Yearly Archives: 2011

Vodafone to receive £2.8 billion dividend from Verizon wireless in January 2012

Vodafone | July 28, 2011 | Press Release Vodafone today announces that the Board of Verizon Wireless has approved the payment of a $10 billion...

Vodafone Turkey to Acquire Koc.net

Vodafone | July 28, 2011 | Press Release Vodafone Turkey today announced that it has agreed terms with the Koç Group to acquire  Koç.net1 for...

Vodafone launches world’s first prepay phone with Facebook® built-in

Vodafone | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Vodafone today announced the world’s first designated prepay phone specifically designed to put the Facebook experience into...

solid first-half results and 2011 outlook confirmed in line with the strategic plan “adapt to conquer”

Orange | July 28, 2011 | Press Release 7.0% increase in customer numbers on a comparable basis, led by a 23% rise in mobile services...

Orange and Google partner to speed up the spread of innovative SMS-based services in Africa

Orange | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Orange and Google today announced a strategic partnership that will leverage Orange’s SMS platform to bring Google’s...

Benoit Scheen appointed Executive Vice President of Europe for France Telecom-Orange

Orange | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Benoit Scheen, currently Chief Executive Officer of Mobistar in Belgium, has been appointed Executive Vice President of...

Marc Blanchet, new Enterprise France Director

Orange | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Marc Blanchet has been named Director of Enterprise France, effective 1 October 2011. His mission will be...

BNP Paribas and Orange partner to launch the first entirely mobile banking offer in France

Orange | July 26, 2011 | Press Release BNP Paribas and Orange have formed a partnership and signed a trademark licence agreement to launch innovative...

VIMPELCOM PUBLISHES 2010 ANNUAL REPORT

VimpelCom | August 1, 2011 | Press Release Amsterdam (August 1, 2011) – VimpelCom Ltd. (“VimpelCom” or the “Company”) (NYSE: VIP) today published its 2010...

Deutsche Telekom to Cut Administrative Jobs at German Headquarters in Bonn

Bloomberg | August 1, 2011 | Cornelius Rahn Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) plans to reduce administrative employees at its headquarters as Europe’s largest phone company...

XY Mobile, candidate for Red Herring's Asia Top 100 List.

XY Mobile | July 27, 2011 | Press Release The Red Herring selection committee has chosen XY Mobile, as an exceptional candidate to become a...

XY Mobile, candidate for Red Herring’s Asia Top 100 List.

XY Mobile | July 27, 2011 | Press Release The Red Herring selection committee has chosen XY Mobile, as an exceptional candidate to become a...

China Mobile to Cut International Roaming Fees, Caijing Says

Bloomberg | July 31, 2011 China Mobile Ltd. (941) will cut international roaming fees charged for 38 countries and regions by as much as 80...

American Express taps carrier No. 2 for digital commerce platform

Verizon Wireless (VZ) is now the second major carrier in line for integration with American Express Co.'s (AXP) burgeoning digital commerce platform Serve.Sprint Nextel...

HTC Corp. sells 12.1M devices, profits up nearly 103%

HTC Corp. closed another fantastic quarter with profits up $102.9% year over year and device shipments up 24.8% from the previous quarter and up...

500,000 jobs from 500 MHz of new spectrum, report says: NAB counters with 'protect tv' campaign

The rhetoric continues to heat up between proponents of releasing more spectrum for mobile broadband and the concerns of the National Association of Broadcasters,...

Busy week: Twitter overhauls search, bolsters ad offering and adds content filter

We haven't heard much from Twitter recently. Facebook has been in the limelight for reasons both good and bad, and Google+ burst onto the scene to an overwhelmingly positive reception, but Twitter have been fairly quiet since announcing their photo-hosting service a few months ago.

Reader Forum: Mobile wallet is not your stupid electronic wallet

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...

Reader Forum: Watch the emerging market trendsetters

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...

Groupon and Foursquare team up on daily deals

Two top social apps are apparently joining forces, with news Groupon and Foursquare are teaming up with a daily deal partnership. Location based social app...

Number portability starts today in Colombia

Colombian mobile users can switch operators and keep their existing numbers beginning today (July 29). The number portabilitywas possible by a law passed in...

Throttle me and I’ll whack your weasley wireless ass

I may be a bit naïve when it comes to corporate business practices, but I find myself thoroughly confused by the punishing policy of throttling that seems to be rearing its ugly head in the mobile space.

Nextel capex totaled $304M in second quarter

With presences in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru, NII Holdings Inc. said it plans to continue to invest in the expansion of the coverage...

Google snaps up 1000 IBM patents

Google has snapped up 1000 patents from IBM ranging from those touching on web based querying to design and production of memory and microprocessing...

Qualcomm and Renaissance Academy Launch Project Using 3G Mobile Broadband to Help High School Correspondence Students Earn Diplomas

Qualcomm | July 27, 2011 | Press Release TOKYO and SAN DIEGO – July 27, 2011 – Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its Wireless ReachTM...
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