers in July, pushing its total customer base to more than 183.7 million subscribers. The carrier remains the second largest operator …

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) came out with news on rapid fire today. The company killed its webOS device business, leaving the webOS software destined for an anticlimactic end, and announced that …

RIM believes it could hit a harmonious note with consumers by launching its own music streaming service say sources. The news comes on the same day wireless phone carrier MetroPCS …

Nokia’s CEO has told Android partners they should be wary of the Google deal to buy Motorola Mobility and said the move reinforces his firm’s decision back in February to …

The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist …

Nokia’s CEO has told Android partners they should be wary of the Google deal to buy Motorola Mobility and said the move reinforces his firm’s decision back in February to …

Nokia’s CEO has told Android partners they should be wary of the Google deal to buy Motorola Mobility and said the move reinforces his firm’s decision back in February to …

The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist …

The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist …

Hindustan Times | August 16, 2011 India’s Directorate of Enforcement is investigating the country’s top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel for suspected violations of foreign exchange rules, a junior finance …

Hindustan Times | August 16, 2011 | Manoj Gairola & Rajesh Ahuja The role played by some senior executives of the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in the Aircel-Maxis deal has come …

Hindustan Times | August 18, 2011 The country’s largest telecom operator Bharti airtel on Thursdau joined hands with the Formula One (F1) Group Companies to become title sponsor of the …

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) just dropped a bombshell — Palm and webOS are effectively dead. The company just announced that it will stop selling devices based on the webOS platform it …

Reuters | August 17, 2011 |  Devidutta Tripathy (Reuters) – Beetel Teletech, part of India’s Bharti Enterprises that controls top mobile carrier Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS), launched a tablet computer priced at …

Korea JoonAng Daily | August 16, 2011 A Korean law firm representing nearly 27,000 iPhone users on Wednesday filed a class-action suit against Apple Inc., demanding compensation for privacy violations …