2011

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 or landline directly from Google Voice, and …

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 company offers cloud services for operators, …

The Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transport said that it may allow bidding on a portion of nearly 190 megazhertz of spectrum currently held by the firm MVS Communicaciones in …

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 of 4G. The Samsung Conquer 4G …

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 this column is a chance for …

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, according to published reports.NSN gained around …

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 grew its total revenue to $307.3 …

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 of how the quarter stacked up.Verizon …

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.”

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

The top three mobile operating systems control over 90% of the OS market, making it increasingly difficult for competing platforms to gain traction, according to Jumptap’s MobileStat monthly data. While …

American Tower Corp. (AMT) said its international markets in Mexico, Brazil and India are experiencing strong growth due to new spectrum and technology deployments during second-quarter earnings. Overall, the company …

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

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