April 2012

Google is gobbling up a growing share of the smartphone operating system market, according to the latest report from ComScore. The market research firm says that for the three months …

Vietnamese mobile network operator Viettel Group announced plans to launch operations in Peru in 2013. Viettel plans to invest about $400 million in the country over the next 10 years. …

The Brazilian government does not want the economic crisis expand in the country. On April 3, President Dilma Rousseff announced new tax cuts and other stimulus measures that will benefit …

Personal identity is an intriguing issue philosophy – I spent countless hours in university debating whether or not you are still yourself if you forget everything about your past, or your brain is moved to another body, or somebody else’s brain is transplanted to your body.

American teachers are spending more and more time telling students to put away their smartphones, but that didn’t stop Qualcomm from funding a program that gave free smartphones to 150 …

Sprint Nextel (S) said it will begin offering its first LTE-enabled device later this month, with pre-orders scheduled to begin April 12. The LG Viper 4G LTE is set to …

To the potential delight of wireless operators, a new report from ComScore shows that a significantly higher percentage of iPhone users in the United States and United Kingdom rely on …

April has already been a busy month for Dell (DELL) – the company has announced two acquisitions in two days. Wyse Technology is the larger purchase. The California-based maker of …

MetroPCS (PCS) joined a handful of its competitors by instituting throttled data plans for its LTE-based cellular network. The offering includes four rate plans running between $40 and $70 per …

The smartphone processor market is looking a little less competitive than it did at the beginning of the year. A team of heavy-hitters in the semiconductor industry is scrapping plans …

TIM Brasil, the second largest mobile service provider in Brazil, has partnered with Amdocs (DOX) to help with consulting, integration and implementation services for its new TIM Fiber residential broadband service. This …

Brazil represents a key global priority and growth opportunity for Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO). In recent years, the country’s Cisco subsidiary has been growing consistently, more than 20% each fiscal year. …

The Paraguayan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) has called for a second public consultation for the tendering of 1700-2100 MHz spectrum bands. The government has not yet set the date for the …

Verizon Communications (VZ) looks to be goosing its bid to acquire spectrum assets from a handful of cable companies by hinting the deal could lead to the expansion of video …

The government is making it easier for members of the U.S. military to use smartphones to do their jobs. While members of the armed forces must curb their use of …

Security experts are warning Android users about a potential new malware strain that they say has already infected more than 1,600 smartphones. DKFBootKit piggybacks onto legitimate apps that require root …

Spain’s Telefónica(NYSE: TEF) said Monday it has reached an agreement with Colombia‘s government to merge fixed-line operator Colombia Telecomunicaciones (Coltel) with mobile operator Telefonica Moviles Colombia. Telefónica owns 52% of …

Cloud services have rapidly moved from buzzword status to mainstream offering, but implementing a successful cloud service involves more than just buying some storage/computing from Amazon, throwing together a website …

Digicel Group announced it has acquired Haitian mobile operator Voilà from U.S.-based Trilogy International Partners for an undisclosed sum. The transaction closed last Friday. At least for the near term …

Brazilian carrier Oi has reported a drop of 80% in its 2011 fourth-quarter profit. According to its financial report, the telecom operator’s net income was $77.06 million (R$ 140.7 million), a …

Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire ClearTrial, which develops cloud-based clinical trial operations applications. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2012. The two …