Yearly Archives: 2011

Mixed results from telecom giants

Reuters | July 21, 2011 | Hayley Platt Swedish mobile phone maker Ericsson missed forecasts taking the gloss off strong quarterly sales while Finland's Nokia...

Ericsson Profit Misses Estimates on Job-Cut Costs, Slower Services Growth

Bloomberg | July 21, 2011 | Diana ben-Aaron Ericsson AB, the largest maker of wireless networks, reported profit that missed analysts’ estimates on a job-cut...

Laurent Biojoux, new Customer Relations Director of Orange France

France Telecom - Orange | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Laurent Biojoux was appointed Customer Relations Director of Orange France, effective 18 July 2011. Orange...

France Telecom-Orange passes an important milestone in its FTTH fiber-optic program outside very-dense areas

France Telecom - Orange | July 21, 2011 | Press Release France Telecom-Orange has published its third party-operator access offer for its FTTH fiber-optic network...

Nokia Q2 2011 net sales EUR 9.3 billion, non-IFRS EPS EUR 0.06 (reported EPS EUR -0.10)

Nokia | July 21, 2011 | Press Release 6.7% Devices & Services non-IFRS operating margin, benefiting from IPR royalty income related to the second quarter...

Google closes down Labs to focus on core products

Google has saddened early adopter everywhere today with its decision to shut down Google Labs, its incubator for newly conceived, half-baked products, which sometimes...

Bharti Airtel signs five year managed services agreement with Ericsson for its Africa operations

Ericsson | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Bharti Airtel, ("Airtel") a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa...

Ericsson reports second quarter results

Ericsson | July 21, 2011 | Press Release In the quarter we saw a change in market mix where Brazil, China, Germany, Korea, and Russia...

Second quarter 2011: Steady growth and stable margins

Telenor Group | July 21, 2011 | Press Release In the second quarter of 2011, Telenor Group reported revenues of NOK 24,4 billion, representing an...

TeliaSonera sells North Sea Communications AS to HitecVision

TeliaSonera | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Telia Norge AS, a company owned by TeliaSonera has entered into an agreement to sell all of...

Etisalat and Telefonica signs a broad-based partnership

Telefonica | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Madrid, Spain & Abu-Dhabi, UAE, July 21st 2011 – Etisalat and Telefonica, two leading telecom operators worldwide,...

Stampt hopes to replace paper coupons with digital loyalty cards

San Francisco based startup Stampt today unleashed its digital loyalty reward card program across the US. The service, which aims to swap out paper coupons...

Intel delivers strong results, but sees Atom revenues decline

Despite another strong quarter for chipmaker Intel in terms of revenue, the chipmaking giant couldn’t help but be disappointed by its continued failures to...

Telmex’s net income and revenue fell in second quarter

Net income for the second quarter at Mexican fixed line incumbent Telefonos de Mexico SAB fell 11.8% from the year-ago period. Telmex’s revenue also...

América Móvil earnings increased 14.1% in second quarter

América Móvil’s net profit (earnings) of 24.1 billion pesos (US$ 2.1 billion) increased 14.1% in the second quarter of 2011, compared to the same...

RIM to start producing BlackBerry in Argentina

Research in Motion (RIM) Ltd. will start manufacturing BlackBerry smartphones in Argentina through a deal with Brightstar Corporation, which will invest US$ 23 million....

Brazilian carrier Vivo launches PTT and faces Nextel

Brazilian carrier Vivo has launched its push-to-talk (PTT) service under the name "Vivo Direto." The service started on July 18 in Rio de Janeiro...

Ericsson sales decline in North America

The world's largest network equipment maker reported a mixed bag in its second quarter earnings. While L.M. Ericsson's (ERIC) net profit was up 66%...

AT&T profits decline 10% as smartphones fly off the shelves

AT&T Inc. (T) added 1.1 million subscribers during the last quarter, bringing its total to 98.6 million customers. The carrier reported $3.6 billion...

RIM to start producing BlackBerry in Argentina

Research in Motion (RIM) Ltd. will start manufacturing BlackBerry smartphones in Argentina through a deal with Brightstar Corporation, which will invest US$ 23 million....

Nokia bleeds red in disastrous quarter

The pain continues for Nokia Corp. (NOK). Device sales are down across the board and profits have fallen off a cliff, well into the...

Brazilian carrier Vivo launches PTT and faces Nextel

Brazilian carrier Vivo has launched its push-to-talk (PTT) service under the name “Vivo Direto.” The service started on July 18 in Rio de Janeiro...

Feature Report: Ireland: Investing in Technology and People to Drive Economic Recovery

The 27,136-square-mile country of Ireland is probably best known for its rolling hills and vibrant culture, but with a population of around 4.4 million...
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