Monthly Archives: July, 2012

TIM Brasil confirms Mangoni as new CEO

More than two months after TIM Brasil CEO Luca Luciani resigned his position in the wake of allegations that parent company Telecom Italia exaggerated its...

Analysts question severity of Anatel’s Brazilian carrier suspensions

Industry observers are questioning whether Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel was too severe when it prohibited three of the nation's largest wireless carriers from selling new...

Potential GVT sale raises speculation on buyers; bids by Telefónica, América Móvil

It was rumored on Friday that the French group Vivendi is considering selling its Brazilian telecom unit, GVT. The news service Reuters cited  sources familiar...

Ericsson snags China Mobile TD-LTE deal for Hong Kong

Ericsson snared a significant contract win from China Mobile to deploy TD-LTE equipment for the carrier in Hong Kong. China Mobile is currently the...

Southern Europe slows Vodafone’s Q1 growth

Vodafone, one of the world's largest carriers and a bellwether for European operators, announced disappointing numbers for its first fiscal quarter ending in June. The...

Freescale profits fall in Q2

Austin, Texas-based chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) reported a deep drop in profits in the second quarter of 2012. The company reported net sales of $1.03 billion...

Worst of the Week: Byte me!

This week, AT&T Mobility joined fellow wireless behemoth Verizon Wireless in announcing plans to offer customers the “choice” to pool data resources into one plan that is shared across multiple devices.

Mysms app brings texts to any desktop

A new free app allows users to receive and answer texts from the comfort of their own computer keyboard — no matter what type...

ITU seeks $53B for inter-American connectivity, digital inclusion

At the Connect Americas Summit held by The International Telecomunication Union this week in Panama, leaders from Latin America and the Carribean called for...

Case study: Sunbelt Rentals taps Apple devices to empower sales force

Back in 2009, Sunbelt Rentals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashtead Group and one of the largest equipment rental companies in the United States, decided...

Fallout begins for Brazilian operators after sales suspension

Fallout has begun following the decision by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel to suspend mobile line sales by a handful of carriers in some states due to...

Feature Report: LTE Deployment: Getting It Right the First Time

There is no doubt that the wireless space is in the midst of one of the greatest technological transformations since its inception. This is...

Verizon Wireless shows increased prepaid influence, ARPU growth

Verizon Wireless was the first domestic carrier to lay out what the second quarter held for wireless operators as it reported financial and operational...

Oracle to buy Skire, adds to cloud portfolio

Oracle announced plans to acquire substantially all of the assets of Skire, a provider of capital program management and facilities management applications available both...

Report: Cloud computing to transform M2M applications

The machine-to-machine market is poised for the biggest transformation in its 10-year history due to the adoption of cloud-based solutions for M2M applications, according...

Leadership changes at Yahoo, VMware, SAP, Red Hat

Changes in the leadership at big tech companies were announced this week. Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) appointed former Google executive Marissa Mayer as president, CEO and...

Brazil suspends some TIM, Oi and Claro sales due to customer complaints

Brazil's telecommunication regulator Anatel, announced yesterday that it has suspended sales in some states by three mobile phone companies —TIM, the Brazilian unit of Telecom...

Clearwire, China Mobile work on TD-LTE roaming standards

Clearwire continued closing ties with the world’s largest wireless operator around the TD-LTE standard, announcing today the signing of an agreement with China Mobile...

Is Samsung’s gain Broadcom’s loss?

Samsung is buying CSR's mobile connectivity chipset business, and some investors think that could be bad news for Broadcom.

AT&T Mobility rolls out shared data plans

That did not take long. Just weeks after Verizon Wireless rolled out its controversial shared data plans, rival and fast follower AT&T Mobility said it...

Number portability helps lower telecom prices in Chile

One of the direct consequences of number portability are the benefits it provides users. Since the adoption of number portability in Chile last January, the country’s...

RSA chairman: Mobile devices can carry a huge security risk

“Mobile computing offers new challenges, but they are less about infrastructure and more about people.  Mobile devices can carry a huge security risk,” said RSA executive...

Latin American wireless carriers join together to combat mobile device theft

Thirteen Latin American mobile operators have pledged to work together across the region to block the use of stolen devices, GSMA Latin America announced....

T-Mobile USA offers up international data plans; 500 Mb for $50

T-Mobile USA is taking advantage of its international roots to launch international mobile broadband roaming services. The plans provide 500 megabytes of non-throttled data access,...

Leap loses COO, tweaks data plans

Leap Wireless is set to lose its COO at the end of the month, with the no-contract wireless operator stating it has no plans...
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