Monthly Archives: May, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S III pre-orders break records

Just a few weeks after taking Apple's title as the world's top seller of smartphones, Samsung has scored another victory over Cupertino: The Galaxy...

Jha out as CEO of Motorola Mobility; Google taps Woodside to lead handset division

Google’s recently closed acquisition of Motorola Mobility marked the end of Sanjay Jha’s leadership at the handset company as Google announced Dennis Woodside would...

Sprint Nextel broadens SMS offer for Assurance Wireless service

Sprint Nextel’s Assurance Wireless sub-brand expanded its subsidized wireless telecommunications offering by adding 250 text messages to its free service offering that previously provided...

Apple likely to source larger iPhone 5 screen from several vendors

The screen size of Apple's iPhone looks poised to grow for the first time in the device's history, and several Asian manufacturers may have...

Eyes on the cloud: SAP, Oracle and EMC announce acquisitions to expand cloud computing

Cloud computing is the new king of the information technology market, and three acquisitions announced this week underscore the point. On Tuesday Germany's SAP...

Chilean telecom report shows broadband penetration has tripled

The Chilean government has released a telecommunications report showing that broadband penetration has tripled over the past two years. Internet connections reached 90% of the populated...

Brazilian e-commerce reaches $25B, more than half of Latin American total

Over the past two years, Latin American countries showed significant growth in e-commerce sales. In Brazil alone, e-commerce grew 43% between 2010 and 2011,...

Silicon Labs sees M2M as biggest potential chip market

AUSTIN, Texas – Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle calls his company's $72 million purchase of Ember Corp. "the ultimate play in terms of home...

Sprint Nextel’s Evo 4G LTE launch back on track

Sprint Nextel investors should be breathing a sigh of relief today as the carrier announced the highly anticipated HTC Evo 4G LTE device was...

Verizon Wireless, new markets remain areas of strength for Vodafone

Vodafone’s sometimes contentious stake in domestic operator Verizon Wireless continues to pay off for the international telecom giant, which despite struggles in some of...

Apple vs. Samsung: Patent war update

The CEOs of Apple and Samsung are in their second day of closed-door negotiations aimed at settling their ongoing patent disputes. The stakes got...

TM Forum 2012: Keynote discusses investment conundrum in digital world

DUBLIN – In the morning keynote panel kicking off the TM Forum's Management World 2012 event, financial analysts joined the TM Forum's executive leadership...

Reality Check: Network neutrality and the Brazilian Internet Civil Mark

One of the most wrestled with subjects in the Brazilian ICT industry is network neutrality regulation in the Brazilian Internet Civil Mark, a legislative project which defines principles, guarantees, rights and duties on Internet use in Brazil.

Smartphone penetration: 24% in Argentina, 20% in Mexico, 14% in Brazil

In Argentina, 24% of the population owns a smartphone, while in Mexico the penetration rate is 20% and in Brazil it is only 14%....

Telefónica re-brands Colombian services as Movistar

The Colombian unit of Spain’s Telefónica has unified its services under the brand Movistar. The move includes its fixed telephony, broadband services and satellite TV,...

Cable providers consort on shared Wi-Fi

The cable industry’s dance around wireless continued today as a consortium of providers announced plans to partner on the deployment of 50,000 “metro Wi-Fi”...

Silicon Labs to buy Ember for $72M

AUSTIN, TX. -- Silicon Labs hopes to spark its M2M ambitions with the purchase of Ember Corporation, a leader in 2.4 GHz wireless mesh...

Google’s Motorola purchase set to close amid patent problems

Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility has cleared its last regulatory hurdle just as U.S. trade authorities have ruled that Motorola's Android phones...

Prepaid MVNO space heats up; new entrants to test old guard

The domestic mobile virtual network operator space has seen its ranks swell as a slightly delayed launch finally took shape and an unexpected retail...

German operators complain about LTE approval delays

When Germany auctioned LTE frequencies in 2010, operators were required to first deploy the high-speed internet technology in rural areas before deploying to the...

Reader Forum: Will NUVO providers disrupt m-commerce?

A new, potentially disruptive phenomenon called network unaffiliated virtual operators, or NUVOs, has emerged in the North American e-commerce marketplace.

TM Forum 2012: Alcatel-Lucent’s managed CEM looks to solve implementation black box

DUBLIN – Alcatel-Lucent kicked off its TM Forum Management World 2012 presence by announcing a significant new addition to the CEM solution capabilities that...

Amdocs: ‘Omni convergence’ era is changing business models

MIAMI – Convergence is driving personalization, contextulizaton and a focus on the user experience across the telecom space. Customers want a seamless, real-time...

TIM Brazil, Oi dominate Brazilian market in April

Telecom Italia’s TIM Brazil led the Brazilian wireless market for growth in April with 808,000 net additions, according to Brazilian telecom agency Anatel. Rival...

Workforce update: State unemployment rates drop, layoffs expected at HP

Unemployment in most states fell slightly in April, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor. The unemployment rate fell or...
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