With time now being a significant factor, LightSquared has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission asking that the government agency develop receiver standards...
Nokia on Wednesday announced planned changes at its smartphone manufacturing factories in Komarom (Hungary - 2300 jobs), Reynosa (Mexico - 700 jobs) and Salo (Finland - 1000 jobs), thereby impacting 4000 jobs by the end of 2012.
Millicom International Cellular (MIC), which operates under the Tigo brand, announced (check out full report) a 10.1% year-over-year increase in revenue to $1.177 billion for...
A recent report of security company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP), named The Impact of Mobile Devices on Information Security, showed 71% of businesses...
Bharti Airtel reported a 22% decline in its consolidated net profit to $206.6 million in Q3 (October-December) of the FY12 due to 3G roll-out costs and higher interest costs.
The annual Pacific Telecom Council (PTC) conference is known as the "Davos of Telecom.” For 34 years, CEO's and telecom regulators descend on Hawaii to sip mai tai cocktails and spar over policy.
In an earlier article we discussed how the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show had a highly visible new presence from the major automakers this year, and how this revealed their strategy to defend the in car infotainment market opportunity by re-inventing themselves as technology firms, and providing improved in car infotainment solutions.
Service providers that prioritize opportunities, place their teams properly, participate knowledgeably in the supply chain, form partnerships effectively and establish credible personae are bound for success in the machine-to-machine services market.
Biological data will crush what's commonly called Big Data when it comes to making use of Cloud Computing, world-renowned cloud security executive and "biohacker" Dave...
A Google blog says that the creator of the Android operating system is developing sunglasses that can function as a smartphone. The "Google goggles"...
Global sales of smartphones exceeded those of all personal computers combined last year, with vendors shipping roughly 490 million smartphones, according to reports from...
Sprint Nextel (S) expanded its machine-to-machine efforts globally announcing a partnership with France Telecom’s Orange Business Services division in a deal that it claims...
Network infrastructure semiconductor supplier Mindspeed Technologies said it has completed its previously announced $76.8 million acquisition of privately-held, U.K.-based Picochip.
Picochip is a supplier of...
A new study, released by a bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, shows that there are now roughly 466,000 jobs in the "App Economy" in the US, up from zero in 2007.
Health Evolution Partners and Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions have established a strategic relationship to encourage innovation and adoption of connected health information technologies. The...
Tata Consultancy Services announced the opening of its Silicon Valley customer collaboration center in Santa Clara, Calif. The center will serve as the worldwide...
Virgin Mobile Latin America reported a partnership with mobile virtual operator Datora to lauch a mobile virtual network operator in Brazil. According to VMLA,...
TRAI Chairman Dr J S Sarma stated that some of the recent developments have indicated there is perhaps a need to review the policy of forbearance in telecom tariffs.
Smartphones are now the majority of mobile phones in countries such as the United States, and at the end of 2011, nearly 15% of U.S. consumers went online using a tablet,
The Rural Cellular Association has expressed concern that Federal Communication Commission's recent announcement of Mobility Fund Phase I procedures will reward large carriers like AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless.
Perhaps looking to hedge its bets, mobile virtual network enabler Simplexity MVNO Services announced a deal with Sprint Nextel (S) to use the carrier’s...
While the real impact of the Supreme Court of India's 2G case verdict will be felt in the months to come, initial media reports suggest that around 10,000 jobs in the telecom sector are likely to be impacted due to the court order.
